About me
Our founder and spiritual director is Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. A global network of resident lamas, authorized Western teachers, practice leaders and volunteers support his activities. Ligmincha, a 501(c)3 non-rofit organziation, was formed in 1993 and is headquartered in Shipman, VA. Since our founding we have expanded to five retreat centers around the world. Serenity Ridge Retreat Center is 35 minutes south of Charlottesville. Here we offer retreats throughout the year in the Bon tradition and also make our space available for other spiritual and contemplative traditions. In addition to supporting the global Bön community, we work to ensure its preservation for future generations. We provide assistance to monks and nuns and their monasteries and nunneries, and preserve the teachings and instructions via audio and video recordings in their original languages and in translation. Through Sacred Sky Press we publish Bön texts and in and practice materials translated from the original Tibetan.
