Ryszard Adamiak

Wilga Teachers
 

Ryszard Adamiak

I’m 51 years old and for the last 28 years I’ve been a happy husband and father. I came across buddist teachings in the 1970s while looking for my own spiritual path. In 1983 I took refuge and started regular practice in Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism which was at that time the only school in Poland. In 1992 I had the privilege of receiving Dzogchen Teachings from Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and to him I owe my first contact with Bon.
Thanks to the teachings of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche I was made aware of how precious and unique the Jungdrung Bon Tradition was. With a group of friends, I co-organized Rinpoche’s first lectures in Poznań and had the honour of meeting him in person. Since 1997 as Umdze appointed by Rinpoche I have been conducting Bon practices in Poznań. A decisive moment in my practice was meeting of His Eminence Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche and receiving teachings of Mother Tantra in 2001, as well as meeting His Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche and receiving from him Dzogchen Teachings in 2006. In 2011 I participated in the 2nd International Lishu Institute Retreat which was organized in honour of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s 50th birthday. I became an instructor of Garuda Association in 2011.