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Birthday Anniversaries of Tönpa Shenrab Miwoche & His Son, Prince Kongtsa Yungdrung Wangden

1st February 2026

According to traditional Bönpo Chronology (Tib. Bstan-rtsis) Tönpa Shenrab Miwoche (Tib. Ston pa Gshen rab Mi bo che) – whose original name was Mura Tahen (Tib. Dmu-ra ta-han) – was born in the country of Wolmo Lungring (Tib. ‘Ol-mo lung-ring), the central region of the larger country of Tagzig (Tib. Rtag-gzigs/Stag-gzig), in the Wood Male Mouse Year (i.e. in 16,017 BC), on the fifteenth day of the first month of Spring, the Fire Tiger month (Tib. me-stag-gi zla-ba). So this year 1st February 2026 marks the 18,043rd anniversary of the First Deed of Yungdrung Bön’s Buddha Tönpa Shenrab Miwoche –…
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9,842 Anniversary of Buddha Tönpa Shenrab Miwoche’s Parinirvana

19th November 2025

Today, on the 30th day of the 9th month according to the Horda (Tib. hor-zla) calendar, we are celebrating the Anniversary of Buddha Tönpa Shenrab Miwoche (Tib. Rgyal-ba Ston-pa Gshen-rab Mi-bo-che) completing the Twelfth Deed, The Deed of Realisation (Tib. rnam-par grub-pa’i mdzad-pa), when he achieved nyangen ledepa (Tib. mya-ngan las’das-pa) or parinirvana in 7817 BC, 9,842 years ago. Through his life and teachings, the Buddha of Yungdrung Bön Tönpa Shenrab showed us the way from suffering to contentment, from strife to peace, and from anguish to ultimate Buddhahood. E Ma HO! PRAYER TO TÖNPA SHENRAB MIWOCHE ཨེ་མ་ཧོ། E-MA-HO! Wonderful!…
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LUSANG & LUTOR with Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin, Sibari 2025

9th October 2025

On 23 September 2025 Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin of Triten Norbutse Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, led the first Bönpo Lusang and Lutor offering to the water spirits on the Ionian coast in Calabria. These rituals were transmitted by the founder of Yungdrung Bön, Buddha Tönpa Shenrab Miwoche to Lubön Yeshe Nyingpo, a human master who lived in the remote past and taught the Lu. He was a great tantric and Dzogchen master and possessed miraculous powers. For more details please read article @ https://yungdrungbon.co.uk/2025/05/30/lusang-dos-and-donts/

New translation of the Torma offering to the Lu

23rd August 2025

Today is an auspicious day for propitiating the Lu or Nagas, powerful water spirits who inhabit many features of our landscape, and we are happy to announce the publication of a second simple yet effective ritual to appease these beings, atone for any injury or offence we have caused them, and heal their sicknesses.This text, written by Buddha Tönpa Shenrab himself, can be practised alone or after Sang for the Lu. We have published 3 volumes: Sang for the Lu, Torma Offering to the Lu, and Sang and Torma Offering to the Lu, which contains both texts. Two separate volumes…
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Tӧnpa Shenrab’s 18042nd Birthday Anniversary

12th February 2025

Today, the18042nd Anniversary of Buddha Tӧnpa Shenrab’s birth is being celebrated in Triten Norbutse Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal and many Bӧnpo centres and communities in Tibet and all over the world. On this  day it is very auspicious to recite Tӧnpa Shenrab’s prayer composed by Lachen Drenpa Namkha, which you can download below: And here is an article on the Twelve Deeds of Tӧnpa Shenrab which starts with the First Deed, The Deed of Birth:

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