with Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche

Saturday, September 30 – Sunday, October 1, 2023

9:30 AM – 1:00 PM EST

Teaching will ONLY be available over Zoom.

Registered participants will receive the recording after the teaching.

The teaching will be taught in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish and Russian via Zoom. Please check back soon for updates!

In this weekend retreat, brothers Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche will give detailed teaching and practice instruction of Trekcho. The heart essence of Dzogchen is Togal and the foundation of Togal is Trekcho. Without mastering Trekcho, the genuine essence of Togal cannot be experienced. Therefore, this teaching is highly recommended for anyone interested in learning Dzogchen practice and stabilizing the nature of the mind.

Trekcho is the practice of open presence called great non-action. It is the practice of maintaining the spontaneous presence of intrinsic awareness in its genuine naked state without any mental fabrication or modification.

In this retreat, participant will receive teaching and instructions on

• The direct introduction to the natural state
• How to cease the mental fabrication
• How to genuinely rest in the natural state

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About Tempa Dukte Lama

Tempa Lama is an ordained lama of the Tibetan Bon tradition. He is the founder and spiritual director of Olmo Ling Bon Center and Institute in Pittsburgh, PA, where he works to make the ancient Bon wisdom teachings available and accessible in the West. He is an artist, poet and author of seven books. Tempa Lama studied at Menri Monastery, India, from the age of six under the close guidance of the late H.H. 33rd Menri Trizin, the worldwide spiritual head of the Bon tradition until 2017. Tempa Lama has lived in the US since 2000 and teaches internationally, helping people bring a practice of healing and happiness into their lives.

About Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche

Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche is the abbot of Pal Samten Due Dul Wosel Ling Monastery in Humla, Nepal, and the first Geshe in the Yungdrung Bon tradition from Humla. Rinpoche studied at Menri Monastery, India, from 1992. In 1998 he enrolled in the Bon Dialectic School at Menri where he studied the three Bon Paths of Liberation, Sutra, Tantra, and Dzogchen. He was awarded the Geshe degree at Menri in 2014. On March 8th, 2023, the auspicious birth anniversary of Buddha Tonpa Shenrab, he was enthroned as the abbot of Pal Samten Due Dul Wosel Ling Monastery with the blessing of His Holiness 34th Menri Trizin Rinpoche and His Eminence Menri Ponlop Yangton Thinley Nyima Rinpoche. Rinpoche has served as Secretary of the Bon Dialectic School, Vice-president of the Bon Dialectic School, leader of the Menri Mask Dance, and General Treasurer of the Yungdrung Bon Monastic Center. He is currently serving as General Secretary at the Yungdrung Bon Monastic Centre.

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Registration and Fees

Registered participants will receive the recording after the teaching.

We offer three fee levels to make the Bon teachings accessible. Anyone can select the low fee level, however, we hope that you might give the mid income or high income fee level if this is comfortable for you. These are difficult economic times, also for Olmo Ling Center. Your offering helps us pay the monthly mortgage for the temple building while we await the permit for renting out the top floors. Thank you so much for your continued support!

If you are unable to afford a fee or donation, please email us at bon@olmoling.org – please have Trekcho Scholarship in the title.

Members Receive a 10% Discount

• Mid to High income: $75
• Mid income: $45
• Low income: $18
• Donate | Pay Custom Amount: Click Here

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Offering to the Teachers

If you would like to thank Tempa Dukte Lama for the teaching and transmission with an offering, you can donate online HERE or by mailing a check with a memo of “Tempa Lama” or “teacher support” to Olmo Ling, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15217. Thank you!

If you would like to thank Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Lama for the teaching and transmission with an offering, you can donate online HERE or by mailing a check pay to the order of Olmo Ling with the memo “Geshe Tsewang” to Olmo Ling, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15217. Thank you!

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