Yuthok Nyingthig Long Life Practice
Guided Practice with Donla Tsering in honor of Dr. Nida Chenagtsang’s Birthday
October 19th, 2022
6am Los Angeles | 9am New York
3pm Rome | 9pm Singapore
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Join us for a special long life practice in the Yuthok Nyingthig for enhancing life force and extending life span.
This practice has been organized to in honor of Dr. Nida Chenagtsang’s birthday, to gather as a sangha and dedicate long life mantras on his behalf as well as for all beings.
There are no pre-requisites for this practice, all are welcome!
PREPARATION:
To empower life enhancing substances with Yuthok's long life mantra, please place any health supporting herbs that you have available on your shrine. These can include but are not limited to:
བཟང་པོ་དྲུག: Six Precious Substances (Saffron, Green and Black Cardamom, Cloves, Nutmeg, Bamboo Pith or Kaolin Clay)
འབྲས་བུ་སུམ།: Drebu Sum Thang (Three Fruit Decoction, commonly available as Triphala in Ayurvedic Medicine)
བཅུད་ལེན། Any kind of Chulen medicine.
སྨན་ཆང་ Medicinal Alcohol or any kind of alcohol in a bottle
About Yuthok Nyingthig Practices:
Yuthok Nyingthig, the ‘Heart Essence of Yuthok.' This unique and comprehensive set of Tibetan Buddhist practices was transmitted by Yuthok Yönten Gönpo the Younger, the great 12th century Tibetan physician and meditation adept who is considered to be an emanation of Medicine Buddha. It is a complete system of practice from the Anuttarayogatantra (Highest Yoga Tantra) class of teachings, beginning with Ngöndro (the preliminaries) and progressing through Kyerim and Dzogrim (Creation and Completion Stage practices) to the highest practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.
The tradition includes concise and essential methods perfectly suited for busy contemporary practitioners that offer both worldly benefits including improved health and longevity for oneself and others, as well as the ultimate benefit of complete spiritual liberation. The Yuthok Nyingthig is the main spiritual tradition connected with Sowa Rigpa (Tibetan medicine), and it contains many unique methods to heighten the intuitive, diagnostic, and healing capacities of doctors. Yuthok Nyingthig meditation practices are traditionally done in the context of a seven day retreat, making them practical and accessible in these modern busy times.
About Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
Born in Amdo, in North Eastern Tibet Dr. Nida began his early studies Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine) at the local Tibetan Medicine hospital. Later he was awarded scholarship to enter the Lhasa Tibetan Medical University, where he completed his medical education in 1996 with practical training at the Tibetan Medicine hospitals in Lhasa and Lhoka.
Alongside his medical education, Dr. Nida trained in Vajrayana with teachers from every school of Tibetan Buddhism, especially in the Longchen Nyingthig of the Nyingma school from his root teacher Ani Ngawang Gyaltsen and in the Dudjom Tersar lineage from Chönyid Rinpoche and Sremo Dechen Yudron. He received complete teachings in the Yuthok Nyingthig lineage, the unique spiritual tradition of Tibetan Medicine, from his teachers Khenpo Tsultrim Gyaltsen and Khenchen Troru Tsenam, and was requested to continue the lineage by Jamyang Rinpoche of the Rebkong ngakpa/ma (non-monastic yogi and yogini) tradition.
A well-known poet in his youth, Dr. Nida later published many articles and books on Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine) and the Yuthok Nyingthig tradition both in the Tibetan and English languages which have been translated into several languages. He has extensively researched ancient Tibetan healing methods, and has gained high acclaim in the East and West for his revival of little known traditional Tibetan external healing therapies.
Dr. Nida is also the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Sorig Khang International, Co-Founder of the International Ngakmang Institute, established to preserve and maintain the Rebkong ngakpa non-monastic yogi/ini culture within modern Tibetan society.
In addition to his work as a physician, he trains students in Sowa Rigpa and the Yuthok Nyingthig tradition in over forty countries around the world.
About Dönla Tsering:
Dönla Tsering was born to a Tibetan family in India, and at a young age was entrusted to the care of famous Tibetan scholar and astrologer Ngawang Dakpa. After finishing high school in Delhi, she moved to Italy, where she became a student of Dr. Nida Chenagtsang in 2002 with whom she studied Kunye massage, Tibetan medicine, Mantra Healing, Sa Che and Yuthok Nyingthig. Donla teaches and guides retreats worldwide as a senior instructor for Sorig Khang International.