dzogchen

John Reynolds

December 7, 2014 – 10 AM – 4 PM – Unlike the other traditions of Dzogchen found within Bön, the Zhang-zhung Nyän-gyüd represents a continuous and unbroken transmission from earliest times of the precepts of Dzogchen coming down to our own time. These teachings and practices were transmitted by the enlightened master Tapihritsa to his disciple Gyerpung Nangzher Lödpo at the Darok Lake in the 8th century in Zhang-zhung, or

Geshe Chaphur Rinpoche

March 28th and 29th – 10 am to 4:30 pm – Many Dzogchen masters wrote experiential songs which depict and describe the Dzogchen view.  These songs manifested spontaneously after enlightenment was achieved and the masters rested in the Natural  State.  For Je Rinpoche (Nyamed Sherab Gyalshen), the spontaneous arising of song connected him with the wisdom protectors. For other masters, the Bon Tantra view was sung.  For the great Dzogchen