Ligmincha Texas

Red Garuda Meditation Practice
2020-08-17 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-09-21 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-10-19 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-11-16 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-12-21 19:00 - 20:15, 2021-01-18 19:00 - 20:15 (America/Chicago) | 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

Awakening your subtle body through breath, movements and sounds
2020-09-12 09:00 - 2020-09-13 12:00 | Zoom, United States
Wake up your subtle body through breath, simple visualizations, sounds, and Tibetan yogic movements.
This experiential weekend workshop explores how the potential of your subtle body or sacred anatomy – composed of inner channels and chakras – can be a powerful doorway into the open awareness of our inner refuge or “inner home.”
As you become more familiar with your five chakras, we will practice with the five wisdom breath-energies and the five seed ‘warrior’ syllables, to foster the opportunity to open yourself to the vibrant awareness of your sacred body.
Through practices of breath and gentle movements, we will explore how our channels and chakras support us in connecting to the spaciousness of our inner refuge.
And as we add the five healing sounds, we will awaken the vibration and energy in each chakra, that enhances our awareness and healing qualities.
SATURDAY, Sept 12, 2020
9-10:15am Session 1
10:45-noon Session 2
LUNCH
1:00-2:15 Session 3
2:45-4:00 Session 4
SUNDAY, Sept. 13, 2020
9-10:15 am Session 1
10:45-noon Session 2
Central Daylight Time
Please register by Thursday, September 10th, so that we have time to get the handouts sent to you email for weekend retreat.
Based on financial ability, registrants can choose the following options: $75, $100 and $125.
Financial hardship should not prevent a practitioner from attending teachings. If your circumstance dictates you need to pay a different amount, please enter that amount in the box that says “Other Amount”.
For questions or more information, contact us at info@ligminchatexas.org

The retreat will use Zoom. Prior to the retreat, you will need to download and install the Zoom client, if you have not already.
The retreat will be recorded. Recordings will be made available to registrants after the retreat is finished.
The retreat will be in English and will have live Spanish and Portuguese translations.
Registration is 2 parts.

Click the button below to pay at PayPal. After payment is completed, wait until you are returned to the Ligmincha Texas website.
Follow the link to register for the Zoom Meeting.

Please follow both steps, otherwise you will have to be manually added on the day of the retreat and may miss the beginning of the retreat.

Alejandro Chaoul holds a doctoral degree in religious studies from Rice University. He is currently the founding Director of the Mind Body Spirit Institute at the Jung Center Houston. As a faculty member in the Integrative Medicine Program of MD Anderson Cancer Center, where since 1999, he has been leading people with cancer and their family members through mind/body/spirit techniques aimed at reducing stress and facilitating healing. He has engaged in research to determine the benefits of these practices in different populations. Alejandro is the author of Tibetan Yoga for Health and Well-Being and Chöd Practice in the Bön Tradition.
Alejandro has studied Tibetan Buddhist practices and traditions with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Tibetan Bön Teachings with Löpon Tenzin Namdak and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. He brings over 20 years of experience as a teacher of Bön Buddhism and Tibetan yoga. His affiliation with the Ligmincha International has given him the opportunity to teach throughout the United States, Latin America, and Europe. He is a Senior Teacher in the 3 Doors Academy and has been recognized as a Fellow of the Mind & Life Institute.

The Lightning Flash of the Dzögchen View
2020-10-31 10:00 - 2020-11-01 15:00 | Zoom, United States
Recognizing the Nine Intermediate States of the Bardo
Saturday, October 31, 2020 – Sunday, November 1, 2020
Geshe Denma will teach us on the rarely taught text dzögchen tawa tok bap on the nine Bardos. Bardo teachings provide guidance on the stages of dying so we can transition with peace and consequently live with joy.
The Bardo is a Tibetan Buddhist concept roughly translated as “thrown between”. One of the Bardos arises between death and the next life. It is said to be much like dream (another form of Bardo), sleep, and deep meditative states when the edges of reality blur. Fear of the unknown and our attachment to people and possessions can result in difficulties at the moment of death or even in the thought of death. Bardo teachings create an opportunity to learn more about how to prepare for death by seeing it as a natural process within the cycle of life.
Join us for a weekend with Geshe Denma Gyaltsen, who will gently continue to explain how we can understand this transition from a Bön Buddhist perspective.
Retreat teachings and practices will be taught in English. Live translation is available in Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Russian.

