ONLINE COURSE

Sherap Chamma: Mother of Wisdom and Love

with Marcy Vaughn

Ligmincha Learning is pleased to offer a course introducing the practices of Sherap Chamma, the Mother of Wisdom and Love, taught by Marcy Vaughn.

In many cultures the primordial female energy is seen as the origin of existence and the source of all positive qualities. As such, Sherap Chamma, Mother of Wisdom and Love, is the source of wisdom, and her medicine is love and compassion. The teachings of Sherap Chamma comprise one of the most important tantric cycles of the ancient Bön tradition.

Join Marcy Vaughn in this special course to learn a beautiful and simple meditation practice that will enable you to connect directly with the divine feminine energy. With visualization, the sound of mantra, and deep contemplation, participants can make a personal connection to this sacred form of the universal mother, Sherap Chamma, and are guided through this connection to innate wisdom and the love and compassion that naturally radiate from that wisdom.

Those experienced in meditation as well as those who are beginning are warmly welcomed.

Sign up for the live Sherap Chamma retreat and receive a code for a 35 percent discount off this course.

LIVE ONLINE RETREAT

Who Am I?

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

In this four day retreat, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will teach from his poem, “Who Am I?”, a dzogchen poem on freedom and self-liberation, to explore how we can let go of being who we think we are. We will connect to our own infinite potentiality, allowing us to manifest all that we are.

Rinpoche will guide us through unique exercises that he has created, to connect us to profound places within ourselves and transcend the deeper layers of personality in a journey toward self-realization, our own enlightened qualities, and the unique ways in which each one of us can express them. Practices will be led by Tulku Ponse Jigme Tenzin and Ani Sherab Wangmo.

Read the poem “Who am I?”. Downloadable PDF in: English | Chinese | Dutch | French | German | Hindi | Hungarian | Italian | Korean | Nepali | Polish | Portuguese | Russian | Slovak | Spanish | Tibetan | Turkish

Live translation available in Portuguese, Polish, Russian and Spanish.

Schedule (New York time)
Thursday, March 4
10:00–11:15 a.m.: Teaching
11:15–11:45 a.m.: Break
11:45–12:45 p.m.: Practice
12:45–2:00 p.m.: Break
2:00–3:15 p.m.: Teaching
3:15–3:45 p.m.: Break
3:45–4:45 p.m.: Practice

Friday, March 5 and Saturday March 6
8:00–9:00 a.m.: Practice
9:00–10:00 a.m.: Break
10:00–11:15 a.m.: Teaching
11:15–11:45 a.m.: Break
11:45–12:45 p.m.: Practice
12:45–2:00 p.m.: Break
2:00–3:15 p.m.: Teaching
3:15–3:45 p.m.: Break
3:45–4:45 p.m.: Practice

Sunday, March 7
8:00–9:00 a.m.: Practice
9:00–10:00 a.m.: Break
10:00–11:15 a.m.: Teaching
11:15–11:45 a.m.: Break
11:45–12:45 p.m.: Practice
12:45–2:00 p.m.: Break
2:00–3:15 p.m.: Teaching

Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rínpoche is the founder and spiritual director of Ligmincha International, with centers and sanghas around the world. He is an acclaimed author and teacher highly respected and loved by his students throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe, and South America. Fluent in English, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is renowned for his depth of knowledge, his clear and committed style of teaching, and his ability to make ancient Tibetan teachings highly accessible and relevant to the lives of people.

ONLINE COURSE

Treasures of Bön: History, Lineage & Practice

with Geshe Denma Gyaltsen and John Jackson

Bön counts itself among the oldest spiritual traditions in the world. With origins steeped in an oral, shamanic tradition and yet deeply rooted in teachings of the buddha Tonpa Shenrap, the buddha who preceded Shakyamuni Buddha. This course is designed for anyone who would like to learn more about, or deepen their existing knowledge of, the ancient, profound tradition of Tibetan Bön Buddhism.

Geshe Denma Gyaltsen, resident lama for Ligmincha Texas, and John Jackson, mentor for many Ligmincha Learning courses and international teacher, enter into deep conversations around essential masters and teachings of the Bön tradition. The conversation is followed by a guided meditation led by either Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche or Geshe Denma.

The course is divided into five parts:

• History and Lineage
• The Causal Vehicle
• The Path of Sutra
• The Path of Tantra
• The Path of Dzogchen

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Lungta – Enhancing our Vitality with Prayer Flags

with Khandro Tsering Wangmo Khymsar  

Lungta, or “wind-horse,” is an intangible, inner quality or power that influences our general well-being. It is one of the four main concepts related to life force in Yungdrung Bön: La, life essence; Yang, wealth essence; Wangtang, charisma or authentic self; and Lungta, windhorse – the power for things to go our way. When lungta is running high and smooth we are healthy, successful and prosperous. When our lungta is debilitated, low or broken, we are more susceptible to problems and misfortunes.

