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THE TANTRIC PATH
What is Tantra?
Tantra is one of the three complete paths to enlightenment in Bön and Buddhism, using special methods to transform the body, speech (energy), and mind. Tantra includes many advanced practices, such as Tummo, Tsa Lung (working with the channels and winds),
and other methods of inner yoga.
and other methods of inner yoga.
“If we can transform the five poisons of the mind into the five primordial wisdoms, everything else will come much more easily.”
Khenpo Arta Lama Rinpoche
Dzogchen Master of the Bön Tradition and Founder of Dzogchen Yongtse Ling Center
What Will You Learn in the Course?
In this course, we will explore the foundations of the Tantric path: its view, logic, core principles, and key concepts—without which it is difficult to truly understand more advanced practices.
If you plan to study Tummo, Tsa Lung, and other Tantric methods, this course will give you a foundation you can return to again and again.
If you plan to study Tummo, Tsa Lung, and other Tantric methods, this course will give you a foundation you can return to again and again.
- 10 sections
- 9 weeks
- 50 lessons
Advanced practices are based on the Tantric view, empowerments, samaya, the stages of generation and completion, and work with the deity, channels, winds, and tigle.
Without this foundation, you may know the technique, but not fully understand what you are doing in Tantric practice, why you are doing it, or the symbolism behind it.
Without this foundation, you may know the technique, but not fully understand what you are doing in Tantric practice, why you are doing it, or the symbolism behind it.
What Will You Gain from
This Course?
This Course?
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A Complete Understanding of the Tantric PathGain a clear understanding of the Tantric view, its core principles, the structure of practice, and the place of Tantric methods within the Buddhist path.
- Preparation for Advanced
PracticesGain the essential knowledge of deities, mantra, visualization, channels, winds, and other elements encountered in more advanced practices such as Tummo, as well as in the sadhanas of individual deities.
- Understanding the Methods of Transformation
See how Tantra works with afflictions, perception, body, speech, and mind—and how this approach differs from the methods of Sutra and Dzogchen.
Full Course Curriculum
Each section will become available at the beginning of the week, while you will have lifetime access to the course
- What Is Tantra in the Bön Tradition?• What is Tantra, and why is the Tantric path necessary?
• The principle of transformation rather than renunciation
• Classification of Bön Tantras according to the Nine Vehicles
• The place of Tantra between Sutra and Dzogchen1 - How Is the Tantric Path Structured?• The basis, path, and fruit
• Pure vision and the Five Abundances
• The Three Contemplations and their connection with death, the bardo, and rebirth
• Wang, lung, and tri
• Body, speech, and mind as the three dimensions of practice
• Tantric vows
• The role of the Teacher2 - Five Kleshas → Five Wisdoms• Anger
• Attachment
• Ignorance
• Pride
• Jealousy / Envy
• Why the energy of the kleshas is not simply suppressed in Tantra, but transformed3 - Yidam• What is a yidam?
• Why does the practitioner “become the deity”?
• Is the yidam an external god or a manifestation of one’s own state?
• The four forms, from peaceful to wrathful, and their purpose
• Male and female deities: method and wisdom
• The meaning of colors, faces, arms, and attributes
• Protectors and yidams: what is the difference?4 - Wrathful Deities• Why enlightened forms can appear terrifying
• Skulls, fire, weapons, and blood
• Is anyone actually being destroyed?
• Wrathful activity and the transformation of the kleshas5 - Generation Stage — Kyerim• What is the generation stage? (Its connection with the four types of birth)
• Emptiness → seed syllable → deity
• Visualization of one’s own body
• Visualization of the surrounding environment
• Clarity of visualization
• Divine pride
• Why visualization is not simply imagination6 - Mandala• What is a mandala really?
• The palace of the deity
• The center and the four directions
• Symbolism of the elements and colors
• The world as a pure dimension7 - Mantra• What does a mantra do?
• Bija / seed syllables
• The rotation of the mantra
• Sound, energy, and consciousness
• The Three Heart Mantras of Bön as an example8 - Offerings and Tsog• Why offerings are made and the meaning of Tsok
• Water, light, incense, food, and other offerings
• Inner and secret offerings
• The meaning of Tsok
• The guests and the assembly of deities9 - Completion Stage — Dzogrim• Tsa, Lung, and Tigle
• The three principal channels
• Chakras
• The connection between breath and mind
• Why working with the winds affects consciousness
• Why physical exercises are used in spiritual practice
• Purification of the channels
• The role of Trul Khor in practice
• Dissolution of the visualization
• Working with the subtle body
• Dissolution of the winds
• Bliss, clarity, and the absence of thoughts
• Why these experiences are not necessarily Rigpa10 - Final Q&A Session with Khenpo Arta Lama RinpocheThe final live online session will take place on Zoom on December 2911
Pre-Registration Is Now Open
Please fill out the pre-registration form for the course. One week before the course begins, we will contact you and send you a payment link to complete your registration.
Early Bird
Available until November 1
$99
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Standard
Full access to the complete course
$149
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Lifetime Access
to the CourseReturn to the lessons and revisit more complex topics at any time - Opportunity to ask the Teacher a QuestionReceive Guidance and Clarifications Rinpoche
- Support from a Course Facilitator in the ChatSupport and guidance throughout your learning
Once you submit the course pre-registration form, we will save your details and contact you one week before the course begins with a payment link and the available payment options.
After your payment is completed, you will receive immediate access to all course lessons.
After your payment is completed, you will receive immediate access to all course lessons.
You will have lifetime access to the course. You can return to the materials, revisit the lessons, and review any topics whenever it is convenient for you.
Yes. The fundamental principles of Tantra in the Bön tradition and in Buddhism are largely the same. The main differences are found in the specific lineages, deities, texts, and ritual forms, while the underlying principles of Tantric practice remain very similar.
This course is not devoted to one particular deity or one specific practice. Instead, it explains the general principles of Tantra: the Tantric view, transformation, deity practice, mantra, visualization, the generation and completion stages, channels, winds, tigle, and other key elements of the Tantric path.
The knowledge you gain can therefore be applied not only to Bön practices, but also to Buddhist Tantric practices and Buddhist deities within your own tradition.
Whether you practice Bön or Buddhism, this course is designed to give you a clear foundation for understanding how Tantra works and how its methods are structured.
This course is not devoted to one particular deity or one specific practice. Instead, it explains the general principles of Tantra: the Tantric view, transformation, deity practice, mantra, visualization, the generation and completion stages, channels, winds, tigle, and other key elements of the Tantric path.
The knowledge you gain can therefore be applied not only to Bön practices, but also to Buddhist Tantric practices and Buddhist deities within your own tradition.
Whether you practice Bön or Buddhism, this course is designed to give you a clear foundation for understanding how Tantra works and how its methods are structured.
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