FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28
10am Los Angeles/ 1pm New York/ 7pm Rome
Join us for our annual online Losar Tibetan New Year’s greeting with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang!
Dr. Nida will greet the international sangha and introduce the principles of Tibetan astrology and share practical medical and spiritual advice on how to approach this new lunar year of the Wood Snake.
During the current times of great change and environmental upheaval, may we embrace the snake’s qualities of intelligent creativity and adaptability to face life’s challenges with grace and wisdom for the benefit of both self and other.
Sangha members in the Los Angeles area are welcome to join us at Pure Land Farms for Losar Tibetan New Years festivities! We will watch the talk at 10am in Yuthok Ling temple (Dr. Nida livestreaming in from Italy) and have a celebratory potluck lunch. Please RSVP to info@purelandfarms.com for more information.
Dr. Nida chenagtsang
Born in Amdo, in Northeastern Tibet, Dr. Nida began his early studies of Sowa Rigpa at the local Tibetan medical hospital. Later, he was awarded a scholarship to enter the Lhasa Mentseekhang or Tibetan Medical University, where he completed his degree 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. In particular, he trained in the Longchen Nyingthig tradition of the Nyingma school with his root guru Ani Ngawang Gyaltsen and in the Dudjom Tersar tradition with Chönyi Rinpoche and Semo Dechen Yudrön. He received complete instruction 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 Yuthok Nyingthig lineage by Jamyang Rinpoche of the Rebkong ngakpa and ngakma community.
A well-known poet in his youth, Dr. Nida later published many articles and books on Sowa Rigpa and the Yuthok Nyingthig tradition in Tibetan and English, which have been translated into several languages. He has extensively researched ancient Tibetan healing methods, and has gained acclaim in East and West for his revival of little-known Tibetan external therapies.
