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ONLINE - Teachings from the Dzogchen Tradition
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January 3 - 11, 2026
About this Retreat
Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, founder and spiritual director of Ligmincha International, is one of only a few masters of the Bön Dzogchen tradition presently living in the West. An accomplished scholar in the Bön Buddhist textual traditions of philosophy, exegesis, and debate, Tenzin Rinpoche completed a rigorous11-year course of traditional studies at the Bönpo Monastic Center (Menri Monastery) in India, where he received his Geshe, degree. In 1992 Tenzin Rinpoche founded Ligmincha International in order to preserve and introduce to the West the religious teachings and arts of the ancient Tibetan Bön Buddhist tradition. Fluent in English, Rinpoche is known for his clear, lively, and insightful teaching style and his ability to make Tibetan practices easily accessible to the Western student. He is a highly respected and beloved teacher to students throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe. In addition to Ligmincha International’s affiliates in the United States, Rinpoche has established centers in Central and South America, Europe and India.
Rinpoche is the author of 10 books: Wonders of the Natural Mind, in which he presents the view and practice of the Bön Dzogchen teachings; and The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep; Healing with Form, Energy, and Light: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen; Unbounded Wholeness; Tibetan Sound Healing; Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech and Mind; Awakening the Sacred Body; Awakening the Luminous Mind; The True Source of Healing; and Spontaneous Creativity.
About Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche
Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche is a renowned Dzogchen and Bön meditation master and Abbot of the Meditation School at Triten Norbutse Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal. Personally appointed by His Eminence Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, and having and having received all Bön initiations and transmissions from both H.E. Yongdzin Rinpoche and the 33rd Menri Trizin Rinpoche, the previous spiritual head of the Bön Tradition, Drubdra Khenpo Rinpoche brings both profound textual understanding and direct, lived experience. In 2025, he served as chant master at H.E. Yongdzin Rinpoche’s cremation ritual, a deep testament to his devotion, depth of practice, and respect within the lineage. Born in 1968 in East Tibet to a Bönpo family of nomadic herders, Khenpo Rinpoche trained at Lungkar and Menri Monasteries in Tibet, and Triten Norbutse Monastery in Nepal, combining profound textual study with decades of meditative practice. In 2001, Khenpo Rinpoche received the geshe degree from Triten Norbutse, equivalent to a Ph.D. in religious studies. Since 2002, he has led the meditation school at Triten Norbutse, guiding students in Dzogchen and related Bön practices, and has taught internationally in Tibet, China, Japan, Europe, and England. Known for his clarity, warmth, and experiential depth, Khenpo Rinpoche embodies the living Bön lineage, guiding students into direct, felt experience of openness, awareness and presence.Details of this retreat
January 3–4 & January 10–11, 2026
Dzogchen teachings from the heart of the Bön tradition
This winter Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche, Abbot (Khenpo) of the Meditation School (Drubdra) at Triten Norbutse Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, joins Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche for two special weekend teachings.
The weekend of January 3–4, 2026 and the following weekend, January 10–11, 2026 are an invitation to settle the mind, open the heart, and immerse yourself in the living lineage of Bön Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, the highest teachings of the Yungdrung Bön, Nyingma and Kagyu traditions.
About the Teachings
The first weekend, January 3–4, we will turn our attention to the Invocation of Tapihritsa—a profound prayer that illuminates the qualities of open awareness. More than simply beautiful, this invocation is a direct expression of the natural state itself. It reveals the radiant qualities of our own enlightened nature while guiding us along the path and pointing to the fruit of meditation practice. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Drubdra Khenpo Rinpoche will teach from a commentary on the Invocation of Tapihritsa written by H.E. Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche.
The second weekend, January 10–11, our attention turns to the First Nail of the Twenty-One Nails, Recognizing the Base-of-All. This essential teaching invites us to directly glimpse the ground of our being—the unconditioned, ever-present foundation from which all experience arises. Through guidance and practice, we’ll explore how recognizing this fundamental nature becomes the doorway to stability, clarity, and the deep freedom at the heart of dzogchen.
Whether you are experienced in Dzogchen meditation or newly exploring it, you are warmly invited to join this transformative gathering and renew your awareness for the year ahead.
New to Dzogchen teachings? Explore the free online course Starting a Meditation Practice at LigminchaLearning.com, where Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche offers foundational teachings that complement this retreat.
This retreat will be recorded. Recordings will be available for 30 days post retreat.
January 3–4 & 11–12, 2026
Schedule (New York Time)
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8:00–9:00 a.m. Teaching with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
9:30–11:00 a.m. Teaching with Drubdra Khenpo Rinpoche
11:30–12:30 pm Practice with Drubdra Khenpo Rinpoche
Dzogchen teachings from the heart of the Bön tradition
This winter Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche, Abbot (Khenpo) of the Meditation School (Drubdra) at Triten Norbutse Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, joins Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche for two special weekend teachings.
The weekend of January 3–4, 2026 and the following weekend, January 10–11, 2026 are an invitation to settle the mind, open the heart, and immerse yourself in the living lineage of Bön Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, the highest teachings of the Yungdrung Bön, Nyingma and Kagyu traditions.
About the Teachings
The first weekend, January 3–4, we will turn our attention to the Invocation of Tapihritsa—a profound prayer that illuminates the qualities of open awareness. More than simply beautiful, this invocation is a direct expression of the natural state itself. It reveals the radiant qualities of our own enlightened nature while guiding us along the path and pointing to the fruit of meditation practice. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Drubdra Khenpo Rinpoche will teach from a commentary on the Invocation of Tapihritsa written by H.E. Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche.
The second weekend, January 10–11, our attention turns to the First Nail of the Twenty-One Nails, Recognizing the Base-of-All. This essential teaching invites us to directly glimpse the ground of our being—the unconditioned, ever-present foundation from which all experience arises. Through guidance and practice, we’ll explore how recognizing this fundamental nature becomes the doorway to stability, clarity, and the deep freedom at the heart of dzogchen.
Whether you are experienced in Dzogchen meditation or newly exploring it, you are warmly invited to join this transformative gathering and renew your awareness for the year ahead.
New to Dzogchen teachings? Explore the free online course Starting a Meditation Practice at LigminchaLearning.com, where Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche offers foundational teachings that complement this retreat.
This retreat will be recorded. Recordings will be available for 30 days post retreat.
January 3–4 & 11–12, 2026
Schedule (New York Time)
Link to your local time zone
8:00–9:00 a.m. Teaching with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
9:30–11:00 a.m. Teaching with Drubdra Khenpo Rinpoche
11:30–12:30 pm Practice with Drubdra Khenpo Rinpoche
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