FREE EVENT

The Power of Being

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

It’s human nature that we continually struggle to become — to become healthier, wealthier, more knowledgeable, more attractive, or better at what we do, feel, or think. But lasting happiness and joy arise not from becoming, but from our ability to be: to be completely present with whatever experiences life brings. In a live online broadcast, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche guides a meditation to help us connect with the power of being.

In advance of the broadcast Rinpoche encourages creating a bit of space for meditation in your house — in a quiet, peaceful location where you can feel some sense of warmth and connection to yourself. You might provide a comfortable cushion to sit on, and a candle or stick of incense. A supportive outer space can support your inner space during meditation.

The broadcast marks the start of the Month of the Mind in “A Year of Body, Speech, and Mind,” a free 2021 online program of live teachings, practices, and science & spirituality dialogs. Learn More

• To join the chat, view live on Facebook — click here
• Or, view on the CyberSangha website —  click here

If the livestream doesn’t appear at the scheduled time, try refreshing the page.

About Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

RETREAT

Spontaneous Creativity

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Rinpoche will be teaching his book, Spontaneous Creativity. The English version of this book was published a few years ago. Now the Dutch translation is available. In the book, Rinpoche offers accessible methods so that our natural, positive qualities can blossom spontaneously and our connection with everything around us can take shape in a positive way.

The seminar is open to anyone who wants to learn to live from openness and clarity.

Lecture: Friday evening, 17 September from 20.00 – 21.30

Teachings: Saturday, September 18, and Sunday, September 19 from 10.00. – 17.00

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche teaches in English; Translations will be made into Dutch.

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.

FREE EVENT

24-Hour Full Moon Practice: Finding Peace through Spaciousness of the Mind

During the full moon of September 20, 2021, join us online for a guided meditation followed by a 24-hour session of mantra recitation, contemplative silence, and further periods of guided meditation.

With its focus on spaciousness of the mind, the full moon practice marks the start of “The Month of the Mind” — part of A Year of Body, Speech, and Mind, a free 2021 online program of live teachings, practices, and science & spirituality dialogs. The 24-hour session begins with a meditation guided by Marcy Vaughn at 10 a.m. New York time on the day of the full moon and ends at 10 a.m. the following day. We will be supported by Ligmincha International’s global community of practitioners. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and other Ligmincha lamas will take opportunities to join participants throughout the 24 hours.

Unlike Rinpoche’s CyberSangha® Facebook Live broadcasts, the 24-hour full moon practice takes place via Zoom, in an online meeting space. There is no cost to participate, but registration is required.

Learn more and register — click here

About Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

RETREAT

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Chamma Ling, Colorado is pleased to announce a new, three-year retreat cycle with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. Rinpoche will present the complete 15-part cycle of teachings from the A-Tri Dzogchen. The first retreat will be held virtually, via Zoom, from September 24—26, 2021, with the second and third parts in 2022 and 2023. We hope that in future years the teachings will be given at Chamma Ling, and we will continue to also offer them via Zoom.

The A-Tri teachings present simple, clear, and direct instructions for integrating spiritual practice through the three doors of body, speech, and mind. Unique to the A-Tri Dzogchen teachings is a beautifully articulated step-by-step program, taking the practitioner from ordinary to awakened mind–the natural state–one of primordial purity and spontaneous presence.

In this year’s retreat, Rinpoche will focus on practices to purify and awaken awareness of the nature of mind through the body. In year two the emphasis will be on speech; and the third year will emphasize the mind itself as a vehicle for recognition. These teachings are suitable for beginning and experienced students alike. They fully complement the study of the Zhang Zhung Nyam Gyü (the Experiential Transmission of Zhang Zhung) dzogchen cycle of teachings taught every winter by Tenzin Rinpoche at Serenity Ridge.

It is Tenzin Rinpoche’s sincere wish that through the intensive study and practice opportunity offered during this retreat, each student will find their unique entrance to a life that is more physically healthy, energetically vital, and spiritually fulfilling.

Simultaneous live translation will be offered in German, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.

Special Three-Tiered Pricing: Choose the option that best fits your circumstance

• $190
• $150
• $100

For daily schedule and to register, click on ‘Learn more and register’ below.

This online retreat is co-hosted by Chamma Ling Colorado and Serenity Ridge Retreat Center

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

Living in Joy, Dying in Peace

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Death is a natural process. It is not the end, but the beginning of new life.
—Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

What if you were told you had one year to live? How would this change your perspective on life, on yourself, on your priorities?

At the moment of death, we let go of everything—our possessions, our loved ones, our body, our identity. Resistance to letting go at this moment—or in any moment of change in life—leads to suffering. As we accept the truth of impermanence, we can open to each moment as it is. We can experience awakening. We do not have to wait until our last moment to awaken. We can awaken here, now.

Join Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche as he invites us to reflect on impermanence, our sense of identity, and our hidden attachments. As we explore and deepen our personal relationship to impermanence and death, we can discover the key to living joyfully.

Through teachings and guided meditations, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will help us to:
• Realize the importance of resolving conflicts now with our friends, family members, and others
• Recognize death as a doorway to opening the heart and achieving self-realization
• Cultivate an intimate connection with an internal source of refuge that serves us as other supports fall away
• Explore our individual relationship to death as well as our desire and commitment to serve others in the dying process
• Learn how to promote a more peaceful and uplifting dying process and assist a dying loved one physically, emotionally, and spiritually through prayer and mantra

We can receive much support from each other as we engage in the process of reflection and meditation. Please join us for this special opportunity.

Live simultaneous translation into Spanish, Portuguese and other languages.

Special Three-Tiered Pricing: Choose the option that best fits your circumstance

• $330
• $270
• $190

For daily schedule and to register, click on ‘Learn more and register’ below.

FREE EVENT

Stillness as a Door to Your Inner Refuge: Entering the Dharmakaya

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

According to the dzogchen teachings, the simple act of resting in the stillness of our body can serve as a doorway to the refuge of the dharmakaya: the pure, unbounded spaciousness of our true nature. In a live online broadcast, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche helps us to enter through the door of stillness.

In advance of the broadcast Rinpoche encourages creating a bit of space for meditation in your house — in a quiet, peaceful location where you can feel some sense of warmth and connection to yourself. You might provide a comfortable cushion to sit on, and a candle or stick of incense. A supportive outer space can support your inner space during meditation.

The broadcast marks the start of the Month of the Body in “A Year of Body, Speech, and Mind,” a free 2021 online program of live teachings, practices, and science & spirituality dialogs. Learn More

• View live on Facebook to join the chat — click here
• Or, view on the CyberSangha website —  click here

If the livestream doesn’t appear at the scheduled time, try refreshing the page.

About Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche