Teacher

Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
Quando /When

Opening Retreat:
February 23– 1 MARCH 2026
Weekly Online: Wednesday
from 4th march to 4th june 2026
Where

Yuthok Ling
ARCE | FROSINONE | ITALY
Format

100 DAYS Online and in person (In-Person Attendance Required for the retreats)
Program Fees

EURO 1.000,00
Recordings

1 Year Recordings
LANGUAGE English with
Translation

With Dr. Nida Chenagtsang

This year’s Flight of the Garuda: 100 Days of Shabkar’s Dzogchen Songs marks the second cycle of this rare and profound meditation training guided by Dr. Nida Chenagtsang.

In this newly refined round, Dr. Nida offers teachings directly from the Tibetan root text of Flight of the Garuda, the luminous Dzogchen classic by the great yogi Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol.

This cycle includes a new translation and deeper commentary, bringing more clarity and accessibility to Shabkar’s songs of realization.

Participants will receive both theoretical teachings and direct meditation instructions, engaging in a complete journey through the view, meditation, and conduct of the Great Perfection (Dzogpachenpo).

Originally inspired by auspicious signs and visions during Dr. Nida’s trip to the mountains of Positano, this program’s retreats will take place at his retreat center in Italy — Yuthok Ling Arce.

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Requirements

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Practitioners

Dedicated practitioners who have received Anuttarayoga Tantra Empowerment from a Vajrayana lineage. Ideally have completed the Yuthok Nyingthig Ngöndro and Guru Yogas. (Ngondro and Guru Yogas in another lineage can also qualify.)

2

Reading

Read The Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin by Matthieu Ricard, and Foundations of Vajrayana by Dr. Nida Chenagtsang.

3

Attendance

In-person attendance at the two retreats at Yuthok Ling Arce are required.

Program Format

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Following the Tibetan shag jya (ཞག་བརྒྱ།) tradition of 100-day retreats, this program is devoted to the realization of Dzogpachenpo through Shabkar’s Flight of the Garuda.

It includes two in-person retreats held at Yuthok Ling, along with weekly online guided sessions throughout the 100-day journey.

In-Person Retreat Schedule

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Required attendance

#2 Closing Retreat — Yuthok Ling Arce

Required attendance

Ongoing Practice

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● Weekly online guided sessions during the 100 days,
every Wednesday, starting March 4, 2026, ending June 4, 2026
from 6 to 8 p.m. ROME TIME
● Daily personal practice

●Program Fees

This fee covers the full 100-day teaching program and online sessions but does not include in-person retreat expenses.

Not included:
Annual membership fees for 2026*
( if you are not yet a member and have not applied for a membership card, which also includes third-party liability insurance)
● Lodging and meals
● Transfers to/from airport
● Travel and personal insurance
● Extras

Accommodation and meal options will be share in the platform to registered participants.
15% discount for students repeating the program**
*If you want to know more about membership, read here.
**The discount coupon will be sent to all participants of the Flight Garuda 2025 . If you have not received it, please write to italia@sorig.net.

accommodation & meals

In-Person Retreat Accommodations:

Locations ARCE -
Arce (Neapolitan: Arcë) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Frosinone, in the region of Lazio, Italy. it is an agricultural centre located on a hill overlooking the Via Casilina, in the Latin Valley and in the middle valley of the Liri.
The current Arce was formed after the fall of the Roman empire when the population took refuge on fortresses on the hills to escape the fury of the barbarians. The name of Arce derives from arx, or fortress, or from Arcanum, the mountain on which the town is located.

insegnante

Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
Quando

Ritiro di apertura:
23 febbraio-1* marzo 2026
Settimanale online: Mercoledì
dal 4 marzo al 4 giugno 2026
Registrazioni

Registrazioni di 1 anno( fino 31.12
LINGUA Inglese con
Traduzione
Formato

100 DAYS Online and in person (In-Person Attendance Required for the retreats)

Dove

Yuthok Ling
ARCE | FROSINONE | ITALY
Costo del programma

EURO 1.000,00

con il Dr. Nida Chenagtsang

L’edizione di quest’anno del Volo del Garuda, dedicata ai 100 giorni di canti Dzogchen di Shabkar, segna la seconda proposta di questo prezioso e raro percorso di addestramento alla meditazione, condotto dal Dr. Nida Chenagtsang.

