The Practice of Chöd in the Bön Tradition: Cutting through Fear with Compassion
2019-09-27 19:00 - 2019-09-29 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
The practice of chöd, from the Tibetan contemplative tradition, is a skillful method for dissolving emotional conflicts and dissatisfaction by compassionately cutting through the fear and attachment that obscure your true nature of mind. During this retreat Alejandro will introduce the practice of chöd, from the Tibetan Bön tradition, as a means to meet the emotional energies of fear and to cut the root causes of suffering: aversion, attachment and ignorance. Through practicing chöd, you can cut through the bondage of fear, whatever form it takes, and unleash creativity as you reconnect to your natural state—open, awake and fearless.

Public Talk
Friday. September 27th 7:00pm – 9:00 pm
$15 Suggested Donation
Weekend Retreat
Saturday & Sunday September 28th and 29th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
$135 Early-Bird Registration thru September 23rd
$150 Standard Registration
Location

Ligmincha Texas – 5316 Bellaire Blvd. – Bellaire TX
Register through the links provided above.
Financial hardship alone should not prevent a practitioner from attending teachings.
Special payment plans are available.
Please contact us at info@ligminchatexas.org

Alejandro Chaoul PhD

Dr. Alejandro Chaoul is a Senior Teacher of The 3 Doors, an international organization, founded by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche with the goal of transforming lives through meditation. Alejandro has studied in the Tibetan tradition since 1989, and for over 20 years with Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, completing the seven-year training at Ligmincha Institute in 2000. He also holds a Ph.D. in Tibetan religions from Rice University.
Since 1995, he has been teaching meditation classes and Tibetan Yoga (Tsa Lung & Trul Khor) workshops nationally and internationally under the auspices of Ligmincha Institute. Alejandro is a former member of the Board of the Ligmincha Texas and was an essential leader, supporting the vision of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, in the formation of the organization. He is a much-loved teacher and Sangha member for Ligmincha Texas.
In 1999, Alejandro began teaching these techniques at the Integrative Medicine Program of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, where he holds a faculty position and for the last fifteen years conducts research on the effect of these practices in people with cancer. He is also an associate faculty member at The University of Texas’ McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, where he teaches medical students in the areas of spirituality, complementary and integrative medicine, and end of life care. Alejandro is also the author of Chod Practice in the Bon Tradition (Snow Lion, 2009) and most recently, Tibetan Yoga for Health & Well-Being (Hay House, Inc., 2018). For more information on upcoming offerings by Dr. Chaoul, please visit his website at: https://alechaoul.com/

Five Precious Wisdom Medicines: How to Take Daily
2019-12-13 19:00 - 2019-12-15 16:00 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
Medicine Buddha
The Five Precious Wisdom Medicines are the healing methods we can skillfully administer to ourselves to counteract the five poisons of everyday life. Geshe Denma will teach us what five problems arise for us that destroy our peacefulness and cause us to react in habitual ways that compound those problems. He will also teach us what five methods we can use to restore our peacefulness and choose positive and creative responses to those problems. Through this simple sounding topic, Geshe Denma will take us a long way toward a new understanding. Please join us.

Public Talk
Friday. December 13th 7:00pm – 9:00 pm
$15 Suggested Donation
Weekend Retreat
Saturday, December 14th 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
and Sunday , December 15th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
$135 Early-Bird Registration thru December 9th
$150 Standard Registration
Location
Ligmincha Texas – 5316 Bellaire Blvd. – Bellaire TX
Register through the links provided above.
Financial hardship alone should not prevent a practitioner from attending teachings.
Special payment plans are available.
Please contact us at info@ligminchatexas.org

Teaching by Geshe Denma Gyaltsen, Resident Lama

Geshe Denma Gyaltsen is the resident lama of Ligmincha Texas. He arrived in Houston in January 2016 to serve as Ligmincha Texas’s first resident lama.
Geshe Denma was born in northern Nepal. His father brought him to Menri Monastery, India, regarded as the mother Bon monastery in exile, in 1981 to begin his program of study toward the Geshe degree. He received all the Bon teachings, initiations and transmissions in sutra, tantra and dzogchen from His Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, the 33rd Menri Trizin, and His Eminence Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche.
When he became a senior student, he was asked to teach philosophy to younger students. He successfully completed this degree program in 1996 and was awarded the Geshe certificate, which is considered equivalent to a Ph.D. in Bön Buddhist philosophy and religion.
Geshe Denma was an accomplished teacher and in 1998 was appointed, with the approval of the Tibetan government in exile, first abbot of Zhu Rishing Yungdrung Kundak-Ling Monastery, a Bon Monastery in Sikkim, India by His Holiness. He served two terms in this capacity until 2003. In addition, from the time he graduated until 2008, Geshe Denma also was active in assisting Geshe Nyima Dakpa with the Bon Children’s Home, which houses many children in Dolanji, India, providing them with food, healthcare and free education.

Creating & Caring for your Shrine: A Guide for Western Students of the Yungdrung Bon Buddhist Tradition and How to use Ritual Items & Yeshe Walmo drumming.
2020-02-09 10:00 - 17:00 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
Join Geshe Denma Gyaltsen to learn about the correct way to set up your altar and how to use ritual items.
Cost for the one day event: $65.00
Location
Ligmincha Texas – 5316 Bellaire Blvd. – Bellaire TX
Register through the links provided above.
Financial hardship alone should not prevent a practitioner from attending teachings.
Special payment plans are available.
Please contact us at info@ligminchatexas.org

Teaching by Geshe Denma Gyaltsen, Resident Lama

Geshe Denma Gyaltsen is the resident lama of Ligmincha Texas. He arrived in Houston in January 2016 to serve as Ligmincha Texas’s first resident lama.
Geshe Denma was born in northern Nepal. His father brought him to Menri Monastery, India, regarded as the mother Bon monastery in exile, in 1981 to begin his program of study toward the Geshe degree. He received all the Bon teachings, initiations and transmissions in sutra, tantra and dzogchen from His Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, the 33rd Menri Trizin, and His Eminence Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche.
When he became a senior student, he was asked to teach philosophy to younger students. He successfully completed this degree program in 1996 and was awarded the Geshe certificate, which is considered equivalent to a Ph.D. in Bön Buddhist philosophy and religion.
Geshe Denma was an accomplished teacher and in 1998 was appointed, with the approval of the Tibetan government in exile, first abbot of Zhu Rishing Yungdrung Kundak-Ling Monastery, a Bon Monastery in Sikkim, India by His Holiness. He served two terms in this capacity until 2003. In addition, from the time he graduated until 2008, Geshe Denma also was active in assisting Geshe Nyima Dakpa with the Bon Children’s Home, which houses many children in Dolanji, India, providing them with food, healthcare and free education.

Ligmincha Texas Healing Practice for World Peace
2021-03-27 12:00 - 14:00 | Zoom, United States
COVID-19 has completely changed the world. This past year has been difficult and most challenging. Now, it is starting to get better and better.
We can fight the virus by continuing to follow COVID-19 precautions (e.g. wearing a mask, physical distancing, getting a vaccine), doing prayers, and practicing to meet this challenging time. If we do this, it will end soon.
We cannot blame anyone for the virus. No one has made this virus, this kind of disease comes and goes. In the Buddhist text, it says there are 404 types of diseases and 80,000 obstacles by the gek. We need to eliminate these obstacles and diseases by prayer. Many people may experience anxiety and anger that can automatically come out when under duress. When this happens, it is important that we do not blame anyone. By doing this, it becomes worse.
Now, we will practice peace in the world to make life happier for all at this time. Ligmincha Texas will do prayers for World Peace and Healing for everyone by practicing the Sipe Gyalmo Healing Practice (Queen of Existence) and The Precious Garland for those who have died from racial violence and COVID-19.
Bring mala and a bottle of water.
Register Here

Tibetan Dream Yoga: Awake While Dreaming with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche! - Friday Talk
2023-02-10 19:00 - 21:00 | The Jung Center Houston, 5200 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX, 77006, United States
How do we make distinctions between dreaming, deep sleep, and being awake? Is there a way to experience the differences – and similarities – between these three states? Explore your dreams in this weekend retreat with Tibetan Bön Master and founder of Ligmincha Texas and Ligmincha International, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche!

