Upcoming Events

May 30th -31st,  The Arrangement of the Four Wheels of Dzogchen

The Arrangement of the Four Wheels of Dzogchen May 30th – May 31st, 2026,  9am-12pm (PT) In Person at Gyalshen & on Zoom 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

July 15th -19th: Dzogchen, Kuntu Zangpo the Clear ཨ Ah retreat at Casa Chaphur, Costa Rica

The Fivefold Dzogchen Practices of the Clear Ah Retreat  With Chaphur Rinpoche July 15th -19th,  2026,  8am-11:am (PT)  On Zoom    “Do not conceal from those who are qualified. Let what is hidden be fully    revealed. May it be understood and embraced.”   This powerful spiritual instruction  is a direct quote from the Fivefold Dzogchen Practices of the Clear Ah.  In October of 2025, His Eminence Menri Ponlob Rinpoche gave us

Losar Eve and Morning events

Losar Eve Dokpa & Losar Morning Sang Rituals Losar Eve Dokpa: February 17th,  6pm – 7:00pm,  (PT) in Person and on Zoom Losar Morning Sang:  February 18th,   9am – 10am,  (PT) in Person and on Zoom Losar Eve is one of the important celebrations of the Tibetan New Year festival. It is a time to purify and send off all the negativity from the previous year and to welcome

February 28-March 1st: Tummo, Inner Fire Teaching 

Tummo, Inner Fire Teaching  By Chaphur Rinpoche February 28-March 1st,  2026 9am – 12pm (PT) Via Zoom/Zoom/Webinar Join Gyalshen Institute’s sangha for the 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, according to Shardza