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Welcome to Olmo Ling
Olmo Ling is a religious educational non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the ancient teachings of the Bon tradition of Tibet and making them available and accessible to lay practitioners.
Olmo Ling offers weekly meditation practice and teachings, prayers, meditation instruction and private interviews, and a study program that includes regular retreats with Tempa Dukte Lama and visiting lamas of the Bon tradition.
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Visit the Olmo Ling Teaching and Retreat Schedule for 2026 to view upcoming programs and please visit Olmo Ling online Bookstore!
January 6th | Free Tuesday Evening Talk
7:00 PM EST via Zoom and in person at Olmo Ling temple, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Please join us for the first weekly evening talk and mediation of 2026. Tempa Dukte Lama will talk about the Tibetan Bon approach to healing and the role of the five elements according to Bon. He will guide a special healing meditation that clears imbalances of the fire element and invites the healing energy of fire.
The weekly program at Olmo Ling is free! All are welcome!
Donations to Olmo Ling Bon Center or to Tempa Dukte Lama are always deeply appreciated.
A one-time registration is required for attendance. If you registered already for previous Tuesday talks, you are all set!
Register Here for our Zoom Talks
Yul Sa Zhi Dak Drub Pa – Ritual Practice of the Deity of the Earth
With Tempa Dukte Lama via Zoom and in person
January 17-18, 2026
Simultaneous translation to Spanish available on Zoom. Please check back for other languages!In this weekend training, Tempa Lama will give explanations on how to conduct the Gar Dug Yul Se Sang Chod Ritual or Offering Ritual of the Powerful Protective Deity of the Place and the Earth. He will also give the transmission of the ritual practice.
We share this earth, the mountains, rocks, water, and forest all around us with many living beings and unseen spirits. Sometimes our actions offend and threaten these spirits. This can bring misfortune, illness, epidemics, and natural calamities for many generations.
Through the Gar Dug Yul Se Sang Chod ritual practice we cultivate harmony between ourselves and the Yul Lha (earth spirits), Tod (rock spirits), Nyen (forest spirits), and Lu (water spirits). Thereby, we bring prosperity, longevity, and happiness into our lives and the lives of our family, friends, and community.
Special Teaching: The Way of the Lay Practitioner
with Tempa Dukte Lama via Zoom and in-person at Olmo Ling
January 31 – February 1, 2026
Simultaneous translation to Spanish available on Zoom. Please check back for other languages!Many of us live in this world with a family, children, a house, and a job. We wonder whether we can only become a Buddha by becoming a monk or nun or whether it is possible to achieve liberation while living in this world as a householder. The Awakened One Tonpa Shenrab taught the Genyen Tekpa or Way of the Lay Practitioner as a skillful way for practicing within our daily life in this world. Genyen Tekpa is the path of liberation by aligning the three doors of our body, speech, and mind with positivity in our daily lives in order to free ourselves from all negativities and the twofold obscuration of affliction and intellect that separates us from our innate pure nature of joy and equanimity.
Our mind contains the seeds of both liberation and confusion. The Way of the Lay Practitioner helps us connect with and nurture the seeds of liberation. This profound teaching illuminates how we can rely on the law of cause and effect to clear the twofold obscuration of affliction and intellect and allow our true nature to manifest.
Wednesday Ngondro (6:00 PM) & Silent Meditation (6:30 PM)
CANCELLED DECEMBER 24TH & DECEMBER 31ST FOR THE WINTER HOLIDAYS
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM EST
Offered In-Person with Senior Student Gary Terner
Participants are welcome to join both the Ngondro / Preliminary teachings of Bon Buddhism (6:00 PM EST) and Silent Meditation (6:30 PM EST) or either of the two sessions. You do not need to practice Bon Buddhism to attend Silent Meditation starting at 6:30 PM EST.
The Wednesday evening practice at Olmo Ling Temple is free and open to all. This practice will offer the experience of meditating in a group. Group meditation is helpful in establishing a regular, stable meditation practice.
Silence will be observed throughout (from the second ringing of the bell following the opening chant). There will be two 20-minute sitting sessions separated by a 10 minute walking meditation. We will attempt to start on time so that we will not finish too late.
Ngondro practice is offered at 6:00 PM ET for those who have previously received Ngondro instructions and would like to practice in a group.
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Building a Daily Practice
Fridays at 5:30 PM EST | Offered via Zoom with Senior Student, Andrew Kaiser
New Series Series beginning soon! Updates to follow!
Registration is Required | Donation recommended to Olmo Ling
In this six-week series, we explore the practices that are necessary to stabilize your meditation practice. You will learn the daily prayers that form the basis for Bon practice at Olmo Ling.
