Bon Dzogchen Teaching and Transmission from the Drakpa Kor Sum

Saturday & Sunday
May 10th – May 11th, 2025

Saturday’s Teaching Hours:

9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

LUNCH BREAK

2:00 – 4:00 PM EST

Sunday’s Teaching Hours:

9:30 AM – 1:00 PM EST

This teaching is offered both via Zoom and In-Person at Olmo Ling (1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA)

The teaching will be taught in English. Simultaneous translation will be available in Spanish and French through Zoom. Please check back soon for updates!

We are deeply honored and grateful that Menri Shedrup Khenpo Geshe Nyima Dhondup Rinpoche, Abbot of the Bon Dialectic School at Menri, will return to Olmo Ling this year to teach in person and share his vast and deep knowledge of the Bon teachings. Please join us to receive this special Bon Dzogchen teaching and transmission from the longde or space series from Menri Shedrup Khenpo.

The Bon Dzogchen teachings are the highest teachings of Bon as they offer a means to directly recognize the true nature of the mind and attain stabilization of this recognition.

The Bon Dzogchen transmission includes three series: 1) the semde or mind series, which includes the A Khrid teachings and transmission, 2) the longde or space series, which includes the Drakpa Kor Sum teaching and transmission, and 3) the man ngagde or instruction series, which includes the Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud teachings and transmission. In the past Tempa Lama has taught extensively on the mind series and instruction series. In this special teaching with the abbot of the Bon Dialectic School at Menri Monastery, India, you will receive teaching on the longde space series. In this way, participants will be able to experience all three teachings and transmissions of Bon Dzogchen.

In this weekend teaching Menri Shedrup Khenpo Rinpoche will explain the practice and meaning of the 24 Pith Instructions of actualizing the innate nature of Awakened Mind according to the Drakpa Kor Sum.

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Menri Shedrup Khenpo Geshe Nyima Dhondup Rinpoche

Menri Shedrup Khenpo Geshe Nyima Dhondup Rinpoche received novice ordination from His Holiness the late 33rd Menri Trizin, Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, and His Eminence Menri Ponlop Yangton Thinley Nyima Rinpoche in 1992 upon entering the Bon Dialectic School. After completing over 15 years of study of Bon Dzogchen, Tantra, Sutra and the five major and minor sciences of Bon he received his Geshe degree on March 15, 2006. On February 25, 2012 he was enthroned as the Menri Shedrup Khenpo, the abbot of the Bon Dialectic School at Menri.

Menri Shedrup Khenpo Rinpoche has been teaching Bon Dzogchen, Tantra, and Sutra to the monks enrolled at the Bon Dialectic School for more than 15 years. As the Abbot of the Bon Dialectic School, Rinpoche has the very special responsibility of teaching all the monks who are studying towards the Geshe (Doctor of Philosophy) degree. He is the author of several books on the philosophical teachings of the Bon tradition, has been invited speaker at major Bon and Buddhist conferences, and has contributed to a number of articles for Bon-sGo, the Tibetan language periodical journal of Menri Monastery.

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Registration and Fees

We invite you to kindly select an appropriate fee according to your means after clicking on the registration button below. Your generous registrations and donations will support Rinpoche’s work at Menri Monastery and help us maintain Olmo Ling temple as a place of spiritual refuge and Bon lineage transmission.

Your generosity will also help us maintain Olmo Ling Bon Center in Pittsburgh, PA, so that we can continue to offer the Bon wisdom teachings. Thank you for your generosity and support!

If you are unable to afford a fee, do not hesitate to contact Joanna at bon@olmoling.org – please have Bon Dozgchen Scholarship in the title. No one will be turned away from attending teachings at Olmo Ling due to a lack of funds.

Members Receive a 10% Discount

• Mid to High income via Zoom: $125
• Mid income via Zoom: $75
• Low income via Zoom: $30