The Jung Center’s Executive Director, Sean Fitzpatrick, will join Rinpoche for a Friday evening talk and conversation about dreaming from both the Tibetan and Jungian perspectives.

Then, retreat into practice and teaching with Rinpoche for the weekend, and invite an experience of the thread connecting our sleeping, dreaming, and waking consciousnesses. All are forms of awareness that can be experienced as a continuum – and can also manifest as a constant awareness called the “natural state.” Rinpoche will focus on dream practice, explaining the underlying concepts and teaching methods of inviting the experience of the natural state.

Join The Jung Center and our friends at Ligmincha Texas as we discover how connecting to our unchanging selves in the midst of these alternating states can open the way to profound transformations of our minds, hearts, and lives. All are welcome!

There is a separate registration for in-person and Zoom participation. A separate registration link is also available for the Friday night session only. The Full weekend registration includes the Friday night event.

For in-person attendees, Rinpoche’s newest revised and updated version of his book, Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep will be available to purchase and for a book signing following the Friday evening talk.

Live audio translations (Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian) will be available.

Please register through the Jung center at the links below.
Friday In Person
Friday On Line
Full Weekend In Person
Full Weekend On line
Online Auction
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Live Auction Items Preview
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Tibetan Dream Yoga: Awake While Dreaming with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche!
2023-02-11 10:00 - 2023-02-12 17:00 | The Jung Center Houston, 5200 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX, 77006, United States

The Melody of Light Poetry with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche - Friday Talk
2024-03-08 19:00 - 20:00 | The Jung Center Houston, 5200 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX, 77006, United States
The Melody of Spiritual Songs Soars through the World Along the Path of Light, Rinpoche’s recent poetry book, was published in Tibetan only in 2023. This beautiful poetry teaches us through Rinpoche’s personal experience the nature of life, practice, and living. In this special evening, Rinpoche will share his poetry in English for the first time. The public talk will be in English with simultaneous live audio translation via Zoom in Spanish, Russian and potentially other languages.
Join us in this unique and special opportunity!
Please register through the Jung Center at the link below.
https://junghouston.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/junghouston/event.jsp?event=10878

Awakening the Luminous Mind
2025-03-28 19:00 - 2025-03-30 15:30 | The Jung Center Houston, 5200 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX, 77006, United States
AWAKENING THE LUMINOUS MIND
The Five-Fold Teaching of Dawa Gyaltsen
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Jung Center
Recognizing and welcoming brilliant innate awareness is a treasured life-changing experience worth seeking. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, founder of Ligmincha Texas and Ligmincha International, returns to the Jung Center to point out this path through meditation. Using the poetic Five-Fold Practice of Dawa Gyaltsen, an 8th-century Tibetan master, Rinpoche will introduce and guide students to practice and then integrate insight into daily life. He is able to make ancient wisdom accessible through this elegant “pith instruction.”
Founder and spiritual director of Ligmincha International, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is a respected and beloved teacher and meditation master in the Bön Buddhist tradition of Tibet. He has students in more than 25 countries, teaches around the world and reaches thousands of students through his online programs. Trained as a Bön monk, Rinpoche now lives as a householder, allowing him to more fully relate to the needs and concerns of his students. Known for the depth of his wisdom and his unshakeable commitment to helping students recognize their true nature, he is the author of many books and online courses.
This program is being offered both IN-PERSON and ONLINE. Please select how you plan to attend when registering.
Register at the Jung Center with the link below:
https://junghouston.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/junghouston/eventList.jsp?anotherEvent=&categoryIds=2&topicId=194&eventName=Awakening%20the%20Luminous%20Mind
Recordings will be distributed to registered participants only, and will not be available for individual purchase.
All times are CT. Please contact onlinelearning@junghouston.org with any questions.
Please register early.

AUCTIONS
There is a silent auction, which is live and can be bid on here:
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There will be a Live Auction on Saturday. See the following link to preview items:
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If you are interested in an item in the Live Auction, but cannot attend, please email BartDelatte@ligminchatexas.org with your max bid and we can bid for you.
