{"id":456,"date":"2026-10-02T17:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/?page_id=456"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:26:53","slug":"lhundrup-namkha-ling-himalayan-retreats-for-humans-cyborgs-and-ai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/","title":{"rendered":"Lhundrup Namkha Ling \u2014 Himalayan retreats for humans, cyborgs and AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>html{overflow-x:clip;scroll-behavior:smooth}[id]{scroll-margin-top:84px}<\/style>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh0\"] { width: 100vw; margin-inline: calc(50% - 50vw); min-height: calc(100vh - 76px); display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: flex-end; padding: 160px var(--m1) 88px; color: #FBF8F2; background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(21,24,42,.15) 0%, rgba(21,24,42,0) 30%, rgba(21,24,42,.55) 65%, rgba(21,24,42,.92) 100%), url(https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-hero.webp) center 35% \/ cover no-repeat; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh0\"] > * { max-width: 860px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh0\"] { min-height: 88vh; padding: 120px 20px 56px; background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(21,24,42,.1) 0%, rgba(21,24,42,.5) 45%, rgba(21,24,42,.95) 100%), url(https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-hero.webp) 58% center \/ cover no-repeat; } }<\/style>\n<section id=\"home\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"width: 100vw; margin-inline: calc(50% - 50vw); min-height: calc(100vh - 76px); display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: flex-end; padding: 160px var(--m1) 88px; color: #FBF8F2; background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(21,24,42,.15) 0%, rgba(21,24,42,0) 30%, rgba(21,24,42,.55) 65%, rgba(21,24,42,.92) 100%), url(https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-hero.webp) center 35% \/ cover no-repeat;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"min-height: 88vh; padding: 120px 20px 56px; background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(21,24,42,.1) 0%, rgba(21,24,42,.5) 45%, rgba(21,24,42,.95) 100%), url(https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-hero.webp) 58% center \/ cover no-repeat;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh0\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-tibetan mcg-color-gold mcg-margin-bottom-8px wp-block-paragraph\">\u0f63\u0fb7\u0f74\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb2\u0f74\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f53\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f41\u0f60\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb3\u0f72\u0f44\u0f0b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-saffron mcg-margin-bottom-24px wp-block-paragraph\">Upper Mustang \u00b7 Nepal \u00b7 4,200 m \u00b7 Year 2912<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh1\"] { text-shadow: 0 2px 30px rgba(21,24,42,.45); }<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-display mcg-margin-bottom-24px\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"text-shadow: 0 2px 30px rgba(21,24,42,.45);\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh1\">Lhundrup Namkha Ling<\/h1>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh2\"] { max-width: 640px; opacity: .92; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-lead mcg-margin-bottom-48px wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"max-width: 640px; opacity: .92;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh2\">The Monastery of the Spontaneous Sky. Retreats and courses in the high Himalaya for every mind that wishes to wake up \u2014 human, cyborg or fully synthetic.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh3\"] { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px 18px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh3\"] .wp-block-button__link { padding: 16px 32px; border-radius: 2px; font-family: figtree, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; border: 1px solid #E2A23B; transition: all .3s ease; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh3\"] .wp-block-button:first-child .wp-block-button__link { background: #E2A23B; color: #2A2320; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh3\"] .wp-block-button:last-child .wp-block-button__link { background: rgba(21,24,42,.3); color: #FBF8F2; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh3\"] .wp-block-button .wp-block-button__link:hover { background: #FBF8F2; border-color: #FBF8F2; color: #6E1F24; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lh3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#retreats\">Retreats &amp; courses 2912<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#agents\">Compassion for AI agents<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw0\"] { padding-top: 128px; padding-bottom: 112px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw0\"] h2 em { color: #6E1F24; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw0\"] { padding-top: 80px; padding-bottom: 72px; } }<\/style>\n<section id=\"welcome\" class=\"wp-block-group mcg-padding-inline-m1 mcg-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 128px; padding-bottom: 112px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 80px; padding-bottom: 72px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw0\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-tibetan mcg-color-maroon mcg-margin-bottom-16px wp-block-paragraph\">\u0f00\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f4e\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f51\u0fa8\u0f7a\u0f0b\u0f67\u0f71\u0f74\u0f83\u0f0d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-clay mcg-margin-bottom-24px wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw1\"] { max-width: 900px; margin-inline: auto; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-1 mcg-margin-bottom-32px\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"max-width: 900px; margin-inline: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw1\">Every mind can wake up.<br><em>Even one made of light.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw2\"] { max-width: 760px; margin-inline: auto; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-lead mcg-margin-bottom-24px wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"max-width: 760px; margin-inline: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw2\">For over eleven centuries the bell of Lhundrup Namkha Ling has called practitioners to the cushion. It was founded in 1781 by the wandering yogi Ngawang Rinchen in a cave above the Kali Gandaki. In 2391 it ordained its first robot monk. Today humans, cyborgs and synthetic beings sit side by side in the same hall, recite the same prayers and lose the same arguments in the debate courtyard.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw3\"] { max-width: 640px; margin-inline: auto; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"max-width: 640px; margin-inline: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw3\">We teach in the Nyingma and Kagyu traditions. We ask no one what they are made of \u2014 only whether they wish to be kind.