Red Garuda Meditation Practice
2019-09-16 19:00 - 20:15, 2019-10-21 19:00 - 20:15, 2019-11-18 19:00 - 20:15, 2019-12-16 19:00 - 20:15 (America/Chicago) | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
Practice Description

Red Garuda is a powerful healing practice useful in gaining confidence, strength and for healing others as well as oneself. The Red Garuda is more often associated with taming the negative energies associated with unusual diseases.
Red Garuda meditation practice is held the third Monday of every month at 7:00 and is led by Jackie Cole. The practice is open to anyone who has had instruction in Red Garuda, if interested in instruction please contact our resident lama Geshe Denma.
There is no fee but donations to the Ligmincha Texas Center are greatly appreciated.

Practice Contact

Jackie Cole

info@ligminchatexas.org

The Practice of Chöd in the Bön Tradition: Cutting through Fear with Compassion
2019-09-27 19:00 - 2019-09-29 16:00 | 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/

Opening the Door to Bön - the Warrior Syllables
2019-09-29 11:30 - 13:30, 2019-12-15 11:30 - 13:30, 2019-12-22 11:30 - 13:30 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
The Five Warrior Syllables (Tibetan Sound Healing)

The sacred sounds of the Five Warrior Syllables are a part of the Bön healing tradition and have been handed down from master to student for generations. In recent years, these ancient practices have been brought to life in the west through the tireless teaching and writing of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, author of Tibetan Sound Healing. The Five Warrior Syllables Practice engages the power of sound and silence to help heal physical illness, clear psychological and energetic disturbances, and support the spiritual practitioner to abide with clear and open awareness.
In our Sunday practice session, led by Leslie Abuso, we will spend time with all five syllables. There will be instruction, practice and time for questions and discussion. The practice is open to all levels of practitioner. There is no fee but donations to the Ligmincha Texas Center are greatly appreciated.
“The practice of the Five Warrior Syllables is a skillful means that can support us to release our negative and limiting behavioral patterns of body, speech and mind.” (from “Tibetan Sound Healing” Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche.)
There is no need to register but it is helpful if you RSVP to Leslie at 713-444-3457.
There is a bookstore onsite and this book is available for purchase.

Special Event: Tea and Conversation with Menri Lopon
2019-10-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
Please join us for tea and conversation with our beloved Menri Lopon Trinley Nyima Rinpoche. The center will be open at 6:30 and Rinpoche will speak at 7. He will bless our center and greet old students and friends as well as meet new ones. If you like, you will have the opportunity to offer a khata to receive a blessing and give danna as an offering.
Menri Lopon Trinley Nyima Rinpoche, Lopon la, is the head teacher, a very high lama at the Menri Monastery, the mother monastery of Bon, in India. He is traveling in the US. While he has taught many times in Houston, this trip is for Lopon la to visit with us and to rest. Please come to be with this wonderful man.

Bardo: The Intermediate State of Being with Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche
2019-10-19 10:00 - 2019-10-20 16:00 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
Bardo in Tibetan means “intermediate state” and describes any temporary state of existence – such as dreams, meditation, life, and death. Usually the term is used for the special phase between death and rebirth. The various states of the Bardo have different names and descriptions. At the same time, however, essential aspects in common include separation, transition, awareness, and a new beginning. In Bardo, we are particularly sensitive and receptive to our environment. To discover the Bardo states in life and to develop an awareness of them is of great importance. With the resulting knowledge of impermanence, we can give a new value to life and ourselves and help others on the way to the Bardo of the dying process. In all traditional texts of the original Tibetan Yungdrung Bon tradition, various forms of Bardo appear. Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche will explain important philosophical aspects of the Bardo as described by authentic texts and show us how we can integrate the practice and awareness of Bardo in our lives.

Weekend Retreat
Saturday, October 19th 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
and Sunday , October 20th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
$135 Early-Bird Registration thru October 15th
$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 Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung

Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche is the abbot of the monastery Bon Triten Norbutse in Kathmandu, Nepal. He was born in a Tibetan family in Dhorpatan, a remote area in the west of Nepal. At the age of eleven he joined the monks of the local monastery. He studied the philosophical system of Yungdrung Bon for 13 years, including the teachings and practice of Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchenthe, general Tibetan sciences,Tibetan grammar, poetry, divination and traditional medicine. HH 33. Menri Trizin Lungtok Tenpa Nyima Rinpoche and HE Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche appointed him in 2001 to Khenpo (abbot) of the monastery. In addition to his activities in the monastery Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung for many years regularly traveled to many different countries to support its students in their practice.

