Meditation Short Course: Introduction to Practices of Tibetan Bön Dzogchen

This introductory course is based on the ancient Tibetan Bön Atri teachings of Dzogchen and gives an authentic transmission in the teacher-student tradition from the Lama to the participants. It provides students with a complete overview of the entire path to full liberation as well as instruction in the essential aspects of Tibetan Buddhist meditation.

The Tibetan Bön model of Dzogchen presented in this 2.5 day course provides a concise yet complete set of teachings to experience the nature of Mind and its relationship to ourselves and the world around us. The essential view being taught is that we are all part of an interconnected, timeless and locationless flow of information. This process must be experienced directly otherwise we stray into a myriad of conceptual constructs of ever-increasing complexity.  This training steps students through the skills that ultimately, to the best of practitioners, leads to liberation.  

During this 2.5 day course, students will be offered a comprehensive overview of the “Atri” system of Tibetan Bön Dzogchen meditation as well as introduced to a detailed set of instructions and guidance on the essential points of meditation.

Students will have ample opportunity to practise, ask questions and discuss the teachings of meditation being presented directly with Geshe Sonam who will be in person with us from Nepal for the duration of the 2.5 day retreat.

Geshe Sonam Gurung received his Geshe degree under the guidance of His Holiness (H.H) 33rd Menri Trizin, the Abbot of Bön Menri Monastery and lineage holder of the Yungdrung Bön spiritual tradition.

The teaching style presented is a traditional and unique style of Pointing Out whereby the teacher “points out” the essential point of the teachings as the nature of the Mind.

This retreat shares a complete set of teachings from the A Krid (pronounced “Atri”) Lineage of Tibetan Bön Dzogchen; a one-thousand-year-old compendium of the middle path to liberation in Bön. This text is the gateway to a series of expanded texts that refine the skills that ultimately lead to full awareness of mind.

Chapters 1-6 are introduced from the text: ‘The Pith Instructions for the Stages of the Practice Sessions of the A-Tri (A Khrid) System of Bön Dzogchen Meditation’.

This text is available for purchase here and will also be available for purchase at the beginning of the course.