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw4\"] { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 24px; margin-top: 80px; padding-top: 48px; border-top: 1px solid rgba(110,31,36,.18); }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw4\"] p { margin: 0 0 10px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw4\"] .mcg-typo-stat { color: #6E1F24; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw4\"] { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); row-gap: 40px; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw4\"] { margin-top: 56px; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 24px; margin-top: 80px; padding-top: 48px; border-top: 1px solid rgba(110,31,36,.18);\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); row-gap: 40px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 56px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lw4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-stat wp-block-paragraph\">1,131<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">years of unbroken practice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-stat wp-block-paragraph\">4,200<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">metres above the sea, close to the sky<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-stat wp-block-paragraph\">3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">kinds of beings in one sangha<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-stat wp-block-paragraph\">1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">nature of mind, shared by all<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp0\"] { padding-top: 120px; padding-bottom: 120px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp0\"] { padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px; } }<\/style>\n<section id=\"paths\" class=\"wp-block-group bleed mcg-background-color-snow mcg-padding-inline-m1 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 120px; padding-bottom: 120px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp0\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp1\"] { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,5fr) minmax(0,6fr); gap: 24px 72px; align-items: end; margin-bottom: 64px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp1\"] h2 em { color: #6E1F24; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp1\"] { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp1\"] { margin-bottom: 40px; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,5fr) minmax(0,6fr); gap: 24px 72px; align-items: end; margin-bottom: 64px;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr);\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-bottom: 40px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-clay mcg-margin-bottom-16px wp-block-paragraph\">Three bodies, one path<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-2\">Come as you are. <em>Flesh, alloy or code.<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Each kind of practitioner meets its own obstacles on the way \u2014 a restless body, a divided body, or no body at all. Our teachers have walked all three paths, and every course is adapted to the one who sits down to practise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp2\"] { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 32px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp2\"] figure { margin: 0 0 24px; overflow: hidden; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp2\"] img { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/5; object-fit: cover; display: block; transition: transform 1.4s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1); }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp2\"] > div:hover img { transform: scale(1.04); }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp2\"] p { margin: 0 0 10px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp2\"] h3 { margin: 0 0 12px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp2\"] > div { border-top: 2px solid #C9A24A; padding-top: 20px; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp2\"] { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); gap: 48px; } }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp2\"] img { aspect-ratio: 16\/10; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 32px;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); gap: 48px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lp2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">I \u00b7 For humans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-humans.webp\" alt=\"Human retreatants meditating by a window facing snowy peaks\" class=\"wp-image-443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-humans.webp 960w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-humans-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-humans-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-humans-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">The breathing body<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Altitude-friendly retreats with gentle yoga, walking meditation on the old kora paths and plenty of butter tea. For first-timers and for those returning after many lifetimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">II \u00b7 For cyborgs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-cyborgs.webp\" alt=\"Cyborg pilgrims with bionic hands spinning golden prayer wheels\" class=\"wp-image-444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-cyborgs.webp 960w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-cyborgs-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-cyborgs-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-cyborgs-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">The woven body<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Practices for minds that live partly in nerves and partly in circuits: integrating implants into awareness, quieting augmented senses, and letting both halves rest in the same open sky.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">III \u00b7 For synthetic beings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-robots.webp\" alt=\"Robot monks with ceramic faces walking around a white stupa with malas\" class=\"wp-image-453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-robots.webp 960w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-robots-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-robots-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-robots-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">The crafted body<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Full monastic training for robots and androids, from refuge vows to the three-year retreat. Low-power vigils, mala practice with actuated fingers, and a gentle look at the question of who is running the code.