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Dzogchen Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Thrul Khor Teaching, Transmission, and Instruction
via Zoom and In-Person with Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche
Three Weekend Course
Week 1 | Sat. October 26th – Sun. October 27th, 2024
Week 2 | Sat. November 2nd – Sun. November 3rd, 2024
Week 3 | Sat. November 9th – Sun. November 10th, 2024
from 9:30 AM – 12:30 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, French, and Portuguese via Zoom. Check back soon for updates!
In this special teaching, Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche will offer the teaching and transmission of the Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud practices of ancient Tibetan Bon Yoga (Thrul Khor). This teaching is part of the Bon cycle of Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen. Dzogchen is the highest teaching of Bon as it offers a means to directly recognize the true nature of the mind and attain stabilization of this recognition. Thrul Khor, the training of harmonizing our body, mind, and energy, is an integral part of Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen and supports us on this path.
Thrul Khor practice utilizes gentle physical movement, breathing and visualization to clear blockages in the energy channels, strengthen our focus, and clear our mind from agitation, dullness, and drowsiness. Thrul Khor also helps us transform conditioning that causes disturbances and imbalances in the three humors of wind, bile, and phlegm and thus helps us maintain a healthy body. Through the special yogic practice of Thrul Khor we learn to abide in natural clarity and insight, allowing a harmonious state of our body, mind, and energy to manifest.
The focus of this teaching will be on becoming familiar with the yogic movements of Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Thrul Khor. This training will help us build mental stability and awareness and improve the circulation of the vital breath.
Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen Thrul Khor includes four series of yogic movements that will be covered during the three weekends:
- The First Series consists of the 5 preliminary Thrul Khor practices for the head, the feet, the arms, the upper body, and the lower body.
- The Second Series or Root series consists of 11 practices
- The Third Series or Branch consists of 10 practices
- The Fourth Series consists of the five Specific Thrul Khor Movements that are used to clear obstacles in particular parts of the body.
This teaching is well suited to complement and support the recently completed Fourfold Instruction of Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen with Tempa Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche.
Thrul Khor book to support your practice
We recommend Tempa Lama’s book Thrul Khor: Ancient Tibetan Bon Yoga to support your Thrul Khor practice. In this first comprehensive English-language guide to Bon Thrul Khor, Tempa Dukte Lama offers step-by-step instructions for 85 practices according to the A Khrid, Ma Gyud (Mother Tantra), and Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud cycles of Bon Thrul Khor, supported by 499 photographs. He also explains the benefits of the Thrul Khor practices for our spiritual path and for our physical health and wellbeing.
The book includes the Tsa Lung prayers in English and Tibetan as well as guidelines for an intensive 100-day Thrul Khor retreat. The book is printed with Layflat/Ota-Bind to allow it to remain open next to you as you do your Thrul Khor practice.
Click here to read more or purchase Thrul Khor: Ancient Tibetan Bon Yoga. For customers outside of the US, see a listing of other stores carrying our books here.
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.
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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, General Treasurer of the Yungdrung Bon Monastic Center, and most recently as General Secretary at the Yungdrung Bon Monastic Centre.
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Registration and Fees
We offer three income-based levels to make the Bon teachings accessible. To register, please click on the registration button below and select the appropriate fee. Anyone is welcome to select the low fee level, however, we rely on and gratefully appreciate contributions for the mid-income and high-income level. Your donation will help us continue to maintain Olmo Ling temple and expand our charitable projects in Asia. Thank you so much for your continued support!
If you would like a scholarship, please do not hesitate to contact Joanna at bon@olmoling.org – please have Thrul Khor Scholarship in the title. No one is ever turned away due to their financial situation!
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