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Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche

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Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche was born in Kham in eastern Tibet and became a monk at thirteen. He studied at Lungkar, Menri and Triten Norbutse monasteries and earned his geshe degree in 2001, after which Yongdzin Rinpoche appointed him abbot of the meditation school (drubdra) of Triten Norbutse in Kathmandu. Since 2012 he has travelled to the West most winters, leading retreats on Dzogchen, tummo and the Bön meditation cycles in France, elsewhere in Europe and in the United States.

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Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche

Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche was born in Kham in eastern Tibet and became a monk at thirteen. He studied at Lungkar, Menri and Triten Norbutse monasteries and earned his geshe degree in 2001, after which Yongdzin Rinpoche appointed him abbot of the meditation school (drubdra) of Triten Norbutse in Kathmandu. Since 2012 he has travelled to the West most winters, leading retreats on Dzogchen, tummo and the Bön meditation cycles in France, elsewhere in Europe and in the United States.

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5 min
Meditation

Lusang and Lutor on the Ionian Coast

The first Bönpo lusang and lutor offering to the water spirits on the coast of Calabria, led by him in September 2025.

15 min
Talk

Magyu Tsalung and Tummo

He demonstrates the tsalung, tummo and thrulkhor movements and breathing from the Mother Tantra of Yungdrung Bön, alongside a new practice manual.

12 min
Interview

The Importance of Tsa Lung

An interview on why the winds-and-channels practices come first in the Bön meditation school he leads.

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Tibet before and beside Buddhism

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Tibet's older religious tradition, with its own founder, canon, monasteries and Dzogchen lineage, closely resembling Tibetan Buddhism without descending from it.

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