Dzogchen Buddha Path

A Bhutan Pilgrimage Through Living Lineage
Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche’s November 2025 Bhutan pilgrimage, by Sangha Mitra Chuck Jung

Starting on November 4 through November 19, 2025, His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche led a pilgrimage through Bhutan that unfolded as a continuous engagement with sacred sites, living lineages, and ongoing Buddhist practice. The Bhutan pilgrimage moved through Paro, Thimphu, Bumthang, and Punakha, bringing students into direct contact with places associated with Padmasambhava, Longchen Rabjam, Pema Lingpa, and other central figures of the Nyingma and Dzogchen traditions.

This Bhutan pilgrimage was not presented as a retreat, nor as a historical tour. It was a pilgrimage in the traditional sense: a sequence of visits, practices, teachings, and meetings that unfolded through direct relationship with teachers, monasteries, and the sacred geography of Bhutan. Throughout the journey, Khenpo Choga Rinpoche guided practices, offered teachings, performed rituals, and engaged in formal and informal exchanges with senior Bhutanese lamas and monastic authorities. In this way, the pilgrimage expressed the values of living transmission and ethical continuity that also guide the work of the Dzogchen Shri Singha Foundation...

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