Retreat Schedule

SATURDAY, October 31, 2020
Central Daylight Time CDT
Session 1 10:00 – 11:15 am
Session 2 11:30 – 12:30 pm
Meal Break
Session 3 1:30 – 3:00 pm
SUNDAY, November 1, 2020
***Note CHANGE to Central Standard Time CST***
Session 1 10:00 – 11:15 am
Session 2 11:30 – 12:30 pm
Meal Break
Session 3 1:30 – 3:00 pm
https://www.timeanddate.com/

Registration

Registration is a 2 step process. You must complete both steps.

Complete payment through PayPal by clicking this button. IMPORTANT: After payment is completed, wait until you are brought back to the Ligmincha Texas website.
Complete Zoom registration on the page you are returned to after you complete payment. Once you are registered, a confirmation email will be sent to you by Zoom that includes your personal link to join the retreat.

Make sure to pay and complete your Zoom registration by Thursday, October 29th so we can assure that you receive the practice materials and schedule before the retreat.
Download the free Zoom app in advance of the retreat by going to https://zoom.us/download.
Retreat teachings and practices will be taught in English. Live translation is available in Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Russian. All recordings will be made available in these languages to registered participants.
Registrants can choose the following options: $125, $100, and $75. There is also an option to enter a greater or lesser amount. Financial hardship need not prevent practitioners from attending teachings. If your situation warrants it, please pay any amount you can comfortably afford by typing that in the box that says “Other Amount”.
For questions or more information, contact us at info@ligminchatexas.org.

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.

New Year's Day Sangha Sharing
2021-01-01 11:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, United States
Join us on January 1st at 11am CST as we say, …
“Goodbye, Old Pandemic 2020” and “Welcome, New Potential 2021!”
January 1st is a special day for many reasons. Some of these reasons affect all of us collectively, and some are personal. We may find gratitude arising for the unexpected goodness we have encountered in the midst of challenges and accomplishments encountered in 2020.
Come and express your journey and/or your DZA by creatively reading a poem, playing music, sharing an image, or telling a story.
For a long time we have not been able to be together physically. Through new learning we can still come together from just about anywhere by the stunning magic of zoom. So on this day we will celebrate and enjoy through our zoom expansion of togetherness!
This is a free Ligmincha Texas event.
All are welcome to register at the link below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkduuqpz4oG92iigxSvHLYRiqoXSUBiyOC
Once registered, you will receive the zoom link by email.
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Tsering will join us in the New Year celebration!

Ligmincha Texas 2021 Auction!!!
2021-01-13 - 2021-01-24, 2021-01-14 - 2021-01-25, 2021-01-15 - 2021-01-26, 2021-01-16 - 2021-01-27, 2021-01-17 - 2021-01-28, 2021-01-18 - 2021-01-29, 2021-01-19 - 2021-01-30, 2021-01-20 - 2021-01-31 and 4 more dates | Zoom, United States
Open from January 13-24, 2021
https://www.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/ligminchatexasauction2021-19351Open from January 13-24, 2021
Browse and bid on practice tools to strengthen your connection to Bon lineage, our teachers, and practices. Auction items include:

Geshe Denma’s personal Chod drum and bell. He has used this bell in every chod practice we have had on zoom this year.

Geshe Denma Gyaltsen’s personal 21 Nails Amulet blessed by HH 33rd Menri Trizin and Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche.

