Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bön / གཡུང་དྲུང་བོན་ཉར་ཚགས་རིག་མཛོད།

Tag: Bonpo Dzogchen

How a Dzogchen yogi may go astray

Many people think that practising Dzogchen is simple, that it is a path of non-meditation where there is nothing to do and we can behave however we like. This short teaching by Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, given in 1999, explains how a practitioner of Dzogchen should behave, and how to recognise when a yogi has gone astray. “The Action-less Path of Entering into Nature i)             If you say: ‘This is Great Perfection and so it doesn’t matter what I do, I can do whatever I like!’ then you are a yogi who has completely gone astray. ii)            If…
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Prière à Lachen Drenpa Namkha désormais disponible en français / Prayer to Lachen Drenpa Namkha now available in French

Cette prière est imprégnée d’une grande profondeur de sens et se termine par le mantra du cœur de Drenpa Namkha. De nombreux grands lamas considèrent Yongdzin Rinpoché comme une émanation de Drenpa Namkha, c’est pourquoi il est particulièrement propice que Rinpoché lui-même ait traduit cette prière en anglais pour nous. Khenchen Tenpa Yungdrung a conseillé à la sangha internationale de réciter ce mantra du cœur autant que possible pendant les 49 jours suivant le décès de Yongdzin Rinpoché (12 juin 2025), et même pendant le reste de notre vie. Suivant ce conseil, nous mettons désormais ce livret de prières à…
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Yungdrung Bön comes to Calabria / Yungdrung Bön sbarca in Calabria

The A-Thri retreat led by Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin in Calabria has just ended. Our heartfelt thanks to Khenpo-lags for his detailed instructions, his patience with all our questions, and the many lung-transmissions he gave us. In just four days we covered: Si è appena concluso il ritiro sul A-Thri guidato da Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin in Calabria. I nostri più sentiti ringraziamenti a Khenpo-lags per le sue istruzioni dettagliate, la sua pazienza con tutte le nostre domande e le molte trasmissioni-lung che ci ha dato. In soli quattro giorni abbiamo imperato: Offering of Sang and Torma to the Lu…
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NEW BOOK: Essential Practice and Explanation of The Long-Life Mantra of Drenpa Namkha

Dear Friends! We are pleased to announce another publication – Essential Practice and Explanation of The Long-Life Mantra of Drenpa Namkha! This long-life mantra – དྲན་པ་ཚེ་སྒྲུབ་ཀྱི་འཛབ་བསྒོམ། – was one of the main practices done by all the monks, ngagpas and lay practitioners in Triten Norbutse for Yongdzin Rinpoche’s centenary, and Drubdra Khenpo, who led the rituals, has urged us to publish an English translation of the short sadhana. As well as the translation, transliteration and original Tibetan, this book also includes the clear teachings that Drubdra Khenpo gave about this practice, including how to visualise, how to recite the mantra…
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Steps for Morning Meditation – New Booklet by Yongdzin Rinpoche

Dzogchen is the highest, most esoteric path within the Nine Vehicles of Yungdrung Bön and many are eager to study its methods. However, if we are not properly prepared for these powerful teachings, instead of opening the door to total liberation, they may become poison for us. Yongdzin Rinpoche taught these Steps for Morning Meditation in Wels, Austria, in 1995 as a preamble before he began teaching on the Eight Chapters, Zhang Zhung Nyengyu, Secret Cycle. As he said then, this is an effective way to prepare ourselves for receiving Dzogchen teachings and practising this View. When Rinpoche passed into…
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