ཆོས་

Drikung Kagyu Maha Ati (Dzogchen, རྫོགས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་)

The Yangzab (The Practices of Utterly Profound Vision, དམ་ཆོས་དགོངས་པ་ཡང་ཟབ་) embodies the essence of the tantric teachings. As Dzogchen teachings, these are unique within the Drikung school of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

In the eighth century, Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) was invited to Tibet by the king and founded the Samye Monastery there. 

The king's son, Prince Mutik Tsenpo, received the Yangzab empowerments and instructions from Guru Rinpoche. Due to worldly commitments, he had little time for Dharma practice and Guru Rinpoche therefore instructed him to write down the practice. These texts were then hidden by Guru Rinpoche's consort Yeshe Tsogyal as a treasure text (terma).

The terma was later discovered by the 17th lineage holder of the Drikung school, Tertön Gyalwang Rinchen Phuntsog (1509-1557), and has been passed down in the Drikung lineage without interruption ever since.

བླ་མ་

Lho Ontul Rinpoche

The Drikung Dzogchen Center Staufenberg Namchag Mebar Dzong was founded by Lho Ontul Rinpoche. Rinpoche began teaching the Yangsab in Staufenberg in 2002 in a 10-stage course. In the last 10 years he has been accompanied and supported by his son Ratna Rinpoche. Ratna Rinpoche will continue to visit us in the future and continue his father's activities.

སྒོམ་

Yangzab Practice

The gradual Yangzab practice traditionally begins with a ngöndro (སྔོན་འགྲོ་) with the four general contemplations (Precious Human Life, Impermanence, Cause and Effect, Suffering in Samsara) and the four special exercises (Refuge, Purification, Merit, Blessing). This is usually followed by the practice of the three roots (Lama, Yidam, Dakini). A Chöd practice (གཅོད་) and a Phowa (འཕོ་བ་) are also transmitted as part of the program.

བྱང་སེམས་

When merely the thought of helping others is more excellent than the worship of the Buddhas, it is unnecessary even to mention the greatness of striving for the happiness and welfare of all beings without exception.
Bodhicharyavatara