Ancient Tibetan Wisdom for Living a Meaningful and Successful Life:

An Evening Talk and Book Signing with Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche

Wednesday, July 29

7–8:30 PM

Free; donations are encouraged

Join Dzogchen meditation master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche for an inspiring evening exploring timeless wisdom for living a meaningful and successful life.

In this talk, Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche will share practical and profound teachings from The Tibetan Book of Success: A Guide to Relationships, Leadership, Communication, and Happiness, his newly released collection drawn from a rich tradition of secular Tibetan literature. Rinpoche will explore themes such as communication, integrity, compassion, leadership, and wise action, and how these enduring principles continue to offer practical guidance for everyday life and can help us cultivate greater happiness, stronger relationships, and a deeper sense of fulfillment.

Rinpoche will also offer a brief introduction to Pristine Mind meditation.

The book will be available for purchase, and a book signing will follow the talk.

About the Book

The Tibetan Book of Success presents four newly translated texts from a unique genre of classical Tibetan literature that, much like the writings of the Stoics in the Western tradition, offers practical guidance for creating a meaningful and successful life. These teachings offer clear and succinct guidance for cultivating happiness, success, harmonious relationships, and strong communities. They reveal that universal values—such as honest communication, integrity, fairness, reliability, respect, and generosity—are the foundation for living a good life.

Translated and introduced by Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche, the collection includes writings from renowned Tibetan meditation masters Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Patrul Rinpoche, and Sakya Pandita, as well as an 8th-century text discovered in the Dunhuang caves.

About Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche

Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche is a meditation master in the Dzogchen lineage of the Buddhist tradition, known for his accessible, passionate, and joyful approach to personal transformation. He grew up in a remote village in Eastern Tibet and received his education and training for nine years, starting at the age of fourteen, with the great Jigmed Phuntsok Rinpoche, who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of the twentieth century. A longtime resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche has been a lecturer at Stanford University and is the founder and spiritual director of Pristine Mind Foundation. He is the author of Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness; From Foundation to Summit: A Guide to Ngöndro and the Dzogchen Path; and the newly released The Tibetan Book of Success. For more information, visit pristinemind.org.