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January 31st-February 1st: Medicine Buddha Teaching and Retreat 
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  Medicine Buddha Teaching and Retreat  With Chaphur Rinpoche and Chaphur Tulku/Dr. Geshe Tsewang Rigzin  On Zoom January 31st-February 1st, 2026  Time: 8am-11am (PT) The Medicine Buddha is a peaceful and compassionate manifestation of Buddha Tönpa Shenrab, the founder of Yungdrung Bön . This teaching benefits all who are ill by liberating  them from suffering through blessings from the Medicine Buddha.  Buddha Tonpa Shenrab first gave the medicine teachings  to

Weekly Atri Dzogchen Teaching and Practice 
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. Weekly Atri Dzogchen Teaching and Practice . With Chaphur Rinpoche  Mondays from 7 am to 7:45 am (Pacific Time) As many of you know, Chaphur Rinpoche has taught us  Dru Gyalwa’s Dzogchen practice manual (Chaktrid), instruction on the Dzogchen preliminaries  and actual practices, for about two years. Rinpoche has also given us the empowerment for these powerful practices. This year Rinpoche will be teaching Dru Gyalwa’s Atri Dzogchen. The

January 4th, Barchod Lamsel (Remove the obstacles)
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Barchod Lamsel (Remove the obstacles) on Full moon With Chaphur Rinpoche January 4th, 8am-9 am, 2026 Pacific Time via Zoom Chaphur Rinpoche will be teaching the powerful practice of Barchod Lamsel: The Spontaneous Wish-Fulfillment of Removing Obstacles from the Path.  Through this important Bon practice, students will overcome all obstacles, including temporal and spiritual obstacles, when starting important endeavors. Temporal obstacles are caused either by deep-seated negative karma.   Spiritual

November 29-30, The Arrangement of the Four Wheels of Dzogchen
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The Arrangement of the Four Wheels of Dzogchen November 29-30, 2025,  9am-12pm (PT) With Chaphur Rinpoche  In the Bon tradition there are many texts on Dzogchen, and among them the Zhangzhung Nyengyud is one of the most renowned. The  very precious Zhangzhung Nyengyud lineage has been transmitted  without interruption  from  Tonpa Kuntu Zangpo/Dharmakaya to the Abbots and Lopons or Ponlobs of Bon monasteries including Menri Monastery. As a result,  the