Upcoming Events

Tibetan classes: (Summer Semester 2023)

Basic Tibetan Reading and Translation Classes  Summer Semester 2023 With Yungdrung Norbu. Basic Tibetan Reading Class starts  May 16th and is held every Tuesday thru July 25th  Tibetan Translation Class starts May 18th and is held  every Thursday thru July 27th  7 am to 8 am (Pacific Time) on ZOOM.  The Basic Tibetan Reading Class of the summer semester 2023, consists of 3 months of lectures. Each Tuesday lecture is

June 3-4: Tummo Retreat

Tummo Retreat  With Chaphur Rinpoche June 3-4  9AM – 12PM Pacific Time (PT) in Person in the  San Francisco Bay Area and on zoom Tummo is a breathing practice central to tantra practice and very helpful for Dzogchen practitioners to achieve enlightenment in this lifetime, according to Shardza Rinpoche, an accomplished Dzogchen master of the 20th century.  The root text of Tummo was written and taught by Sangchok Tharthuk Gyalpo

May 20- 21: Dzogchen “Discovering Hidden Bodhicitta” By H.H. 34th Menri Trizin Rinpoche

Dzogchen Teaching, “Discovering Hidden Bodhicitta”  Transmission and Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen Wang, Guru Yoga Empowerment   By His Holiness 34th Menri Trizin Lungtok Dawa Dargye Rinpoche  May 20th, 9am – 4pm  and May 21st, 2pm -5pm. 2023 Pacific Time (PT)                                                                                  Dear Sangha and Friends of Gyalshen,  With great happiness, we at Gyalshen Institute invite you to receive the very precious blessing of attending, in person, a rarely given Teaching, Transmission

March 3rd - 5th: Phowa Retreat 

Phowa Retreat  Transference of Consciousness (Phowa)  With Chaphur Rinpoche In Person and on Zoom March 3rd – 5th,  9am-12pm (PT) and 6pm to 9pm Central European Time (CET)  In response to the  request of many students, Chaphur Rinpoche has generously agreed to give instructions on the practice of Phowa, or Transference of Consciousness. The  ultimate benefit of this practice is to steady the practitioner’s mind at the time of one’s