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The Magical Duel between Milarepa and Naro Bönchung: Who Really Won?

29th March 2022

Abstract: Probably everyone who has even a little interest in Tibet knows or has at least heard of the magical contest between Buddhist yogi Milarepa and Bönpo sorcerer Naro Bönchung which is purported to have taken place at Mount Kailash.  The tale has been told and retold for centuries in Tibet and beyond to illustrate the superiority of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism over Yungdrung Bön. But does it have any grounding in real events? Did this magical duel really happen on Mount Kailash? And who was the real winner? I will attempt to answer these questions by examining both Bönpo and Buddhist…
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Extensive Practice of Drenpa Namkha

25th March 2022

Today, Friday 25th March 2022, the extensive practice of Drenpa Namkha began in Triten Norbutse Bönpo Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal. It will continue for a week, the Friday 1st March. During this week, the monks of the Drubdra meditation school will be reciting the liturgy and accumulating mantras according to the text The Secret Practice of Khöpung Drenpa’s Innermost Essence / ཁོད་སྤུངས་དྲན་པའི་སྙིང་ཐིག་གསང་སྒྲུབ་ཅེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་པ་ལེགས་སོ།།. Those of us who have received in-person teachings and / or transmission for this cycle can practise this ourselves, at home. If you don’t have this Tibetan-English bilingual text compiled by Yongdzin Rinpoche, you can contact FPYB here and…
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5th International Conference on the Phenomenon of the Holy Mt. Kailash 25-27 March 2022

11th March 2022

The aim of this conference is to bring together both traditional and new perspectives of the phenomenon of Mt. Kailash and surrounding sites of pilgrimage, their interpretation and comparison with old scriptures and tantric vision. Dmitry Ermakov of FPYB will represent Bön by giving two presentations: Friday, 25 March 2022 @ 17:40 The Importance of Mt. Kailash in the Bon Religion Saturday, 26 March 2022 @ 11:40 The Magical Duel Between Milarepa and Naro Bönchung: Who Really Won? All are welcome to attend, free of charge. You can register here https://www.conferences.uni-hamburg.de/event/83/ or via the application form on the conference website…
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Anniversary of Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen

7th March 2022

Today, on the fifth day of the first lunar month according to the Tibetan calendar, Bönpos celebrate the 666th anniversary of Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen (Tib. Mnyam-med Shes-rab rgyal-mtshan, 1356-1415), a reincarnation of an early Bönpo mahasiddha (Tib. grub-thob), Tonggyung Thuchen (Tib. Stong-rgyung mthu-chen). So we are happy to offer a bilingual Tibetan-English version of the Dechen Gyalpo prayer to Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen as a free download. You also can read a concise biography of Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen by following the link below: Best wishes, FPYB Team

Prayers, Practice and Teachings on the Goddess of Love & Compassion Sherab Jamma (download gratis)

3rd March 2022

Dear Friends, Some people have contacted us asking how to practise for peace in this current situation. In response, we are making this small book with prayers and practice of the Loving Goddess Sherab Jamma freely available. Included are teachings and a detailed explanation of the mantra, given by Yongdzin Rinpoche in 2011, as well as a short prayer to the Loving Goddess, translated by Khenpo Gelek Jinpa and ourselves. The full short practice is included, in both Tibetan and English, at the end of the book. The real cause of all conflicts is Five Poisonous Emotions and fear. As…
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