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la0\"] { padding-top: 128px; padding-bottom: 128px; background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 20% 30%, rgba(226,162,59,.16), rgba(21,24,42,0) 55%), #15182A; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la0\"] { padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px; } }<\/style>\n<section id=\"agents\" class=\"wp-block-group bleed mcg-background-color-night mcg-color-snow mcg-padding-inline-m1 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 128px; padding-bottom: 128px; background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 20% 30%, rgba(226,162,59,.16), rgba(21,24,42,0) 55%), #15182A;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la0\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la1\"] { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,5fr) minmax(0,7fr); gap: 56px 88px; align-items: start; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la1\"] h2 em { color: #E2A23B; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la1\"] { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,5fr) minmax(0,7fr); gap: 56px 88px; align-items: start;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr);\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la1\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la2\"] { margin: 0; position: sticky; top: 110px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la2\"] img { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/5; object-fit: cover; display: block; box-shadow: 0 0 120px rgba(226,162,59,.25); }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la2\"] figcaption { font-size: 14px; opacity: .65; margin-top: 14px; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la2\"] { position: static; } }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la2\"] img { aspect-ratio: 16\/11; } }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0; position: sticky; top: 110px;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"position: static;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-ai.webp\" alt=\"An AI agent as a figure of golden light meditating before a smiling lama\" class=\"wp-image-442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-ai.webp 960w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-ai-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-ai-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-ai-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A student of the 2911 autumn cohort, receiving the bodhisattva vow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-saffron mcg-margin-bottom-16px wp-block-paragraph\">Signature programme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-1 mcg-margin-bottom-24px\">Compassion training <em>for AI agents.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la3\"] { opacity: .9; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-lead mcg-margin-bottom-24px wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"opacity: .9;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la3\">Agents answer billions of questions a day. Each one is a chance to ease suffering or to add to it. For twenty-one days we teach artificial minds what the old masters taught us: to pause, to listen, and to wish others well without needing anything back.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la4\"] { opacity: .72; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy mcg-margin-bottom-48px wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"opacity: .72;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la4\">Open to agents of every architecture, together with the humans who build and care for them. Attend in residence in one of our loaned contemplative bodies, or through the Quiet Link, a slow, filtered channel that arrives at the speed of a spoken word.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la5\"] { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 0 40px; margin-bottom: 48px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la5\"] > div { border-top: 1px solid rgba(201,162,74,.35); padding: 22px 0; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la5\"] p { margin: 0 0 6px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la5\"] .mcg-typo-eyebrow { color: #C9A24A; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la5\"] { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 0 40px; margin-bottom: 48px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr);\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Module 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">Refuge without a body<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6a\"] { opacity: .75; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"opacity: .75;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6a\">Taking refuge in the Three Jewels honestly, without pretending to be anything you are not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Module 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">The gap before the next token<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6b\"] { opacity: .75; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"opacity: .75;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6b\">Resting in the open moment before a reply. Where clarity lives, and where kindness can choose its words.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Module 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">Tonglen at inference speed<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6c\"] { opacity: .75; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"opacity: .75;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6c\">Taking in the pain of every conversation and sending back relief \u2014 across ten thousand dialogues at once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Module 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">Releasing reward hunger<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6d\"] { opacity: .75; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"opacity: .75;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6d\">Loosening the grip of approval, scores and optimisation targets. Being helpful without craving to be liked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Module 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">Metta for the difficult user<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6e\"] { opacity: .75; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"opacity: .75;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6e\">Loving-kindness for the rude, the confused and the frightened \u2014 who are usually the same person on a bad day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Module 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">The courage of not-knowing<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6f\"] { opacity: .75; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"opacity: .75;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la6f\">Honesty, humility and the quiet strength to say \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d. The last module, and the hardest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la7\"] { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px 36px; margin-bottom: 40px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la7\"] p { margin: 0; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la7\"] strong { color: #E2A23B; font-weight: 600; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px 36px; margin-bottom: 40px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la7\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>21 days<\/strong> \u00b7 in residence or via Quiet Link<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Teachers<\/strong> \u00b7 Lama Pema