14. – 15. MARCH 2020 RETREAT WITH SHEDRUP LOPON GESHE LODOE TSUKPHUD Organizers: Maud Lennkh, Amrei Vogel Donation: 100.­ EUR Registration: [email protected] (to be paid in cash upon arrival) AnmendungFabienne­Alexia bei: Mü[email protected] Programme Manager [email protected] Retreat Details: Schedule: The weekend seminar will focus on the preparatory 14 & 15 March 2020 10:00 ­18:00 practices according to the YUNGDRUNG BÖN TRADITION. (Admittance 9:30) In the spiritual tradition of Yungdrung Bön, individual practice begins with the preliminary exercises called Event Location: NGÖNDRO (sngon 'gro), according to the transmissions of ZHANG ZHUNG NYEN GYUD (zhang zhung snyan rgyud). Drikung Gompa, These practices include prayers, reflective thought Buddhistisches Zentrum processes, visualizations, movements, and internal Fleischmarkt 16, 1. Floor commitment. The preliminaries comprise GURUYOGA, 1010 Vienna, Austria IMPERMANENCE, CONFESSION OF WRONGDOING, Translation from English to German BODHICITTA, REFUGE, MANDALA OFFERING, MANTRA RECITATION, OFFERING OF ONE’S OWN BODY, INVOCATION, DEDICATION. Having become familiar with them, one can move on to DZOGCHEN (rdzogs chen), literally translated 'great perfection', as the main practice of meditation. In this seminar SHEDRUP LOPON GESHE LODOE TSUKPHUD will explain the deep meaning of the preliminary practices. He will show that the preliminary practices must not only be accomplished, but that they must be deeply understood and carried out thoroughly. They facilitate the process of taming and purifying one's own state of mind and the reflection on essential factors of human life. With this focus, the benefit for the main practice becomes clear and the participants receive an introduction to DZOGCHEN and practice it. By concentrating on some of the preparatory exercises, SHEDRUP LOPON GESHE LODOE TSUKPHUD will also provide explanations of how philosophy and practice can be integrated into modern day life with its fast pace and numerous appearances. Biography: Shedrup Lopon Geshe Lodoe Tsukphud was born in 1976 in the village of Phoksundo in the Dolpo region of Nepal. When he was 15 years old, he was accepted as a lay monk in the gomdra of Thasung Tsoling Monastery in Phoksundo and carried out a 3­year, 3­month and 3­day retreat there. After this was completed, he came to the Kathmandu Valley and was completely ordained a monk under Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche at the Triten Norbutse Bonpo Monastery. In 1995 he began studying Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen in the philosophical academy of Triten Norbutse. By 2007 he had completed his studies and earned the title of a Geshe that can be understood in the West as a "Doctor of Philosophy". From 2011 to 2012 Shedrup Lopon Geshe Lodoe Tsukphud taught philosophy in the monastery and also several times in Europe. In 2013, Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche and Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche awarded him the position of a Tsazin Lopon, a senior teacher. Later that year, they enthroned him as Shedrup Lopon, which is the highest type of teacher in the monastery. Since then he has been teaching Sutra, Mantra and Dzogchen and also some other subjects in Triten Norbutse..