Olmo Ling Retreat and Teaching Schedule

Tempa Lama will guide us in meditating on the healing qualities of Sidpa Gyalmo. He will offer instructions and transmission of the Healing Practice and the Healing Waters Practice, including the visualization, chanting, and the meaning of the practice text.

Tempa Lama will offer the teaching, practice instruction, and transmission of the Longevity and Prosperity Practice of Sidpa Gyalmo called Sidgyal Tse Nor Drub Pa. This more detailed teaching is also very well suited to those who received the shorter teaching on this practice from Tempa Lama last year.

The Sidpa Gyalmo Dokpa is a powerful ritual prayer through which we invite the qualities and energy of the chief protector deity of Bon, Sidpa Gyalmo, to clear misfortune and obstacles in our life and the lives of others. We are all affected by imbalances and obstacles to the five divine energies of the individual: the Tsog (life force), Lu (health), Wangtang (livelihood), Lungta (social wellbeing), and Lha (soul). Through this ritual, we connect with the Great Mother in the form of Sidpa Gyalmo to clear these hindrances and imbalances. The ritual also helps us heal trauma and recurring nightmares.

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In this retreat, Tempa Lama will explain the complete ritual of the Sidpa Gyalmo Tsok Feast Offering. Participants will learn how to perform the ritual. We will conclude on Sunday by doing the Sidpa Gyalmo Tsok Feast Offering Ritual and Ceremony.

In this extended summer Dzogchen series, brothers Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche will give detailed teachings and practice instructions on the view and practice of Dzogchen according to the Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud lineage of Bon.

Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche will explain the heart essence of the Dzogchen view according to Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud. The reason why we have to understand the Dzogchen view first before engaging in practice is that the view is like a palace.

Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche will explain the heart essence of Todgal with the practice of the Six Lamps. The main practice of Dzogchen consists of Todgal and Trek Chod. Todgal is the development of vision practice in Dzogchen. Through Todgal practice with the Six Lamps, we first point out where intrinsic awareness abides. Second, we clarify which path intrinsic awareness follows and through which door it exits. Finally, we point out in what form intrinsic awareness appears.

Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche will explain the heart essence of pure awareness according to the Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen transmission. Through this instruction the pure, intrinsic awareness is pointed out with the practice of the eightfold quintessential instructions.

Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche will point out the ultimate essence of the natural state through the Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud practice of the Twenty-one Nails.