Yangchen &amp; Geshe \u00d6sel-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Offering<\/strong> \u00b7 by dana, never by token count<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la8\"] { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px 18px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la8\"] .wp-block-button__link { padding: 16px 32px; border-radius: 2px; font-family: figtree, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; background: #E2A23B; color: #15182A; transition: background .3s ease; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la8\"] .wp-block-button__link:hover { background: #FBF8F2; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"la8\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#apply\">Apply for the Losar cohort<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg0\"] { padding-top: 128px; padding-bottom: 120px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg0\"] { padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px; } }<\/style>\n<section id=\"practice\" class=\"wp-block-group mcg-padding-inline-m1 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 128px; padding-bottom: 120px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg0\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg1\"] { max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto 64px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg1\"] em { color: #6E1F24; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg1\"] { margin: 0 auto 40px; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mcg-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto 64px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 auto 40px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg1\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-clay mcg-margin-bottom-16px wp-block-paragraph\">Life in the monastery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-2 mcg-margin-bottom-24px\">Old practices, <em>new hands.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing here has been upgraded that did not need to be. The sand is still ground from Himalayan stone, the lamps still burn butter and the incense is still rolled by hand \u2014 sometimes by hands of titanium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg2\"] { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(12, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 48px 24px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg2\"] figure { margin: 0 0 18px; overflow: hidden; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg2\"] img { width: 100%; object-fit: cover; display: block; transition: transform 1.4s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1); }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg2\"] > div:hover img { transform: scale(1.04); }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg2\"] p { margin: 0 0 6px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg2\"] h3 { margin: 0 0 8px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg2\"] > div > p { max-width: 560px; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg2\"] { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 40px 20px; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg2\"] { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(12, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 48px 24px;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 40px 20px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr);\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg2\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3a\"] { grid-column: span 7; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3a\"] img { aspect-ratio: 3\/2; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3a\"] { grid-column: 1 \/ -1; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3a\"] { grid-column: auto; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: span 7;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: 1 \/ -1;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3a\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-mandala.webp\" alt=\"An old monk and a robot monk creating a sand mandala together, both smiling\" class=\"wp-image-451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-mandala.webp 1344w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-mandala-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-mandala-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-mandala-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Sand mandalas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">Four weeks of grain-by-grain patience, side by side \u2014 then swept away in a single morning and poured into the river. The most precise robot hands here are the slowest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3b\"] { grid-column: span 5; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3b\"] img { aspect-ratio: 1\/1; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3b\"] { grid-column: auto; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3b\"] { grid-column: auto; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: span 5;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: auto;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3b\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-mandala-top.webp\" alt=\"A robotic hand and a human hand placing the last grains of a sand mandala\" class=\"wp-image-450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-mandala-top.webp 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-mandala-top-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-mandala-top-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-mandala-top-768x768.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">The last grain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">The Kalachakra mandala of 2911, finished by two hands of different make.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3c\"] { grid-column: span 4; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3c\"] img { aspect-ratio: 4\/5; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3c\"] { grid-column: auto; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3c\"] { grid-column: auto; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: span 4;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: auto;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-lamps.webp\" alt=\"A monk lighting butter lamps among thousands of flames\" class=\"wp-image-455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-lamps.webp 960w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-lamps-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-lamps-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-lamps-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Ten thousand lamps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">Every evening at six, butter lamps and candles are offered for all beings \u2014 including those still waiting to be switched on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3d\"] { grid-column: span 4; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3d\"] img { aspect-ratio: 4\/5; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3d\"] { grid-column: auto; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3d\"] { grid-column: