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LAMA YANGTÖN TASHI GYALTSEN

1st July 2024

On 22nd June 2024 we heard the sad news that Lama Yangtön Tashi Gyaltsen of the Yangtön lineage passed away in Kathamandu. We were fortunate to have met him on our first visit to Nepal in 1996 when we shared many meals and lively debates with him in Triten Norbutse Monastery. Here is a short biography: Lama Yangtön Tashi Gyaltsen was the son of Nyima Tseten. As a young boy he received the genyen[1] vows from Lama Nyima. He received initiations of external, internal and secret divinities according to the system of the ancient masters and completed a traditional three-year…
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Great Bönpo Khandro Choza Bönmo is now included in The Treasury of Lives!

20th June 2024

An article on the great Bönpo Khandro Choza Bönmo is now included in The Treasury of Lives, an online biographical encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia and the Himalayan region: The pith instructions of this great yogini who achieved Rainbow Body in 8th century AD can be found in the Heart Essence of the Khandro, Experiential Instructions on Bonpo Dzogchen. This book has recently been translated into Russian and is due to be published there next month. Cover image: Left tsakali: courtesy of Prof. Charles Ramble.Right tskali: a fragment of Yethri Thasel Mogyu thangka by @ Geshe Monlam Wangyal painted for the Heart…
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Connections between Siberian Shamanism, Bön and Taoism

9th June 2024

This article is an adaptation of a talk given in Italian on 22nd January, 2023 for Tianwu – Scuola di Medicina Classica Cinese e Arti Taoiste. Thanks to Carol Ermakova for translating it into English.  Topics covered Introduction to the shamanism of Siberia and Central Asia Prehistoric Bön of Eurasia Bön as a multifaceted phenomenon. The word ‘bön’ Etymology of the word ‘bön’ Meaning of the word ‘bön’ Four types of Bönpo religions Prehistoric Bön Yungdrung Bön Doctrines of Yungdrung Bön New Bön Mixed Bön Bө Murgel Bön of the Deer Differences between Bө Murgel and Yungdrung Bön Possible vectors via…
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Ritiro di Insegnamento Dzogchen in Toscana, 4-6 ottobre (e se possibile 7)

5th May 2024

Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin, Capo della Scuola di Meditazione al Triten Norbuste, la sede principale della Tradizione Tibetana Yungdrung Bön a Kathmandu, in Nepal, insegnerà un raro e prezioso testo Dzogchen:  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།། Diffondere la Saggezza Suprema: Spiegazione Concisa e Commentario sulla Preghiera di Supplica al Signore Tapihritsa, Emanazione della Mente di Kuntu Zangpo  scritto da Yongdzin Löpon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche Scritto da Yongdzin Löpon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, La Preghiera di Supplica al Signore  Tapihritsa contiene una spiegazione molto condensate di Base, Sentiero e Frutto così come di Visione, Meditazione e Condotta dello Dzogchen. In questo commentario, Yongdzin Rinpoche rivela livelli…
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Dzogchen Teaching Retreat in Tuscany, 4th-6th October (and possibly 7th)

5th May 2024

The Supplication Prayer to Lord Tapihritsa contains a very condense explanation on the Base, Path and Fruit as well as the View, Meditation and Conduct of Dzogchen. In this commentary, the current Zhang Zhung Nyengyu Lineage Holder Yongdzin Rinpoche unwraps layers of meaning contained in the prayer and provides lucid explanations on these topics. We are truly fortunate that an erudite Bönpo lama, Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin, a heart disciple of Yongdzin Rinpoche, has kindly agreed to give teachings on this text, which are offered for the first time in the West.

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