Canada, 06 Oct 2017 - 12 Oct 2017

With a special combination of physical movements, breath exercises and visualization we awaken our inner fire, which burns the blockages of karmic imprints.
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Tummo is our wisdom fire. It is something we naturally have within our bodies. This fire, this inner warmth, can be found in the area below the navel. On a physical level, it is responsible for the temperature of our body—the heat of metabolism and the heat that powers chemical reactions and builds hormones. But Tummo is much more than this!

On an energetic level, the Tummo fire blazes through the channels, melting away the subtlest blockages and surging energy throughout the body. On the level of mind, Tummo is the source of love, joy, happiness and bliss.

Unfortunately, as we become older we start to lose this natural warmth. Then, our hormones and essences automatically reduce. But it doesn’t have to be this way! The Tummo practice will reignite our inner fire.

Tulku Lobsang has a very special connection to Tummo. This is his specialty and he can teach it like no other. An amazing opportunity!

Tulku Lobsang is a man that bridges worlds. Deeply rooted in Buddhist Tantrayana, Bön and Tibetan Medicine, he travels the world sharing these ancient wisdom and methods to improve our modern lives. As the founder and director of Nangten Menlang International, his aim is to awaken each of us to our own inner wisdom and inner medicine.

This event is open to current Lu Jong and Tog Chod Teachers that would like to renew their certificate or to those that have completed an Education course and would like to take the final step to complete their certification. At this Certification, participants will receive Tulku Lobsang’s direct transmission and permission to teach, or continue to teach, Lu Jong or Tog Chod in his lineage.

There are many vehicles to discover our true nature, but one of the highest methods Buddha ever taught is the bliss practice. Bliss is the heart of the Tantrayana path.

Bliss is experienced as a direct perception in our body. This is different from happiness, which we experience conceptually in our mind. This means we need a reason to be happy, but we never need a reason to feel bliss.

Tantrayana is special for using the body to reach the mind. First, we learn to generate bliss of the body with physical movements and visualization. This bliss enables us to reach the clear light state and come to know the true nature of the mind. This is what makes the Tantrayana way so special—it uses the bliss of the body to reach the bliss of the mind, or the clear light state. It is much easier and faster to go through the body.

This is a very direct path to awakening.

Everyone wants to be happy. Too often, we are dependent on external factors for our happiness. We think we need a reason to be happy.

The only way to liberate oneself from this dependently-existing happiness is the practice of bliss. One doesn't need a reason to feel bliss. Unlike the happiness that is experienced conceptually in the mind, bliss is a direct perception in the body.

In this workshop, Tulku Lobsang teaches us how to create physical bliss through bodily movements, visualization and breathing techniques. This physical bliss dissolves all conceptual thoughts. Only the perceptual mind remains.

This means we've reached the bliss of the mind, which is also called “Clear Light.” This is the highest goal in Tantrayana because through the bliss of the mind, we discover the true nature of our mind.
 
Tantrayana Buddhism often uses the body to reach the mind.   Achieving this clear light state is easier and faster when we do it by working with the body. That is what's special about Tantrayana.
 
The more bliss we feel, the less we distinguish between 'I' and ‘you.’ Feelings of attachment, desire and anger are reduced, which also leads to our negative emotions becoming smaller and smaller.

The practice of bliss is the best technique to overcome all negative emotions.