New Online Tibetan Language Bön Prayers Course
September 22–October 21 with Geshe Denma Gyaltsen
Students from across Ligmincha’s international sangha can deepen their connection to the practice and study of Bön by participating in a new online Tibetan Language Bön Prayers course through Ligmincha Learning. The course, to be held on five Sundays from September 23–October 22, 2018, will be taught by Geshe Denma Gyaltsen, resident lama of Ligmincha Texas.
Students will learn the correct pronunciation and melody of Bön daily prayers and encounter their meaning through Tibetan stories and word study. No prior knowledge of Tibetan is needed. Course materials include English translation, phonetic transliteration and Tibetan script. New materials have been designed specifically for non-Tibetan readers to understand line by line the meaning of the Tibetan words in five prayers.
The course implements a blended approach to online learning with both self-paced study and a live weekly class that also will be recorded. The course was co-designed with Geshe Denma Gyaltsen as the lead teacher and Bob Clark, an English teacher and longtime student of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, as teaching assistant.
The class will be held through Zoom videoconference on Sunday at 10 a.m. Eastern (New York) time.
- September 23: Guru Yoga Prayer
- September 30: Refuge Prayer (from the Bön Mother Tantra)
- October 7: Bodhicitta Prayer (from the Bön Mother Tantra)
- October 14: Prayer to Nyamé Sherap Gyaltsen
- October 21: Dedication Prayer
A second six-week session planned for spring 2019 will focus on two longer prayers: the Inner Refuge Prayer by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and the Invocation of Yeshe Walmo.
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