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News and Events Archive 2012
Upcoming Bon Retreat: The Four Goodnesses and Five Applications
With Latri Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche, Pittsburgh, PA
Sat. Dec. 1, 9:30am-5:00pm and Sun. Dec. 2 10am-1pm
Olmo Ling, 1101 Greenfield Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Join us as we welcome back Rinpoche as he offers the Pith Instructions of the Four Goodnesses and Five Applications, ‘Legs Pa bZhi Dang Nyams Su bLangs pa Nga‘i gDams Ngag’.
This particular teaching is from the Bon Dzogchen Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud, called “bKa’ rgyud sKor bZhi”, the fourfold lineage of the oral transmission.
The oral transmission of Zhang Zhung sNyan rGyud is very unique because its teaching and practice have been transmitted in an unbroken lineage from Kun tu bZang po, the Primordially Enlightened One, until now.
This particular teaching was given by Tapihritsa to Gyerpung Nangzher Lodpo during their first meeting. The teaching on the pith instructions focuses on the view, meditation, conduct, and result of Dzogchen. The result is ultimately the attainment of the rainbow body of light.
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Upcoming Bon Retreat: Chod: The Laughter of the Dakinis
With Tempa Dukte Lama, Pittsburgh, PA
Olmo Ling, 1101 Greenfield Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Please join us for this very special retreat when Tempa Lama will offer detailed instruction and guided practice according to the version of Chod composed by the great Bon Dzogchen Master, Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen. Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen Rinpoche achieved the rainbow body in 1934.
Chod is an ancient and powerful Tibetan practice that helps us develop the wisdom to cut through the four fears that afflict individuals and cause our suffering.
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Upcoming Residential 3-day Retreat: The Bon Healing Practice of the Loving Mother
With Tempa Dukte Lama
Sequanota Center, 368 Sequanota Road, Boswell, PA 15331.
We are happy to announce the 3-day residential retreat on the Bon Healing Practice of the Living Mother has been rescheduled for Oct. 5 -7, 2012!
Join us this fall to spend 3 days in the peaceful settings of Sequanota Center on 395 acres of forested land with many streams and creeks. Tempa Lama will teach the Bon healing practice of Sherab Jamma, the female Buddha of love and wisdom, or ‘Loving Mother of Wisdom’. Sherab Jamma is one of the four ‘Transcendental Lords’ of Bon and the highest deity of the Bon tradition.
This special practice opens us to our innate potential of love, compassion, wisdom and healing.
This Retreat is for all who would like to deepen their spiritual practice and for all who are interested in healing and the Bon healing tradition.
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Meditation Instructors’ Training II with Tempa Dukte Lama
Sat. August 25, 9:30am-5pm, Sun. August 26, 10am-1pm, Olmo Ling Bon Center & Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
This Workshop is for those who wish to become a meditation instructor to help others. The teachings will focus on the nine successive stages of Calm Abiding Meditation according to the Tibetan Bon tradition. Tempa Lama will give detailed explanations of the meditative experience during each stage. Using discussion and dialogue, we will explore how we can deepen and expand our practice at each stage and how we can help others at the various stages of meditation practice. To attend, it is not necessary to have attended the Instructors’ Training Part I taught during 2011.Read more and register….
Join us in celebrating Olmo Ling’s 5 Year Anniversary!
Saturday August 11, 6:30-8:30pm
Olmo Ling Bon Center & Institute
1101 Greenfield Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Five years ago, Tempa Dukte Lama brought the first Bon teaching to Pittsburgh with an evening talk on August 11, 2007. A few weeks later, he offered the first daylong meditation Retreat at his home. Since then, Olmo Ling has hosted weekly meditation and Dharma talks and a variety of Bon weekend Retreats.
We hope that you can join us in celebrating this special event. We will enjoy refreshments, view pictures and share stories of some of Olmo Ling’s highlights over the years, and celebrate the blessings and healing power of this community.
Upcoming Retreat: Dzogchen Mar Mo Dzub Khrid Teachings – First Cycle
With 7th Kundol Rinpoche and Tempa Dukte Lama
Sat. July 21, 9:30am-5pm with lunch break and Sun. July 22, 10am-1pm.
Olmo Ling Bon Center & Institute, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217.
We are very happy to announce that H.E. 7th Kundol Rinpoche will visit us again this summer. Kundrol Rinpoche is the 7th reincarnation of the great Kundrol Jatson Nyingpo of Tibet and a renowned healer and psychic. His warmth and compassion, his sense of humor and the unique qualities of his teachings have touched the lives of many beings.
Rinpoche will offer teachings and empowerment from the Dzogchen Mar Mo Dzub Khrid of the Kundol lineage. These rare and precious Dzogchen teachings are especially taught in the Kundol lineage.
