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Generally, Dzogchen nowadays seems to be brought down to an easy way, but in our tradition, long before, this was the hardest to understand and study. So in our school, for example, in the monastery, it is the last subject we teach; when everybody is set up and has enough knowledge – then they are ready to be taught Dzogchen. But nowadays it looks as if it’s brought down to a very easy way. Everybody thinks and says – I myself have heard this, too – ‘look to the mind and how it is thinking. If you look there, you Read more

Today (9th month, 30th day) we are celebrating Nyangenledepa (mya ngan las ‘das pa) / Parinirvana of Tönpa Shenrab Miwoche, Buddha of Yungdrung Bön. So it is fitting to read some of his words to his followers, as translated by Yongdzin Rinpoche: “At that time, the Buddha himself was seated on the throne, and his colour was golden. He was sitting cross-legged and his right hand was resting on his knee while his left hand was in the mudrа of equipoise. He was dressed in the six garments of a monk and he was smiling. So many luminous lights radiated Read more

Dear Friends! We are delighted to share this report from the Tibetan refugee settlement in Dhorpatan with you. Thanks to a great collaboration between Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bon (UK), Nyerpa Yungdrung Tsultrim of Triten Norbutse Monastery, Kathmandu), Khenpo Gelek Jinpa (Shenten Dargye Ling, France), Norzin Ling (Dhorpatan) and the local distribution committee, your generous donations have reached the people of Dhorpatan! Here is a thank you letter we received from the Distribution Committee on behalf of all the villagers: Due to lockdown, the funds were blocked in Kathmandu for a couple of weeks, but this turned out Read more

Homage to the Master! This morning Yongdzin Rinpoche received his copies of The Four Samayas of Dzogchen and Thirteen Points of Tantra and Tsewang Mönlam thanks to Largen Lama who brought them from France.  Here Rinpoche is holding the book open at the page with his own photo, taken by Dmitry back in 1996 at Triten Norbutse. Yongdzin Rinpoche holding The Four Samayas of Dzogchen and Thirteen Points of Tantra. Triten Norbutse, 11/10/2020. Photo by Largen Lama As it says in the Tsewang Mönlam: “སུམ་ལྡན་བླ་མ་ཞིག་དང་མཇལ་ནས་ཀྱང་།May I meet with a lama endowed with the three perfectionsof contemplation, moral discipline and wisdom…” and: “གདུལ་བྱ་བསྟན་པ་དར་ཞིང་རབ་རྒྱས་ནས།May Read more

Great News! The funds we all raised for Dhorpatan arrived at Triten Norbutse Monastery last month and are now on the way to Dhorpatan. A Distribution Committee including some Dhorpatan monks now studying in Triten Norbutse and the secretary of Sorig Bumzhi medical school is ready to start distributing relief aid to all the villagers both Tibetan and Nepali.  Thank you once again to all who supported this campaign so generously. Since FPYB’s appeal ended, Baglung district and Dhorpatan in particular were hit by devastating mudslides and floods so the £5000 we raised will make a huge difference to the families there. Read more