April 27th, 2013 — 10 am – 4 pm – Kek-sel is a practice from the Tantric tradition used to remove obscurations from body, speech and mind and infuse them with positive, healing energy. Training under the renowned Tibetan doctor Amchi Chokpar, Lama Youngdrung honed his skills in applying this healing method for several years in Tibet. During this teaching, Lama la will share with us the specific practices he uses
March 29 – 7:00-8:30pm March 30-31 – 10:00am-4:00pm – Bon has three principal streams of transmission of Dzogchen, and of these three the Aural Transmission of Zhang Zhung is considered to be the most profound. Drugyalwa Yungdrung wrote a practice manual for this system, and for over seven hundred years this has been the primary source of instruction on the practice of this system. Drugyalwa’s practice manual is quite extensive
Friends, As many of you may know, one of the foundational goals of Gyalshen Institute is to preserve, translate and present the precious teachings of Bön. While we hope that we have been doing this with some measure of success over the past couple of years, our benevolent lama reminds us that there are always further means to more profoundly open to the teachings. With this goal in mind, Chaphur
February 17, 2013 – 11am-2pm – The birthday celebration of Tonpa Shenrab, founder of the precious Bon tradition, is one of the most important ceremonies in the Tibetan New Year which starts on February 11th this year. Blessings are multiplied during such holy occasions. This ceremony will begin with a short blessing service led by Geshe Chaphur Rinpoche and Lama Youngtong and conclude in a Tsok offering. A light lunch
