RETREAT

The Wisdom of the Five Elements

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

According to the ancient Tibetan spiritual traditions, our planet is alive and sacred. The five natural elements—earth, water, fire, air and space—can be considered fundamental aspects of a living universe. All of our experiences, from the sensations of the physical body, to the emotions, to the most fleeting of thoughts, are said to be composed entirely of these five elements in interaction.

During this weekend, we will learn how to connect to the outer sacred elements and spirits of the elements in our environment, the inner sacred dimension of elements through the energy in our body, and the innermost sacred dimension of the elements—awareness itself.

At this retreat Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will guide us in connecting with the elements in their different manifestations, to support environmental, physical, emotional and spiritual healing and to nourish and restore health and vitality.

The teaching will be in English with Spanish translation.

Suggested reading: The book from Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche: Healing with Form, Energy, and Light: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra and Dzogchen. Available through Ligmincha’s online store or your favorite bookseller. 

Schedule:

Friday, February 3, 2023
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday, February 4 & Sunday, February 5
9:30am—12:00pm:Teachings and meditation
12:00 pm —1:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm—3:30pm: Teachings and meditation
3:30pm—4:00pm: Break
4:00pm— 5:00pm:Teachings and meditation

Location:  San Isidro de Heredia, Costa Rica

To register, click on the link below ‘Learn more and register’

Suggested donation: $150

Contact: garudacostarica@gmail.com; Whatsapp: Daniel Amir / +506 7274-5219

Hosted by Ligmincha Costa Rica

RETREAT

Tibetan Dream Yoga: Awake While Dreaming

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Tibetan Bön Master, opens his return to Houston Jung Center with an evening talk and conversation about dreams from the Tibetan and Jungian perspectives with Jung Center’s Executive Director, Sean Fitzpatrick.

The weekend teaching with Rinpoche aims to evoke the connection between sleeping, dreaming, and being awake. All are forms of awareness that can be experienced as a continuum and can also manifest as a constant awareness called the “natural state.” Rinpoche will focus on dream practice, explaining the underlying concepts and teaching methods of inviting the experience of the natural state. The benefit of instruction and practice is to increase access to the potential of enlightenment through developing heightened awareness. All are welcome.

In person and online attendance will be offerred.

Hosted by Ligmincha Texas

RETREAT—In person and online via Zoom

Sherap Chamma: Mother of Wisdom and Love

with Marcy Vaughn

In many cultures the primordial female energy is seen as the origin of existence and the source of all positive qualities. As such, Sherap Chamma, Mother of Wisdom and Love, is the source of wisdom, and her medicine is love and compassion. The teachings of Sherap Chamma comprise one of the most important tantric cycles of the ancient Bön tradition.

In this retreat, participants will learn a beautiful and simple meditation practice enabling each to directly connect with the divine feminine energy. Within the support of the group, an environment is created to promote profound healing of physical, energetic, emotional and spiritual dimensions of life. With visualization, the sound of mantra and deep contemplation, participants can make a personal connection to this sacred form of the universal mother, Sherap Chamma, and are guided through this connection to innate wisdom and the love and compassion that naturally radiate from that wisdom.

Those experienced in meditation as well as those who are beginning are warmly welcomed.

Languages of live translation will be posted.

Onsite Schedule (New York Time)
Link to your local time zone

February 16, 2023
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Onsite registration
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m. Dinner
6:45 p.m.– 7:00 p.m. Break
7:00–8:30 pm Teachings

February 17, 2023
8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Teachings
11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Practice
12:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Break/Lunch
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Teachings
4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Practice
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m: Dinner

February 18, 2023
7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Practice
8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Teachings
11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Practice
12:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Break/Lunch
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Teachings
4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Practice
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m: Dinner

February 19, 2023
7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Practice
8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Teachings
11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Practice
1:00–1:45 p.m.: Lunch

Marcy Vaughn, a senior teacher and student of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, has been a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism for more than 40 years. She graduated in the first class of the master’s program in contemplative psychotherapy at Naropa University. Currently a therapist in private practice in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, she edited the books Tibetan Sound Healing, Awakening the Sacred Body, Awakening the Luminous Mind and Spontaneous Creativity: Meditations for Manifesting Your Positive Qualities, all by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and narrates the audio version of his books The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep and Spontaneous Creativity. She helped design and teaches in The 3 Doors Academy, a three-year training program bringing contemplative practices to the secular world, as well as The 3 Doors Compassion Project for those who provide care for others.

RETREAT—In person and online via Zoom

Abiding in Presence

with Gabriel Rocco

As students of Tenzin Wangyal, Rinpoche, we have received and benefited from his teachings and guidance in practices from the Tibetan Bon tradition. The core of the Bon dzogchen teachings as Rinpoche has generously offered us, points us to discover the inner refuge, the spacious, luminous warmth of our essential nature, by opening the doors of our body, speech and mind through resting in stillness, silence and spaciousness.

Join Gabriel Rocco at Serenity Ridge or via Zoom for an opportunity to rest and abide. Abiding in presence offers the opportunity to devote yourself to practice, lightly guided within the warmth of community, where you are supported to develop the strength and steadiness of attention necessary to open the three doors and discover your authentic self.