Portrait created in Metallic tape of Geshe Denma Gyaltsen. Created by Ligmincha Texas board member Amber Eagle who exhibits Internationally and has work in collection of MFAH and public artworks on display in the city of Houston. See more of her work at: https://www.ambereagle.studio

Lightning Flash Bardo Part 2 and Rainbow Phowa Teaching and Transmission
2021-01-16 10:00 - 2021-01-17 15:00 | Zoom, United States
In this two-day retreat, Geshe Denma Gyaltsen will:
Provide more details from Part 1 of the The Lightning Flash of the Dzogchen View of the Bardo teaching. This Dzogchen text, Tawa Tok Bap, was ear transmitted to Dziwo Rigpa Rangshar.
Provide a detailed description of the Bardo thangka.
Provide us with teaching on the Rainbow Phowa, guide us in practice, and give transmission.
Give us homework and a practice recording on our website to complete on a daily basis until we meet again for Part 3.
It is not necessary to have attended Part 1 to join us in this retreat.
Rainbow Phowa was ear-transmitted to the 22nd Menri Trizen Sherab Gongyal by the Second Buddha, Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen, who had passed away. Suddenly in the sky inside a rainbow the three kayas appeared. Dharmakaya Kuntu Zangpo appeared at the top of the rainbow. Then lower the Wisdom Diety Mawe Senge appeared as Sambogakaya. Below that in the rainbow Nirmanakaya appeared as Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen, who guided the 22nd Menri Abbot to do phowa in this way.
In a general sense, phowa refers to “transfer of consciousness.” When used to help the dying or already dead being, this practice refers to easing the transfer of consciousness from the current situation to the next. The purpose is to help the being to release the body, the possessions, the attachments to others and to family, and the positive and negative emotions, thoughts and memories. The being engages in the process of dying and releasing with comfort and confidence. Phowa can be done for others or for yourself. This teaching by Geshe Denma is phowa for yourself.
The Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyü (Zhang-Zhung Oral Transmission Lineage of Dzogchen) says the following:
The rider which is the mind of innate awareness,
Is mounted on the horse of mindfulness.
Unimpededly propelled by the wings of the wind,
It moves through the path of the bodhicitta central channel and
Arrives at the secret door of bliss at the crown.
Phowa is important for us to learn and practice in this lifetime. The text mentions that if we practice phowa, we will not be born in the lower realms.
***Part 3 Conclusion of The Rainbow Phowa is scheduled for February 20, 2021
Schedule for Part 2
SATURDAY, January 16, 2021
Central Standard Time CST
Session 1 10:00–11:15 am
Session 2 11:30 – 12:30 pm
Meal Break
Session 3 1:30 – 3:00 pm
SUNDAY, January 17, 2021
Central Standard Time CST
Session 1 10:00–11:15 am
Session 2 11:30 – 12:30 pm
Meal Break
Session 3 1:30 – 3:00 pm
https://www.timeanddate.com/

Registration

Registration is a 2 step process. It is important to complete both steps to assure access to the retreat.
Complete payment through PayPal by clicking this button.
Register
IMPORTANT: After payment is completed, you will be brought back to the Ligmincha Texas website. Complete Zoom registration on the page you are returned to after you complete payment.
Once you are registered, a confirmation email will be sent to you by Zoom that includes your personal link to join the retreat.
Make sure to pay and complete your Zoom registration by Thursday, January 14th so we can assure that you receive the practice materials and schedule before the retreat.
Download the free Zoom app in advance of the retreat by going to
https://zoom.us/download
Retreat teachings and practices will be taught in English. Live translation is available in Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian. All recordings will be made available to registered participants.
Registrants can choose the following options: $125, $100, and $75. There is also an option to enter a greater or lesser amount. Financial hardship need not prevent practitioners from attending teachings. If your situation warrants it, please pay any amount you can comfortably afford by typing that in the box that says “Other Amount”.
For questions or more information, contact us at info@ligminchatexas.org
Joyful Practice of Ancient Bön Teachings for Living Well

Our Lama

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.
