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Sacred Syllables: An Interview

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• Three weeks of guidance provided by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, as you work with the practices
  
• Instruction is via internet-based video
  
• No set class times; instructional videos remain available throughout the course
  
• Practice in the comfort of your home, on your own schedule
  
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Since ancient times meditative practices from many spiritual traditions have used sound and its vibration as an essential tool for healing and spiritual development. Through singing and chanting, spiritual practitioners and healers are able to purify and restore harmony within physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual dimensions. The Tibetan Bön Buddhist tradition is one of the oldest unbroken lineages of wisdom that uses sound for the well-being of its practitioners.

In this course you will learn to use the healing power of five sacred syllables referred to as the Five Warrior Syllables. Guided by the mind and carried by the breath through subtle channels within the body, the power of sound will open the potential to bring joy and love to your life, facilitate personal healing, dissolve energetic disturbances, and awaken positive action in the world around you.

Tibetan Teacher Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is your guide and teacher in this workshop. With the capacity to translate ancient texts into modern western idiom, he will present the teachings and instruct the meditations in a way that is clear and practical. Geshé Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual director of Ligmincha Institute in Shipman, Va., a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the Bön Buddhist tradition and introducing it to the Western world. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is a beloved teacher throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe, and a prolific author.

“These are known in Bön as the Five Warrior Syllables”, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche explains, "The reason these seed syllables are called warriors is because they are powerful and indestructible. They are associated with the Five Wisdoms - and it is wisdom that is able to penetrate fear and ignorance to cut the roots of samsara. Our negative emotions, even physical illness, are a result of ignorance. Using sound in this way can be very healing on many levels."