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On this anniversary of Gongdzö Ritröpa Chenpo (Tib. rMe’u dGongs mdzod Ri khrod chen po / རྨེའུ་དགོངས་མཛོད་རི་ཁྲོད་ཆེན་པོ། (1036 – 1096), founder of Athri Dzogchen (Tib. A khrid Rdzogs chen / ཨ་ཁྲིད་རྫོགས་ཆེན།), here are a few words by him on how to practise Dzogchen taught by Kyabje Lungtog Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, the 33rd Menri Tridzin: There are a few words of introduction by Gongdzö Ritröpa Chenpo who said that in order to achieve Enlightenment one must first meditate. In order to meditate so that we can achieve Buddhahood, we must realize the View. In order to recognize or realize the View, Read more

Today all Bönpos celebrate Buddha Tönpa Shenrab’s parinirvana: “It is not enough to merely trust whatever Buddha said; You must search for the meaning with your own mind. Otherwise, the essential meaning can never be realised. Therefore, it is imperative to verify Buddha’s words with your own reason.” Advice from Buddha Tönpa Shenrab. Translated orally by Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin. Edited by C. & D. Ermakovi Teachings on the nature of Buddha and the meaning of Refuge by Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche “First of all you take Refuge (Tib. skyabs ‘gro) in the Buddha (Tib. sangs rgyas). Why is Read more

We are very happy indeed to welcome Chen Yang, a Chinese Bönpo practitioner and a qualified translator, to our translation team. With Yongdzin Rinpoche’s blessing, Chen is currently working with us on a Chinese translation of The Masters of Zhang Zhung Nyengyu. Other projects are in the pipeline. You can read Chen’s short bio HERE. Read more

Фонд Сохранения Юнгдрунг Бöна (FPYB) рад представить вашему вниманию нашу первую статью на русском языке. Статья дает сжатую информацию о бöне — древних духовных традициях Средней и Внутренней Азии, и Тибета: доисторическом бöне и юнгдрунг бöне, а также о более поздних типах бöна: новом бöне и смешанном бöне. Основное внимание в статье уделяется различным аспектам юнгдрунг бöна, доктрины Средне-азиатского Будды Тöнпа Шенраба Миво, таких как: краткая история, три пути и четыре категории текстов, космология, теория достоверного познания, четыре категории практикующих, дзогчен.     Статья была изначально написана Дмитрием Ермаковым для Энциклопедии Буддизма, но прошла  редактуру и была сильно урезана. Вариант представленный здесь, включает статью в полном формате и Read more

An informal lecture by Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche at Shambahala Centre, Paris, 19 May, 1998 We are very happy to present our readers with a rare and informal presentation on the early history of Yungdrung Bön by the greatest living Master of this tradition, Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche. He gave this talk in 1998 at Shambhala Centre in Paris at the end of the teaching retreat so it is aimed at practitioners rather than academicians. READ THE ARTICLE Please support our work by making a donation Read more