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NEW BOOK: Two Dzogchen Texts from KUSUM RANGSHAR, Oral Teachings by Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak

10th March 2024

Yongdzin Lopӧn Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche gave these oral teachings on two Dzogchen texts from Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen’s Kusum Rangshar in 1999 in Paris. Now, twenty-five years later, the international Bönpo sangha has grown exponentially but, since Yongdzin Rinpoche has now retired from teaching, many newer practitioners may never have met or received teachings from him. With this in mind, we decided to re-edit and republish this precious book because it will surely benefit practitioners both old and new. These oral teachings by Yongdzin Rinpoche contain concise, detailed and lucid instructions on all the fundamental topics of the Dzogchen Path of…
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Prayer & Offering to Lamhla, Goddess of the Path

9th February 2024

Dear Friends! We are delighted to share a very special prayer with you. In 2006, Yongdzin Rinpoche gave us this short invocation to Lamhla, the Goddess of the Path, and we translated it together. The image of Lamhla is a photo from an old tsakali somewhere in Tibet, taken by Ans Swart. We have edited the translation and added the original Tibetan and phonetic transliteration. This short prayer can be recited as a short sang offering. The image and prayer can be kept on your mobile or tablet etc. It can be scaled to any size and printed back-to-back, any…
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Dzogchen & Advaita Vedanta

8th October 2023

Over the years I have had many discussions on the topic of Dzogchen[1] and Vedanta, particularly Advaita Vedanta, with friends and practitioners of Yungdrung Bön[2] and various schools of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Recently, this topic came up again in conversation when a friend  brought to my attention a section of Loel Guiness’ book Rainbow Body that contains an exposition of the Dzogchen view. We had a lively discussion about what was written there after my recent talk at Watkins Books in London and it is this discussion that has prompted me to write this article since, from the perspective of Dzogchen…
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Our sixth anniversary – another active year

7th July 2023

It’s six years since this Foundation, set up with the blessing of Yongdzin Rinpoche, received its official status as a UK charity, so this weekend we are celebrating another anniversary. ‘Hardly a day goes by without me reading at least one or two pages from your books’ (sangha member) Each year when we come to prepare the Annual Report for the UK Charity Commission, we think we didn’t manage to do much this year, but then I look over the last twelve months and see that in fact we released several books of teachings, as well as prayers, videos, Zoom …
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Why do we take rebirth as an ordinary sentient being?

17th May 2023

I have already taught something about this Basic Nature. When a thought appears from there and you look towards that thought, the thought disappears and there is a clear presence. Soon afterwards, a thought arises. If you follow the thought and immediately judge it as good or bad or something, then you forget where it is coming from, you forget the source. When you see anything, when an object arises, when for instance something interesting comes, you immediately perceive it as interesting and follow it, and that leads to desire. If on the other hand the objects are not very…
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