Yumka Queen of Great Bliss & Her Twenty-One Aspects
Last year, our great Lama AR gave the empowerment and transmission of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, Yeshe Tsogyal’s most blissful aspect.
We offer the pranic transmission or lung and practise her once a month together with the practitioners. During this occasion, we also transmit the next of her twenty-one aspects, which is practised in addition to the main mantra and root-sadhana, with his own terma.
Next joint practice of Yumka Queen of Great Bliss and transmission of Yumka as the Noble Zhengyi Mitubma Friday, 25 September, 2026
Yumka Queen of Great Bliss
19.00 Switzerland / Germany / Italy
18.00 UK time
13.00 NY time
10.00 AM California
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/dzogchen-nyingthig-vidyadhara
Meeting ID: 895 0197 2218
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Guru Yoga of the Vine of Faith
Melting into the enlightened Guru’s body-energy, speech-energy and mind-energy is the highest Dzogpachenpo practice.
”What do we mean by Guru? In one way the Lama is the Guru, however, the actual Guru is reality itself. And so what do we mean when we say we are accomplishing the Guru? With this in mind, we are accomplishing through relying on the Lama as the Guru, we realise the actual Guru of reality itself. This is what we are accomplishing. And among all types of accomplishing methods, this is the best.”
- AR
We offer the lung or transmission of AR’s Guru Yoga of the Vine Faith, a supremely profound Dzogchen practice allowing a direct encounter with and experience of the Guru’s state of enlightenment. The lung is with his own recording.
Monthly practice via Zoom on every first Thursday of the month, next dates:
3 September, 2026
Guru Yoga of the Vine of Faith
19.00 Switzerland / Germany / Italy
18.00 UK time
13.00 NY time
10.00 AM California
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/dzogchen-nyingthig-vidyadhara
Meeting ID: 895 0197 2218
Passcode: a
You may join the Atiyoga Whatsapp Group on request.
Apply for the Natural Radiance
Conceived by our Lama AR as a step-by-step approach in March, 2019, the Natural Radiance Path consists of the in-depth exploration in weekly or biweekly sessions of the most essentialised practices and stages of the Dzogchen path:
The Three Statements of Garab Dorje
The Song of the Vajra from the Tantra of the Union of the Sun and the Moon
The Twenty-One Semdzins of the Adzom Drukpa tradition
The Four Types of Rushen: Bringing emotions onto the path
The Twenty Tsa Lungs: The secret Yogic Exercises of the Vidyadharas, from the Longchen Nyingthig
The pith instructions for Cutting through to Primordial Purity
The four Chokzhak, the four ways of settling
When ready, the pith instructions and key points for Leaping Over with Spontaneous Presence
The whispered lineage of the teachings on the Four Lamps, the Three Bindus, the Sole Bindu
White Tsogyal Accomplishment Sadhana
Following the Dakini Ngondro known as The Excellent Path of Great Bliss, our Lama has asked all of us to practise the White Tsogyal Accomplishment Sadhana.
We offer the pranic transmission or lung.
Khadiravana-Tara Retreat
"Her body is green like a heap of emeralds. Her sapphire-coloured hair is bound at the crown of her head. She is lovely and radiating light. She dwells in the Khadiravana pureland." Meditation with Tara's mantra, teachings on the Great Perfection, bliss exercises from Adzom Drukpa's tradition in nature, walks in the healing moor earth.
Dakini Movement, Mudras and Trul khor
Our bodies are energetic manifestations of the primordial unity of stillness and dynamic movement. Awareness through movement enables us to centre in our bodies and liberate our emotions, thus allowing them to express their original purity of purpose.
In 2025, AR encouraged that it is very good for her to teach the Trul Khor Dzogchen movements of the Adzom Drukpa tradition to students. These help to balance the winds and energies and render the subtle body conducive to experiencing the natural state.
With twenty-one years of experience, Chöying Drolma combines the ancient, classical principles of Nātya and Lāsya temple movement with the mudrās of the Secret Mantrayāna, the special hand gestures and body movements embodying the sacred feminine: the blissful dākinī of basic space. She teaches delightful sequences such as the Birth of Tārā, the Twenty-One Aspects of Tārā, the Lotus Hook of Kurukullā, and more. The teaching is structured in modules: each module consists of 10 sessions. The introductory module focuses on finding harmony and wholeness in the body through right posture, the basic mudrās related to the dākinīs as well as the abhinaya expression of emotions. The first module covers the first of the twenty-one aspects of Tārā known as Nyurma Pamo, the ‘Swift Heroic Lady’.
Course takes place once a week, both online and offline (hybrid) through Zoom, making it possible for participants to join from anywhere and everywhere.
To accommodate for different time zones, i) all sessions are recorded and shared with registered participants, ii) the live sessions are held at the time most agreeable for all participants, iii) all sessions are video-recorded and can be watched later.
If you are interested in Dakini Movement & Dance, and Trulkhor, please express your interest by email to info@vidyadhara.ch.
You may also join the Dakini Whatsapp Group on request.
Twenty-One Taras in Sanskrit
Tārā is an important meditation deity from the Indian-Tibetan tantric tradition. Her nature is unconditional compassion and wisdom.
We offer live sessions, including Q&A, on how to chant the Twenty-One Homages to Tārā in Sanskrit.
Background
Our Precious AR has said that Sanskrit is not only the language of the gods but the language that comes closest to and thus touches pure reality itself. He explained that this is the very reason why mantras are always in Sanskrit. Furthermore, he explained how our subtle body is made up of the energetic seed-syllables of the Sanskrit alphabet and how these correspond in intricate detail to the energies of our subtle channels.
For this reason, in March 2019 our Precious Teacher requested his student Sherab Gyatso to venture upon an extensive project to translate all his own termas back into Sanskrit, beginning with important sādhanas such as the Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro and the Guru Drubthab Accomplishment Sādhana— saying that it would be very auspicious for all students who have a great affinity to and love for Sanskrit.
To express your interest in the class, please send your name to info@vidyadhara.ch.
You may also join the Whatsapp Group Twenty-One Tārās in Sanskrit on request.