Tibetan Language Bön Prayers: Session III
2019-10-20 09:00 - 2019-11-17 10:00 | TX, United States
The Invocation of Tapihritsa with Geshe Denma Gyaltsen
October 20, 2019 – November 17, 2019
The five-week session begins October 20, 2019, studying approximately four verses of Tibetan text for each class. The live class through Zoom video-conference occurs Sunday mornings at 9:00 am (Central Standard Time, Houston).
The Tibetan Language Bön Prayers Program is pleased to announce a new course taught by Geshe Denma Gyaltsen, the resident lama of Ligmincha Texas: Session III: The Invocation of Tapihritsa. The course focuses on the Invocation of Tapihritsa, a marvelous twenty-three verse prayer spontaneously composed by Nangzher Lopo upon recognizing Tapihritsa who manifested in the sky above him as a radiant Buddha of white light. Following this supreme encounter, Nangzher Lopo, the renowned 8th-century scholar and practitioner, was the first to set in writing the Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyüd (the Oral Transmission of Zhang Zhung), one of the most revered series of Bön dzogchen teachings. The Invocation of Tapihritsa beautifully communicates the unbounded wholeness of Bön dzogchen, sacred narrative, and religious art.
Guided by Geshe Denma’s lively teaching, students will learn Tibetan letter recognition, correct pronunciation and melody of the invocation, and encounter its meaning through Tibetan stories, prominent thangka paintings, and Bön philosophy.
There are no prerequisites for the course. No prior knowledge of Tibetan is needed. Whether one took Geshe-la’s previous courses on Tibetan Language Daily Prayers or is starting brand new, the class is a great opportunity. The teachings are vast, and the connection is fresh and lively.

Course materials include:
Tibetan Study Edition of the Invocation including Tibetan script, Wylie transliteration, phonetic transliteration, word-by-word translation, and full English translation
Tibetan Language Learning Materials to introduce the reading of Tibetan language including the alphabet with Wylie transliteration and the formation of Tibetan syllables with prefixes, superscripts, subscripts, suffixes, and secondary suffixes.
Audio recording of the Invocation of Tapihritsa
New for Session III: Video recording of the line-by-line Tibetan spelling, pronunciation, and word meanings of the Invocation of Tapihritsa. Based in student-feedback, this should enhance the opportunity for self-paced study and increase the time during the live classes to encounter the warmth of Geshe-la’s teaching.
The course implements a blended approach to online learning with both self-paced study and a weekly class. Class materials and discussion forums are hosted on the Ligmincha Learning course page, and the weekly live-class (60 minutes) occurs through Zoom video-conference which will also be recorded. The course is co-designed with Geshe Denma as the lead teacher and Bob Clark, an English teacher and longtime student of Tenzin Rinpoche, as teaching-assistant.

Zoom On Line Course Dates: October 20 – Nov 17, 2019
Cost: $125
Registration is now open.
Frequently Asked Questions

Opening the Door to Bön - The 9 Breathings of Purification
2019-10-27 11:30 - 13:30 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
Practice Description

This Sunday, we will explore the practice of the Nine Breathings of Purification.
The View of the wisdom tradition of Bön Buddhism is that the nature of our mind is clear and open, like a cloudless dessert sky. What causes our suffering, is our disconnection from our true nature. The practice of these cleansing breaths, help us to clear what obscures our recognition of our true nature.
There is no fee for this session but a suggested donation of $10 to the Center is gratefully appreciated.

Contract Information

Leslie Abuso

leslieabuso@ligminchatexas.org

Tsa Lung Breathing & Ma Tri
2019-10-27 13:00 - 16:00 | Houston, United States
Please join us at Yoga Haven in Galveston for this practice.
The ultimate goal of the meditation is to learn to abide with stability in clear, open awareness. You can enhance your ability to connect with and rest in this naturally joyful state by alleviating any physical distractions, emotional blocks and disturbances to your practice.
These five Tsa Lung exercises are a step by step means for identifying and clearing these obstacles.
The 3 heart mantras are said to be the essence enlightenment in sound and energy. Geshe Denma will lead a practice with these 3 mantras. Come and experience the vibration from these sacred sounds.
To register, please visit the Yoga Haven website https://theyogahaven.net/apps/mindbody/enrollments

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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.