Fortunately, we can support, boost and even restore our lungta. One of the most effective methods is hanging prayer flags. In this three-day workshop, Khandro Tsering Wangmo Khymsar will share her practical knowledge of raising windhorse energy with prayer flags. Among the topics covered will be:

• What is lungta?
• How to identify when one’s lungta is low or high
• The different kinds of lungta
• Simple remedies to support and restore lungta in daily life
• How prayer flags support lungta
• When, where and how to hang lungta prayer flags
• When, where and how to dispose of old prayer flags

There will be opportunities for questions and answers each day.

Schedule (New York Time)

Friday and Saturday
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
12:45 p.m.–1:45 p.m.
3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.

Sunday
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m.

Khandro Tsering Wangmo Khymsar is deeply steeped in the life, rituals and traditions of Yungdrung Bön religion and culture. Her parents fled Yatung, a village in the Chumbi Valley of Tibet, in 1959, to India, where she was born and raised. Her family clan is the important Zhutsang/Zhu lineage. Khandro-la is well known for her personal warmth and vibrant laugh, using personal stories and experiences in her teaching to combine spiritual and practical knowledge. She is the wife of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. They live together in California with their teen-aged son, Senghe. Khandro-la has a degree in social services and is deeply involved in education, community building and support for the homeless in the Berkeley, CA area. She has an excellent command of spoken English.

ONLINE COURSE

Ngöndro: The Foundational Practices

with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

The ngöndro teachings are a set of nine practices that offer complete instructions for taming, purifying, and perfecting the suffering mind. Although these practices are considered the foundation for entrance into the five-part cycle of Tibetan Bön dzogchen teachings – Bön’s highest teachings on the nature of mind – many practitioners adopt the ngöndro as their main meditation and complete the nine sets of 100,000 repetitions over the course of a lifetime. Within each is contained the entire path to liberation. They are considered to be the foundational practices for the entire tradition.

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche rarely teaches the ngöndro, and recommends it for dedicated practitioners who feel a strong connection to the Bön lineage. Within the ngöndro are found practices that are used within many other practices, such as the Guru Yoga Prayer, Bodhicitta Prayer, Refuge Prayer, Prostrations, and the Three Heart Mantras, so the ngöndro supports and deepens all other meditation practices.

Participation in a ngöndro retreat or this online course is a prerequisite for continuing the Experiential Transmission of Zhang Zhung series. Tenzin Rinpoche will offer Part 2 of the series in December 2021.

This course is ongoing through December. Registration continues to be open after the start date.

ONLINE COURSE

Transforming Our Emotions Through the Six Lokas

with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

This meditation course will give you a thorough introduction to the Six Lokas practices of the Tibetan Bön Buddhist tradition.

At one time or another each of us suffer strong emotions that throw us off balance, cause us to act in ways that we later regret, and make us lose touch with our true nature. Centuries ago the masters of the Bön lineage developed the meditations of the Six Lokas specifically to remedy this situation, to help us live our lives in a balanced and relaxed way.

The meditations focus on the root causes of our suffering: anger, desire, greed, ignorance, jealousy, pride and laziness. Through each meditation we examine our habitual patterns so that we may recognize them, then invoke the enlightened energy of the Buddhas to purify and transform us so that we and all other beings might not continue to suffer in this way. The practices have a deep healing and transformative power, and are traditionally practiced at length as a preliminary to dzogchen contemplation.

LIVE ONLINE RETREAT

The Body of Light: Manifesting Positive Qualities

Transformation Through Space, Light and Energy

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Every one of us has the possibility of becoming more open, more aware and more creative by lightening the densities that prevent us from experiencing ourselves as we truly are.

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche teaches practices that guide us towards this essential state of pure space and awareness, the body of light. These practices take us through the layers of our pain identities as they manifest within each of the five aspects of spiritual and personal development: body, speech, mind, positive qualities and spontaneous creativity. As we release first the gross and then the subtler blockages, we discover the body of light that becomes accessible as these blockages clear. This weekend will focus on recognizing and connecting with our positive qualities.

This weekend emphasizes self-reflection as well as practices of the tantric and dzogchen teachings of the Bön tradition. There are no prerequisites needed to attend. Everyone is welcome.

Live translation available in German, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.

Schedule (New York Time)

11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.: Teaching
12:45–1:15 p.m.: Break
1:15–2:15 p.m.: Teaching
2:15–3:30 p.m.: Break
3:30–4:45 p.m.: Teaching
4:45–5:15 p.m.: Break
5:15–6:15 p.m.: Teaching

ONLINE COURSE

Tibetan Meditation: The Nature of Mind

with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

This interactive online workshop, offered through GlideWing, allows you to learn and practice from your own home, at your own schedule, with personal guidance from Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. Its video-based teachings offer a direct introduction to the nature of mind. Rinpoche will guide you through each of the five steps of meditation in the Fivefold Teachings of Dawa Gyaltsen — an 8th century dzogchen meditation master — helping you to enter the state of pure awareness that leads to peace, joy and ultimately, to self-realization.

Website: GlideWing (https://www.glidewing.com/twr/meditation_home.html)