If you wish to engage more deeply in the Bön teachings, you must start with the Ngöndro (or preliminary practices).
In nine stages, it establishes a solid foundation of practice, cleanses your mind in order to recognize its true nature, to receive the blessings of the lineage and to establish a proper motivation for the practice (awakening of all beings).
- Lama’i Naldjor (Guru Yoga)
- Refuge
- Boddhicita
- Mandala Offering
- Purification by the mantra of 100 syllables
- 3 Mantras
Thereafter, the practice is centered around the Dzogchen.