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 Honoring H.E. Yongdzin Rinpoche’s Life...

  Honoring H.E. Yongdzin Rinpoche’s Life Sol Deb Prayers, Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen Tsok and Butter Lamp Offerings June 12, 2025, 7:00 PM Pacific Time In Person and on Zoom Dear Sangha, With deepest sorrow, immense gratitude and love, we are gathering to honor the extraordinary life,  wisdom and compassion  of our true Bodhisattva, His Eminence Menri Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche.  His Eminence  passed on June 12, 2025 at 7:45

June 14-15: Soul Retrieval and Life Ransom

 Soul Retrieval and Life Ransom Shedrup Khenpo Nyima Dondrup Rinpoche June 14-15 9am-12:30pm, PT In Person and on Zoom       In the Yungdrung Bön tradition, there are many rituals for healing and the restoration of peace and harmony.  Among them is the ritual known as Lalu Chilu, Soul Retrieval and Life Ransom.  This ritual is performed for those who have a diminished or damaged soul or life force.  The symptoms of

February 22-23, Tummo, Inner Fire Teaching

Tummo, Inner Fire Teaching By Chaphur Rinpoche February 22-23, 2025. 8 am – 1 pm PST In Person and Via Zoom Join Gyalshen Institute’s sangha  for Tummo Instruction and  Practice.   Chaphur Rinpoche will lead practitioners in the preliminary and  core 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 in achieving  enlightenment,

Save the dates for Gyalshen events with His Holiness and His Eminence

HIS HOLINESS MENRI TRIZIN LUNGTOK DAWA DHARGYAL RINPOCHE”S  SAN FRANCISCO, BAY AREA VISIT   Save the dates. Registration links soon. The Heart Essence of the Dakinis and The Sherab Chamma Empowerment August 2 and 3 At Gyalshen Institute in the San Francisco Bay Area. Gyalshen Institute is very happy to announce that His Holiness Lungtok Dawa Dhargyal Rinpoche, the 34th Menri Trizen, will be visiting Gyalshen Institute August 1-3, 2025.