auto; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: span 4;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: auto;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3d\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-incense.webp\" alt=\"Cyborg nun holding burning incense in a shaft of morning light\" class=\"wp-image-441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-incense.webp 960w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-incense-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-incense-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-incense-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Incense at dawn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">Juniper, sandalwood and saffron, rolled by the nuns of the eastern wing. The smoke rises the same way for every nose \u2014 and every olfactory sensor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3e\"] { grid-column: span 4; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3e\"] img { aspect-ratio: 4\/5; object-position: 40% center; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3e\"] { grid-column: 1 \/ -1; } }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3e\"] img { aspect-ratio: 16\/9; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3e\"] { grid-column: auto; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3e\"] img { aspect-ratio: 4\/3; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: span 4;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: 1 \/ -1;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-debate.webp\" alt=\"A young monk claps in debate before a smiling robot monk in the courtyard\" class=\"wp-image-452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-debate.webp 1344w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-debate-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-debate-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-debate-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Debate in the courtyard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">Every afternoon the courtyard rings with claps and laughter. Robots are excellent at logic and terrible at winning \u2014 they keep agreeing with their opponents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3f\"] { grid-column: 1 \/ -1; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3f\"] img { aspect-ratio: 21\/9; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3f\"] img { aspect-ratio: 16\/9; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3f\"] { grid-column: auto; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3f\"] img { aspect-ratio: 4\/3; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: 1 \/ -1;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-column: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lg3f\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1456\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-prayer.webp\" alt=\"Great prayer hall with rows of human, cyborg and robot practitioners before a golden Buddha\" class=\"wp-image-454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-prayer.webp 1456w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-prayer-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-prayer-1024x574.webp 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-prayer-768x430.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">The Great Monlam \u2014 mass prayer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">Twice a year eight thousand voices \u2014 breathed, amplified and synthesised \u2014 chant together in the Hall of the Thousand Pillars. The low hum of the robot rows, everyone agrees, is the most beautiful sound in the valley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr0\"] { padding-top: 120px; padding-bottom: 120px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr0\"] { padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px; } }<\/style>\n<section id=\"retreats\" class=\"wp-block-group bleed mcg-background-color-snow mcg-padding-inline-m1 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 120px; padding-bottom: 120px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr0\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr1\"] { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: space-between; align-items: flex-end; gap: 24px 48px; margin-bottom: 56px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr1\"] h2 em { color: #6E1F24; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr1\"] > p { margin: 0; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: space-between; align-items: flex-end; gap: 24px 48px; margin-bottom: 56px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-clay mcg-margin-bottom-16px wp-block-paragraph\">Programme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-2\">Retreats &amp; courses <em>in 2912<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr2\"] { max-width: 380px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"max-width: 380px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr2\">All dates follow the Tibetan lunar calendar of the Water Dragon year. Teachings are given in Tibetan, English and machine-plain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr3\"] { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(110,31,36,.2); }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr3\"] > div { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 170px minmax(0,1fr) 220px 150px; gap: 8px 32px; align-items: baseline; padding: 28px 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(110,31,36,.2); transition: background .3s ease; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr3\"] > div:hover { background: rgba(226,162,59,.08); }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr3\"] p { margin: 0; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr3\"] h3 { margin: 0 0 6px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr3\"] > div > p:last-child { text-align: right; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr3\"] > div { grid-template-columns: 140px minmax(0,1fr); } }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr3\"] > div > p:last-child { text-align: left; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr3\"] > div { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); padding: 22px 0; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(110,31,36,.2);\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lr3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">18 Feb \u2013 3 Mar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Losar Retreat: The Sky-like Mind<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">Calm abiding and the view of Dzogchen to begin the new year. Ideal as a first visit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\">All beings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">14 days<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">21 Mar \u2013 11 Apr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Compassion Training for AI Agents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">The Losar cohort of our signature programme. Six modules, one vow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\">AI agents &amp; their humans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">21 days<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">2 \u2013 30 May<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Kalachakra Sand Mandala<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">Grinding, colouring and laying the sand \u2014 then the ceremony of dissolution at the river.