RETREAT

Spontaneous Creativity: Manifesting Your Positive Qualities

with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Join us for this opportunity to free yourself from creative obstacles, nurture your capacity for joyful self-expression, and make positive changes in your life.

This retreat is for anyone who seeks to usher a vision into reality — whether through creative problem solving, personal growth, or bringing creative artistry to a whole new level.

The Tibetan spiritual traditions tell us that unleashing our dynamic creative energy is a matter of recognizing and tapping into the wellspring of creativity that already exists in us.

Tenzin Rinpoche will instruct and guide simple meditation practices of body, speech and mind that can help you to:

• recognize and clear physical, energetic, and mental obstacles blocking your creative flow
• connect with and trust in your innate creative potential
• discover the inner strength and confidence that can allow your creativity to naturally blossom

Schedule: New York time
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Friday evening, December 3
6-7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 4
11:00–12:15 a.m. Teachings
12:15–12:45 a.m. Break
12:45–1:45 p.m. Practice
1:45–3:00 p.m. Break
3:00–4:15 p.m. Teachings
4:15–4:45 p.m. Break
4:45–5:45 p.m. Practice

Sunday, December 5
11:00–12:15 a.m. Teachings
12:15–12:45 a.m. Break
12:45–1:45 p.m. Practice
1:45 pm–3:00 p.m. Break
3:00–4:30 p.m. Teachings

Co-hosted by Ligmincha South America and Serenity Ridge.

RETREAT

The Experiential Transmission of Zhang Zhung, Part 2: Introduction to the Nature of Mind (Restricted)

with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

December 26–January 1, 2022

The Experiential Transmission of Zhang Zhung is the centerpiece of Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s dzogchen teachings and is presented over the course of five years at Serenity Ridge’s winter retreat. A new five-year cycle began online in December 2020 with Part 1: Ngondro, taught by Choekhortshang Rinpoche and Geshe Yungdrung Gyatso. Join Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche this December for Part 2: Introducing the Nature of Mind. The concise and essential practice manual of the Experiential Transmission, called the Chak Tri, provides pith instructions to engage in the practice of dzogchen, the path of self-liberation.

This winter, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will guide us in exploring the true nature of mind, through teachings and meditations that create the circumstances to experience the nature of mind. This retreat will be offered in person at Serenity Ridge for a limited number of people and also on Zoom.

Prerequisite: It is essential to study and practice the chapters of the Experiential Transmission in sequence, as each chapter establishes the ground for the following chapter. Therefore, participants must have received the teachings for Part One of the Experiential Transmission of Zhang Zhung: The Ngöndro, before progressing to these Part Two teachings. Practitioners who have already received the ngöndro teachings from a previous cycle of the Experiential Transmission are warmly invited to attend this retreat.

If you have met the prerequiste of having received the teachings of the Ngondro from the Experiential Transmission of Zhang Zhung, and would like to register for this retreat, fill out the pre-registration by clicking HERE, and our registrar will be in touch with details of how to register.

Live-simultaneous translation available in German, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. More languages will be listed as they are confirmed.

RETREAT

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

In this course, Rinpoche will give you the basic teachings of tummo (practices of inner warmth and bliss). Anyone can participate, including new people. This course will be continued in August 2022. More information here https://ligmincha.pl/event/kurs-tummo-sierpien-2022/?event_date=2022-08-16

Teachings and meditation help us connect to our own heart. Thanks to these teachings, we discover space, openness and an unlimited source of possibilities in ourselves. By connecting with our own essence, the nature of mind, we can transform our life into a more joyful and valuable one. Practicing meditation in everyday life enriches our relationships with other people, helps us to be more creative in our work, and teaches us how to use our lives in a more wise and compassionate way.

Schedule

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New York Time

Friday, January 21, 2022

16: 00-17: 15: Teachings and practice with Rinpoche

18: 30-19: 45: Teachings and practice with Rinpoche

Saturday and Sunday, January 22–23 

14: 30-15: 30: Practice with an instructor

16: 00-17: 15: Teachings and practice with Rinpoche

18: 30-19: 45: Teachings and practice with Rinpoche

Translation: The course will be in English with translation into Polish and other languages.

