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

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FPYB’s contributions to Yongdzin Rinpoche’s Centenary Volume

At the invitation of Khenchen Tenpa Yungdrung, Khenpo Gelek Jinpa and Prof. Charles Ramble, Carol and Dmitry were honoured to contribute chapters to Yongdzin Rinpoche’s Centenary Volume, Celebrating 100 Years of Wisdom. The book includes an Introduction, a short biography of Yongdzin Rinpoche’s remarkable life, as well as contributions by scholars and Yongdzin Rinpoche’s disciples. We have just received the official PDFs of our chapters from Charles Ramble plus our author’s copies from Bidur and Lokesh Dongol of Vajra Publications. Thanks to all those involved in producing this memorable book! We are happy to share our chapters here: Carol Ermakova:…
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Khandro Sangchöd – Secret Chöd of the Khandro

We are pleased to share this wonderful rare video from 2006 made by Prof. Donatella Rossi. It shows Menri Pönlob Trinle Nyima Rinpoche giving explanations on Chöd and Bönpo nuns of Yungdrungkha nunnnery, Tibet, performing the Khandro Sangchöd Unified Daily Ritual. We are very happy to continue collaborating with Prof. Donatella Rossi of La Sapienza University, Rome, to preserve the rich ancient traditions of Yungdrung Bön. Many thanks also to Koos van der Velde of FPYB for converting and restoring the original recording. Language: Tibetan with English subtitles. Credits: Footage: Donatella Rossi (interview), Francesco Maniscalco (ritual) Editing: Daniele Pecorelli Music:…
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Drubdra Khenpo in Italy: Dzogchen, Tummo and more

We were delighted to host Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin in Italy for an intense two weeks of teachings, practice, university lectures, book presentations and shared experiences. After a couple of days exploring the sea and mountains in Tuscany, Drubdra Khenpo headed down to Rome at the invitation of Professor Donatella Rossi for a lecture at La Sapienza, Europe’s largest university. Khenpo-lags gave a detailed exposition on the Nine Ways of Bön which was well attended both at the university and online. We also enjoyed a whistlestop tour of some of Rome’s historic sites, including St. Peters and the Colosseum. Back…
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Long-Life Practice of Tsewang Rigdzin from །།ཚེ་དབང་མཆོག་འདུས་ཚེའི་སྒྲུབ་གཞུང་བྱ་རི་མ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་སོ།། now available

Today, 10th lunar day, is a special day to honour Tsewang Rigdzin. It is also Bookstore Day, and we are happy to present a new publication and share a 10% discount code for all FPYB books printed by Lulu!Use code RAC10GUYM23FR at their checkout. Recently, several people have contacted us about the Long-Life Practice of Tsewang Rigdzin from Tsewang Jyarima cycle as taught and orally translated by Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, so we are making this new re-edited publication available. This book also contains Yongdzin Rinpoche’s explanations on how karmic causes affect our lifespan, the relationship between ‘tse’ and…
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Celebrating Seven Years of FPYB

Dear Friends! Today is our 7th anniversary as a registered UK charity, and we’d like to share some of the highlights of this past year with you. Meeting the Masters, Donating Books In February, Carol and Dmitry visited Yongdzin Rinpoche in Triten Norbutse Monastery, Kathmandu and presented him with copies of our recent publications. As ever, it was a very joyful occasion. Thanks to very generous sponsorship, in April we were able to attend the final days of the Menri Drubchen Ceremony at Menri Monastery, Dolanji in India. This was a wonderful event, and as well as meeting friends old…
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