RETREAT—Discover Your Inner Light, Part 3

Experiencing Our Authentic Being Through the Teachings of the Six Lokas (Continued)

In 2023/24, Rinpoche combined the teachings on the Six Lamps with breathing exercises from the Tummo, demonstrating the benefits of both aspects of knowledge and practice for experiencing the nature of mind. Rinpoche also began teaching the Six Lokas in this context and will continue this year. Participation in the retreat is not dependent on previous year’s attendance. Anyone can register.

Lamps illuminate our path in the darkness, and they simultaneously illuminate themselves. The Instruction on the Six Lamps is an important Dzogchen work and one of the root texts of Zhang Zhung Nyengyü. This teaching describes the principles of recognizing the natural state and shows how they can be experienced by the practitioner. The text describes Trekchö and Thögal practices as revealed by Tapihritsa to Gyerpung Nangzher Löpo.

Negative emotions such as anger, greed, and pride cause suffering in our lives. According to Tibetan spiritual traditions, these emotions keep us trapped in the endless cycle of cyclic existence: samsara. The teachings of the six realms, or six lokas, give us the opportunity to fundamentally recognize these negative emotions, clarify them, and transform them into positive qualities that can strengthen and enrich our lives.

The retreat will be translated from English into German.

Date | August 11 – August 17, 2025

Time | Arrival and registration on site from 3 p.m. on Monday, end on Sunday around 2 p.m.

Location | Buchenau Castle, Hermann-Lietz-Straße, Eiterfeld

Costs | see table [all prices per person/week and on-site in the BUCHENAU price, including vegetarian meals ]

* Discount available for early payment (receipt of money before 30.06.2025): 20 EUR discount only for bank transfer (NOT for Paypal payments)

Accommodation | please do not transfer this amount to us together with the retreat price / Payment for accommodation on site at the castle: 226 EUR double room with shower/WC, 78 EUR tent pitch, pitch for motorhome [all prices per person/week]

Registration | click here

Organizer | Ligmincha Germany

Further information

• Hygiene concept Schloss Buchenau ( the rules for “hotel overnight stay” apply to all participants of the retreat )
• Conditions of participation and cancellation
• Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche on “Becoming a Vegetarian”