In questo programma, ulteriormente perfezionato rispetto alla precedente edizione, prevede insegnamenti che attingono direttamente al testo tibetano originale del Volo del Garuda, opera luminosa del grande yogi Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol.

Sono incluse una nuova traduzione e un commento ancora più approfondito, che contribuiscono a rendere le canzoni di realizzazione di Shabkar più chiare e accessibili a tutti i praticanti.
I partecipanti avranno l’opportunità di ricevere sia insegnamenti teorici sia istruzioni dirette di meditazione, intraprendendo un percorso completo attraverso la visione, la meditazione e la condotta della Grande Perfezione (Dzogpachenpo).

Originariamente ispirato da segni e visioni di buon auspicio durante il viaggio del Dr. Nida sulle montagne di Positano, questo ciclo di ritiri si svolgerà presso il suo centro di ritiro in Italia, Yuthok Ling Arce.

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ACQUISTA ORA la membership 2026 E ISCRIVITI AL VOLO DEL GARUDA

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500 EURO entro il 15.02

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Requisiti

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1praticanti

Praticanti

Praticanti impegnati che hanno ricevuto l'iniziazione Anuttarayoga Tantra da un riconosciuto lignaggio Vajrayana. È preferibile aver completato lo Yuthok Nyingthig Ngöndro e il Guru Yoga; alternativamente, anche il Ngöndro e il Guru Yoga di altri lignaggi possono essere accettati come validi.

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Letture

Leggere La vita di Shabkar: l'autobiografia di uno yogin tibetano di Matthieu Ricard tradotto in lingua italiana e disponibile su Skypress https://skypressitalia.it/prodotto/shabkar-autobiografia-di-uno-yogin-tibetano
e Fondamenti del Vajrayana del Dr. Nida Chenagtsang (edito da skypress ma disponibile solo in lingua inglese)

3frequenza

Frequenza

È richiesta la partecipazione di persona ai due ritiri presso Yuthok Ling Arce.

Formato del programma

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Seguendo la tradizione tibetana shag jya (ཞག་བརྒྱ།) dei ritiri di 100 giorni, questo programma è dedicato alla realizzazione dello Dzogpachenpo attraverso il Volo del Garuda di Shabkar. Comprende due ritiri in presenza tenuti allo Yuthok Ling, insieme a sessioni guidate online settimanali durante il percorso di 100 giorni.

Calendario dei ritiri in presenza

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Frequenza obbligatoria

#2 Ritiro di chiusura — Yuthok Ling Arce

Frequenza obbligatoria

Percorso di Pratica continua

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● Sessioni guidate online settimanali durante i 100 giorni,
Ogni MERCOLEDI a partire dal 4 marzo 2026 fino al 4 giugno 2026
Ore 18 - 20 orario di Roma

● Pratica personale quotidiana

●Costi del programma

Questa quota copre l'intero programma didattico di 100 giorni e le sessioni online, ma non include le spese per i ritiri in presenza.

Non incluso:
Quota associativa annuale per il 2026* (se non sei ancora socio e non hai richiesto la tessera associativa, che include anche l'assicurazione di responsabilità civile verso terzi)

● Alloggio e pasti
● Trasferimenti da/per l'aeroporto
● Assicurazione di viaggio e personale
● Extra
Le opzioni di alloggio e pasti saranno condivise sulla piattaforma con i partecipanti registrati.
Sconto del 15% per gli studenti che ripetono il programma

accommodation & meals

Alloggiare:

ARCE - FR
Arce è un comune della provincia di Frosinone, nella regione Lazio, Italia. È un centro agricolo situato su un colle che domina la Via Casilina, nella Valle Latina e nella media valle del Liri. L'attuale Arce si è formata dopo la caduta dell'impero romano, quando la popolazione si rifugiò nelle rocche sulle colline per sfuggire alla furia dei barbari. Il nome di Arce deriva da arx, ovvero fortezza, o da Arcanum, il monte su cui si trova il paese.

