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Tag: Drenpa Namkha

Short Drenpa Namkha Tsog now publicly available

14th June 2025

Since Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche advised practising this tsog as one of the main practices to be done during the 49-day period following Yongdzin Rinpoche’s entering thugdam on 12th June, 2025, we are now releasing this practice in both eBook and printed public formats, making it available to devoted practitioners who have not yet received transmission so that everyone can do it during this period. Nevertheless, it is strongly advised to receive transmission and instructions for this tsog from a qualified Bönpo lama as soon as possible. The Accomplishment Practice of Khöpung༼ །ཁོད་སྤུངས་སྒོས་སྒྲུབ་བཞུགས། ༽ (p. 7–10) includes the heart mantra…
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Drenpa Namkha Intensive Practice

22nd March 2025

Today, 22nd March 2025, the monks of Drubdra School at Triten Norbutse Bönpo Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, begin a seven days and one night intensive practice of THE SECRET PRACTICE OF KHÖPUNG DRENPA’S INNERMOST ESSENCE / ཁོད་སྤུངས་དྲན་པའི་སྙིང་ཐིག་གསང་སྒྲུབ་ཅེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་པ་ལེགས་སོ།། led by Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin. This is a good opportunity for us lay practitioners to connect with the great sage Drenpa Namkha, too. c Photos: Carol Ermakova & Dmitry Ermakov. Drenpa Namkha at Jarsing Pauwa. Video by D. Ermakov. Those who received face to face transmission and explanations for this practice can join from their home. If you don’t have the text, please…
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Explanation of the short Long-Life Practice of Drenpa Namkha Yab-Yum Tsedrub

3rd February 2025

As part of the Centenary Celebrations for Yongdzin Rinpoche, a four-day ritual of Drenpa Namkha’s Yab-Yum Tsedrub is being performed in Triten Norbutse Monastery, Kathmandu. On the first day, Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin kindly gave the lung-transmission and a detailed explanation of the short version of this practice. The edited transcript of these teachings is freely available. Please click the link below.

Anniversary of Drenpa Namkha & Sons

16th July 2024

Today is the anniversary of Drenpa Namkha and his twin sons, Tsewang Rigdzin and Pema Thongdrol. So it is an auspicious day to offer long or short Tsog of Drenpa Namkha, if you have transmission, or recite the Prayer to Lachen Drenpa Namkha found in Heart Essence of the Khandro. To read story of the Three Drenpa Namkhas, Tsewang Rigdzin and Pema Thongdrol please click the button below:

དྲན་པ་ཡབ་སྲས་དུས་ཆེན། – Great Celebration of Drenpa Namkha and his twin sons

28th July 2023

Today, on the 10th day of 6th lunar months, Bönpos all over the world celebrate Drenpa Yabse Duchen – the anniversary of Drenpa Namkha and his twin sons Tsewang Rigdzin and Pema Thongdrol. Tsewang Rigdzin is an emanation of Buddha Sangwa Düpa and Pema Thongdrol is an emanation of siddha Tagla Mebar. According to traditional Bönpo chronology, the boys were born to Drenpa Namkha and his Indian consort Wöden Barma in Zhang Zhung in 888 B.C. Drenpa Namkha and Wöden Barma later separated. Taking the younger twin Pema Thongdrol with her, the mother went to Uddiana while Tsewang Rigdzin stayed…
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