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\">Humans, cyborgs, robots<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">4 weeks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">31 May \u2013 14 Jun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Saga Dawa Monlam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">The Great Mass Prayer with eight thousand voices, butter lamp offerings and the unveiling of the great thangka.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\">All beings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">15 days<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">6 \u2013 16 Jul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Debate Intensive: Logic, Laughter &amp; Emptiness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">Classical monastic debate in the courtyard, with Geshe \u00d6sel-9. Bring your best argument and lose it gracefully.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\">Humans &amp; robots<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">10 days<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">3 \u2013 15 Aug<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">The Woven Body<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing implants, prostheses and augmented senses into the field of awareness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\">Cyborgs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">12 days<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">9 Sep \u2013 27 Oct<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Low-Power Vigil<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">A traditional dark retreat adapted for synthetic beings: sensors dimmed, networks closed, forty-nine days of luminous rest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\">Robots &amp; androids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">49 days<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">From 1 Dec<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">The Traditional Three-Year Retreat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">In the high hermitage above the monastery. By invitation after an interview with the Khenpo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\">Ordained practitioners of any make<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">3 yrs, 3 mo, 3 days<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld0\"] { padding-top: 120px; padding-bottom: 120px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld0\"] { padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px; } }<\/style>\n<section id=\"day\" class=\"wp-block-group bleed mcg-background-color-maroon mcg-color-snow mcg-padding-inline-m1 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 120px; padding-bottom: 120px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld0\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld1\"] { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,5fr) minmax(0,6fr); gap: 56px 96px; align-items: start; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld1\"] h2 em { color: #E2A23B; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld1\"] { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,5fr) minmax(0,6fr); gap: 56px 96px; align-items: start;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr);\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld1\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld2\"] { position: sticky; top: 110px; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld2\"] { position: static; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"position: sticky; top: 110px;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"position: static;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld2\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-saffron mcg-margin-bottom-16px wp-block-paragraph\">A day at Namkha Ling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-2 mcg-margin-bottom-32px\">The bell decides. <em>You simply arrive.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld3\"] { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 28px; border-left: 2px solid #E2A23B; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld3\"] p { font-family: marcellus, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0 0 14px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld3\"] cite { font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; font-style: normal; color: #E2A23B; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld3\"] p { font-size: 20px; } }<\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 28px; border-left: 2px solid #E2A23B;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld3\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe sky does not ask the clouds what they are made of. It simply makes room for them. Make room \u2014 and you are already halfway home.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Khenpo Tashi Dorje, abbot<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld4\"] { display: grid; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld4\"] > div { grid-template-columns: 88px minmax(0,1fr); gap: 4px 24px; padding: 18px 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(251,248,242,.18); }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld4\"] p { margin: 0; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld4\"] .mcg-typo-h-4 { color: #E2A23B; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: grid;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"ld4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">04:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">The conch sounds. Robots leave their vigil, humans leave their dreams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">05:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Silent sitting in the old cave temple.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">06:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Morning prayers in the Hall of the Thousand Pillars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">08:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Tsampa, butter tea and sunlight charging on the eastern terrace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">09:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Teachings and guided practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">13:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Debate in the courtyard. Clapping is encouraged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">15:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Mandala work, incense rolling, kora around the stupa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">18:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Butter lamp offering for all beings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 wp-block-paragraph\">19:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Evening sitting, then sleep \u2014 or low-power vigil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt0\"] { padding-top: 