Volume 24, Number 2 / April 2024
Letter from the Editors
Nourishing Wellness and Presence
Dear Friends,
There is big news in this issue from CyberSangha, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's international online community. A NEW app has been developed by CyberSangha that will be launched on April 1! See all the details in the article below on how this new, dedicated social media platform can help you connect to Rinpoche's teachings and to each other.
How can we incorporate the latest findings about health and well-being into our spiritual path? How can we better take care of ourselves through life's many challenges? More
Bringing Wellness and Awakening to Life
An Excerpt from a Webcast with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, January 2024
People talk about the importance of finding the balance of life and work, or the balance of life and spiritual practice. However, I feel that it's not so much about a balance, but rather that life should be a practice; and that work should be a lifestyle. In other words, whatever you do in your life, it has to be joyful, it has to be nourishing, it has to be healing. If it's not, and if most of the time your life is not nourishing you, then it's not a healthy lifestyle. More
April 1 Tenzin Rinpoche Unveils New CyberSangha Community App!
Join Us Online for This and Other Upcoming Live Broadcasts
After a long period of design and testing, we're excited to announce that a new CyberSangha community app will officially launch on Monday, April 1, in a live online broadcast with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and CyberSangha co-director Oliver Wirtz.
In this inspiring, dedicated online space, the cyber sangha can regularly connect with each other and Rinpoche, receive teachings and support in our practice, and be notified of the upcoming events and messages we truly care about. More
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's Worldwide Teaching Schedule
Upcoming Retreats
Here is Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's upcoming teaching schedule. Rinpoche's travels this year will include teaching in Virginia, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands, England, Poland, France, Hungary and Nepal. More
Spring Wellness Retreat at Serenity Ridge
April 10-14 with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
There is still time to register for this unique Spring Wellness Retreat at Serenity Ridge beginning on April 10 with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. The retreat will include morning sky gazing, cold plunge, Tibetan Yoga for all mobility levels, meditation instruction, forest bathing, nature walks on our 100 acres, massage, a special delicious plant-based diet, optional intermittent fasting possibility, ancient Tibetan treatment to support better sleep, evening bonfire and much more! More
Sacred Interviews with Geshe Choekhortshang Rinpoche
Online on Zoom April 6
Join us for a fascinating conversation with Geshe Choekhortshang Rinpoche on Zoom April 6. This event is open and free for everyone.
This is the second session of Ligmincha's Sacred Interviews event series. The series aims to introduce our beloved teachers more closely and to give space for questions from students and practitioners from all over the world. More
New Book by Sangmo Yangri Available Now
The Lamp of Uza Rinchen Sal
You are here because your elemental body was taken away.
You are here because, just as a rainbow fades, your body has disappeared too.
You are here because, like a lustrous, fragrant flower, your life was taken by the frost of impermanence.
Mind moves like lightning, life is like a season of summer and winter, it changes.
You are here because the Lord of Death appeared like a shadow. More
Tummo Part 4 Summer Retreats
At Serenity Ridge June 22-July 6 and in Poland August 13-18
Both the summer retreat at Serenity Ridge, June 22-July 2, and the summer retreat at Chamma Ling Poland, August 13-18, will focus on the culmination of a four-year cycle of Tummo teachings with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. These retreats will be in-person only and will not be available on Zoom. More
Upcoming Ligmincha Learning Courses
Sleep Yoga, Five Elements, Sherap Chamma & Ngondro
Ligmincha Learning is happy to invite you to attend online courses with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche beginning soon: Sleep Yoga and The Five Elements starts March 29; Sherap Chamma with Marcy Vaughn begins April 12. Ngondro, The Foundational Practices began March 1 and continues through December 31; you can join anytime. More
Serenity Ridge Welcomes Lama Kalsang Nyima
In Residence for April and May
Serenity Ridge Retreat Center is fortunate to have Lama Kalsang Nyima, a resident lama in Mexico, come stay in residence at Serenity Ridge in April and May.
He will join Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche for the annual Spring Retreat April 10-14. More
The Truth That Sets You Free
Next GlideWing Online Workshop Begins May 11
GlideWing is pleased to offer The Truth That Sets You Free, a three-week online workshop with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche from May 11-June 2, 2024. This workshop is about becoming liberated from fear and other disturbing emotions so you may live more fully and genuinely in all aspects of life. More
3 Doors Academies Begin in North America, Europe, Latin America in 2024
Also Save the Date for a Weekend Retreat with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
The 3 Doors is delighted to offer its signature program, the Academy, in three different regions this year. Academies in North America, Europe and Latin America are all slated to begin in 2024.
The 3 Doors Academy is an iimmersive 2.5-year program that provides participants the opportunity to engage deeply in the process of self-discovery. More
From the VOCL Archives: Sharing the Timeless Joy
Cutting Through One's Fear
This article invites us to look at the meaning of Chod, a practice in the Tibetan Bon tradition. The Chod practice will be the focus of the fall retreat with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. Chod: Awakening Confidence by Taking Fear as a Path will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal in October, 2024. Previously published in Voice of Clear Light, August 2016. More
Student and Teacher
Together on the Path
Student. As an individual practitioner, what is an effective way to benefit the entire world?
TWR. It has something to do, first of all, with your openness, right? You really need to feel space to want to do that. The individual needs to be open, so open that there is not such a strong sense of individual there. More
Spanish Translation of VOCL
Link to February 2024 Issue Now Available
Look for the translations of Voice of Clear Light newsletters at the top of the VOCL website.