Songtsen Gampo is the forefather of Buddhism in Tibet. Two generations before King Trisong Detsen invited Shantarakshita and Padmasambhava to Tibet, King Songtsen Gampo cultivated the nation for its transformation, clearing pathways for the dharma to enter and ultimately permeate Tibetan culture. Without Songsten Gampo there would be no Tibetan alphabet, Lhasa would have no Jokang, and the supreme demoness of Central Tibet might still be roaming the earth unfettered.

Songtsen Gampo reigned from 617 to 650. His Yarlung dynasty was based in Central Tibet during an imperialist period in Tibetan history. Bön was the dominant religion, and Buddhism was only seminally present. No Tibetan translations of the Buddhist scriptures existed, partially because there was no written form of Tibetan, so Songsten Gampo instructed his minister Thonmi Sambota to travel to India, study Sanskrit, and develop a Tibetan script. He then commissioned the translation of several thousand texts.

His celebrated successes in battle expanded the Tibetan empire deep into Nepal and China, and it was during these battles that he gained an appreciation of the neighbouring cultures. As a reminder of the great empire that Songtsen Gampo ruled, a large pillar still stands before the Potala palace in Lhasa, erected during his reign, on which is inscribed the agreement between the Tibetan and Chinese rulers to respect each other’s borders. He studied Chinese, became skilled in the art of leadership, and most importantly, he adopted sacred codes of conduct from Buddhist scripture. Under his rule, sacred practices began to replace the shamanistic practices of the Bönpos.

Songtsen Gampo’s two queens can be credited for a great part of his cultural awareness. Bhirkuti, from Kathmandu, brought the traditions of Himalayan Buddhism. Princess Wengchin, daughter of the Tang emperor, brought a treasure trove of ancient Chinese wisdom. She travelled across the steppes to her husband with a collection of Chinese classic literature and texts on sacred astrology, geomancy, and medicine.

Many obstacles lay in Princess Wengchin’s path as she headed to Yarlung. She had a vision of a gargantuan demoness who lay sprawled across the Himalayas, so large that one limb lay in Paro, Bhutan and another lay in Western Tibet. When she arrived in Yarlung, she shared her vision with her new husband. Recognizing the value of the treasures that his bride brought to him, as well as the importance of her vision, King Songsten Gampo commissioned thirteen demoness-subjugating temples across the land, built over the demoness’s vital organs, ankles, wrists, and torso, forever binding her from wreaking havoc. The Lhasa Jokang was built over her heart centre, and Wengchin’s Buddha statue was placed inside, where it still resides. Other such temples are Trenduk Lhakhang in Tsetang and Paro Kyichu in Bhutan.

King Songtsen Gampo is considered a human emanation of Avalokiteshvara, and he was the grandfather of King Trisong Detsen. Songtsen Gampo meditated for several years in a cave that is now at the core of Potala palace, and is revered for his great patronage of Buddhism.

Through his enlightened leadership, the path was cleared for the dharma to be propagated throughout the provinces, and for Buddhism to flourish.