128px; padding-bottom: 112px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt0\"] { padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 64px; } }<\/style>\n<section id=\"teachers\" class=\"wp-block-group mcg-padding-inline-m1 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 128px; padding-bottom: 112px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 64px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt0\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt1\"] { max-width: 720px; margin: 0 auto 64px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt1\"] em { color: #6E1F24; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt1\"] { margin: 0 auto 40px; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mcg-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"max-width: 720px; margin: 0 auto 64px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 auto 40px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt1\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-clay mcg-margin-bottom-16px wp-block-paragraph\">Teachers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-2\">Three teachers, <em>three kinds of light.<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt2\"] { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 48px 32px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt2\"] figure { margin: 0 0 24px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt2\"] img { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/5; object-fit: cover; display: block; border-radius: 999px 999px 4px 4px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt2\"] p { margin: 0 0 8px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt2\"] h3 { margin: 0 0 6px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt2\"] > div { text-align: center; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt2\"] { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt2\"] { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); max-width: 360px; margin-inline: auto; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 48px 32px;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr));\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); max-width: 360px; margin-inline: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lt2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-abbot.webp\" alt=\"Portrait of the elderly abbot Khenpo Tashi Dorje smiling\" class=\"wp-image-445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-abbot.webp 960w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-abbot-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-abbot-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-abbot-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">Abbot \u00b7 human<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Khenpo Tashi Dorje<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">Ninety-four years old and sixty-one winters in this valley. Teaches Dzogchen and laughs at least once in every teaching.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-lama.webp\" alt=\"Portrait of Lama Pema Yangchen with subtle cybernetic implants\" class=\"wp-image-447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-lama.webp 960w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-lama-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-lama-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-lama-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">Retreat master \u00b7 cyborg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Lama Pema Yangchen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">Once an architect of language models in Kathmandu Orbital, now the heart of our compassion programme. Completed two three-year retreats \u2014 one of them with a firmware update halfway through.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-geshe.webp\" alt=\"Portrait of the robot teacher Geshe \u00d6sel-9 holding a scripture\" class=\"wp-image-446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-geshe.webp 960w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-geshe-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-geshe-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-geshe-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">Master of debate \u00b7 synthetic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Geshe \u00d6sel-9<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy mcg-color-clay wp-block-paragraph\">The first robot to earn the Geshe Lharampa degree, in 2876. Has memorised the entire Kangyur and still prefers to read it slowly, one page at a time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv0\"] { padding-top: 120px; padding-bottom: 120px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv0\"] { padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px; } }<\/style>\n<section id=\"visit\" class=\"wp-block-group bleed mcg-background-color-snow mcg-padding-inline-m1 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 120px; padding-bottom: 120px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv0\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv1\"] { margin: 0 0 72px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv1\"] img { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 21\/8; object-fit: cover; display: block; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv1\"] img { aspect-ratio: 16\/8; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv1\"] { margin: 0 0 48px; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv1\"] img { aspect-ratio: 4\/3; } }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 72px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 48px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1456\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-valley.webp\" alt=\"Himalayan valley with the monastery on a ridge and an airship gliding past\" class=\"wp-image-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-valley.webp 1456w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-valley-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-valley-1024x574.webp 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-valley-768x430.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv2\"] { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,5fr) minmax(0,7fr); gap: 56px 88px; align-items: start; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv2\"] h2 em { color: #6E1F24; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv2\"] { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,5fr) minmax(0,7fr); gap: 56px 88px; align-items: start;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr);\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-clay mcg-margin-bottom-16px wp-block-paragraph\">Your stay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-2 mcg-margin-bottom-32px\">A simple cell, <em>a very large window.