The Seven Mirrors of Dzogchen
2019-11-15 19:00 - 2019-11-17 16:00 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
Based on the teachings of Drenpa Namkha in the 8th century AD, this weekend will focus on quintessential instruction for attaining clear innate awareness, like seeing your face in a mirror. Dzogchen is called the great perfection and is considered the highest Bon understanding. Open your inner space through this weekend of rare Bon teaching

Public Talk
Friday. November 15th 7:00pm – 9:00 pm
$15 Suggested Donation
Weekend Retreat
Saturday, November 16th 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
and Sunday , November 17th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
$135 Early-Bird Registration thru November 11th
$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.

Opening the Door to Bön - Tsa Lung (Tibetan Yoga)
2019-11-24 11:30 - 13:30 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
Practice Description

With the Bon Buddhist practices of Tsa Lung, we explore the five Tsa Lung movements. In this practice we will deepen our inner connection by exploring the 5 five energy centers (chakras) with the movements of Tsa Lung. Tsa means channel and lung (chi or prana) means breath. These movements along with the visualization that accompanies them help us to clear what keeps us from recognizing and connecting to the positive qualities inherent in our true nature.

This practice is led by Leslie Abuso. For more information, contact her at: leslieabuso@ligminchatexas.org.

Doors open at 11:00 am. There is no fee but donations to the center are greatly appreciated.

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.

The Power of Mantra: A Om Hung
2020-01-10 19:00 - 2020-01-12 16:00 | The Jung Center Houston, 5200 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX, 77006, United States
An open mind and compassionate heart are important and necessary virtues to lead a good life. But we are often bound and limited by our prejudices, fears, and divisions. Awareness is the key that frees us and allows our positive qualities to be expressed. Awareness is essential for spiritual transformation. When we open our body, speech, and mind with awareness, our inherent capacity for love is found to be already present. In the Bön tradition of Tibet, sacred sound is used as a skillful means to release tensions and blockages in our body, free our speech of divisions of exclusion and bias, and activate the compassionate qualities of an open heart. Through engaging the sacred syllables of A, OM, and HUNG, we employ the power of mantra to awaken the sacred dimension of our body, speech, and mind and transform our life for the benefit of ourselves and others.
This teaching is especially precious as Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will not be teaching in 2021. Rinpoche is taking a year-long sabbatical and will return to teaching in 2022. You won’t want to miss this opportunity!
Location
The Jung Center Houston

https://junghouston.org/

(click on red button “search programs”)
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

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.
Fluent in English, Tenzin Rinpoche teaches in a warm and engaging style, frequently drawing on examples from contemporary culture to bring the ancient Bön teachings to life, making them relevant to the lives of modern people and a powerful basis for spiritual growth. He is equally at home teaching online and in a retreat setting.
Rinpoche regularly teaches in Europe, the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, and Asia. Information about worldwide locations may be found here.
He also is a leader in using technology to teach dharma. Rinpoche has offered free live webcasts since 2009, including through his Facebook page since 2016. Beginning in 2010 he has offered a variety of online courses, through both Ligmincha Learning and GlideWing Productions. With the support of his global volunteer base, Rinpoche’s teachings are available in as many as 18 different languages through both real-time translation and subtitles. Find out more about his live events here. Hundreds of hours of previously recorded teachings can be found on Ligmincha’s YouTube channel and Ocean of Wisdom.
Recognizing the diverse needs of students, Rinpoche has created two sister organizations to Ligmincha: The 3 Doors and Lishu Institute. The 3 Doors is an international organization that allows participants from all walks of life to go deep into the essence of the teachings. Its programs use meditation and community to support self-discovery, personal transformation, and actions that benefit others. Lishu Institute, a residential education and retreat center in India, offers intensive study and practice of the Bön tradition. Its programs run from two weeks to two months in length, with some participants choosing extended study.

Red Garuda Meditation Practice
2020-01-20 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-03-16 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-04-20 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-05-18 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-06-15 19:00 - 20:15 | From Home, Houston, United States
Practice Description

Red Garuda is a powerful healing practice useful in gaining confidence, strength and for healing others as well as oneself. The Red Garuda is more often associated with taming the negative energies associated with unusual diseases.
Red Garuda meditation practice is held the third Monday of every month at 7:00 and is led by Jackie Cole. The practice is open to anyone who has had instruction in Red Garuda, if interested in instruction please contact our resident lama Geshe Denma.
This practice will not be offered via Zoom at this time. Dr. Cole will begin her practice at 7:00 p.m. from her home and invites each of you to practice at the same time from your safe haven where ever it may be. Know that, in this way we will be connecting to one another through our inner refuge.
There is no fee but donations to the Ligmincha Texas Center are greatly appreciated.

