Ligmincha Resident Lamas to Participate in Summer Retreat
Fundraising Auction Set for June 27 During First Week
Resident lamas from Ligmincha’s international community will be attending the three-week Summer Retreat, scheduled for June 22–July 12, and giving talks during the evening.
Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will teach the profound dzogchen teachings from the Bon Buddhist text, The Twenty-One Nails, Part 2, at Serenity Ridge, Retreat Center, headquarters of Ligmincha International. This important text has only been taught a handful of times in the West. The Twenty-One Nails is among the innermost secret cycles of dzogchen, directly cutting through doubts about one’s natural state of mind by tracing the nature of mind back to its source. Each nail describes this natural state from a different point of view. The views are called “nails” or “seals” because they stabilize the experiential understanding of the natural state.
In addition to receiving these precious teachings and spending time together with our worldwide sangha, we will be joined by Ligmincha’s resident lamas. Among them will be Geshe Tenzin Yangton, the new resident lama for Ligmincha Institute at Serenity Ridge. Also attending the Summer Retreat will be Lama Kalsang Nyima and Lama Yungdrung Lodoe, the resident lamas for Ligmincha Mexico. They will give talks each week in the evenings in the gompa. This will be a wonderful way to meet the lamas, and for them to meet those who attend the Summer Retreat.
There is no prerequisite to attend the Summer Retreat, and you are welcome to attend one, two or all three weeks. If you did not attend the retreat last year, you are encouraged to attend week one (June 22–28) this summer, when Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will provide a pith review of chapters 1–10, and will continue with the teachings. All 21 chapters will be completed by the end of the three-week retreat.
Ligmincha’s annual Summer Fundraising Auction will be held on June 27, during the first week of the Summer Retreat. All are welcome to attend the auction. If you are unable to attend, you will be able to bid on fundraising items online, or consider making a donation to Serenity Ridge.
