Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bön / གཡུང་དྲུང་བོན་ཉར་ཚགས་རིག་མཛོད།

Month: February 2025

Celebrations surrounding Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche’s Centenary

This year many sangha members, friends and scholars have gathered in Triten Norbutse Bonpo Monastery, Kathmandu, to celebrate Yongdzin Rinpoche’s 100th birthday. Zhang Zhung Losar The festivities began with a joyful 2-day event marking Zhang Zhung Losar, with many songs, feasting and much laughter as well as offerings of sangchӧ and auspicious prayers. Four days of intensive rituals For four full days, rituals were held in two of the monastery’s largest halls, the New Temple, and the Assembly Hall. The practitioners in the New Temple followed the rab ne consecration ritual while those packed into the Assembly Hall recited the…
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Tӧnpa Shenrab’s 18042nd Birthday Anniversary

Today, the18042nd Anniversary of Buddha Tӧnpa Shenrab’s birth is being celebrated in Triten Norbutse Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal and many Bӧnpo centres and communities in Tibet and all over the world. On this  day it is very auspicious to recite Tӧnpa Shenrab’s prayer composed by Lachen Drenpa Namkha, which you can download below: And here is an article on the Twelve Deeds of Tӧnpa Shenrab which starts with the First Deed, The Deed of Birth:

Explanation of the short Long-Life Practice of Drenpa Namkha Yab-Yum Tsedrub

As part of the Centenary Celebrations for Yongdzin Rinpoche, a four-day ritual of Drenpa Namkha’s Yab-Yum Tsedrub is being performed in Triten Norbutse Monastery, Kathmandu. On the first day, Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin kindly gave the lung-transmission and a detailed explanation of the short version of this practice. The edited transcript of these teachings is freely available. Please click the link below.

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