Serenity Ridge News

Experience the Power of Giving

Experience the Power of Giving

Fundraiser dinner – June 23, 2023 Just one day before the summer retreat, Serenity Ridge Retreat Center organized and hosted a fundraiser dinner to support the orphans and semi-orphans of the Bön Children Welfare Center (BCWC) in Dolanji, India. His Holiness, the 34th...

Serenity Ridge Summer Online Auction

Serenity Ridge Summer Online Auction

Serenity Ridge Summer Online Auction with special items CONCLUDES JULY 7 AT 2:30 p.m. ET   At each summer retreat we organize an auction to help provide needed funds for Serenity Ridge's mission to hold sacred space for practice, to provide educational programs...

Residency Program

Service as a sacred act can be a powerful tool for self-transformation.  At the center, our Residency Program emphasizes service as a spiritual practice in its own right. A limited number of positions are open to those with a sincere interest in the Bön Buddhist...

Annual Spring Retreat: Heartdrops of Kuntu Zangpo

Annual Spring Retreat: Heartdrops of Kuntu Zangpo

Join us April 13–16 at Serenity Ridge or on Zoom for the Ligmincha’s annual spring retreat on Heartdrops of Kuntu Zangpo, also known as Heartdrops of Dharmakaya.

Heartdrops of Kuntu Zangpo provides methods for introducing the nature of the mind, which remains hidden behind clouds of thoughts and emotions until a master directly points out 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. 

New Monthly Newsletter from Serenity Ridge Retreat Center

New Monthly Newsletter from Serenity Ridge Retreat Center

Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, headquarters of Ligmincha International, now has a monthly newsletter!

Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in central Virginia, Serenity Ridge was established in 1998 by Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, teacher and meditation master in the Tibetan Bon tradition.

Prayer Wheels Coming Soon to Serenity Ridge

Prayer Wheels Coming Soon to Serenity Ridge

Thanks to a successful start to our 2022 fundraising activities, Serenity Ridge Retreat Center will soon have 15 stunning prayer wheels lining the path between Kunzang Khang and Garuda House. These prayer wheels were gifted to the center by Vicki Wheaton just as covid struck and everything had to shut down. Now, thanks to more than $13,000 raised through the summer auction and the generosity of donors contributing directly, work is now under way to install the wheels.

Ligmincha International

LOSAR 2025

LOSAR 2025

Celebrating Losar As February draws to a close, Tibetan Bön and Buddhist communities worldwide welcome the Tibetan New Year, known as Losar. This ancient celebration, deeply rooted in Tibetan culture and spirituality, offers practitioners and community members a...

Programa de entrenamiento DU TRI SU

Programa de entrenamiento DU TRI SU Impartido por Geshe Denma Gyaltsen y asistido por Khandro Tsering Wangmo Khymsar De marzo de 2025 a abril de 2027, aprende el Du Tri Su Drip Jong, el Ritual Yungdrung Bön para escoltar la conciencia del difunto a través del Bardo....