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At this upcoming Karma Yoga retreat, Shedrup Lopon Geshe Lodoe Tsukphud will give teachings on: Twenty-one meditation techniques .

During this retreat, Geshe Lodoe Tsukphud will give instructions on a chapter from the Dzogchen Dragpa Kor Sum text, one of the main cycles of Dzogchen in the Yungdrung Bön tradition. The chapter entitled "Twenty-One Meditation Techniques" focuses on guidance regarding the application of the mind in meditation. Geshe Lodoe Tsukphud will primarily explain two essential approaches to meditation from this cycle:

• Meditating with a specific object of concentration.

• To remain with the mind at rest, without any particular point of support, leaving it in its natural state.

These instructions lead from a more structured attention to an open, objectless meditation, supporting the integration of the Dzogchen view and practice into all activities.

The teaching sessions will take place both online and in person. All participants attending the Karma Yoga retreat on-site are warmly invited to attend these teachings as part of their retreat program, to support the integration of meditation into their activities at Shenten Dargye Ling.

As part of the Karma Yoga aspect of the retreat, participants will actively support the life of Shenten through mindful work in the buildings and garden, always in accordance with each person's abilities. This joyful service is considered a practice in itself, fostering presence, openness, and a sense of shared responsibility within the community.

About the teacher

Shedrup Lopon Geshe Lodoe Tsukphud was born in 1976 in the village of Phoksundo, in the Dolpo region of Nepal. At the age of fifteen, he was accepted as a lay monk into the gomdra of Thasung Tsoling Monastery in Phoksundo, where he completed a retreat of three years, three months, and three days. Following this, he traveled to the Kathmandu Valley and received full ordination under the guidance of Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche at Triten Norbutse's Bönpo Monastery. In 1995, he began studying Sutra, Tantra, and Dzogchen at Triten Norbutse's Philosophical Academy. In 2007, he completed his studies and received the title of Geshe, often translated in the West as "Doctor of Philosophy." From 2011 to 2012, Shedrup Lopon Geshe Lodoe Tsukphud taught philosophy at the monastery and on several occasions in Europe. In 2013, Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche and Khenchen Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche appointed him Tsazin Lopon, a senior teacher. Later that year, they enthroned him as Shedrup Lopon, the monastery's highest teaching rank. Since then, he has taught Sutra, Tantra, Dzogchen, and other disciplines at Triten Norbutse. Since 2019, he has regularly traveled to Europe to give teachings.