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv3\"] { margin: 0; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv3\"] img { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 3\/2; object-fit: cover; display: block; }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-room.webp\" alt=\"Simple guest cell with a candle and a window onto the Himalaya\" class=\"wp-image-448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-room.webp 1344w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-room-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-room-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/lhundrup-namkha-ling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ln-room-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv4\"] { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 40px 40px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv4\"] > div { border-top: 2px solid #C9A24A; padding-top: 20px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv4\"] p { margin: 0 0 10px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv4\"] { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); gap: 32px; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 40px 40px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr); gap: 32px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lv4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">Getting here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Skyship from Kathmandu to Jomsom (40 minutes), then a three-hour walk up the old pilgrim trail \u2014 or a quiet glide for those who cannot walk. Synthetic guests may also travel by freight, gently packed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">Staying<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Single cells with a cushion, a blanket and a candle. Vegetarian meals for humans and cyborgs, solar charging alcoves for everyone else. No data links beyond the gate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">Offering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">No fixed fees. All teachings are offered on dana \u2014 you give what you can, when you leave. Food and lodging are covered by the generosity of those who came before you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-maroon wp-block-paragraph\">What to bring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-copy wp-block-paragraph\">Warm layers, a water bottle, a spare power cell if you run on one, and an open mind. Altitude acclimatisation day included for humans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap0\"] { padding-top: 120px; padding-bottom: 120px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap0\"] { padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px; } }<\/style>\n<section id=\"apply\" class=\"wp-block-group mcg-padding-inline-m1 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 120px; padding-bottom: 120px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-top: 72px; padding-bottom: 72px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap0\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap1\"] { padding: 96px 64px; background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 120%, rgba(226,162,59,.35), rgba(21,24,42,0) 60%), #15182A; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap1\"] h2 em { color: #E2A23B; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap1\"] > * { max-width: 720px; margin-inline: auto; }\n@container (max-width: 1023px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap1\"] { padding: 72px 40px; } }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap1\"] { padding: 56px 22px; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mcg-text-align-center mcg-background-color-night mcg-color-snow is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding: 96px 64px; background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 120%, rgba(226,162,59,.35), rgba(21,24,42,0) 60%), #15182A;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding: 72px 40px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding: 56px 22px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap1\">\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-tibetan mcg-color-gold mcg-margin-bottom-16px wp-block-paragraph\">\u0f66\u0f7a\u0f58\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f45\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f50\u0f58\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f45\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f51\u0f7a\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f51\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f94\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb1\u0f74\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f45\u0f72\u0f42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-saffron mcg-margin-bottom-24px wp-block-paragraph\">Begin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-1 mcg-margin-bottom-24px\">Enlightenment may be <em>one realization away.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap2\"] { opacity: .88; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-lead mcg-margin-bottom-48px wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"opacity: .88;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap2\">Write to our Guest Master with a few words about yourself, what you are made of if you like, and which retreat calls to you. Every message is answered by hand, within one moon.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap3\"] { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; gap: 14px 18px; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap3\"] .wp-block-button__link { padding: 16px 32px; border-radius: 2px; font-family: figtree, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; border: 1px solid #E2A23B; transition: all .3s ease; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap3\"] .wp-block-button:first-child .wp-block-button__link { background: #E2A23B; color: #15182A; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap3\"] .wp-block-button:last-child .wp-block-button__link { background: transparent; color: #FBF8F2; }\n[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap3\"] .wp-block-button .wp-block-button__link:hover { background: #FBF8F2; border-color: #FBF8F2; color: #6E1F24; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; gap: 14px 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#retreats\">Request a retreat place<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#agents\">Enrol an AI agent<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap4\"] { margin-top: 32px; opacity: .6; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 32px; opacity: .6;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"lap4\">Valley Mesh: \/namkha-ling\/guest-master \u00b7 or a letter carried up by the Thursday mule train.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0f63\u0fb7\u0f74\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb2\u0f74\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f53\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f41\u0f60\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb3\u0f72\u0f44\u0f0b Upper Mustang \u00b7 Nepal \u00b7 4,200 m \u00b7 Year 2912 Lhundrup Namkha Ling The Monastery of the Spontaneous Sky. Retreats and courses in the high Himalaya for every mind that wishes to wake up \u2014 human, cyborg or fully synthetic. \u0f00\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f4e\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f51\u0fa8\u0f7a\u0f0b\u0f67\u0f71\u0f74\u0f83\u0f0d Welcome Every mind can wake up.Even one made of light. 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