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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.

Join Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche live on Facebook for a free 40-min. teaching and guided meditation.

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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

• View live at www.facebook.com/tenzinwangyalrinpoche
• Learn more about this broadcast and the series at https://cybersangha.net/opening-heart-with-gratitude/
• Learn about CyberSangha® (the gateway to Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s program of free live broadcasts and other social media activities), access the full broadcast schedule, and search hundreds of archived recordings at cybersangha.net
• Access real-time translation in multiple languages: https://www.ligminchalearning.com/tenzinwangyal-live-translations/
• 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
• Donations welcome! These free Facebook Live broadcasts are made available through the generosity of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and volunteers worldwide. Donate now

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

Join Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche live on Facebook for a free 40-min. teaching and guided meditation.

Click to view live

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 Facebook Live broadcast, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche answers viewers’ questions from his October 24 broadcast, “Opening Your Heart with Gratitude,” and guides a meditation practice. The broadcast is open to all; you don’t need a Facebook account to view it.

This is Part 1 (continued) 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

• View live at www.facebook.com/tenzinwangyalrinpoche
• Learn more about this broadcast and the series at https://cybersangha.net/gratitude-questions-answers/
• Learn about CyberSangha® (the gateway to Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s program of free live broadcasts and other social media activities), access the full broadcast schedule, and search hundreds of archived recordings at cybersangha.net
• Access real-time translation in multiple languages: https://www.ligminchalearning.com/tenzinwangyal-live-translations/
• 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
• Donations welcome! These free Facebook Live broadcasts are made available through the generosity of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and volunteers worldwide. Donate now

TIBETAN YOGA PRACTICE DAY

Join us at Serenity Ridge on Thursday, November 7, for a practice day of Tibetan yoga (trul khor) with Rob Patzig.

In the morning session we will explore the subtle body with the Nine Breathings of Purification and five movements known as the External Tsa Lung. In the afternoon we will explore the chakras (khorlo) through the practice of A-Tri Trul Khor, a form of Tibetan yoga from the Tibetan Bön Buddhist tradition. This day is open to everyone regardless of experience or mobility.

Do you want to join us for the Trul Khor, Part 2 retreat (November 8–10) but missed out on our Part 1 retreat last year? If you already have familiarity with the practices of Tsa Lung and A-Tri Trul Khor, you can attend this year’s retreat by participating in this daylong workshop (requires approval). For approval or more information, contact Rob Patzig. ).

Schedule:
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Morning session
1–3 p.m.: Lunch and break
3–5 p.m.: Afternoon session

Cost: $50 (Includes Lunch)

SPECIAL RETREAT

with H.E. Menri Ponlop Trinley Nyima Rinpoche

Join us November 8–10 for a special retreat with His Eminence Menri Ponlop Trinley Nyima Rinpoche. He will teach on the topic “Pith Instructions from the Golden Advice,” based on the ancient sage and lama Drenpa Namkha’s succinct advice to dzogchen practitioners.

A renowned scholar and meditation master, His Eminence is the head teacher at Menri Monastery in Dolanji, India and teaches internationally. He will explain the meaning of the instructions and guide students in gaining direct understanding through experience.

Golden Advice is an extensive dzogchen text written by the master Drenpa Namkha, who was born in the eighth century and accomplished the ultimate result of dzogchen. These pith instructions are the quintessential points of the text extracted by Drenpa Namkha himself in order to guide dzogchen practitioners. They are written in a clear and direct manner and are a complete dzogchen instruction, beginning with advice on taking refuge and generating the mind of enlightenment and concluding with advice for experiences during and after death.

Drenpa Namkha concludes Pith Instructions from the Golden Advice with this aspiration:
“May those who have fortunate karma meet with this heart’s marrow of quintessential instruction, this advice regarding the ultimate meaning, this scripture of personal experience. And having met with this advice, may they practice! And having practiced, may they reach to the final conclusion!”

H.E. Menri Ponlop Trinley Nyima Rinpoche was born in the remote, high altitude village of Tsarka in Dolpo, Nepal into the esteemed Yangton family. He began his training in 1976 at age 10, completing a series of three-month retreats focusing upon tantric deities, as well as the preliminary practices of dzogchen. In 1979 he began his formal studies at Menri Monastery. He received his geshe degree from the Bön Dialectic School of Menri in 1989 and began teaching soon thereafter.  In 1992, he was appointed as the lopon, or head teacher of the school by His Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, the 33rd Menri Trizin, and H.E. Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche.

SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 7: 4–7 p.m. registration open
Friday, November 8: 8 a.m. breakfast (8–8:45 registration)–6 p.m.
Saturday, November 9: 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sunday, November 10: 7 a.m.–1:30 p.m.    

Retreat Cost (includes meals; accommodations extra): $320 received by Sept. 8, 2019; $350 after Sept 8, 2019

Check-in for accommodations, including tenting, begins at 4 p.m. on November 7. Retreat registration includes meals starting with the first evening of the retreat and ending with lunch on the final day of the retreat.