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Drenpa Yabse Festival- དྲན་པ་ཡབ་སྲས་དུས་ཆེན།

7th August 2022

Today is Drenpa Yabse festival, the annual celebration of Drenpa Namkha and his twin sons, Tsewang Rigdzin and Pema Thongdrol. You can find more information here: https://yungdrungbon.co.uk/2021/03/06/three-drenpa-namkhas-in-yungdrung-bon/ It is a particularly auspicious day for practitioners to recite the prayer to Drenpa Namkha found in Heart Essence of the Khandro , and/or perform short or long tsog/ganapuja. Featured Photo: This brass statue of Drenpa Namkha stands in the mountains above Sangku in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. It was consecrated by Yongdzin Rinpoche in 2004. This is a recent photo by Dmitry Ermakov.

FPYB Joins Four On-line Schemes for Charities

24th July 2022

Ancient tradition in modern times… although I’m not a great fan of online shopping, it does have its advantages, so FPYB has just joined four major schemes for charities: GiftAid, Amazon Smile, PayPal Giving Fund and GoFundMe. We also have a brand new ‘Donate’ button on our Facebook page. PayPal Giving Fund: the UK government will add an extra 25% to any donation made when you check out with PayPal (from anywhere, and from as little as 1 Euro). To add us as your PayPal charity, simply follow these steps: Log into your PayPal account Go to the top right…
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FPYB is 5 Today!

3rd July 2022

Dear Friends, Today Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bön is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a registered charity seeking to preserve the teachings of Yungdrung Bön and produce top quality materials for practitioners as well as scholars. At the request of Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, we have transcribed many of the teachings he has given in English, and also translated several sadhanas and prayers with him. We also work closely with other Bönpo lamas and are particularly grateful to Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin and Khenpo Gelek Jinpa. Texts, Transcripts and Teaching Materials Since our official registration five years…
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冈仁波齐山在本教中的重要性

26th June 2022

迪米特里 · 叶尔马科夫最近在网络会议上发表的《冈仁波齐山在本教中的重要性》已由杨辰翻译成中文版本。令我们感到高兴的是，它引起了本教汉文读者与藏文读者的强烈兴趣以及广泛热议。 Dmitry Ermakov’s recent on-line conference presentation The Importance of Mt. Kailash in the Bön Religion has been translated into Chinese by Chen Yang. And we are delighted that is has already triggered lively interest among Chinese Bönpos and Tibetan Bönpos who read Chinese.

Anniversary of Shardza Trashi Gyaltsen

12th June 2022

Today on the 13th lunar day of the 4th month of the Tibetan calendar, Bönpos celebrate the anniversary of the great practitioner and scholar Shardza Trashi Gyaltsen, who attained Rainbow Body in the 20th century. Shardza Trashi Gyaltsen (1859-1934) was a great Bönpo master and erudite scholar from Dagang, Kham, Eastern Tibet. He became a monk at a young age and throughout his life he received countless teachings, instructions and initiations into numerous lineages and traditions of Bönpo Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen from many illustrious masters of the day. At the age of thirty-four he went into solitude at Yungdrung…
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