A Khrid Part II: ngang sgom | Teaching and Transmission

with Tempa Dukte Lama

January 3 - 10, 2027

Dates & Times:
Weekend Teaching
In-Person & over Zoom (Online)
January 3rd, January 9th, & January 10th, 2027
SATURDAY SCHEDULE (EST):
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
- LUNCH BREAK -
2:00 - 4:00 PM
SUNDAY SCHEDULE (EST):
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM

TRANSLATION:
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Location: Olmo Ling Bon Center & Institute

Address: 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA

Questions:
Bon@olmoling.org
412-904-1112

Scholarship & Discounted Registration:
We want our teachings to be accessible to everyone regardless of their income. If you would like to pay a partial fee or if you are unable to pay, we ask that you kindly fill in the scholarship form:
Scholarship & Discounted Registration Form

RECORDINGS:
Recordings will be available for 3 months with an additional fee of $25.00

OLMO LING MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM:
Olmo Ling Members receive a 10% Discount toward admission. Current members were emailed a new discount code for 2025. If you are a current member and did not receive a code or cannot find the email, please do not hesitate to contact us!

REGISTRATION & FEES:
In-Person & Zoom (Online)

$60.00 – Standard Rate
$100.00 – Benefactor Rate: This rate actively supports Olmo Ling and contributes to the Scholarship Fund, which makes our teachings accessible to everyone

Offered In-Person & over Zoom (Online)

Registration is OPEN until 8:00AM EST on Sunday, January 3rd!

Prerequisite: Attendance of A Khrid Part I (December 2026)

Overview of the 2026-2027 A Khrid Bon Dzogchen Cycle

We are excited that Tempa Dukte Lama will be offering the complete cycle of A Khrid Dzogchen teachings and transmission again this year. The Bon Dzogchen teachings are the highest teachings of Bon as they offer a means to directly recognize the true nature of the mind and attain stabilization of this recognition. This teaching series is a special opportunity to directly recognize the mind’s innate nature.

Bon has three Dzogchen lineages: A Khrid, Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud, and Dzogchen. The A Khrid lineage is known as the experiential Dzogchen transmission. It has been transmitted without interruption from master to student over many centuries, dating back from the late His Holiness 33rd Menri Trizin to the Great Master rMe’u dGongs-mdzod Ri Khrod Chenpo (1038-1096), and before him to Tonpa Shenrab, the founding teacher of Bon. Tempa Lama received these teachings directly from the late His Holiness 33rd Menri Trizin in an extended one-on-one teaching.

Please Note: The A Khrid Teachings will be offered in five parts. These teachings are meant to be attended in succession. Attendance of Part I is a prerequisite for Part II. Parts III and IV are planned for January 23 and 24 (Part III), and January 30, 31 and February 6 (Part IV).

About the Teaching

In this second retreat in the A Khrid cycle, Tempa Lama will continue offering the transmission and instruction of the Heart Essence of the A Khrid Dzogchen teachings. Building on the stability of mind developed through Ngozhi in Part I, Tempa Lama will focus on giving instructions on spontaneous presence and continuity of meditative absorption without an object. This is also known as “meditation on essential nature” or ngang sgom.

About the Teacher

Tempa Dukte Lama

Tempa Lama is the founder and spiritual director of Olmo Ling Bon Center and Institute in Pittsburgh, PA, where he works to make the ancient Bon wisdom teachings available and accessible in the West. He is an ordained lama of the Tibetan Bon tradition and an artist, poet, and author of eight books and several […]

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Categories : Advanced, In-Person Teaching, Online (Zoom) Teaching, Transmission

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