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New book of essential Dzogchen teachings

30th April 2026

We are delighted to bring you a new book of essential Dzogchen teachings! The fruit of two retreats led by Gomdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin in Tuscany, Italy, Spreading Supreme Wisdom is a meticulously edited transcript of Khenpo’s detailed teachings on a truly special text – Spreading Supreme Wisdom: Concise Explanation and Commentary on the Supplication Prayer to Lord Tapihritsa, Mind Emanation of Kuntu Zangpo / རྗེ་ཏ་པི་ཧྲི་ཙའི་གསོལ་འདེབས་ཀུན་བཟང་ཐུགས་སྤྲུལ་མའི་འགྲེལ་བ་མདོར་བསྡུས་ཤིག་བཀོད་པ་ཡེ་ཤེས་རབ་འཕེལ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་སོ།། by Chyabje Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche. In this Commentary, Yongdzin Rinpoche reveals the profound meaning behind the Prayer to the Great Master Tapihritsa uttered by Gyerpung Nangzher Lödpo during his first encounter with…
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Non-doing that Leaves No Trace – new revised edition of Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche’s teachings on Jadral Jeme

14th April 2026

Basic Nature is unchangeable. The Path is unconfused. The Fruit is non-changing and beyond any activities. The way to remain in and practise this Nature is to simply leave it as it is without modifying, fabricating or mixing anything. Dear Friends! We are delighted to share with you a new revised edition of Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche’s teachings on Jadral Jeme (Bya bral rjes med / བྱ་བྲལ་རྗེས་མེད): Non-doing that leaves No Trace. These teachings are from the Exceedingly Secret section of the Zhang Zhung Nyengyu Dzogchen cycle (Yang gsang gnas lugs phugs chod / ཡང་གསང་གནས་ལུགས་ཕུགས་ཆོད།) and Rinpoche taught them…
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Period of intensive Drenpa Namkha practice

11th March 2026

Today marks the start of an 8-day intensive practice of Drenpa Namkha in Triten Norbutse Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal. Drenpa Namkha is a great Yungdrung Bön mahasiddha who manifested many forms in many different places over millennia, and who saved Yungdrung Bön from destruction when the doctrines faced persecution more than once, Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche (1926-2025) is considered an incarnation of Drenpa Namkha and he, too, worked tirelessly to restore and preserve Yungdrung Bön in Tibet and beyond when the tradition was in dire need because of the Cultural Revolution. More information about Drenpa Namkha can be found in…
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Yongdzin Rinpoche’s Birth Anniversary – The meaning of the word ‘lama’

3rd March 2026

Today, on the 15th day in the 2nd month in the Shen system (15th day of the 1st month in the Horda system) we celebrate the birthday anniversary of one of the greatest lamas of the 20th-21st centuries, Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, the Supreme Teacher of the Yungdrung Bön tradition. Yongdzin Rinpoche was an incredible scholar and practitioner endowed with immeasurable compassion and wisdom. He dedicated his life to the restoration, preservation and dissemination of Yungdrung Bön, saving it from serious damage during yet another persecution, the Cultural Revolution. Thanks to his unbendable deep devotion, profound knowledge of Tönpa…
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Chime Tsugphü’s Birth Anniversary

24th February 2026

Today, 8th day of the 2nd month in the Shen system[1] (8th day of the 1st month of Horda system)[2] is the Anniversary of Chime Tusgphü’s[3] birth. His name means Deathless One with a Precious Topknot, and he is also known as Salwa,[4] which means Clarity. A previous incarnation of the Buddha of Yungdrung Bön, Tönpa Shenrab Miwoche,[5] Chime Tsugphü is the eighth Buddha in the Mind-to-Mind Transmission Lineage of the Buddhas.[6] He was born in the pure dimension[7] of Sipa Yesang,[8] the Primordially Pure Realm, and his parents are both Buddhas. His father is Buddha Thrulshen Nangden,[9] Shen of…
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