Guidance for Living and Dying: Commentary on the Bardo Teachings

with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

The word “bardo” means “in between” in Tibetan, including the time between life and death, and the time between death and rebirth.

During this retreat, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will offer guidance on living and dying. Rinpoche will lead participants in exploring the transition between life in death, including preparation for dying, the process of dying, practices related with the bardo, how to prepare for one’s own death, and how to help others who are dying.

In the process of dying, one of the most challenging things, and what makes transition difficult, is attachment. A key issue is that things always change, and we are always in transition. Rinpoche will guide participants in discovering the changeless self within all of our changing experiences—the stillness, silence and spaciousness beyond the body, speech and mind.

Ample time for meditation, practice, and questions and answers will be included in the retreat.

The teachings on the bardo are one of the six great methods of the path of the Mother Tantra (Tib: Ma Gyü), one of the major tantric cycles of Bön. The fall retreat will conclude the latest cycle of Rinpoche’s teaching of the six paths of meditation from the Bon Mother Tantra—Sleep, Dream, Elements, Chod, Powa and Bardo.

Retreat Cost (includes meals; accommodations extra): $605 received by August 23; $655 after August 23.

Check-in for accommodations, including tenting, begins at 4 p.m. on October 22. A light dinner will be served at 6 p.m., and announcements and teaching by Rinpoche begin at 7:15 p.m. Retreat registration includes meals beginning with the evening of October 22 and ending with lunch on the final day of the retreat on October 27.

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Introductory video, “Opening Your Heart with Gratitude” (2 minutes)

The ancient Bön teachings of soul retrieval place much emphasis on the sacredness of nature. In a teaching and guided meditation broadcast live on Facebook, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche supports us in opening our hearts with gratitude for all that we have received from the natural world — including the natural elements of earth, water, fire, air and space — and guides us in cultivating a deep sense of connection with these gifts. The broadcast is open to all; you don’t need a Facebook account to view it.

This is Part 1 of a four-part series on Cultivating a Sacred Relationship with Nature. Every day we hear new warnings from scientists that our world is facing cataclysmic change and mass extinction due to climate change. There is pervasive fear, anxiety, and denial; and because of rampant greed and corruption among those in power, a sense of impotence. This is an unprecedented moment in the history of humankind when we all need to take action for the benefit of ourselves and all around us. But to have the clarity, passion, and conviction needed to take advantage of our opportunities to act, we first must connect deeply with the reality of the beauty and sacredness of what our world has given us — and of what we stand to lose.

Each part of this series will include a teaching and guided meditation and will be followed at a later date by a question-answer session.

Part 1: Opening Your Heart with Gratitude.
Part 2: Cultivating Compassion
Part 3: Retrieving the Elemental Essences from Nature
Part 4: Opening to a Deeper Wisdom

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• Resource: These teachings are based on Chapter 2 of The True Source of Healing: How the Ancient Tibetan Practice of Soul Retrieval Can Transform and Enrich Your Life, by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
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Heartdrops of Dharmakaya: Introduction to Dzogchen

With Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche
Abbot of Triten Norbutse Bon Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Chamma Ling, Crestone, Colorado, October 25-27th, 2019

The nature of our own mind remains hidden behind clouds of thoughts and emotions, until a master points out directly the source, the essence, the Heart Drop. This is the method of direct introduction to Dzogchen, the highest and most subtle path of meditation in Bön.

Heart Drops of Dharmakaya was composed by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen, a Tibetan master who passed in 1935, achieving the rainbow body in which his physical body dissolved into light. Shardza Rinpoche was one of the most influential teachers of his time, and his works are used as textbooks in many Tibetan monasteries.

Unlike methods that watch the breath or calm thoughts, these practices use body postures and simple yet potent visualizations to draw us directly and quickly to experience our essence. There could be no better place to learn these ancient practices than the high mountains of Crestone.

Khenpo received these teachings from his root teacher Yongdzin Namdak Rinpoche, the greatest living Dzogchen master of the Bön lineage, and the author of the commentary on Heart Drops of Dharmakaya. Please join us for this rare and unique opportunity!

RETREAT COST $350.00 Teaching materials, lunches, and snacks are included.
No lodging is provided. Crestone has many nearby B&B facilities. This is a very personal, small retreat with limited space. Teachings will be given at the Community House located on the land at the Bon Chamma Ling Center in Crestone.

This retreat is now full. People who have paid a deposit may continue to pay their balance.
Your balance must be paid on Friday October 25th. No refunds on deposits after Oct 1st.

Questions: retreat@chammaling.org or andreaheckman333@gmail.com