Events

Ser Ö Yang Drup, (The Shining Precious Golden Light) གསེར་འོད་གཡང་སྒྲུབ།

August 9th, 2015, 10am-2:30pm Gyalshen Institute is pleased to announce that visiting Geshe Lama Tashi Gyaltsen Rinpoche, using the text Ser Ö Norbu Wo Bar, or The Shining Precious Golden Light, will perform the four hour long Accomplishment of the Yang to create wealth vases. This teaching and ritual was given by the enlightened Lord Tönpa Shenrap Miwoche as an antidote for the suffering of sentient beings. Material well being

Losar (Tibetan New Year) Celebration ལོ་གསར་དགའ་སྟོན།

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 — 5 pm to 8 pm – Losar is a celebration of the Tibetan New Year wherein we send off all the negativities of the previous year and welcome the positive possibilities of what is to come in the new year.  As the lunar calendar begins on February 19th, we will be gathering to usher in this new year on February 18th, Losar-eve.  Please join us

Tonpa Shenrab Birthday Celebration

Sunday, March 1, 2015 –  11 am to 2:30 pm – The birthday celebration of Tonpa Shenrab, founder of the precious Bon tradition, is one of the most important and auspicious ceremonies for the Tibetan New Year.   Blessings are multiplied during such holy occasions.   This ceremony will begin with a short blessing service led by Chaphur Rinpoche and monks concluding in a Tsok offering.  A light lunch will

Geshe Chaphur Rinpoche

March 28th and 29th – 10 am to 4:30 pm – Many Dzogchen masters wrote experiential songs which depict and describe the Dzogchen view.  These songs manifested spontaneously after enlightenment was achieved and the masters rested in the Natural  State.  For Je Rinpoche (Nyamed Sherab Gyalshen), the spontaneous arising of song connected him with the wisdom protectors. For other masters, the Bon Tantra view was sung.  For the great Dzogchen