Letter from Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

His Holiness to Visit Ligmincha and Bön Centers Worldwide

His Holiness Lungtok Dawa Dargyal Rinpoche during enthronement. Photo by Salvador Espinosa.Dear Sangha and Friends,

It has been almost a year since the appointment of His Holiness Lungtok Dawa Dargyal Rinpoche as the 34th Menri Trizin. On September 6 of this year, a formal grand enthronement ceremony took place at Menri Monastery in India.

In recognition of his enthronement, and as a way to deepen our connection to His Holiness, I extended an invitation for him to teach at our Ligmincha International centers in Poland, Mexico and the United States. With this letter I am happy to announce that His Holiness has honored us by accepting our invitation. Not only will he visit our Ligmincha centers, but he will also visit other Bön centers worldwide. This tour of Europe and North America will last approximately three months. We will share more details of his itinerary soon.

The 34th Menri Trizin. Photo from Menri Monastery.As His Holiness’ first trip to the West after his enthronement as the Gyalwa Menri Trizin Rinpoche, this is a historic event. Ligmincha International is blessed to be organizing this trip. It is the biggest tour that has ever been organized for the Menri Trizin. I would like to invite everyone to participate and connect with His Holiness, the spiritual head of the precious and profound Yungdrung Bön tradition. Please join me and all the Ligmincha International sanghas in welcoming His Holiness to the West.

This is a rare opportunity to receive teachings from the head of the Bön tradition without travel to Menri Monastery and with translation into Western languages. His Holiness is an excellent teacher: clear, accessible and plainspoken. I encourage each of you to make a heartfelt connection to him. European sangha members can join Ligmincha Poland as they welcome His Holiness to Chamma Ling Poland, in Wilga. For those in North America, His Holiness will be at Serenity Ridge Retreat Center in Shipman, Virginia for both weeks of our annual summer retreat, which begins June 23, 2019. In Mexico he will teach and offer his blessings at Chamma Ling Valle de Bravo.

If you cannot attend his teachings you can participate in other ways. If you would like to contribute toward the expense of transportation, lodging and preparing our centers to receive His Holiness, you can make donations to any of our centers. 

His Holiness Dawa Dargyal Rinpoche, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and his son, SengheAs a way of celebrating and strengthening our connection to each other and to our hearts, I am also excited to share with you that we will be making musical offerings of the Bön three heart mantras in both the U.S. and Mexico during the time of His Holiness’ tour. These performances will include a master flute player from Nepal as well as a professional Tibetan singer who will perform the three heart mantras using the melodies that I’ve developed in the past few years and have been using at retreats around the world. We plan to hold these performances in Mexico, Texas and Virginia. These concerts will be fundraisers to support two orphanages: one in India and one in Nepal. I hope to share more details with you soon.

Please join me in praying for the health and well-being of His Holiness, that his lifespan may be perfectly fulfilled and that his trip will benefit many people and countless sentient beings.

With my blessings,
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

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