Drenpa Namkha Intensive Practice
Today, 22nd March 2025, the monks of Drubdra School at Triten Norbutse Bönpo Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, begin a seven days and one night intensive practice of THE SECRET PRACTICE OF KHÖPUNG DRENPA’S INNERMOST ESSENCE / ཁོད་སྤུངས་དྲན་པའི་སྙིང་ཐིག་གསང་སྒྲུབ་ཅེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་པ་ལེགས་སོ།། led by Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin. This is a good opportunity for us lay practitioners to connect with the great sage Drenpa Namkha, too.
c Photos: Carol Ermakova & Dmitry Ermakov.
Drenpa Namkha at Jarsing Pauwa. Video by D. Ermakov.
Those who received face to face transmission and explanations for this practice can join from their home. If you don’t have the text, please send a message to FPYB from: https://yungdrungbon.co.uk/contact-us/ with heading <THE SECRET PRACTICE OF KHÖPUNG DRENPA’S INNERMOST ESSENCE> stating where, when and from whom you received this text, and we will send you direct order link.
If you were in Triten Norbutse for Yongdzin Rinpoche’s birthday celebrations and attended the Drenpa Namkha Tsedrub, this week is also a powerful time to recite the long-life mantra. A full explanation on how to do this, by Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin, is available gratis here.
Alternatively, you can also do a very short version of Maroon Drenpa Namkha practice, the Accomplishment Practice of Khöpung / །ཁོད་སྤུངས་སྒོས་སྒྲུབ་བཞུགས། / contained in SHORT DRENPA NAMKHA TSOGCHÖ booklet. If you need the text, please send a message to FPYB from: https://yungdrungbon.co.uk/contact-us/ with heading <SHORT DRENPA NAMKHA TSOGCHÖ> stating where, when and from whom you received this text, and we will send you direct order link.
If you don’t have these transmissions, you still can join by reciting PRAYER TO LACHEN DRENPA NAMKHA published in THE HEART ESSENCE of THE KHANDRO, Thirty Signs and Meanings from Women Lineage-Holders: Experiential Instructions on Bönpo Dzogchen, pp. 171-182.
Drenpa Namkha, Jarsing Pauwa, Nepal. Photo: C. Ermakova.
If you want to know more about the manifestations of Drenpa Namkha in various periods of Tagzig, Zhang Zhung and Tibetan history, you can read the article Three Drenpa Namkhas in Yungdrung Bön
Best wishes from FPYB Team!