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Day of Healing with H.E. 7th Kundol Rinpoche and Tempa Dukte Lama
We invite you to join us for a Day of Healing with the 7th Kundol Rinpoche and Tempa Lama on Saturday July 14, 2012. After a brief introduction to the ancient Bon Healing Practice of Sidpa Gyalmo, we will practice this powerful healing practice together as a community.
This Day of Healing is a gift to ourselves and an opportunity to experience physical, emotional and mental healing through the practice that we share as a community.
Time and Venue:
Sat. July 14, 2012, 10am-1pm. Olmo Ling Bon Center and Institute, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. All are welcome; registration is not required. Donations are gratefully accepted.
Tuesday Evening Dharma Talk Series: Interdependent Origination – The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising
With Tempa Dukte Lama
Beginning June 19, 7pm. Olmo Ling Bon Center & Institute, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217.Join us Tuesday evenings this summer as Tempa Lama gives the full, extensive teachings on Interdependent Origination: The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising. These teachings will be given according to the root text called “Srid Pa’i Mdzod Phug”, meaning ‘Treasury of the Origin of Existence’.
The focus of these weekly dharma talks will be on the pure and afflicted practices within the continuum of the twelve links. Tempa Lama will cover each of the Twelve Links of Co-Arising of Cyclic Existence which are: Ignorance, Karmic Action, Consciousness, Name and Form, Sense Perceptions, Contact, Feeling, Craving, Clinging, Existence, Birth, and lastly, Aging and Death.
It is not necessary to attend every Tuesday dharma talk to benefit from these teachings. We hope that you can join us for some or all of these very special Tuesday evening talks!
Upcoming Workshop: Beyond Mindfulness III: The Nature of Consciousness
March 30-April 1, 2012
With Tempa Dukte Lama & other faculty. Continuing education credits available.This Workshop is the third in the “Beyond Mindfulness” series, which introduces participants to the psychological importance of Bon Buddhism. Each Workshop focuses on a different topic and consists of entirely new material. This workshop will introduce participants to the Bon view of consciousness. Participants will study the arising of deluded perception and attendant affliction. We will then explore potential for psychological transformation based in a deeper understanding of consciousness, the conceptual mind, and mindfulness. Read more…
Weekend Teachings: The Yum Do (Heart Sutra)
With Geshe Tenzin Drukdak and Tempa Dukte Lama at Olmo Ling Bon Center
Sat. March 17, 9:30am-5pm and Sun. March 18, 10am-1pm
Join us for these special teachings on the Yum Do, the Heart Sutra. The Heart Sutra is the guide, practice and means to realizing the true nature of reality, which is the emptiness of the self and phenomena. Geshe Tenzin Drukdak and Genye Tempa Dukte Lama will offer a detailed commentary on this unique and precious Sutra. We are fortunate to host Geshe Tenzin Drukdak from Kham in Eastern Tibet, a very knowledgeable and beloved Bon doctor and healer. Read more…
Special public talk: Introduction to Tibetan Medicine and Spiritual Practice in Present Day Tibet
With Geshe Tenzin Drukdak. Friday March 16, 7-8:30pm
Join us for a special evening with Geshe Tenzin Drukdak, as he offers an introduction to Tibetan medicine and healing, and to spiritual practice in present-day Tibet. Suggested donation: $10. Donations will benefit Geshe Tenzin’s projects in Tibet.
Retreat on Open Presence with Tempa Lama
Sat. Feb. 25, 10am through Sun. Feb 26, 2pmMcKeever Environmental Learning Center, Sandy Lake, PA
Open Presence means facing each moment as it is without fear and without judgment. In this Retreat we will explore how we can cultivate the two aspects of Open Presence: openness and presence or awareness. When we are open and present, we experience each moment free from internal conditioning. Openness and presence enable us to recognize that our experience of each moment is not separate from the nature of our mind. Read more…
Free public talk ‘The preciousness of our life’ in Memphis, TN
On Feb. 10, 5pm, Tempa Lama will give a talk entitled “The preciousness of our life” at Rhodes College in Memphis. Read more…
Free Public Talk ‘The Preciousness of our Life’ in Meadville, PA
On Fri. Feb. 24, 7pm, Tempa Lama will give a talk entitled “The preciousness of our life” at Allegheny College in Meadville. Read more…
Upcoming Bon Ngondro Retreat with Tempa Lama
Sat. Feb. 4, 9:30am-5pm and Sun. Feb. 5 10am-1pmOlmo Ling Center, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15217
Tempa Lama will offer the teachings, explanation and transmission of the Bon Ngondro practices. The Bon Ngondro practices open the door to the recognition of the nature of our mind. These ancient practices are very beneficial for our life and very powerful in purifying our karmic tendencies and negativities, cleansing our body, speech and mind and preparing our heart and mind to recognize our true nature.