Ligmincha Texas

Ligmincha Texas 2021 Auction!!!
2021-01-20 - 2021-01-31, 2021-01-19 - 2021-01-30, 2021-01-18 - 2021-01-29, 2021-01-17 - 2021-01-28, 2021-01-16 - 2021-01-27, 2021-01-15 - 2021-01-26, 2021-01-14 - 2021-01-25, 2021-01-13 - 2021-01-24 | 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

Red Garuda Meditation Practice
2021-01-18 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-12-21 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-11-16 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-10-19 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-09-21 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-08-17 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-07-20 19:00 - 20:15, 2020-06-15 19:00 - 20:15 (America/Chicago) and 3 more dates | 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

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.

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!

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.

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.

Zhiné: Calm Abiding to Develop Concentration by Focusing and Calming Your Mind during this Pandemic
2020-07-25 10:00 - 2020-07-26 17:00 | Zoom, United States
A Zoom Weekend Retreat
Geshe Denma Gyaltsen, Resident Lama

In today’s world of uncertainty and conflicting emotions, stability of the mind helps us to sustain a sense of inner calm and peace. With practice, we can learn to focus our attention in the stillness, silence, and spaciousness of being. Resting in awareness slows our breath and lowers our internal activation in response to outer events, a help in challenging times. This meditation has a serene and sustaining quality that is experienced in our core. The practitioner becomes, centered, alert, connected, and confident.
Ligmincha Texas invites you to join us in a peaceful zoom teaching retreat by Geshe Denma Gyaltsen on Saturday and Sunday, July 25 and 26, 2020, from 10am to 5pm, Central Daylight Time.
Zhiné, or Calm Abiding, is traditionally introduced after learning the preliminary practices of the Ngöndro, or the Foundational practices from the ancient Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Cycle of Bön Tibetan teachings. This weekend, Geshe Denma will spend time with students explaining and strengthening the qualities of one-pointed focus and concentration. Join us to learn and welcome open awareness through the practice of Calm Abiding.
All are welcome.
We are sending everyone love, prayers, and healing energy through dedication to the welfare of all sentient beings.
“Inner peace is the most important thing for our own well-being.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Retreat Information

The retreat will use Zoom. Prior to the retreat, you will need to download and install the Zoom client, if you have not already, by going to https://zoom.us/download
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 not have live translations.

Registration Information

To register:

Please click the button below, which will take you to PayPal to complete payment.
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 none of the three payment options is appropriate for your situation, please pay whatever you wish buy typing that amount in the box that says “Other Amount”.
After completing payment at PayPal, you will be given a link to register for the Zoom event. You must complete this Zoom registration prior to the day of the event.

Please contact us at info@ligminchatexas.org if you have any questions.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.
