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

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Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche’s teaching on Drenpa Namkha, Wels, Austria, 1995

The First Drenpa Namkha, of Tagzig There are three Drenpa Namkhas.[1] They all have the same name. The first is very early. He was miraculously self-born on a lotus.[2] It says that he was born in a place called Tagzig.[3] In ancient times, that was a very big country. Maybe it included Afghanistan, too. In our text, it says Tajik and then Kashmir. Kashmir is translated into Tibetan as Kache.[4] These countries are quite closely joined. So this first Drenpa Namkha was there. Not much is known about this one. We only have a few short prayers, and they say…
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New Translation & Yongdzin Rinpoche’s Instructions on the Healing Practice of Sipai Gyalmo

Recently we have been asked about the healing practice of Sipai Gyalmo that uses empowered water to cure and prevent illness. Yongdzin Rinpoche taught this text many times over the years. So, drawing on his explanations, we have made a fresh English translation of the core sadhana, and re-edited our transcript of the detailed teachings he gave in 2003, during the outbreak of SARS. The Essential Point of the Profound Contemplation on the Wrathful Mantra of Sipai Gyalmo was revealed by Sipai Gyalmo herself, and Yongdzin Rinpoche is the fourth lineage holder of this very recent practice that specifically targets…
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Perché Cristo non avrebbe potuto realizzare il Corpo di Arcobaleno

Prefazione Questo articolo si basa sulla relazione presentata in occasione della Sesta Conferenza Internazionale di Studi sul Bön, tenutasi presso il Triten Norbutse Institute di Kathmandu il 7–8 febbraio 2025, durante le celebrazioni del centenario di Ciabje Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoce. In quell’occasione, a causa dei limiti di tempo, fui costretto a omettere o riassumere alcuni punti; nella presente versione li ho reinseriti integralmente e ho aggiunto ulteriore materiale, nato dalle domande e dalle discussioni suscitate dalla mia relazione. Mi è occorso del tempo per riorganizzare il materiale e prepararlo per la pubblicazione. Durante quelle settimane, Yongdzin Rinpoce è…
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First Anniversary of Yongdzin Rinpoche’s Passing into Great Bliss

Tomorrow, 16th day of the 4th Tibetan month, marks one year since Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche entered the state of tugdam and passed into Great Bliss. Photo by Carol Ermakova. In his monastery Triten Norbutse in Kathmandu, the monks, nuns and lay practitioners are devoting two days to commemorating this occasion, with rituals, prayers and devotion being offered in all the monastery temples. Holy Relics Two new chorten now house Yongdzin Rinpoche’s holy relics. Built on top of the structure constructed for the cremation last August, the 3-storey dungkhang contains 3 mandalas and an eternal flame behind glass panels…
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Quattro nuovi libri in italiano / Four new books in Italian

Dopo mesi di intenso lavoro, abbiamo recentemente pubblicato quattro nuovi libri sul Bön in italiano. I libri sono stati presentati in occasione del ritiro Jadral Jeme con Gomdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin a Perugia, in Italia, dal 15 al 18 maggio 2026. Un sentito ringraziamento a Paola Malatesta, Massimo Rabassini e Simonetta Cisci. Abbiamo quindi ora undici titoli disponibili in italiano, una selezione di insegnamenti dello Dzogchen, preghiere e pratiche, oltre a materiale per i principianti @ https://yungdrungbon.co.uk/publications/#libri-in-italiano After months of intense work we recently published four new Bönpo books in Italian. The book were launched during the Jadral Jeme retreat…
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