Healing Body, Speech and Mind through Practice on the Five Elements with Khenpo Tenzin Dargye

June 29th – SATURDAY ONLY 10am-4pm – Understanding the five primordial elements of space, air, fire, water, and earth is a fundamental wisdom of Bön teachings. The interactions of these essential forces gives rise to all phenomena, and awareness of these relationships forms the basis for much of Tibetan culture, including medicine, astrology, the calendar, and, of course, spiritual practice. Khenpo la will guide students in practices to develop awareness of the various ways the Five Elements manifest, and discuss how their effects can be activated or healed.

Khenpo Tenzin Dargye was born on April 7, 1965 in Jomsom Mustang, Nepal.  Inspired by his grandparents and his desire to help the impoverished, he decided to become a monk.  He received his Geshe degree in April, 1996 at the Dialectic School of Menri Monastery, Dolanji, India under Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche.  After this, he worked as the organizer of the Bon Children’s Welfare Center and the dispensary.  In 2002, he moved to Dhorpatan in Western Nepal where he works to renovate Bon monasteries, help poor, homeless, and older people and support children to get their education. He has also established a Tibetan medicine center to provide good health services in rural areas.