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2026 Being Present to the Moment of Death: Wisdom, Medicine, and the Journey Through the Bardo

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

October 6 - 11, 2026

Location: Serenity Ridge Retreat Center

  • Commuter w/ Teaching + Lunch Only – $560.00
  • Commuter w/ Teachings + All Meals – $760.00
  • Tent Site – $885.00
  • Bunk Room - Lower Bed – $1,020.00
  • Bunk Room - Upper Bed – $995.00
  • Single Room w/ Shared Bathroom – $1,120.00
  • 3rd Floor Single Room w/semi-private bath – $1,170.00
  • Single Room w. Private Entrance & Shared Bathroom – $1,220.00
  • Double Room (2 Twin beds) w/shared bath – $1,295.00
  • 3rd Floor Double Room (2 Twin beds) w/semi-private bath – $1,395.00
  • 3rd Floor Queen Bed Room w/semi-private bath – $1,320.00
  • Twin Bed w/ Living Room & Ensuite Bathroom – $1,570.00
  • Private Queen+Twin Room w/ensuite bath – $1,570.00
  • Private Queen/Queen Room w/ensuite bath – $1,670.00
  • 3rd Floor Queen/Twin Room w/ Ensuite bath – $1,745.00
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How can spiritual practice and the healing traditions guide us through the dying process, both as caregivers and as companions?

This year, Serenity Ridge welcomes spiritual teachers, physicians, and scholars from the Tibetan, Buddhist, academic, and contemplative-care traditions for a five-day retreat exploring the mystery of death, dying, and the bardo. Together, we’ll share practices, insights, and wisdom to support the journey of consciousness beyond death.

Joining Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will be guest presenters including:

  • Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo
  • Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, Ph.D.
  • Susan Bauer-Wu, Ph.D., R.N.
  • Leslie Blackhall, M.D.
  • Alejandro Chaoul, Ph.D.

Explore awareness, the space between death and rebirth, and the nature of life’s transitions. Drawing on the wisdom of the Tibetan Bön lineage, this retreat supports cultivating inner strength, clarity, and peace, offering practical guidance for meeting uncertainty, change, and impermanence with confidence and presence.

What You’ll Experience

  • Morning teachings and practice with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche on the bardo of death—the after death state of consciousness and place of great opportunity for self-realization.
  • Dialogues with international experts on the bardo, Tibetan medicine, end-of-life spiritual care, perspectives upon the what happens after death, and what it means to live and die with dignity and purpose.
  • Practical tools and practices to help you navigate the moment of death with clarity, awareness, and peace.

Who Should Attend

This retreat is open to everyone, whether you’re preparing for your own transition, supporting a loved one, or simply curious about the death and dying process.

An Opportunity to Deepen Your Journey

This will be Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s final teaching of 2026.  Immediately prior to Being Present to the Moment of Death, Serenity Ridge will host a Sleep Health Retreat with Drs. Danny Lewing and Ed O’Malley, and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche from Sept. 30-Oct. 4, as well as a retreat on the Divine Feminine in the Bon Tradition led by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche from Oct. 1-4, 2026— either one will be an ideal preparation for heart and mind.

This retreat will be recorded. Recordings will be available for 30 days post retreat.

About the Teacher

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, founder and spiritual director of Ligmincha International, is one of only a few masters of the Bön Dzogchen tradition presently living in the West. An accomplished scholar in the Bön Buddhist textual traditions of philosophy, exegesis, and debate, Tenzin Rinpoche completed a rigorous11-year course of traditional studies at the Bönpo Monastic […]

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