2024 Calendar
Each course runs several times per year. Please select from the links below to learn more about a course and to see the dates it is being offered in 2024.
Five Elements, Healing with Form Energy and Light
The Five Elements pervade our lives, are the essences of our being, and can be sources of profound healing. We will explore the elements’ affect within your being, and how to work with them to regain a beautiful balance and poise within your life. Based upon almost seven hours of educational videos created by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, this course works through many levels and techniques to support your self discovery and realization.
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The Five Elements
March 29 – May 12, 2024
October 18 – December 1, 2024
Meditation, Breath and Movement: Tsa Lung External Internal and Secret Practices
Tsa Lung is a series of ancient yogic practices that brings balance and harmony to our physical body, energy, and mind. The term Tsa Lung can be translated as the energy-winds (Tibetan: Lung, Skt. Prana, Chinese, Qi) in the Channels, for these practices are designed to open the subtle channels, guiding the healthy flow of the energy-winds so that we can enjoy good health and reconnect with more calmness to a quiet, peaceful mind. These exercises are easy to perform, and are suitable for everyone.
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Meditation, Breath, and Movement
March 1 – March 31, 2024
June 28 – July 28, 2024
November 29 – December 29, 2024
Ngöndro: The Foundational Practices
The ngöndro teachings are a set of nine practices that offer complete instructions for taming, purifying, and perfecting the suffering mind. Although these practices are considered the foundation for entrance into the five-part cycle of Tibetan Bön dzogchen teachings – Bön’s highest teachings on the nature of mind – many practitioners adopt the ngöndro as their main meditation and complete the nine sets of 100,000 repetitions over the course of a lifetime. Within each is contained the entire path to liberation. They are considered to be the Foundational Practices for the entire tradition.
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Ngöndro
March 1 – December 15, 2024
Sherap Chamma, Mother of Wisdom and Love
In many cultures the primordial female energy is seen as the origin of existence and the source of all positive qualities. Sherap Chamma, Mother of Wisdom and Love, is the source of wisdom, and her medicine is love and compassion. The teachings of Sherap Chamma comprise one of the most important tantric cycles of the ancient Bön tradition.
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Sherap Chamma
April 12 – May 12, 2024
November 11 – December 15, 2024
Sleep Yoga: The Yoga of Clear Light
We spend one-third of our life in sleep, yet for most people sleep is a period of unconsciousness. Through the practices of the Yoga of Clear Light we can learn to be completely aware during our sleep, open, clear, resting in deep meditative presence.
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Sleep Yoga
March 29 – April 27, 2024
November 15 – December 14, 2024
Three Heart Mantras
The Three Heart Mantras are used in many different meditations in the Bön tradition, and play a major role in the ngöndro practices. They are said to be the essence of enlightenment in sound and energy, and as we sing or chant the mantras our awareness is transformed to be in union with the Buddhas.
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Three Heart Mantras
February 23 – March 31, 2024
October 4 – November 10, 2024
Transforming our Emotions Through the Six Lokas
At one time or another each of us suffer strong emotions that throw us off balance, cause us to act in ways that we later regret, and make us lose touch with our true nature. Centuries ago the masters of the Bön lineage developed the meditations of the Six Lokas specifically to remedy this situation, to help us live our lives in a balanced and relaxed way.
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The Six Lokas
August 30 – October 20, 2024
Treasures of Bön: History, Lineage & Practices
This course is for anyone who would like to deepen their knowledge about this ancient, profound tradition. We explain the history and lineage of the Yungdrung Bön tradition, from its founder, Tonpa Shenrab, to masters living today. We explore the paths of Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen, as well as the Causal Vehicle, examining how they differ, how they complement one another, and what practices fall into each category. Each section is illustrated by a guided practice that demonstrates the main characteristics of that path.
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Treasures of Bön
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Free Courses
We offer a variety of free self-paced courses that are open at all times. We recommend our Starting a Meditation Practice courses for everyone with an interest in meditation. Many of our free courses are based upon free live webcasts, which have been recorded and edited to create courses. Our paid courses are more carefully designed and produced and are guided by a mentor.
Starting a Meditation Practice
Free – Enroll at any time
This free, self-paced course is designed for people who would like to begin meditating on a daily basis. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, the founder and principle teacher of Ligmincha International, provides instruction for simple practices that anyone can do on their own including: a meditation on stillness and spaciousness, the Nine Breathings of Purification, Calm Abiding, and the Tsa Lung exercises. After completing this course you will have the skills you need for a simple daily meditation practice that can improve many dimensions of your life.
The True Source of Healing
Free – Enroll at any time
The practices of Soul Retrieval can help you tap into the ultimate source of healing. They can help you to:
- Avoid losing your vitality when faced with difficult life challenges.
- Revitalize your personal life, family life and professional life.
- Recognize powerful internal and external sources of healing.
- Experience healing on all levels—physically, energetically, psychologically and spiritually.
- Come home to your inherently joyful and creative nature.
- Bring increased happiness and well-being to others.
- Progress on the path to higher liberation.
Living with Joy, Dying in Peace
Free – Enroll at any time
The more attached we are to our loved ones, our possessions, and our sense of identity, the more we suffer. Realizing this truth frees us to find joy in each simple moment of life, and peace at the moment of death. According to the Tibetan spiritual traditions, living and dying are part of a sacred continuum. Death need not be considered a failure, negative, or even a loss; rather, it is a transition toward a new beginning.
Transforming Your World Through Service
Free – Enroll at any time
Serving others is fundamental to our personal spiritual development. Our commitment to making a difference for others and the world can fill our life with love and joy, but requires a strong foundation of wisdom and compassion. This course will help you become as effective as possible in your service to others.
CyberSangha®
Free and ongoing
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche has launched CyberSangha as a way for you to connect with him, the ancient Tibetan teachings, and fellow students around the world through regular live broadcasts that can be easily viewed on Rinpoche’s Facebook page. All broadcasts are free and open to all—you don’t need a Facebook account to view them. Click to learn more about CyberSangha, view the current schedule of upcoming broadcasts, and access a searchable archive of hundreds of recorded teachings and guided meditations.
