with Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche

Saturday, July 22nd – Sunday, July 23rd, 2023

SCHEDULE

9:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST

LUNCH BREAK

2:00 – 4:00 PM EST

Teaching will ONLY be available over Zoom.

Registered participants will receive the recording after the teaching.

Training and teaching will be taught in English. Simultaneous translation will be available in Spanish/Espanol, French/Francais, and Russian. Please check back for updates!

Tempa Dukte Lama and Geshe Tsewang Ngodup Rinpoche will give the teaching and transmission of the heart essence of Todgal practice in Bon Dzogchen with the teaching of the Six Lamps.

The main practice of Dzogchen is Todgal and Trekchod. Todgal is the development of vision practice in Dzogchen. Through Todgal practice with the Six Lamps, we point out where intrinsic awareness abides, which path it follows, through which door it exits, and in what form it appears.

In this weekend teaching, Participants will:

• Learn about Todgal as the heart essence of Dzogchen
• Receive detailed instructions on how to develop Todgal visions
• Learn about the Six Lamps and receive instructions on how to use them as a skillful means to actualize the ultimate realization of Buddhahood
• Recordings of the teachings

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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 six 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 want the Bon teachings to be accessible to everyone independent of financial means. Therefore, we offer a lower fee option and a full scholarship for anyone facing economic challenges.

If you are able to afford one of the higher fee options, we would greatly appreciate it. We recently acquired the 3-story building that houses Olmo Ling temple. Your support over the next several months will help us cover the monthly mortgage until we are able to rent out the upper floors.

If you are unable to afford a fee or donation, do not hesitate to contact Joanna at bon@olmoling.org – please have The Six Lamps Scholarship in the title.

Members Receive a 10% Discount

• Mid to High income: $80
• Mid income: $50
• Low income: $20

PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE ZOOM INVITATION ON FRIDAY, JULY 21ST, 2023 AT 4:00 PM EST

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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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