Volume 21, Number 4/ August 2021
Letter from the Editors
Sending Prayers and Love
Dear Friends,
Together we share so much. As humans, as Bon practitioners, as part of the Ligmincha International community. We are in this together with trust and refuge in the truth of who we are. We share our daily lives, our ups and downs, our illnesses, and even the births and deaths of those close to us. We also share our compassion and empathy around the world, sending prayers for healing, with our love and wishes for happiness and long life for each other. More
Guidance from the Heart
An Edited Excerpt from Oral Teachings Given by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Summer 2021
As you know, we have been starting every practice doing tsa lung and the nine breathings and then the prayers of guru yoga, refuge and bodhicitta. These form a basic foundation that we have been doing at retreats and continuing in our daily lives. And I feel strongly that this is what you can do for the rest of your life if you want to be serious. More
Help Serenity Ridge Reopen!
Funds Needed for Repairs and Improvements
Dear Sangha and Friends,
Rinpoche and all of us at Ligmincha send our greetings. We hope that our retreats with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, our resident lamas, and our Western teachers, as well as our courses and publications, have supported you throughout this past challenging year.
Like you, we are starting to enjoy the lifting of restrictions and coming back together again in person with loved ones, friends and sangha. More
Investing Our Attention in Openness
The 3 Doors Sixth North American Academy Begins in October
The 3 Doors will begin its sixth North American Academy October 6-12, 2021, at Serenity Ridge Retreat Center in Virginia. The intensive two-and-a-half-year program is led by senior teachers Marcy Vaughn and Gabriel Rocco. Joan Oliver, an Academy graduate, recently talked with Marcy about the Academy and the benefits of attending. More
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's Upcoming Teaching Schedule
Hosted by Ligmincha Centers Around the World
Traditionally each summer and fall, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche travels and teaches around the world. This summer continuing into the fall he will be teaching these retreats online through Zoom, each one organized by the host countries where the retreats are usually held. Here are the dates for his upcoming retreats for August through October. More
Ligmincha Raises $100,000 for India's Covid-19 Crisis
Thanks for Your Support for Successful Fundraiser
To provide support during the Covid-19 crisis in India, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche began a fundraising campaign to raise $100,000 for three organizations in India. We are pleased to announce that this goal has been met! More
Falling Asleep During Meditation
A Conversation About How to Remain Wakeful During Practice
During retreats and online guided meditations Ton Bisscheroux has sometimes fallen asleep. He's felt ashamed, and blamed himself for missing a chance to abide in open awareness. Sometimes his judgment was milder because he found himself relaxing deeply and having no discursive thoughts. To explore this more deeply, he talked with Laura Shekerjian and Raven Lee, both senior students with Ligmincha International and senior teachers with The 3 Doors. More
Ligmincha Learning's Upcoming Online Courses
Sherap Chamma August 6, Five Elements August 27, Six Lokas September 17
Ligmincha Learning is pleased to offer three upcoming video-based online courses beginning in August or September: Sherap Chamma: Mother of Wisdom and Love with Marcy Vaughn; The Five Elements, Healing with Form, Energy and Light with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche; and Transforming Our Emotions Through the Six Lokas with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. More
CyberSangha 2021 Online Program Updates
Full Moon Practice August 21
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's 2021 program continues to explore the three doors of body, speech and mind with live teachings and guided meditations, science/spirituality dialogs and mantra recitation sessions. Every offering is free and open to all. More
Upcoming GlideWing Online Workshops with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Tibetan Dream Yoga and Who Am I? A Journey to Self-Realization
GlideWing is pleased to offer two upcoming online workshops with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche: Tibetan Dream Yoga from September 4-October 3 and Who Am I? A Journey to Self-Realization from October 16-31 (please note this new date). More
From Pat Leavitt's Kitchen: Freestyle Pesto
A New Take on a Traditional Dish
Lambs quarters, Chenopodium album, is an edible native plant that grows wild in Virginia and many parts of the world. It is coming up in my garden and is so good in pesto! More
Spanish Translation of VOCL
Link to June Issue Now Available
Look for the translations of Voice of Clear Light at the top of the VOCL website.
