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Dhorpatan. Photo by Nagru Geshe Gelek Jinpa. First published in Jinpa, Nagru Geshe Gelek and Carol Ermakova, Dmitry Ermakov. Bön in Nepal: Traces of the Great Zhang Zhung Ancestors in Himalayas, The Light of the History of Existence, (New Delhi, Frosterley: Heritage Publishers & Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bön, 2013), pp. 222-223. Many of us have benefited from the herbal medicines prepared by the clinic attached to Triten Norbutse Monastery but perhaps not so many know the history of this medical school. The first medical school and clinic were actually established back In 1987 in the refugee settlement Read more

Today is the anniversary of the great Bönpo drubthob-mahasiddha Tsewang Rigdzin, one of Drenpa Namkha’s sons who achieved the Great Transfer, Jalü Phowa Chenpo / འཇའ་ལུས་འཕོ་བ་ཆེན་པོ། and his twin brother Pema Thöngdrol. To mark this special day, we are releasing a bilingual Tibetan-English version of Tsewang Rigdzin’s collection of aspirational prayers known as The Precious Mala (or simply as Tsewang Mönlam) / །ཚེ་དབང་སྨོན་ལམ་དོན་འདུས་རིན་ཆེན་ཕྲེང་བ་བཞུགས། Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche spontaneously translated these inspiring verses into English with us many years ago in 2006. This was the very first time this prayer was uttered in English. It was Rinpoche’s wish that the Read more

New Book by Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche With great pleasure and with the permission and encouragement of Yongdzin Rinpoche, today FPYB are releasing a new book of teachings for serious students of Bönpo Dzogchen. Four Samayas of Dzogchen and Thirteen Points of Tantra: Teachings by Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche on Zhang Zhung Nyengyu and Nyamgyu Dringpo Sorzhag contains teachings by three Zhang Zhung Nyengyu Lineage Masters: Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche himself, Mu Shotram Chenpo and Pönchen Lhundrub Muthur on essential points of Dzogchen as well as an explanation of the Content of Thirteen Sessions of Tantra which Read more

The oldest Tibetan refugee settlement in Nepal has been hit by locusts. We are currently collecting money for essential food supplies. To contribute, click here: HELP DHORPATAN: DONATE NOW The refugee camp of Nordzin Ling in Dhorpatan is extremely important to all Bönpos because it was the first home for many Tibetan Bönpos who had to flee Tibet. And the first monastery in exile was built here, too. Nordzin Ling was established thanks to the work of Yongdzin Rinpoche’s disciple, 32nd Abbot of Menri Monastery Sonam Lodrö and generous help from the Red Cross. 32nd Abbot of Menri Monastery Sonam Read more

Disaster Relief Campaign Yesterday one of our Trustees, Paola Malatesta, received this short video from a friend from Dhorpatan, Nepal and we immediately decided to help. HELP DHORPATAN: DONATE NOW On top of hardships caused by corona virus, the farmers in this mountainous region are now faced with huge swarms of hungry locusts that have descended on their villages and are destroying their crops. Locust swarms in Dhorpatan The local people here depend on potatoes for food and trade. Ethnic Tibetans who settled on the mountain slopes exchange potatoes for rice and wheat in the Nepali villages lower down the Read more