Tse Dup Yang Bod
Tse Dup Yang Bod Program: Engaging the Life Force
Tse means life Dup means to attain or accumulate Yang means a type of prosperity Bod means to call or invite Wang means energetic empowerment Drup means to attain or accumulate Shenpa means healer
Tse Dup is a Tibetan Bon spiritual tradition practiced for many thousands of years. It is a complete energetic healing system for the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual components of human life. Earlier in June of this year, 50 students in the US graduated from a 3 year intensive training in an ancient Tibetan healing modality called Tse Dup Yang Bod. This teaching comes from an unbroken Tibetan lineage in the Bon Tradition, which is the original indigenous spiritual tradition of Tibet; originating from the Zhang Zhung empire, which predates the Tibetan Kingdom by many centuries. The teaching comes from a 7th century manuscript written by Tsewang Rigzin, son of the esteemed Bon scholar, Drenpa Namka. In the past, shorter Yang Bod (Life Force) instructions have been given by other Lamas, but this particular body of instructions have never been given in an intensive and traditional manner. Its foundation is based on compassion for all living beings, and the recognition that suffering and ones mental and physical well being can be affected by many forms of obstacles which can be related to energetic imbalances. It was taught by Geshe Chongtul Rinpoche, a Tulku in the Bon tradition, who now lives in the United States. Rinpoche has a foundation in the US called Bon Shen Ling, which is committed to the preservation of the Bon culture, and it’s teachings. He believes the time is right for these traditional secret teachings to come to the West as the world experiences more personal, economical and environmental challenges; and believes this practice in particular can be of great benefit, not only to the practitioner, but also those in the service of helping others. The healing technique is also known as Bon Soul Healing and is based on the 5 elements, Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Space, which are represented within the body as well as the world around us. These elements inside the body are affected by stress, trauma, or karma and as a result, a form of soul loss can occur. If not brought back into balance, this can lead to mental, emotional or physical complications, illness, or even death. The training is quite comprehensive and students are taught the ways of developing the 5 inner elements as 5 specific types of energy, each having its own individual characteristics, which can be tested. The practice then involves learning to channel each element or compassionate energy, based on where the soul loss has occurred relating to certain organs and disease points. The essence being, that when the element or elements are returned to balance, the soul and life force which were fragmented, return to wholeness and the energetic disturbance ceases. Components of these instructions also contain Trul Khor (yoga), divination, energetic exercises including mantra recitation, and meditation to name a few. Students were required to make a serious commitment to the studies and trainings, which included Preliminary Practices (the accumulation of 900,000 mantras of nine practices), the memorization of the ritual and life force ceremonies, and teacher required conventions. The empowerment ceremony was made all the more auspicious, as His Holiness the 33rd Menri Trizin, Lungtok Tenpai Nyima, the Supreme Head of the Bon tradition came from India to initiate the students, and these practitioners received the title “Drup Shenpa” which means healer in this tradition.
Certified Tse Dup Yang Bod Practitioners (Drup Shenpas) – 2010
Sharon Meader Albrecht
Anton Baraschi
Dr. Tamara E. Blesh (Tsetan Wangmo)
Cheri Brady
Thomas Bringhurst
Susan Burg
Patricia Phang-Sang Chase
Janine Cheung
Peter Clark
Anna Marie Cole
Janet Gale
Dr. Denise Gelpi Aughtman D.O.M.
Catherine Granett
Diane Henry
Nancy Honda
Laurie Hopkins
Craigie Huston
Vicki Jenkins, Ph.D.
Leigh Keeley
Elaine Cahan Koh
Thom Kraus
Pam Kuras
Janet Lee
Susan Newstead
Cheryl Norton
Kim Nguyen
Mitch Nur, PhD
Michele Nur
Gonen Oral
Mary Pegues
Elaine Peirce-Nikischer
Joan F. Ruggiero M.Ed.
Tania Smith
Marsha Stonehouse
Karin Tetlow
Henri Tischler
Larry Tuttle
Wenonah Tuttle
Jacqueline O. Vincelette
Melissa Vo
Judith Webster
Karen Williams
