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Dear Friends! We are pleased to announce another publication – Essential Practice and Explanation of The Long-Life Mantra of Drenpa Namkha! This long-life mantra – དྲན་པ་ཚེ་སྒྲུབ་ཀྱི་འཛབ་བསྒོམ། – was one of the main practices done by all the monks, ngagpas and lay practitioners in Triten Norbutse for Yongdzin Rinpoche’s centenary, and Drubdra Khenpo, who led the rituals, has urged us to publish an English translation of the short sadhana. As well as the translation, transliteration and original Tibetan, this book also includes the clear teachings that Drubdra Khenpo gave about this practice, including how to visualise, how to recite the mantra Read more

Today is an auspicious day for propitiating the Lu or Nagas, powerful water spirits who inhabit many features of our landscape, and we are happy to announce the publication of a second simple yet effective ritual to appease these beings, atone for any injury or offence we have caused them, and heal their sicknesses.This text, written by Buddha Tönpa Shenrab himself, can be practised alone or after Sang for the Lu. We have published 3 volumes: Sang for the Lu, Torma Offering to the Lu, and Sang and Torma Offering to the Lu, which contains both texts. Two separate volumes Read more

Dzogchen is the highest, most esoteric path within the Nine Vehicles of Yungdrung Bön and many are eager to study its methods. However, if we are not properly prepared for these powerful teachings, instead of opening the door to total liberation, they may become poison for us. Yongdzin Rinpoche taught these Steps for Morning Meditation in Wels, Austria, in 1995 as a preamble before he began teaching on the Eight Chapters, Zhang Zhung Nyengyu, Secret Cycle. As he said then, this is an effective way to prepare ourselves for receiving Dzogchen teachings and practising this View. When Rinpoche passed into Read more

[Italiano sotto] Khenpo has confirmed that he will be teaching powerful meditation techniques to help us tame and ultimately liberate our mind, enabling us to develop confidence in our own Natural State of Dzogchen and remain undisturbed in this luminous awareness. On the last day, Khenpo will introduce us to a simple Dream Yoga practice which will allow us to harness the energy of dreamtime and channel it towards continuous meditative clarity. The teachings are based on the Athri Dzogchen Cycle. In addition, Drubdra Khenpo has kindly agreed to lead an extensive Lu Tor offering to the naga water spirits Read more

Nous venons d’ajouter une nouvelle section en français à la page Prières et pratiques de FPYB. La première prière bilingue disponible en téléchargement gratuit est རྗེ་ཏ་པི་ཧྲི་ཙའི་གསོལ་འདེབས། / PRIÈRE AU GRAND MAÎTRE TAPIHRITSA qui a été écrite par Gyerpung Nangzher Nangzher Lödpo. Traduit par Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche et Dmitry Ermakov et édité par Carol Ermakova. Traduction française par Guy Desbiolles. Visiter la page Vous pouvez également commander une copie trilingue tibétain-français-anglais Read more