Upcoming Events

August 25-27: Keksel Retreat

Keksel Retreat With Chaphur Rinpoche In Person and On Zoom 9 am-12 pm Pacific Time August 25-27 We at Gyalshen Institute are excited to announce our  upcoming Keksel Retreat that will be taught by Chaphur Rinpoche. About the Practice: What is Keksel? Keksel is a general Tibetan term that describes any practice involving the subtle channels, winds and drops or “tigles. ” These three are used in a spiritual context to give the practitioner an

July 15-16th: Discovering Hidden Bodhicitta

Dzogchen Teaching: “Discovering Hidden Bodhicitta” & A commentary on the Smaller Scripture of Mastery (lung non chung wa) by Chaphur Rinpoche July 15-16th 9am-12pm Pacific Time on Zoom Chaphur Rinpoche will be teaching  “Discovering Hidden Bodhicitta/ Changsem Gabdrel”  from the Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen  text and A commentary on the Smaller Scripture of Mastery (lung non chung) When His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizen visited Gyalshen Institute’s sangha  on May  20th,

July 3rd: Full Moon Practice: The 100-Syllable Mantra

Full Moon Practice: The 100-Syllable Mantra With Chaphur Rinpoche, Monday, July 3rd at 8am Pacific Time via Zoom Please join us on Monday, July 3rd at 8am Pacific for an empowerment and teaching on the Bon 100-syllable mantra with Chaphur Rinpoche. The 100-syllable mantra is a powerful practice of purification. Through this confessional practice you can clear karmic traces of harmful past actions of body, speech, and mind. Chaphur Rinpoche

 July 29 & 30: Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo, Part III: Thogal

Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo, Part III: Thogal July 29 & 30, 2023 9am-12pm PT and 6pm to 9pm CET on zoom. This weekend continues the teaching of Shardza Rinpoche’s Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo with his thogal teachings.  The Heartdrops of Kuntu Zangpo presents Dzogchen teachings very directly “for those of sharp faculties.” In this section on thogal, Shardza Rinpoche begins an explanation of the superiority of thogal approaches over