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Weekly Dzogchen Teaching and Practice 

Weekly Dzogchen Teaching and Practice  With Chaphur Rinpoche  Mondays from 7am to 7:45am  (PT) 4pm to 4:45pm Central European Time (CET). We at Gyalshen Institute are pleased to announce that Chaphur Rinpoche will soon be offering a weekly online Dzogchen Teaching and Practice  covering the Chaktrid by Dru Gyalwa Yungdrung.  Dru Gyalwa’s practice manual (Chaktrid) is quite extensive and contains instruction on the Dzogchen preliminaries (Ngondro),  and actual practices (

December 1st -31st: Takla Mebar Retreat (Winter Retreat)

Takla Mebar Retreat (Winter Retreat) December 1st -31st, 2022 with Chaphur Rinpoche  Zoom sessions will be on Saturday, December 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th  8am to 9am (PT) and 5pm to 6pm Central European Time (CET) December 31st  8-9pm (PT) and 5am-6am Central European Time:  December 1st 8am to 9am PT,  Rinpoche will give instructions regarding the preparations for the retreat as well as beginning the actual retreat in your

October 21-23: Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo, Part IV: Bardo In Person and On Zoom

Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo, Part IV: Bardo  With Chaphur Rinpoche October 21-23. 8AM – 11:00AM PT,  5PM – 8:00PM  CET.   In Person and On Zoom This weekend will focus on discovering aspects of the Bardo from Shardza’s Heart Drops of KuntuZangpo. Our lives are filled with beginnings and endings – as each moment passes, a new one appears to take its place.  Nothing stands still.  What happens during the

September 10th: Naturally Purifying the Six Types [of Beings]

A Profound Instruction for Naturally Purifying the Six Types [of Beings] With Chaphur Rinpoche             Septembet 10th, 2022- Full Moon –9am to 10:30 am (PT) and 6pm-7:30pm (CET) on Zoom Yungdrung Bön holds the view that all the beings of cyclic existence can be categorized into six types: gods, demi-gods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell beings. In this seminar, Chaphur Rinpoche will teach  systematic