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Fourfold Instruction of Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen Series
with Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche
A Four-Part Teaching Series
Week 1 | Sat. August 3rd – Sun. August 4th, 2024
Week 2 | Sat. August 17th – Sun. August 18th, 2024
Week 3 | Sat. August 31st – Sun. September 1st, 2024
Week 4 | Sat. September 14th – Sun. September 15th, 2024
at Olmo Ling Bon Center in Pittsburgh, PA, and over Zoom (Online)
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.
The teaching will be taught in English. Simultaneous translation will be available online/Zoom in Spanish and French. Please check back soon for updates!
YOU CAN REGISTER FOR EACH TEACHING SEPARATELY OR BUNDLE THE COMPLETE TEACHING FOR A DISCOUNTED RATE USING THE REGISTRATION BUTTON ON THIS PAGE
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.
Fourfold Instruction of Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen Series
PART ONE | August 3rd – August 4th, 2024
at Olmo Ling Bon Center and offered over Zoom
Chi Tawa Chi Cho – Outer Instruction: The View of Dzogchen
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.
By understanding the view of Dzogchen we will be able to stabilize the practice of Trek Cho. Trek Cho means “cutting through”. It is the practice of open presence, also called great non-action, through which we cut through the rigidity of delusion. Stabilizing Trek Cho will give us the power of control over our mind. It is the practice of maintaining the spontaneous presence of intrinsic awareness in its genuine naked state without any mental fabrication or modification.
PART TWO | August 17th – August 18th, 2024
at Olmo Ling Bon Center and offered over Zoom
Nang Men Ngag Mar Tri – Inner Instruction: The Essential Instruction
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.
The reason why this inner essential instruction is given second, after the instruction on The View of Dzogchen, is because it is the key that opens the treasure house inside the palace of the Dzogchen view.
PART THREE | August 31st – September 1st, 2024
at Olmo Ling Bon Center and offered over Zoom
Sang Wa Rigpa Cher Tong – Secret Instruction: The Recognition of Pure Awareness
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.
The reason why this secret recognition of pure awareness is taught third (after the teaching on The View and the teaching on Todgal is that through the practice of the Six Lamps, one directly perceives the luminous manifestation of clear light. This is similar to how one sees the treasure directly after opening the door of the treasure house, which is the view of Dzogchen. The ultimate benefit of directly recognizing the intrinsic awareness and abiding in it without interruption is that one will attain the rainbow body.
PART FOUR | September 14th – September 15th, 2024
at Olmo Ling Bon Center and offered over Zoom
Yang Sang Ne Luk Puk Cho – Innermost Instruction: The Realization of the Natural State
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. The reason why the innermost instruction on the realization of the ultimate natural state is taught fourth (after Part One, Part Two, and Part Three) is because it means that one not only sees the treasure directly but takes it into one’s hands.
Through the practice of the Twenty-One Nails the fourfold vision of Todgal is brought to the state of exhaustion and one arrives at the ultimate state of Kuntu Zangpo.
Complete (Four) Fourfold Instruction Series Registration
Complete Teaching | Bundled Registration and Fees
We are offering three different levels of registration fees to make the Bon teachings accessible to everyone, including those of lesser means. To register, please click on the registration button below and select the appropriate fee.
Your offering for the bundled registration is for four weekend teachings offered over six weeks.
Geshe Tsewang Ngdoup will be based at Olmo Ling during this time and will also offer free weekly evening talks and other benefits for our community. Your generosity will help cover the cost of his flight and travels, enable us to offer Geshe la a honorarium to support his projects in India, and it will help support Olmo Ling temple.
Thank you so much for your continued support!
If you would like a scholarship to the four teachings, do not hesitate to contact Joanna at bon@olmoling.org – please have Complete Fourfold Scholarship in the title. No one is ever turned away due to their financial situation!
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