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SUMMARY:Sang Chöd Smoke Offering Ceremony 2025
DESCRIPTION:Sang Chöd Smoke Offering Ceremony\nGalveston\, TX \nSaturday\, March 1\, 2025 \n11:00 am CST in person only \nGeshe Denma will lead a Sang Chöd smoke offering ceremony in Galveston. He will release bait fish into the bayou\, a joyous ritual to give new life to sentient beings and accumulate positive karma.  We do this ritual and dedicate the merit to the long life and health of beloved HE Yongdzin Rinpoche.  He is 100 years old.  \nWe will recite prayers to all the yidams and protector deities and ask for their protection for all practitioners and sentient beings. This ceremony pacifies all obstacles and causes of disharmony into the vastness of outer\, inner\, and secret space and is conducted outside. Bring a chair and your own beverage to the ceremony. \nFollowing the celebration\, those who wish may join us for lunch in Galveston. \nContact Jackie Cole for in-person directions at jackie.cole001@comcast.net
URL:https://ligminchatexas.org/event/sang-chod-smoke-offering-ceremony-2025/
LOCATION:Private residence\, Galveston\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen’s Birthday 2025
DESCRIPTION:Celebration of Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen’s Birthday\nLigmincha Texas Center \nWednesday\, March 5\, 2025 \n6:00 pm CST in person only \nGeshe Denma will lead this celebration instead of our regular practice. \n Celebrate the birthday of the second Buddha of Yungdrung Bön\, Nyamme Sherap Gyaltsen (1356–1415)\, the first abbot and founder of Menri Monastery\, the mother monastery of Bön in Tibet. Geshe Denma will lead us in a practice with a special prayer to Nyamme Sherap Gyaltsen. On this auspicious day\, each person will light a candle and pray the short and long invocation of Nyamme Sherap Gyaltsen. \nNyamme Sherab Gyalsten was known as a great reformer and reinvigorated the Bönpo monastic tradition\, causing many monasteries to flourish. Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen was also the first master to collect and hold all the transmissions and empowerments of all the Bön lineages. All of these transmissions have continued to be held by each of the successive Abbots of Menri\, and over time\, the Abbot of Menri came to be regarded as the head of the Bön religion.
URL:https://ligminchatexas.org/event/nyamme-sherab-gyaltsens-birthday-2025/
LOCATION:Ligmincha Texas\, Inc.\, 5316 Bellaire Blvd\, Bellaire\, TX\, 77402\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Past Events
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SUMMARY:Du Tri Su Training Program
DESCRIPTION:Du Tri Su Training Program \nFrom March 2025 through April 2027\, learn the Du Tri Su Drip Jong\, the Yungdrung Bön Ritual for escorting the consciousness of the deceased through the Bardo. This ritual is from the text: The Lamp that Dispels Darkness: The Practice Manual of the DU TRI SU that Purifies Defilements and Liberates All Beings from the Depths of Samsara \nThe Du Tri Su Drip Jong cycle is a powerful and skillful method of guiding the consciousness of the deceased and protecting that individual from the terrors of the bardo (after death state of the consciousness) experiences. This ritual practice and text stir the depths of samsara and can purify obstacles both for ourselves and for others\, the living and the dead. With proper care and respect\, it can even lead to the attainment of Buddhahood\, or total liberation. When done on behalf of the dead\, this ritual protects the consciousness from wandering in the the bardo realms of the intermediate state. These ancient practices and rituals were taught directly by Buddha Tonpa Shenrab\, and the tradition has been held and practiced continually until the present day. \nThis teaching and training of the Du Tri Su Drip Jong are important for Bön practitioners who would like more support for their own preparations for dying\, as well as for students who want to benefit those who have died. \nOverview\nThis training program will include five 5-day retreats; three retreats will be at Serenity Ridge\, and two will be online. There will also be monthly sessions on Zoom where Geshe Denma Gyaltsen and Khandro Tsering Wangmo Khymsar will be available to support students in between retreats. Join us for this special opportunity to learn a powerful ritual from the ancient Yungdrung Bön tradition. \nTranslation into Spanish: Live simultaneous translation into Spanish will be available for all sessions. \nParticipants Will Learn\n\nThe meaning and purpose of this powerful ritual\nThe preparation for the DU TRI SU ritual making the required tormas (offerings)\nThe core prayers and their meaning\nHow to play the Tibetan ritual instruments used in this ritual\nHow to conduct the ritual and learn the melodies of each ritual section\n\n\nRegister and get more information at: \nhttps://ligmincha.org/centers-usa-serenityridge/\n\n \nGeshe 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. \nGeshe 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. \nWhen 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. \nGeshe 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.
URL:https://ligminchatexas.org/event/du-tri-su-training-program/
LOCATION:Serenity Ridge Retreat Center\, 560 Drumheller Ln\, Shipman\, VA\, 22971\, United States
CATEGORIES:Future Events
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SUMMARY:Awakening the Luminous Mind
DESCRIPTION:AWAKENING THE LUMINOUS MIND\nThe Five-Fold Teaching of Dawa Gyaltsen\nTenzin Wangyal Rinpoche\nJung Center\nRecognizing 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.” \nFounder 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. \nThis program is being offered both IN-PERSON and ONLINE.  Please select how you plan to attend when registering. \nRegister at the Jung Center with the link below: \nhttps://junghouston.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/junghouston/eventList.jsp?anotherEvent=&categoryIds=2&topicId=194&eventName=Awakening%20the%20Luminous%20Mind \nRecordings will be distributed to registered participants only\, and will not be available for individual purchase. \nAll times are CT. Please contact onlinelearning@junghouston.org with any questions. \nPlease register early. \n \n\n\nAUCTIONS\nThere is a silent auction\, which is live and can be bid on here: \nhttps://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/ligmincha-texas-incs-2025-silent-auction \nThere will be a Live Auction on Saturday.  See the following link to preview items: \nhttps://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/ligmincha-texas-incs-live-auction \nIf 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.
URL:https://ligminchatexas.org/event/awakening-the-luminous-mind/
LOCATION:The Jung Center Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Events,Public Talk,Weekend Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Ligmincha Texas":MAILTO:info@ligminchatexas.org
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