This retreat is open to all who have received or are familiar with the Nine Breathings of Purification practice and the practice of abiding, including all 3 Doors practitioners. For those unfamiliar with these practices, instruction will be given during the first evening teaching on February 16.

Onsite Schedule (New York Time)
Link to your local time zone

February 16, 2023
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Onsite registration
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m. Dinner
6:45 p.m.– 7:00 p.m. Break
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Teaching

February 17, 2023
8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Practice
11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Practice
12:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Break/Lunch
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Practice
4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Practice
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m: Dinner

February 18, 2023
7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Practice
8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Practice
11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Practice
12:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Break/Lunch
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Practice
4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Practice
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m: Dinner

February 19, 2023
7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Practice
8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Practice
11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Practice: Sitting, sharing, closing the retreat
1:00–1:45 p.m.: Lunch

Gabriel Rocco, M.A is a Senior Teacher for The 3 Doors and a student of its founder, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, Rinpoche for nearly 30 years. Gabriel earned his Master of Arts in Contemplative Psychotherapy degree from Naropa University in 1982.

In 1986, he pioneered the Cancer Support Care and Crisis Intervention program at Einstein Medical Center where he also served as counselor at Einstein’s Hospice, one of the nations’ first hospital based hospices. In 1990 he founded “Life Support Group,” a nonprofit organization providing mind-body practices in group format to cancer patients and their families. 

In 2003, on behalf of Tenzin Rinpoche, he was honored to present directly to the Dalai Lama, at Garrison Institute, on the topic of teaching meditation to Westerners. 

RETREAT—In person and online via zoom 

Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo (also known as Heart Drops of Dhamakaya)

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

A translation of Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen’s text and commentary on these essential teachings by Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche is presented in the book Heart Drops of Dharmakaya. Yongdzin Rinpoche is widely revered as the greatest living dzogchen master of the Bön lineage. A translation of the root text by Geshe Sonam Gurung and Dan Brown, Heart Drops of Kun tu bZang Po, also is available from Ligmincha’s Bookstore & Tibet Shop at the link above.

Schedule (New York Time)

Link to your local time zone for online teachings

Thursday, April 13

4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Onsite registration/Check-in

6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m. Dinner

6:45 p.m.– 7:00 p.m. Break

7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.  Teachings

Friday, April 14

8:30 a.m.–9:15 a.m.    Breakfast

9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m.       Break

9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.     Teachings

11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.     Break

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.     Practice

12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m.     Break

1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m.      Lunch

1:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m.      Break

3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.     Teachings

4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.     Break

5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.     Practice

6:00 p.m.–6:15 p.m.     Break

6:15 p.m.–7:00 p.m.     Dinner

Saturday, April 15

7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m.     Practice

8:30 a.m.–9:15 a.m.    Breakfast

9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m.       Break

9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.     Teachings

11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.     Break

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.     Practice

12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m.     Break

1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m.      Lunch

1:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m.      Break

3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.     Teachings

4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.     Break

5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.     Practice

6:00 p.m.–6:15 p.m.     Break

6:15 p.m.–7:00 p.m.     Dinner

Sunday, April 17

7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m.     Practice

8:30 a.m.–9:15 a.m.    Breakfast

9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m.       Break

9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.     Teachings

11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.     Break

11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.     Final Teachings

12:45 p.m.–1:15 p.m.     Khata Offering

1:15 p.m.–1:45 p.m.      Lunch

Hosted by Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, Virginia.

FREE EVENT

24-Hour Full Moon Practice:

Through Spaciousness, Manifest Qualities That Benefit Others

During the full moon of February 5, 2023, 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 yearlong program of live online teachings, meditations, and science & spirituality dialogs. The 24-hour session begins with a meditation guided by Lourdes Hinojosa 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.

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

To stay informed of future 24-hour full moon practice sessions, subscribe to the CyberSangha Announcements email list.

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FREE EVENT

The Flashlight, Floodlight & Juggler: Training Attention with Meditation

with David R. Vago, Amishi Jha, Tenzin Wangyal and host Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

A live online conversation with contemplative neuroscientists David R. Vago, Ph.D., and Amishi Jha, Ph.D.; dzogchen master Geshe Tenzin Wangyal; and host Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, Ph.D.

Can we live more fully just by paying more attention? Our panelists discuss the science behind attention, how mindfulness can help us achieve our greatest potential and strategies for being more present in each moment.

Using metaphors from Dr. Jha’s recent bestselling book, Peak Mind, the panelists will discuss three subsystems of attention: the flashlight (selective focus), floodlight (receptive attention), and juggler (executive functioning). They will also discuss the similarities and differences between neuroscientific and Buddhist models of attention, plus recent findings from lab-based and field studies of contemplative training.

• View live on Facebook page of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche 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.

