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We are happy to share this information from Triten Norbutse Monastery about the celebrations surrounding Yongdzin Rinpoche’s 100th Birthday and the inauguration of the new temple. Read more

Today, the 30th day of the 9th month according to the Horda calendar, we are celebrating 9,141th anniversary of Tönpa Shenrab Miwoche’s Paranirvana or Nyangen Ledepa. Through his life and teachings, Buddha of Yungdrung Bön Tönpa Shenrab showed us the way from suffering to contentment, from strife to peace, and from anguish to ultimate Buddhahood. E Ma Ho! PRAYER TO TÖNPA SHENRAB MIWOCHE ཨེ་མ་ཧོ། E-MA-HO! Wonderful! མ་རིག་བློ་ཡི་མུན་སེལ་སྒྲོན་མའི་མཆོག། MA-RIG LO YI MÜN-SEL DRON-MAI CHOG O Supreme Lamp of Mind which clears away darkness, ཉོན་མོངས་ནད་སེལ་འཕྲུལ་ངག་བདུད་རྩིའི་སྨན། NYON-MONG NE-SEL THRUL NGAG DÜD-TSI-MEN Your Speech is the supreme medicine which cures the afflictions of emotions. Read more

Yesterday MPs in the UK Parliament voted in favour of the so-called “assisted dying bill” aka euthanasia. Yongdzin Rinpoche was asked about this during a retreat in Paris in April 1997 when he was teaching on Nyamzhag Gompai Laglen (Tib. Mnyam bzhag sgom pa’i lag len). Here is his response: Q: (a question about euthanasia)A: If someone is dying, terminally ill, it is better not to kill him or her or let them commit suicide because they haven’t worked through their karma yet. You should never kill. A painkiller is not an antidote to karmic cause, it can only alleviate some pain Read more

Today we are pleased to offer a new booklet, Lusang: Sang for the Lu, a short but powerful ritual for purifying and pacifying the Lu (klu) or Nagas, water spirits, and asking them for assistance, healing and prosperity.   The Lu can be rather cantankerous so it is important to appease them and atone for any disturbances we may have inadvertently caused them through offering sang (bsang). However, not every day is a good day for this, and it is crucial to make sure you perform this ritual on an auspicious day. Therefore, as well as translating the text itself Read more

We are pleased to share this wonderful rare video from 2006 made by Prof. Donatella Rossi. It shows Menri Pönlob Trinle Nyima Rinpoche giving explanations on Chöd and Bönpo nuns of Yungdrungkha nunnnery, Tibet, performing the Khandro Sangchöd Unified Daily Ritual. We are very happy to continue collaborating with Prof. Donatella Rossi of La Sapienza University, Rome, to preserve the rich ancient traditions of Yungdrung Bön. Many thanks also to Koos van der Velde of FPYB for converting and restoring the original recording. Language: Tibetan with English subtitles. Credits: Footage: Donatella Rossi (interview), Francesco Maniscalco (ritual) Editing: Daniele Pecorelli Music: Read more