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Those attending Tenzhug and the Empowerment to be given by Yongdzin Rinpoche at the end of January 2020 may be interested in this text in English and Tibetan. THE LAMP WHICH DISPELS DARKNESS: the practice manual of DU TRI SU which purifies obscurations and dredges all beings from the depths of Samsara / དུ་ཏྲི་སུའི་སྒྲིབ་སྦྱོང་གི་སྒྲུབ་གཞུང་མུན་སེལ་སྒྲོན་མ་འཁོར་བ་དོང་སྤྲུགས་བཞུགས།།. The practice manual is offered at cost price (plus P&P). To order click the button below: ORDER THE MANUAL Read more

by Dmitry Ermakov from Masters of the Zhang Zhung Nyengyud: Pith Instructions from the Experiential Transmission of Bönpo Dzogchen Main topics discussed:– Historical background to Bönpo Dzogchen– Qualities of Master and disciple– Introduction to the Path of Dzogchen– Introduction to the Lineage Masters of Zhang Zhung Nyengyud– Structure of Zhang Zhung Nyengyud cycle–  Comparison with writings on Dzogchen by Longchen Rabjampa– Lineage Tree– Zhang Zhung Garab and Garab Dorje– An excerpt from the “Golden Spoon” discovered by Yungdrung Lingpa translated specially for this publication by Yongdzin Rinpoche– A Mongol Connection– Experiential Transmission– Modern-day Transmission READ ARTICLE BUY BOOK Read more

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