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Saturday,  July 1, 2017. 10am – 1pm Join us for a 3 hour Tummo Practice at Gyalshen Institute. Chaphur Rinpoche will lead practitioners in the preliminary and breathing practices from Shardza Rinpoche’s Tummo Text, “Self Arising Inner Kayas”. Tummo is a breathing practice central to tantra practice and very helpful for Dzogchen practitioners to achieve enlightenment in this lifetime, according to Shardza Rinpoche, an accomplished Dzogchen master of the the 20th

April 29-30 10am-4:30 In the Yungdrung Bön tradition, the three essence mantras or Nyingpo NamSum, collectively embody the entirety of the buddha Tönpa Shenrab’s teachings. It is said that the Yungdrung Bön teachings are like an ocean, which contains within it 84,000 different teachings.  These 84,000 can be condensed into the Nine Ways of Bön.  These Nine Ways can be further condensed into the three views of sutra, tantra and

May 12-14, 2017 with Chaphur Rinpoche 10am to 4:30pm Silence is powerful. During this silent retreat, Chaphur Rinpoche will give the main transmission from the Dzogchen Zhang Zhung Nyamgyud. It is extremely important to receive the Dzogchen transmission in the Bon tradition if you wish to perform Dzogchen practice. Receiving transmission supports your practice energetically, and powerfully strengthens your connection to the lineage of previous Dzogchen practitioners and teachers. All