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

Month: March 2026

Period of intensive Drenpa Namkha practice

Today marks the start of an 8-day intensive practice of Drenpa Namkha in Triten Norbutse Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal. Drenpa Namkha is a great Yungdrung Bön mahasiddha who manifested many forms in many different places over millennia, and who saved Yungdrung Bön from destruction when the doctrines faced persecution more than once, Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche (1926-2025) is considered an incarnation of Drenpa Namkha and he, too, worked tirelessly to restore and preserve Yungdrung Bön in Tibet and beyond when the tradition was in dire need because of the Cultural Revolution. More information about Drenpa Namkha can be found in…
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Yongdzin Rinpoche’s Birth Anniversary – The meaning of the word ‘lama’

Today, on the 15th day in the 2nd month in the Shen system (15th day of the 1st month in the Horda system) we celebrate the birthday anniversary of one of the greatest lamas of the 20th-21st centuries, Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, the Supreme Teacher of the Yungdrung Bön tradition. Yongdzin Rinpoche was an incredible scholar and practitioner endowed with immeasurable compassion and wisdom. He dedicated his life to the restoration, preservation and dissemination of Yungdrung Bön, saving it from serious damage during yet another persecution, the Cultural Revolution. Thanks to his unbendable deep devotion, profound knowledge of Tönpa…
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