The Six Lamps: Dzogchen Todgal Inner Instruction (Nang Men Ngag Mar Tri)

with Tempa Dukte Lama

April 25 - May 2, 2026

Date and Time Details:
Weekend Teaching
In-Person & over Zoom (Online)
April 25- April 26 & May 2, 2026
SATURDAY SCHEDULE (April 25 and May 2):
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM (EST)
- LUNCH BREAK -
2:00 - 4:00 PM (EST)
SUNDAY SCHEDULE (April 26):
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM (EST)

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Location: Olmo Ling Bon Center & Institute

Address: 1101 Greenfield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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

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

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

About The Teaching

Please join us for this detailed teaching and transmission on the Nang Men Ngag Mar Tri, the Inner Instructions of the Six Lamps, with Tempa Lama. This teaching is part of the fourfold series on Bon Dzogchen according to Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud offered by Tempa Lama this year.
 
In the first teaching on Chi Tawa Chi Cho (Outer Instructions) given this March, Tempa Lama explained how to establish the view of Dzogchen and maintain the spontaneous presence of intrinsic awareness without mental fabrication through the practice of Trekchod. The teaching on Sang Wa Rigpa Cher Tong (Secret Instructions) given on March 28–29 and April 4–5 illuminated how naked awareness is experienced through the experiential breakthrough of the fourfold Todgal vision. This teaching on Nang Men Ngag Mar Tri (Inner Instructions) will provide a more detailed explanation of the Six Lamps, which are the main support for experiencing the fourfold Todgal vision. This fall Tempa Lama plans to teach the final part of the fourfold Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen series, the Yang Sang Ne Luk Puk Cho or Innermost Instruction (Twenty-One Nails).
 
The teaching of the Six Lamps points out where intrinsic awareness abides, which path it follows, through which door it exits, and in what form it appears. Through Todgal practice with the Six Lamps we gain the ability to recognize the gate for experiencing naked awareness and to subsequently attain full Buddhahood. 
 
In this 3-day teaching, Tempa Lama will explain:
  • The heart essence of each of the Six Lamps
  • How to recognize where intrinsic awareness abides, which path it follows, and how our practice can enable direct, naked experience of the nature of reality at the gate of the eyes
  • How to recognize the boundary of cyclic existence and liberation at the moment of the Bardo
  • How to use the Six Lamps as a skillful means to actualize the ultimate realization of the Buddhahood of the Three Bodies

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. Please note that scholarship recipients will generally not receive recordings.

Scholarship & Discounted Registration Form

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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