Dzogchen Yangtse Longchen Part 2
Khenchen Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche
ZOOM ONLINE, May 21-24, 2026
Registration by email (deadline May 18, 2026): dechenritro@gmail.com
Our respected teacher Khenchen Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche will teach the second part of the text Dzogchen Yangtse Longchen in Suonenjoki and online on Zoom. Yangtse Longchen is a complete Dzogchen teaching text written in the 8th century by the great Yungdrung Bön master Nyachen Lishu Tagring. This highly practical instruction manual continues to serve as an excellent guide for contemporary people seeking a spiritual foundation for their lives. Lishu Tagring was, in many ways, an extraordinary Dzogchen master, and his biography is filled with remarkable events. At the end of his life, he attained the so-called rainbow body.
YANGTSE LONGCHEN (ཡང་རྩེ་ཀློང་ཆེན་) means “the supreme peak and the vast expanse,” referring to the complete realization of the infinite and boundless nature of mind and reality. The text includes the preliminary practices (Ngöndro), the practices of the six lokas, methods for stabilizing the mind on an object, searching for the mind, introduction to the natural state of mind, and the principal Dzogchen practices (Trekchö and Thögal).
“As for this teaching in particular, it is the main, essential, great, ultimate Teaching of excellent Mahayana. This is like a ship crossing the ocean of Samsara.”
— H.E. Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche
Our teacher, Khenchen Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche, was born in Nepal into the Yungdrung Bön lineage. He has served as Abbot of Triten Norbutse Monastery in Kathmandu since 2001, and since 2005 as one of the main teachers of the Bön monastery Shenten Dargye Ling in France. Khenchen Rinpoche is an authentic and highly accomplished lama of the Yungdrung Bön tradition who teaches extensively around the world, including in Europe, South America, and the United States. In the West he primarily teaches Dzogchen and is known for his clarity, precision, and depth.
The teachings will be given in English with translation into Finnish. No previous experience in Dzogchen meditation is required.
ONLINE REGISTRATION
If you wish to participate in the retreat via Zoom, please register by paying the participation fee €130 which includes the teachings only. The morning and evening meditation sessions are available exclusively to those attending in person.
The participation fee must be paid to the Dechen Ritrö bank account or PayPal account no later than
18 May 2026. Please also provide the email address to which we will send the Zoom link before the beginning of the retreat:
Dechen Ritrö ry
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PROGRAMME
The retreat teachings begin on Thursday, 21 May 2026 at 15:30 CET.
Thursday, 21 May 2026
15:30–17:00 CET
Friday, 22 May – Sunday, 24 May 2026
9:00–11:00 CET
13:00–14:30 CET
15:00–16:00 CET
The retreat concludes on Sunday, 25 May at 14:00 CET
VIDEO RECORDINGS
The teachings on the first part of the Yangtse Longchen text (over 10 hours) are available as video recordings and may be purchased (€75) from Dechen Ritrö (dechenritro@gmail.com). Please note: the recordings also contain the Finnish translation.