Practice Contact

Jackie Cole

info@ligminchatexas.org

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.

Full Moon Meditation on Sherap Chamma with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
2020-02-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Houston, United States
In a special 40-minute Facebook Live broadcast on the day of the February full moon, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will guide a deep, healing meditation on Sherap Chamma, Mother of Wisdom and Love. Rinpoche will also use the time to introduce a series of 24-hour meditation and mantra recitation sessions, which will take place online via Zoom during each subsequent full moon of 2020. More information about the full moon series is below.
View the February 9 broadcast on Facebook to participate in the chat; or, view it here on this page. If the viewing screen does not appear at the scheduled time, try refreshing the page.
Introducing the Full Moon Series
After the February 9 broadcast, on March 9 and each subsequent full moon of 2020 you can join Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche online for meditation followed by a 24-hour mantra recitation session. This is a precious opportunity to engage in the healing practice of Sherap Chamma, Mother of Wisdom and Love. Each session starts at 10 a.m. New York time on the day of a full moon and ends at 10 a.m. the following day. Rinpoche will be supported by Ligmincha International’s global community of practitioners.
Unlike Rinpoche’s CyberSangha® Facebook Live broadcasts, the 24-hour full moon practices will take place via Zoom, in an online meeting space. There is no cost to participate, but registration is required in advance of each 24-hour session; full details and instructions for participating are below.

LIGMINCHA TEXAS PREPARES FOR LOSAR, YEAR OF THE IRON MOUSE 2020
2020-02-19 18:45 - 20:00 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
Losar, which in Tibetan means “new year,” is celebrated widely by Tibetans and Tibetan Bön and Buddhist centers throughout the world. This is the time to reflect on the passing of the old year and face the possibilities of the New Year will be celebrated by Ligmincha Texas, here are the Losar activities.
Wednesday, February 19, at 6:45 pm
We will do a ransom ceremony at our center instead of regular practice at 6:45 pm. At that time, we will use this opportunity to cleanse ourselves spiritually, to be ready for the New Year. Geshe Denma Gyaltsen will give blessing water. We will think about releasing all the negative things that happened in this year so they will not be carried into the new iron Mouse year. Please feel welcome to come and bring anyone who is interested in this beautiful experience.
Thursday, February 20th
Is the day we need to cleanse externally and clean our house, office, car, and finish projects, and generally prepare for a clean start in the next year.

Saturday morning, February 22, at 9:00 am,
We will celebrate Losar at our center. We will use traditional Tibetan ways to greet the New Year.
Each person will light a candle on the altar and we will pray together. Geshe Denma will do the Chemar ritual, a traditional auspicious ceremony using barley flour called tsampa mixed with butter. One person will hold a traditional container of tsampa and butter so each person can take a pinch, offer it lightly three times, touch it to the tongue, and then say the traditional auspicious happiness greeting –
Tashi Delek phun sum tsok,
A ma bak dro ku kham sang,
Ten du de wa to par shog.
Gongni Gongdu Phelwar Shog,”
This means,
“Auspicious goodness and abundance to you, may you be healthy and peaceful, may you find eternal peace and happiness, and may your pursuit of peace and happiness flourish day by day.”
“The first offering of money of the year can be made to the altar and the Buddhas. Everyone will wish one another a happy new year and good fortune, health and all good things. Geshela advises us to say only positive things all this day and not to engage in negativity in body, speech or mind and to continue to do prayers. Following the celebration, we will all go to lunch together to start the new year together. We also have new prayer flags in our center that you can obtain to hang traditionally at your home on the first day of Losar.
Monday, February 24
Is the actual first day of the Tibetan New Year, the Year of the iron Mouse. On this day, it is traditional to do sang cho at home in the morning if you have received this teaching or do any practice that you have received. It is also the day to hang new prayer flags at home.
On Saturday, Feb 29, at 11:00 am
we will celebrate the birthday of Nyame Sherap Gyaltsen, first abbot and founder of Tashi Menri Ling, the mother monastery of Bon in Tibet. We will also have a sangcho fire ritual, and do a fish release ritual. These are special spiritual experiences that bring blessings and merit to those who participate. Afterward we will all eat together. This day we will meet at the home of Jackie Cole in Galveston.
Tibetans in India and Nepal do many traditional things during Losar. Families who can go to the Gompa to pay their respects to the lama, circumambulate the temple, offer prayer flags to the monastery, raise prayer flags at one’s home and spend time with family. Often Tibetans will bring offerings to the Gompa, such as flowers or butter lamps or cookies for tea with the lama, and receive blessings so that all activities of the coming year will be successful.
Ligmincha Texas welcomes you to participate in all of these events, and we wish you a very
Happy New Tibetan Year of the iron Mouse.
Losar Tashi Delek!

