Past Events

Wealth Ritual

  October 28th and 29th, 2017  (10:00 am to 5:00 pm both days) We at Gyalshen institute are very honored and excited to host Geshe Nyima Kunchap on October 28th and 29th, 2017  (10:00 am to 5:00 pm both days).  Geshe Kunchap is a revered master of Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen from the Dolpo region of Nepal. He will perform the Bön ritual for invoking wealth and prosperity, Norlha Ched-Gyed

Gathering and request for His Holiness

His Holiness Longtok Tenpai Nyima Menri Trizin, the 33rd Throne Holder of the Menri Lineage and leader of Bön, left his body and peacefully entered into the mind of reality 6:25 PM on Thursday September 14, 2017 at the Pal Shenten Menri Labrang. We mourn his loss and celebrate with gratitude his years of leadership and great efforts to preserve the Bön teachings and rebuild Menri Monastery, the great seat of the

Tummo Practice led by Chaphur Rinpoche

Saturday,  July 1, 2017. 10am – 1pm Join us for a 3 hour Tummo Practice at Gyalshen Institute. Chaphur Rinpoche will lead practitioners in the preliminary and 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 to achieve enlightenment in this lifetime, according to Shardza Rinpoche, an accomplished Dzogchen master of the the 20th

A Three Day Silent Retreat སྙན་རྒྱུད་ཀྱི་ལུང་དང་ཐུན་སྒོམ་ཉམས་ལེན།

March. 10-12, 2017 with Chaphur Rinpoche 10am to 4:30pm   Silence is powerful. During this silent retreat, Chaphur Rinpoche, will give the main transmission from the Dzogchen Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyu. It is extremely important to receive the Dzogchen transmission in the Bon tradition if you wish to perform Dzogchen practice. Receiving transmission supports your practice energetically, and powerfully strengthens your connection to the lineage of previous Dzogchen practitioners and