ONLINE - Teachings from the Dzogchen Tradition
with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche
January 3 - 11, 2026
January 3–4 & January 10–11, 2026
Dzogchen teachings from the heart of the Bön tradition
This winter Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche, Abbot (Khenpo) of the Meditation School (Drubdra) at Triten Norbutse Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, joins Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche for two special weekend teachings.
The weekend of January 3–4, 2026 and the following weekend, January 10–11, 2026 are an invitation to settle the mind, open the heart, and immerse yourself in the living lineage of Bön Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, the highest teachings of the Yungdrung Bön, Nyingma and Kagyu traditions.
About the Teachings
The first weekend, January 3–4, we will turn our attention to the Invocation of Tapihritsa—a profound prayer that illuminates the qualities of open awareness. More than simply beautiful, this invocation is a direct expression of the natural state itself. It reveals the radiant qualities of our own enlightened nature while guiding us along the path and pointing to the fruit of meditation practice.
The second weekend, January 10–11, our attention turns to the First Nail of the Twenty-One Nails, Recognizing the Base-of-All. This essential teaching invites us to directly glimpse the ground of our being—the unconditioned, ever-present foundation from which all experience arises. Through guidance and practice, we’ll explore how recognizing this fundamental nature becomes the doorway to stability, clarity, and the deep freedom at the heart of dzogchen.
Whether you are experienced in Dzogchen meditation or newly exploring it, you are warmly invited to join this transformative gathering and renew your awareness for the year ahead.
New to Dzogchen teachings? Explore the free online course Starting a Meditation Practice at LigminchaLearning.com, where Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche offers foundational teachings that complement this retreat.
This retreat will be recorded. Recordings will be available for 30 days post retreat.
January 3–4 & 11–12, 2026
Schedule (New York Time)
8:00–9:00 a.m. Teaching with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
9:30–11:00 a.m. Teaching with Drubdra Khenpo Rinpoche
11:30–12:30 pm Practice with Drubdra Khenpo Rinpoche
About the Teachers
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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Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche
About Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche is a renowned Dzogchen and Bön meditation master and Abbot of the Meditation School at Triten Norbutse Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal. Personally appointed by His Eminence Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, and having and having received all Bön initiations and transmissions from both H.E. Yongdzin […]
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