Volume 24, Number 6 / December 2024

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Letter from the Editors

Shifting Our Focus

Dear Friends,

Are you aware of how often you may focus on what is missing or lacking in a situation, rather than all that is positive and joyful? In this issue's teaching excerpt, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche directs us to become more aware of this tendency to take a narrow view in those situations, and the suffering that it creates. Read about how a simple shift or change in our focus can lead us toward discovering genuine joy, one that is unconditioned. More

Living One's Life in the Play of Present Awareness

An Excerpt from Teachings Given by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche in Germany, 2024

In this morning's meditation on the three refuges, we were speaking of a presence of awareness in stillness, and a presence of awareness in silence, and a presence of awareness in spaciousness. Very often our tendency is not to see what is present, and instead become stuck on what is missing. It's very important to recognize this. More

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's Worldwide Teaching Schedule

December 2024 and Upcoming in 2025

Here is Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's upcoming teaching schedule. Many new dates have been planned for 2025. Continue to check the Ligmincha website for updates and additions to Rinpoche's schedule. More

Annual Winter Retreat Begins December 27, Open to All

At Serenity Ridge & Online on Zoom, Weekend or Full Nine-Day Options

Join Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche for the annual Winter Retreat: Rest in the Wonders of the Natural Mind: A Dzogchen Practice Retreat, beginning December 27, 2024. This year, Rinpoche is generously opening the retreat to all who wish to deepen their dzogchen practice. The retreat will be held in-person at Serenity Ridge and online on Zoom. Participants can choose between the full nine-day retreat from December 27-January 4, 2025, or a weekend option from December 27-29, 2024. More

End-of-Year Letter from Rob Patzig

Ligmincha's Expanding View

Dear Friends and Sangha,

Quo Vademus is an ancient, wonderful Latin phrase meaning, "Where are we going?" It's a good question to ask most any time. But it is especially relevant right now.

Quo Vademus? More

A Conversation with Tulku Jorge Rene, 60th Full Moon Practice

Upcoming CyberSangha Events

Join us for a captivating dialog on December 7 that delves into the fascinating life and journey of Tulku Jorge Rene as a recognized tulku in the ancient Bon tradition of Tibet. This event promises to be both educational and inspiring, appealing to those familiar with Tibetan Buddhism as well as to newcomers curious about this rich spiritual tradition.

A week later, you're invited to join us in celebrating our 60th Full Moon Practice on December 14, a major milestone for a popular and staple event in our CyberSangha offerings. More

Geshe Yungdrung Gyatso Returns to Serenity Ridge

December 2024 and January 2025 Events Planned

Join us this December and January at Serenity Ridge Retreat Center and in Charlottesville, Virginia, for any of the events planned with Geshe Yungdrung Gyatso. There will be free public talks in Charlottesville, an Open House at Serenity Ridge, and two retreats with Geshe Yungdrung Gyatso at Serenity Ridge. More

Save the Dates!

2025 European Teaching Tour of His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin Rinpoche

His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin Rinpoche's teaching tour in Europe looks to be a deeply enriching experience for followers of Yungdrung Bon. He will be teaching in Wilga, Poland beginning in April 2025, then to France, Germany and Hungary in May, back to Poland, then to London, United Kingdom in June. His Holiness will also be traveling to the U.S. for the Summer Retreat at Serenity Ridge Retreat Center from July 12-26. More

Please Support Ligmincha

Join Us for GivingTuesday on December 3

We have been humbled by the support of all the individuals who have contributed to Rinpoche's vision and our mission through their practice, charitable gifts, and volunteering. Please join in support of Ligmincha in our first GivingTuesday on December 3, 2024. More

Du Tri Su Training Program Begins in March 2025, Soul Retrieval in October 2025

Five Elements Training Postponed Until 2026

Ligmincha is pleased to offer two new training programs at Serenity Ridge beginning in 2025: Du Tri Su with Geshe Denma Gyaltsen, assisted by Khandro Tsering Wangmo Khymsar beginning in March 2025; and Soul Retrieval with Lama Kalsang Nyima, assisted by Khandro Tsering Wangmo Khymsar beginning in October 2025. Registration is now open for the first Du Tri Su retreat to be held March 12-16 at Serenity Ridge. More

Ligmincha Learning's 2025 Online Courses

Ngondro, Sleep Yoga, Five Elements Begin in March 2025

Ligmincha Learning is pleased to announce several online courses for 2025. Ngondro, Sleep Yoga and Five Elements with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will be offered in March. Stay tuned for more courses to be announced soon on the Ligmincha Learning website. More

Sangha Sharing

Glimpses from the Kathmandu Retreat

It has been almost 25 years since Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's last retreat in Kathmandu, Nepal, back in 2000. This October, Ligmincha's Fall Retreat on Chod: Awakening Confidence by Taking Fear as a Path was held there. What a special place to learn the Chod practice, to be surrounded by ancient and sacred power places such as Boudhanath and Swayambhu, and to connect to Rinpoche's precious root teacher, His Eminence, Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche within the rich setting of Triten Norbutse Monastery, situated at the base of historic Nagarjun Hill. More

Newly Scheduled: 2025 GlideWing Workshops

With Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

GlideWing is happy to announce the newly scheduled 2025 online video workshops with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche beginning in January with The Healing Power of Sacred Sleep. All workshops listed below feature personal support and guidance throughout from Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. More

Opportunities for Deepening Your Practice in Community with The 3 Doors

International Practice Day and Academies in Europe and Latin America

The 3 Doors is an international nonprofit organization founded in 2010 by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche with the mission of transforming lives through meditation practices grounded in wisdom and compassion from the Tibetan Bon tradition. Upcoming opportunities in 2025 include: International Practice Day on January 18, 2025; The 3 Doors Academy in Europe has extended its application deadline to January 31, 2025, and the 3rd Latin American Academy will have its first retreat in March 2025, in Brazil; Plus there are many opportunities for guided meditation practice groups on Zoom. More

Student and Teacher

Together on the Path

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche responds to a student's question regarding her experience of crying during meditation practice. This excerpt is from the webcast series on Tapping into Relationships to Nourish Your Soul, July 2015, Part 6, of a free, yearlong course on The True Source of Healing. See more on the Cybersangha website. More

Spanish Translation of VOCL

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