FREE EVENT

Inner Heat Practices: Tummo and Wim Hof Method

with Wim Hof, Elissa Epel, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal and host Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

Tibetan tummo is an ancient method for cultivating inner fire — the joy, bliss, and warmth of our being. We all naturally have these qualities within us, but they are often unreliably available because we have not learned to access them or to stabilize our attention in open awareness. With practice, tummo is said to produce the “inner fire of realization.”

How is this inner fire produced? Does it manifest as actual heat? What preparation is necessary to succeed with practices that produce inner heat? How rigorous are these practices? Are they safe for people of all ages? Can they be used for healing? Can they be dangerous?

These questions can also be asked about the Wim Hof Method, which also incorporates conscious breathing, yoga, and meditation. To find answers, join this live broadcast with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, who among many Tibetan practices also teaches tummo; host Alejandro Chaoul-Reich; and their guests Wim Hof and Elissa Epel. They will discuss these and other practices that generate inner heat.

Dr. Epel will share some of her ongoing research into the Wim Hof Method as well as research into psychological, social, and behavioral processes that improve the body’s ability to handle stress and slow aging.

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

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About Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

About the presenters

FREE EVENT

Spaciousness as a Door to Your Inner Refuge: Entering the Nirmanakaya

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

According to the dzogchen teachings, abiding in the spaciousness of our mind can be our doorway to the refuge of the nirmanakaya — the pure movement of energy and genuine warmth that arises from the inseparable openness and awareness of our true nature. In a live online broadcast, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche helps us to enter through the door of spaciousness.

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

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About Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

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.

Registration opening soon

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

Registration opening soon

COURSE

The Three Heart Mantras

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

 The Three Heart Mantras are used in many different meditations in the Bön tradition and play a major role in the ngöndro practices. They are said to be the essence of enlightenment in sound and energy, and as we sing or chant the mantras our awareness is transformed to be in union with the Buddhas. They are used for purification, protection and as primary practices toward self-realization.

It is said that creating these mantras in any form brings merit and purification, so they are commonly found carved into stones, printed on prayer flags where they spread their benefits through the winds, and even drawn with gold ink and kept on shrines as an object of reverence and meditation. Their blessings are said to be endless. Also within this course Tenzin Rinpoche explains the essence of the Guru Yoga, Refuge and Bodhicitta practices, making this an excellent introduction to the tradition.

Registration opening soon

COURSE

Meditation, Breath and Movement: External, Internal and Secret Tsa Lung 

with Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

Location: ligminchalearning.com

Tsa lung is a series of ancient yogic practices that brings balance and harmony to our physical body, energy and mind. The term tsa lung can be translated as the energy-winds (Tibetan: lung, Skt. prana, Chinese, qi) in the Channels, for these practices are designed to open the subtle channels, guiding the healthy flow of the energy-winds so that we can enjoy good health and reconnect with more calmness to a quiet, peaceful mind. These exercises are easy to perform and are suitable for everyone.

There are three levels of tsa lung practice: external, internal and secret. External tsa lung works primarily on the physical level, using simple movements and breath exercises to balance the energies within our body. Internal tsa lung works more at the level of breath and subtle energy, bringing our attention to opening the five chakras and the central channel. Secret tsa lung uses subtle visualizations within the chakras and central channel to bring harmony to the mind, so that we can rest in our inner refuge, nature of mind. All of the tsa lung exercises integrate and balance the five elements within: earth, water, fire, wind and space.

These practices are drawn from the Bön Mother Tantra (Tibetan: Ma Gyud) the highest tantra in our tradition. They are a beautiful complement to any meditation practice, and particularly to dzogchen. They are frequently performed at the beginning of a session so that meditation is deeper and more stable. External tsa lung is commonly performed in all Ligmincha centers and groups.

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ONLINE 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.

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

Registration opening soon