This CyberSangha broadcast is part of the Month of the Mind in “A Year of Body, Speech, and Mind,” a free online program of live teachings, practices, and science & spirituality dialogs. Other related events during the Month of the Mind include:

• Sunday, February 5, 2023, 10 a.m. New York time: 24-Hour Full Moon Practice, “Through Spaciousness, Manifest Qualities That Benefit Others”
  Learn more & register now
• Saturday, February 18, 2023, 11 a.m. New York time: “Realizing Your Full Potential: Manifesting Qualities That Benefit Others”
  Learn more & view live

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View the full yearlong schedule and access recordings

FREE EVENT

Realizing Your Full Potential: Manifesting Qualities That Benefit Others

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

In a live online broadcast, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche offers a teaching and guides a meditation as part of the Month of the Mind in his free yearlong program “Bring Body, Speech & Mind to Life.” Open to all.

Mind refers here to our disturbing emotions and other distracted movements of the mind, as well as to the vast, open nature of mind — the source of all positive qualities — and the capacity to distinguish the difference. As we deepen our familiarity with resting deeply in a state of spacious awareness, the obstacles and obscurations of our habitual patterns naturally dissolve into the openness of our true nature, and our positive qualities spontaneously arise from this source to benefit others.

In advance of his teaching, 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.

Related activities, Month of the Mind, February 4 – March 7:

• Sunday, February 5, 2023, 10 a.m. New York time: 24-Hour Full Moon Practice, “Through Spaciousness, Manifest Qualities That Benefit Others”
  Registration opens after January 7

• View live on Facebook page of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche 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.

View the full yearlong schedule and access recordings

About Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

COURSE

Treasures of Bön: History, Lineage & Practices

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. Bön offers practices for the challenges we face in our lives, and a complete path to enlightenment..

Ligmincha International is pleased to share our online course designed for anyone who would like to learn more about, or deepen their existing knowledge about this ancient, profound tradition. This course is ideal for beginners who have recently connected with Bön teachings, and want to know more about where it comes from and the many varied forms of practice in the tradition. It is also well suited for practitioners who have learned several practices and would like to know how all the practices fit together into a beautiful and complete system of philosophies and meditations.

We use a new format for this course, in which Geshe Denma Gyaltsen, our resident lama of Ligmincha Texas, and John Jackson, mentor for many of our courses and frequent international teacher, enter into deep conversations around the essential masters and teachings of our tradition. Each topical conversation is followed by a guided meditation, led by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche or Geshe Denma Gyaltsen , which illustrate and demonstrate the themes discussed.

John Jackson will be the mentor for this course.

Registration is now open.

COURSE

Ngöndro: The Foundational Practices

with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

The ngöndro teachings are a set of nine practices that offer complete instructions for taming, purifying, and perfecting the suffering mind. Although these practices are considered the foundation for entrance into the five-part cycle of Tibetan Bön dzogchen teachings – Bön’s highest teachings on the nature of mind – many practitioners adopt the ngöndro as their main meditation and complete the nine sets of 100,000 repetitions over the course of a lifetime. Within each is contained the entire path to liberation. They are considered to be the foundational practices for the entire tradition.

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche rarely teaches the ngöndro, and recommends it for dedicated practitioners who feel a strong connection to the Bön lineage. Within the ngöndro are found practices that are used within many other practices, such as the Guru Yoga Prayer, Bodhicitta Prayer, Refuge Prayer, Prostrations, and the Three Heart Mantras, so the ngöndro supports and deepens all other meditation practices.

Participation in a ngöndro retreat or this online course is a prerequisite for continuing the Experiential Transmission of Zhang Zhung series. Tenzin Rinpoche will offer Part 2 of the series in December 2021.

Rob Patzig will be the mentor for this course.

This course is ongoing through December. Registration continues to be open after the start date.

Registration opening soon

COURSE

Sleep Yoga: The Yoga of Clear Light

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

We spend one-third of our life in sleep, yet for most people sleep is a period of unconsciousness. Through the practices of the Yoga of Clear Light we can learn to be completely aware during our sleep, open, clear, resting in deep meditative presence. But how do we get from our current stress and disrupted sleep patterns to the state of clear light?

This course will introduce simple techniques to enter into sleep in a healthy, balanced way. Even if we do not consistently enter into clear light sleep, we can benefit from a refreshing, relaxed sleep that gives us deep renewal. This is supported by breathing techniques, physical postures and guided visualizations. Tenzin Rinpoche will also provide a meditation to wake up in a beautiful way, feeling the blessings of sleep and stepping into our day with serenity. Through these simple practices we can transform our sleep to be one of tranquility and awareness.

COURSE

The Five Elements: Healing with Form, Energy and Light

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

In this course Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche explores how the five elements from the Tibetan Bön tradition relates to our daily experiences, emotions and relationships. Rinpoche guides meditations for each of the elements, designed to help clear our obstacles and bring balance to our lives.

The course is structured into six parts of one week each:

• Overview of the Five Elements
• The Earth Element
• The Water Element
• The Fire Element
• The Air Element
• The Space Element

Each section of the course includes a video of Rinpoche’s teaching, Rinpoche leading a guided meditation, readings from his book Healing with Form, Energy and Light, and assignments for journal writing, discussion, formal and informal practice.

The course is designed so that you may integrate study and practice into your everyday routine, learning at your own pace, yet enjoying the support of classmates and the course mentor.

John Jackson will be the mentor for this course.

Registration opening soon