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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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“Tönpa Shenrab Miwo and Buddha Shakyamuni”: brief discourse by Yongdzin Rinpoche

3rd May 2022

Many people may wonder if or how the historical Buddha Shakyamuni is connected with Tönpa Shenrab Miwo.[1] Tönpa Shenrab descended to this planet eighteen thousand and eighteen years ago,[2] but that is not according to our era, our time.[3] Maybe you think this something beyond history, that it must be some kind of mythological story. You are free to think that, of course, but we followers of Bön are still using his teachings even though we have had so many different struggles over this long period. We have kept the Teachings very carefully, and we don’t trust or take whatever…
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Anniversary of Tönpa Shenrab Miwo’s Birth – a brief introduction to The Twelve Deeds

28th January 2021

Today, the fifteenth day of the twelfth Tibetan month, we celebrate the 18,038th anniversary of the First Deed of Yungdrung Bön’s Buddha Tönpa Shenrab Miwoche (Tib. Ston pa Gshen rab Mi bo che) – the Deed of Birth (Tib. Sku bltams-pa’i mdzad-pa). During his life, Shenrab Miwo manifested The Twelve Deeds of Buddha (Tib. Mdzad-chen bcu-gnyis). Here is a brief summary of this traditional account:

Anniversary of Tönpa Shenrab’s Parinirvana སྟོན་པའི་འདས་མཆོད།

26th November 2019

“You must search for the meaning with your own mind.
It is not enough to merely trust whatever Buddha said;
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.

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