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February 28-March 1st: Tummo, Inner Fire Teaching 
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Tummo, Inner Fire Teaching  By Chaphur Rinpoche February 28-March 1st,  2026 9am – 12pm (PT) Via Zoom/Zoom/Webinar Join Gyalshen Institute’s sangha for the Tummo Instruction and  Practice.   Chaphur Rinpoche will lead practitioners in the preliminary and  core breathing practices from Shardza Rinpoche’s Tummo Text, “Self Arising Inner Kayas”. Tummo is a breathing practice central to Tantra practice and very helpful for Dzogchen practitioners in achieving  enlightenment, according to Shardza

May 29-31, “The Heart Essence of the Dakinis” and The Long Life  Empowerment
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The Dzogchen teaching “The Heart Essence of the Dakinis” and The Long Life  Empowerment May 29-31, 2026, 9am-12pm, PT  San Francisco Bay Area In Person and Online  Gyalshen Institute is very happy to announce that His Holiness Lungtok Dawa Dhargyal Rinpoche, the 34th Menri Trizen, will be visiting us  May 29-31, 2026. His Holiness is the spiritual leader of Bön and the Abbot of Menri Monastery, Dolanji, India. Rinpoche  will

January 31st-February 1st: Medicine Buddha Teaching and Retreat 
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  Medicine Buddha Teaching and Retreat  With Chaphur Rinpoche and Chaphur Tulku/Dr. Geshe Tsewang Rigzin  On Zoom January 31st-February 1st, 2026  Time: 8am-11am (PT) The Medicine Buddha is a peaceful and compassionate manifestation of Buddha Tönpa Shenrab, the founder of Yungdrung Bön . This teaching benefits all who are ill by liberating  them from suffering through blessings from the Medicine Buddha.  Buddha Tonpa Shenrab first gave the medicine teachings  to

January, 2026: Weekly Atri Dzogchen Teaching and Practice 
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Weekly Atri Dzogchen Teaching and Practice With Chaphur Rinpoche  Mondays from 7 am to 7:45 am (Pacific Time) As many of you know, Chaphur Rinpoche has taught us  Dru Gyalwa’s Dzogchen practice manual (Chaktrid), instruction on the Dzogchen preliminaries  and actual practices, for about two years. Rinpoche has also given us the empowerment for these powerful practices. This month Rinpoche will be teaching Dru Gyalwa’s Atri Dzogchen. The Atri Dzogchen