H.E. Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche founded Triten Norbutse Monastery in Nepal in 1987. After the monastery was firmly established, Rinpoche perceived the need to make the teachings and transmission also accessible in the West. In 1989 he was the first person to give Bön teachings in the West. From 1989 until 2019, Yongdzin Rinpoche has travelled to Western countries every year, sparing no effort to teach and transmit Yungdrung Bön and, more generally, Tibetan culture to students from 35 different countries. At the beginning of 2001 Rinpoche established Shenten Dargye Ling in France for the preservation, research, teaching and practice of Yungdrung Bön. The Tibetan name Shenten Dargye Ling means “the Sanctuary where the Teaching of Tonpa Shenrab Flourishes”. In 2005 Loel Guinness, a student and friend of Rinpoche’s generously donated the property for this new monastery in western France to transmit the teachings of the Yungdrung Bon tradition to the West in a completely authentic way, in its entirety and at the highest quality.

H.E. Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche founded Triten Norbutse Monastery in Nepal in 1987. After the monastery was firmly established, Rinpoche perceived the need to make the teachings and transmission also accessible in the West. In 1989 he was the first person to give Bön teachings in the West. From 1989 until 2019, Yongdzin Rinpoche has travelled to Western countries every year, sparing no effort to teach and transmit Yungdrung Bön and, more generally, Tibetan culture to students from 35 different countries. At the beginning of 2001 Rinpoche established Shenten Dargye Ling in France for the preservation, research, teaching and practice of Yungdrung Bön. The Tibetan name Shenten Dargye Ling means “the Sanctuary where the Teaching of Tonpa Shenrab Flourishes”. In 2005 Loel Guinness, a student and friend of Rinpoche’s generously donated the property for this new monastery in western France to transmit the teachings of the Yungdrung Bon tradition to the West in a completely authentic way, in its entirety and at the highest quality.

H.E. Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche founded Triten Norbutse Monastery in Nepal in 1987. After the monastery was firmly established, Rinpoche perceived the need to make the teachings and transmission also accessible in the West. In 1989 he was the first person to give Bön teachings in the West. From 1989 until 2019, Yongdzin Rinpoche has travelled to Western countries every year, sparing no effort to teach and transmit Yungdrung Bön and, more generally, Tibetan culture to students from 35 different countries. At the beginning of 2001 Rinpoche established Shenten Dargye Ling in France for the preservation, research, teaching and practice of Yungdrung Bön. The Tibetan name Shenten Dargye Ling means “the Sanctuary where the Teaching of Tonpa Shenrab Flourishes”. In 2005 Loel Guinness, a student and friend of Rinpoche’s generously donated the property for this new monastery in western France to transmit the teachings of the Yungdrung Bon tradition to the West in a completely authentic way, in its entirety and at the highest quality.