A Dzogchen Teaching from Choekhortshang Rinpoche
Instructions on the Six Lamps, Part 2.
In-person in Budapest, Hungary and online on Zoom
Organized by Ligmincha Magyarország
March 27-29, 2026
Choekhortshang Rinpoche will continue his instructions on the Six Lamps, one of the important main texts in the Zhang Zhung Oral Transmission tradition. This teaching is closely connected to the Trekchö instructions that Rinpoche gave in November 2024 in Budapest. Last year in March, Choekhortshang Rinpoche gave instructions for the first three lamps, and now he will continue with the last three lamps, covering explanation and teaching on Thögal.
Thögal (thod rgal — "direct crossing") is one of the most advanced practices within Dzogchen. While Trekchö focuses on recognizing the nature of mind by cutting through conceptual elaboration, Thögal works with the spontaneous luminous expression of that recognition — the way primordial awareness naturally radiates outward as light and vision. Through specific postures and contemplative methods involving darkness, sunlight, and open sky, the practitioner moves through four progressively deepening stages of vision, culminating in the complete dissolution of phenomena back into the ground of being. At its highest, Thögal is said to make possible the rainbow body (ja' lus) — the dissolving of the physical body into light at death.
About the teaching
The Instructions on the Six Lamps is a profound and important work from the Bön Dzogchen tradition and is one of the root texts of the Zhangzhung Nyengyü (Oral Transmission of Zhangzhung) series of orally transmitted teachings.
The root text describes highly secret precepts of Dzogchen (Great Perfection) practice, and the Six Lamps teachings includes clear instructions on how to meditate, how to practice connected to Thögel —as revealed by Tapihritsa to Gyerpung Nangzher Löpo. The teachings in this text represent oral instructions transmitted by a single master to a single disciple in the mode known as “single transmission.” It is through such a practice that one can see the clear light of one’s own mind before achieving complete Buddhahood.
The ‘lamps’ in the title, one by one illuminate different key points of Dzogchen.
Receiving the Six Lamps teaching helps the practice of the Thögal.
The teaching is open to all.
About Choekhortshang Rinpoche
Geshe Nyima Woser Choekhortshang Rinpoche is a Lama of the Bon tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in Dolpo, a high mountain region of north-western Nepal bordering Tibet, in 1976, to an important local family. He is the head lama of Tashi Namgyal monastery in Dolpo.
Venue of the teaching
Zöld Kakas Líceum, Hurok u. 11. Budapest 1091
Schedule (Please check your time zone: worldtimebuddy.com )
March 27, Friday
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Introduction
March 28, Saturday
- 9:30 am - 11:00 am Teaching / Practice
- 11:00 am - 11:30 am Break
- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Teaching / Practice
- 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Lunch Break
- 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Teaching / Practice
- 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Break
- 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Teaching / Practice
March 29, Sunday
- 9:30 am - 11:00 am Teaching / Practice
- 11:00 am - 11:30 am Break
- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Teaching / Practice
- 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Lunch Break
- 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Teaching / Practice, Closing
Offering for in person participation:
Registration for online participation please note that registration for online participation will be closed on March 25 at noon CET.
Offering for online participation:
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