Andrew Kaiser is a senior student with Tempa Lama at Olmo Ling. If you have questions, please contact Andrew Kaiser
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Introduction to Meditation and the 9 stages of Calm Abiding
Saturdays at 8:30 AM EST | Offered via Zoom with Senior Student, Andrew Kaiser
New Series Series beginning soon! Updates to follow!
Registration is Required | Donation recommended to Olmo Ling
In this six-week series, we explore the Nine Stages of Calm Abiding meditation, a progressive path that helps cultivate stability, clarity, and peace of mind. Each stage supports you in gently refining your focus and releasing mental agitation.
Andrew Kaiser is a senior student with Tempa Lama at Olmo Ling. Please contact Andrew Kaiser.
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Sunday Dzogchen Practice Group
Sundays at 4:00 PM EST
Offered via Zoom & In-Person with Senior Student Bob Marin
- Meditation Practice Group (IN-PERSON & ZOOM): 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month
- Reading and Discussion Group (IN-PERSON & ZOOM): 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month
Dzogchen Olmo Ling holds a Meditation Practice sitting and a Reading and Discussion group on alternate weeks. Weekly announcements provide brief readings and indicate whether the meeting will be online or in-person. In-person meetings permit online participation as well.
If you wish to participate or if you have questions about Dzogchen Olmo Ling, please contact Bob Marin
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Family Sangha
One Friday a month
from 7:00 – 8:00 PM EST
Offered In-Person with Olmo Ling Community Members
The program is designed for children to experience personal familiarity with Bon teachings and for families to deepen their connections with Bon and with each other. Each Family Sangha meeting will include a snack (families are welcome to contribute to the snack table), meditation, a story/lesson, and a related craft/activity.
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Olmo Ling Daily Prayers
We recite the prayers below at the start of each weekly community practice on Tuesdays. Feel free to download for your own daily practice!
Tempa Dukte Lama’s Books
- Jang Chok Ancient Tibetan Bon Ritual The Jang Chok ritual from the Du Tri Su cycle is a powerful skillful means to guide the consciousness of the deceased and protect it from the terror of the Bardo experiences. This book offers the first complete English translation and transliteration of the Du Tri Su Jang Chok liturgy (with the original Tibetan included). In the first part of the book, Tempa Dukte Lama explains the different sections of the ritual and their meaning and purpose as well as how to make the required torma offerings and prepare for the ritual. The liturgy in the second part of the book is annotated throughout and images of ritual arrangements and torma offerings are included to assist practitioners in performing the ritual.
- Origin of the Medicine Buddha Tempa Dukte Lama illuminates the history of how the Medicine Buddha was first taught. He offers a translation of the short Medicine Buddha practice composed by 14th century Bön master Nyamed Sherab Gyaltsen along with a detailed explanation of the liturgy, visualization, and altar preparation.
- Thrul Khor: Ancient Tibetan Bon Yoga Step-by-step instructions for 85 practices according to the A Khrid, Ma Gyud (Mother Tantra), and Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud cycles of Bon Thrul Khor, supported by 499 photographs.
- Heart Drop of the Loving Mother Tempa Lama offers detailed instructions on the Heart Drop of the Loving Mother practice and on how we can become a Loving Mother in our lives.
- Journey into Buddhahood: The Five Paths and the Ten Stages of Compassionate Beings Tempa Lama offers a profound guide to attaining full liberation according to the Bon Sutra path, the path of compassionate beings.
- Inexhaustible Miracles: The Ten Perfections on the Path of Compassionate Beings The Ten Perfections are the heart practices of compassionate beings through which we bring the Bon teachings into our lived experience: generosity, wholesome conduct, patience, effort, concentration, power, aspirational prayers, skillful means, and discriminating awareness. Tempa Lama explains how we can cultivate each Perfection and use these practices to transform every moment of our lives.
- The Intimate Mind: Illuminating Emotion and Transformation Tempa Lama explores how we can use the Bon teachings to better understand our mind, be intimate with it, and ultimately transform it.
Sidpa Gyalmo practice resources
- Recording of Tempa Lama chanting the Sidpa Gyalmo Healing Practice liturgy
- Recording of Tempa Lama chanting the Sidpa Gyalmo Healing Waters Practice liturgy
- Recording of Tempa Lama chanting the Sidpa Gyalmo Longevity & Prosperity practice
- A booklet by Tempa Lama with an explanation of the symbolic meaning of the Sidpa Gyalmo and Yeshe Walmo visualization, detailed instructions of the healing practice, an explanation of the Bon approach to healing, color pictures of Sidpa Gyalmo and Yeshe Walmo, and the practice liturgy of both the Healing Practice and the Healing Waters Practice is available from our store here. We are able to ship quickly and now offer lower First Class shipping rates for domestic and international orders.