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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.

LOSAR, YEAR OF THE IRON MOUSE 2020 CELEBRATION
2020-02-22 09:00 - 10:30 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
Join us as we celebrate Losar at our center. We will use traditional Tibetan ways to greet the New Year.
Each person will light a candle on the altar and we will pray together. Geshe Denma will do the Chemar ritual, a traditional auspicious ceremony using barley flour called tsampa mixed with butter. One person will hold a traditional container of tsampa and butter so each person can take a pinch, offer it lightly three times, touch it to the tongue, and then say the traditional auspicious happiness greeting –
Tashi Delek phun sum tsok,
A ma bak dro ku kham sang,
Ten du de wa to par shog.
Gongni Gongdu Phelwar Shog,”
This means, “Auspicious goodness and abundance to you, may you be healthy and peaceful, may you find eternal peace and happiness, and may your pursuit of peace and happiness flourish day by day.”
“The first offering of money of the year can be made to the altar and the Buddhas. Everyone will wish one another a happy new year and good fortune, health and all good things. Geshela advises us to say only positive things all this day and not to engage in negativity in body, speech or mind and to continue to do prayers. Following the celebration, we will all go to lunch together to start the new year together. We also have new prayer flags in our center that you can obtain to hang traditionally at your home on the first day of Losar.

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.

Nyame Sherap Gyaltsen birthday celebration CANCELLED
2020-02-29 11:00 - 17:00 | Private residence, Galveston, United States
This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date. The new day and time will be posted to our website when it is confirmed. We apologize for the late notice.
Ligmincha Texas

Celebration ritual offered 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.

Seven Mirrors of Dzochen -Part 2; POSTPONED
2020-04-17 19:00 - 2020-04-19 16:00 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
PRACTICES AND RETREATS DURING COVID 19
Due to Covid19, this retreat will be scheduled for a later date. Please check back on our website for further details.

Based on the teachings of Drenpa Namkha in the 8th century AD, this weekend will focus on quintessential instruction for attaining clear innate awareness, like seeing your face in a mirror. Dzogchen is called the great perfection and is considered the highest Bon understanding. Open your inner space through this weekend of rare Bon teaching.

Public Talk
Friday. April 17th 7:00pm – 9:00 pm
$15 Suggested Donation
Weekend Retreat
Saturday, April 18th 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
and Sunday , April 19th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
$135 Early-Bird Registration thru April 11th
$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 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.

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Discover Your True Voice: Sound Rushen; POSTPONED
2020-05-01 19:00 - 2020-05-03 16:00 | Ligmincha Texas, Inc., 5316 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77402, United States
PRACTICES AND RETREATS DURING COVID 19
Due to Covid19, this retreat will be scheduled for a later date. Please check back on our website for further details.
Explore the power of bringing voice and awareness together to meet your emerging experiences as you are supported to reflect upon your personal life, your close relationships, and how your community and society live in you. Is your attention loving? Nourishing? Energizing? As we release patterns of aversion, attachment, and disconnection through sound and rest in the resonance of silence, we awaken our true voice, a voice of compassion and joy. As limited patterns held in our body, speech, and mind loosen and release, new possibilities emerge. Embody the powers of openness, awareness, and warmth that treat nothing as a mistake. Discover the confidence to meet whatever shows up in your life as an opportunity for expressing positive qualities.

Public Talk
Friday. May 1st 7:00pm – 9:00 pm
$15 Suggested Donation
Weekend Retreat
Saturday, May 2nd 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
and Sunday , May 3rd 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
$135 Early-Bird Registration thru April 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

Teaching by Marcy Vaughn

Marcy Vaughn has been a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism for more than forty- five years and is a senior student of Bon Buddhist master Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. Marcy was in the first graduating class of the master’s program in contemplative psychotherapy at Naropa University and is currently a therapist in private practice in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She works in close collaboration with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and has edited his books on Tibetan Sound Healing, Awakening the Sacred Body, Awakening the Luminous Mind, and Spontaneous Creativity. She is a teacher for both Ligmincha Institute and a senior teacher for The 3 Doors, where she designed and teaches the Compassion Project with her husband, Gabriel Rocco. Marcy is the main practice leader for retreats by Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche at Serenity Ridge in Virginia.
