Ngöndro retreat with Erik Pema Kunsang

On September 10-12 Erik Pema Kunsang will lead a Ngöndro retreat at Gomde Denmark. Read more here: Gomde homepage

Here's a few useful resources for the Ngöndro. Please share yours!


Khenpo Tenzin Norgye on the Ngöndro:



Thubten Chodron on refuge in the Ngöndro:





The Great Gate - A Guidebook to the Guru's Heart Practice, Dispeller of All Obstacles:
- by Tsikey Rinpoche Chokling, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and Dujdom Rinpoche

(From Rangjung Yeshe Publications homepage):
Vajrayana Buddhism differs from other branches of Buddhism in providing an accelerated path to enlightenment based on Dzogchen principles. The word dzogchen, translated variously as Great Perfection and Great Completeness, conveys the idea that our nature as intrinsic awareness has many qualities that make it “perfect”: indestructibility, incorruptible purity, non-discriminating openness, flawless clarity, profound simplicity, all-pervading presence, and attitude of equality toward all beings. The path to connecting to these qualities was once secretly held and privately transmitted; The Great Gate: A Guidebook to the Guru’s Heart Practice makes the Vajrayana path and techniques available to contemporary seekers.

Drawing on the work of four renowned Tibetan masters, The Great Gate compiles concise instructions on Dzogchen’s foundational practices, which comprise a powerful method for turning the mind toward the Dharma and opening to the Dzogchen perspective. This revised edition features a new translation and an extensive commentary by Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche.

The book is apparently available on google books (Copyright issues?). I would recommend that you buy it at the Ratna Shop at Gomde at the ridiculously low price of DKK98 or EUR14.


History of the Chokling Tersar : http://www.choklingtersar.org/About/History_of_CT.htm


Tukdrub Barchey Künsel refuge tree. (Courtesy Peter Olin)