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Annual Spring Retreat: Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo

with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

April 13 - 16, 2023

Date and Time Details: Thursday, April 13 to Sunday, April 16

Location: Serenity Ridge Retreat Center

Address: 560 Drumheller Ln, Shipman, VA, USA

Contact: Johannah
sr.registration@ligmincha.org

All prices include retreat registration and meals
  • Commuter – $0.00
  • Tent Site (Tienda de Campaña) – $30.00
  • Single Room (Sencillo) w/shared bath – $180.00
  • 3rd Floor Single Room (Individual Sencillo) w/semi-private bath – $210.00
  • Double Room (Doble Habitacion) ( 2 Twin beds) w/shared bath – $240.00
  • 3rd Floor Double Room (Habitación Doble Aislada) ( 2 Twin beds) w/semi-private bath – $270.00
  • Private Queen/Twin Room w/ensuite bath (Cama Matrimonial + Cama Doble con Baño Privado) – $420.00
  • Private Queen/Queen Room w/ensuite bath (Cama Matrimonial + Cama Matrimonial con Baño Privado) – $480.00
  • 3rd Floor Queen/Twin Room w/ Ensuite bath – $525.00

Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo provides methods for introducing the nature of the mind, which remains hidden behind clouds of thoughts and emotions, until a master directly points out the source, the essence, the Heart Drop. This is the method of direct introduction to Dzogchen, the highest and most subtle path of meditation in Bön. Heartdrops of Kuntu Zangpo was composed by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen, a Tibetan master who passed in 1935, achieving the rainbow body. One of the most influential teachers of his time, his works are still used as textbooks in many Tibetan monasteries.

These are meditation methods that help the practitioner free the stories, memories, fears, and anxieties that bind and discover the freedom and infinite potentiality of one’s natural mind.

A commentary of these essential teachings are presented in the book Heart Drops of Dharmakaya, by Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, who is widely revered as the greatest living dzogchen master of the Bon lineage. A translation of the root text by Geshe Sonam Gurung and Dan Brown, Heart Drops of Kun tu bZang Po, is available from Ligmincha’s Bookstore & Tibet Shop.


Schedule

Thursday, April 13

4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Onsite registration/Check-in

6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m. Dinner

6:45 p.m.– 7:00 p.m. Break

7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Teachings

 

Friday, April 14

8:30 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Breakfast

9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Break

9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Teachings

11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Practice

12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Break

1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Lunch

1:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Teachings

4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Break

5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Practice

6:00 p.m.–6:15 p.m. Break

6:15 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Dinner

 

Saturday, April 15

7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Practice

8:30 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Breakfast

9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Break

9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Teachings

11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Practice

12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Break

1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Lunch

1:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Teachings

4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Break

5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Practice

6:00 p.m.–6:15 p.m. Break

6:15 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Dinner

 

Sunday, April 16

7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Practice

8:30 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Breakfast

9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Break

9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Teachings

11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Final Teachings

12:45 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Khata Offering

1:15 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Lunch

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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