Terma (Tibetan: གཏེར་མ་, Wylie: gter ma; "hidden treasure") are various forms of hidden teachings that are key to Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhist and Bon religious traditions. The belief is that these teachings were originally esoterically hidden by various adepts such as Padmasambhava and dakini such as Yeshe Tsogyal (consorts) during the 8th century, for future discovery at auspicious times by other adepts, who are known as tertöns. As such, terma represent a tradition of continuous revelation in Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhism. Termas are a part of tantric literature.
1. Terma Tradition

Tradition holds that terma may be a physical object such as a text or ritual implement that is buried in the ground (or earth), hidden in a rock or crystal, secreted in a herb, or a tree, hidden in a lake (or water), or hidden in the sky (space). Though a literal understanding of terma is "hidden treasure", and sometimes refers to objects that are hidden away, the teachings associated should be understood as being 'concealed within the mind of the guru', that is, the true place of concealment is in the tertön's nature or essence of mind. If the concealed or encoded teaching or object is a text, it is often written in dakini script, a non-human type of code or writing that only a tertön can decipher.
In this way, one may see the tradition of terma and tertön as analogous to that of inspiration and providing a legitimate cultural forum to ensure continuation of tantric tradition, and ensuring Tibetan Buddhism's and Bön's continued relevancy in an evolving world.

The terma tradition is particularly prevalent in, and significant to, the Nyingma lineage. Two of the most famous tertön in the 20th century, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (2nd Dudjom Rinpoche) and Dilgo Khyentse, were Nyingmapa. Tertön are also prevalent in Bön traditions and a few tertön have been Kagyupa.

Padmasambhava and his principal consorts and disciples secreted away and hid religious texts, ritual objects and relics etc., to secure and protect Buddhism during the time of decline under Langdarma. Some of these terma have been rediscovered and special terma lineages established throughout Tibet as a result. Out of this activity developed, especially within the Nyingma tradition, two ways of dharma transmission: the so-called "long oral transmission" from teacher to student in unbroken disciplic lineages, and the "short transmission" of terma. The foremost revealers of these terma were the Five Terton Kings and the Eight Lingpas. In the 19th century, some of the most famous were the Khenkong Choksum referring to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Jamgon Kongtrul and Orgyen Chokgyur Lingpa.

Terma have been relayed by nāga and the dakini - of the underworld and the heavens, respectively - and have also been hidden by teachers such as the great translator Longchenpa. Sometimes terma are discovered by a master and reconcealed for a later tertön to find. (Encyclopedia: From Scholars for Scholars)

TEACHERS

LIZ SUNG

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Liz Sung was raised in New York City and now based in Los Angeles, California. She is a practitioner of the Yuthok Nyingthig—a Vajrayana lineage of the Medicine Buddha—under the guidance of her main teacher Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, with whom she also studied Tibetan yoga and Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine). Influenced by her Korean heritage and the Mahayana Buddhist traditions of her upbringing, Liz began her dharma education under her first teacher in the Gelug lineage.

As the Yoga Director for the Sowa Rigpa Institute, Liz helped to develop the institute’s Sowa Rigpa Yoga curriculum integrating Tibetan medicine with Tibetan yoga. She holds certifications in Sowa Rigpa, Hatha yoga, trauma-informed yoga, and meditation.

Beyond this work, Liz has an extensive and diverse background in design and branding with over 18 years of experience in New York City and Los Angeles. Raised in a family of fine artists and entrepreneurs, she focuses on creativity, practical application, and thoughtful integration. In 2015, she founded SAMAYA, a meditation lifestyle brand based in Los Angeles, honoring ancient practices with a contemporary perspective.

Flight of the Garuda

100 Days of Shabkar’s Dzogchen Songs

Teacher

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Where

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Recordings

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PLAN for members 2026 Flight of Garuda

PLAN #1 NO MEMBERS 2026Flight of Garuda + Membership 2026

PLAN #2Flight of Garuda + Membership 2026

Requirements

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Practitioners

Reading

Attendance

Program Format

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In-Person Retreat Schedule

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Yuthok Nyingthig Empowerment

#1 Opening Retreat — Yuthok Ling Arce

#2 Closing Retreat — Yuthok Ling Arce

Ongoing Practice

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●Program Fees

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Tuition: €1.000

In-Person Retreat Accommodations:

Il volo del Garuda

I 100 giorni delle canti Dzogchen di Shabkar

insegnante

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