Meditators! - We are recruiting long-term practitioners for a scientific research study under the guidance of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. If you are a meditator who practices regularly in the Chak-Dzog (Mahamudra-Dzogchen) traditions for several years & are willing to provide confidential reporting about your practice in the context of the research, we invite you to participate in an online survey &/or a week-long retreat in the Lyon region of France this September.

*If you have completed long-term retreat, we have a few scholarships to cover travel & accommodation - contact the researchers for more information

This project aims to better understand the subjective experience during meditative practice, exploring processes related to consciousness, sense of self, and emotions within this contemplative context.

To this end, the team combines questionnaires with scientific experiments, including measures of brain electrical activity (EEG) and bodily physiological activity, recorded during meditation sessions.

This study is aimed at experienced practitioners who have received direct introduction to the Nature of Mind from a qualified teacher in the Mahāmudrā / Dzogchen tradition, and who engage regularly in these teachings.

The retreat program lasts four years. Throughout these years, aside from a 15-day break each in summer and winter, the students remain in continuous residence at the monastery for the rest of the year. Each day they engage in four sessions of practice, 1.5 hours each, along with four sessions of generosity/offering practice, half an hour each — totaling 8 hours — plus 2 hours of textual instruction and 1 hour of Tibetan-language reading practice in the evening. In total, they undertake at least 11 hours of practice and meditation each day.

In addition, they are also carrying out scheduled practices including the preliminary practices (ngöndro) of 900,000 repetitions, 100 days of tsa-lung tummo (channel, wind, and inner-heat) practice, and 49 days of dark-retreat practice, among others.

Happy 100th birthday to the venerable Brother David Steindl-Rast, who, through his genuine openness and profound equanimity, brings people of all faiths closer to their true nature.

It’s sweet almost like added sugar, tastes almost like hibiscus tea.

coffee is grandoro kilambe (their dolcevita is also very good), Giannini 6 cup, 28 grams ground at 20 clicks, Comandante Tigershark, 170 ml 90 C water in, 115 ml out, brewed with an aeropress filter.

The Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo is a profound Dzögchen teaching that elucidates the nature of the mind. Composed by Shardza Rinpoche, one of the esteemed Dzögchen masters of Yungdrung Bön, this text presents a particularly potent and direct method of Dzögchen. It comprises four distinct sections: Preliminary Practices, Trekchö, Thögal, and the Bardo.

Geshe Denma begins our continued study and practice of Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo in a 4-part one-day series starting May 23, 2026. Registration is open, and all are welcome. Language translation in Spanish and Russian is confirmed.

Part 1 https://ligminchatexas.org/event/heart-drops-of-kuntu-zangpo-dharmakaya-part-1/ Part 2 https://ligminchatexas.org/event/heart-drops-of-kuntu-zangpo-dharmakaya-part-2/ Part 3 https://ligminchatexas.org/event/heart-drops-of-kuntu-zangpo-dharmakaya-part-3/ Part 4 https://ligminchatexas.org/event/heart-drops-of-kuntu-zangpo-dharmakaya-part-4/

The Dru Gyalwai Chag Tri is the collection of the text composed by Dru Gyalwa Yungdrung, the great 13th century master who lived from 1242-1290. Dru Gyalwa Yungdrung is the 57th lineage holder of the Oral Transmission of the Zhang Zhung Nyan Gyü and is also known as Dru Gyalwa.

He composed a practice manual Chag Tri at the Yeru Wensakha monastery. The propagation of the unified Oral Transmission of Zhang Zhung continued at Yeru Wensakha monastery for another hundred years to Rinchen Lodro during which time the monastery was destroyed by a flood in 1386.

Dzogchen, also known as the “great perfection” or “great completion,” is considered the path of self-liberation and the highest form of teaching and practice in the Bon Buddhist tradition. For practitioners with the capacity it offers the potential for liberation during a single lifetime and within a single body. Until the late 20th century these ancient teachings were kept secret and offered to very few students of any generation. For all these reasons, attending the teachings can be seen as a precious opportunity for students of Tibetan Bön Buddhism.

The Experiential Transmission of Zhang Zhung (Zhang Zhung Nyam Gyu), is a cycle of dzogchen teachings from the Zhang Zhung Nyan Gyud lineage, one of the three main dzogchen lineages of the Bön Buddhist tradition.

Geshe Denma will teach a 3 Part Weekend Retreat Series from Dru Gyalwa Yungdrung. Part 1 June 6-7, 2026 Introducing Trekchö through the Six Symbols Part 2 October 24-25, 2026 Introducing Thögal through the Four Symbols Part 3 December 12-13, 2026 Introducing the Natural State of Mind through Sounds, Rays, and Lights. See our website for registration and details. Language translation and recordings will be available.

Part 1 https://ligminchatexas.org/event/dru-gyalwa-yungdrung-part-1-introducing-trekcho-through-the-six-symbols/ Part 2 https://ligminchatexas.org/event/dru-gyalwa-yungdrung-part-2-introducing-thogal-through-the-four-symbols/ Part 3 https://ligminchatexas.org/event/dru-gyalwa-yungdrung-part-3-introducing-natural-through-sounds-rays-and-light/