For the First Time, His Holiness of Bön will offer the
Yi Dham Sang Wa Drak Chen Empowerment in USA
Sand Mandala & Fire Rituals on April 29
Instruction, Practice and Empowerment on Yi Dham Sang Wa Drak Chen on April 30
Limited registrations available. Room block is now sold out.
On April 29, the first day of this retreat, His Holiness will bless us with opening rituals from 7 am. Monks will perform the rituals, build a Sand Mandala, make Fire offerings (Hom) for the whole day with short breaks till 7pm. All participants will recite mantras and perform fire rituals three times a day.
On April 30, we will have a morning fire ritual and be given an empowerment of Yi Dham Sang Wa Drak Chen by His Holiness. During the empowerment we will receive instruction on recitations and chanting.
Bön Shen Ling is so blessed to offer this event through the generosity of His Holiness and the monks required to perform these rites. Chongtul Rinpoche encourages participation by those to Bön practitioners who chronically or occasionally struggle with physical and energetic illness. Don’t miss the opportunity for this unique and powerful blessing.
This event takes place at Bön Shen Ling’s Warwick Temple – 226 Little York Road, Warwick, NY 10990.
Schedule of Activities
Saturday, April 29, 2023
- 7am Attendees arrive and are welcome to join Meditation & Prayers
- 8-9:30am Breakfast
- 09:30-10:30am Mask Dance
- 10:30am-12pm Sand mandala and Teaching
- 12-2pm Lunch
- 2-3:30pm Teaching
- 3:30-4pm Break with tea
- 4-5pm Fire ceremony
- 5:30-7pm Preliminary Empowerment
- 7pm Dinner
Sunday, April 30, 2023
- 7am Attendees arrive and are welcome to join Meditation & Prayers
- 8 – 9:30am Breakfast
- 9:30-10:30am Fire ceremony & Empowerment
- 10:30-11am Tea Break
- 11am-1pm Empowerment
Meals provided both days will have both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options, however we apologize that we cannot accommodate any additional special dietary needs.
Our room block for this event is currently sold out.
Register for the event below. For questions, please email events@bonshenling.org.
What is Yi Dham Sang Drak Chen?
Our bodies are powered by five main energy points – crown, throat, heart, solar (belly) & secret (root) – called chakra or khorlo.
As vital energy centers, each chakra indicates different qualities within us and they affect our bodies and lives. And, a different Yi Dham empowers and protects each of the five energy wheels.
Our spiritual development and happiness in life is related with our belly chakra or solar chakra which is associated with Yi Dham Wal Chen Ghe Khoe Sang Wa Drak Chen, one of the five most powerful Father Tantric Protectors.
His Holiness is offering this Yi Dham Initiation for the first time in the USA and this empowerment is a requirement for all Bön followers as this is one of the most sacred Yi Dham in the Bön Linage.
This entire scripture emanated from the belly chakra of Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche. It was practiced in Zhang Zhung and later Tonpa Shenrab brought and merged it to Mount Kailash in Zhang Zhung transmission.
