Wakefulness is the way to life.
– Buddha Shakyamuni (Dhammapada, cited in Osho, Awareness)
This site is dedicated to Tibetan Buddhism – in particular to Tantrayana, the path of transformation. My intention here is to give an overview and to share undogmatic information. In autumn/winter 2026, I will also begin offering courses in two practices from the Tibetan tradition: Tsa Lung and Tog Chöd from Tantrayana, as taught by Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche.
The background of all Buddhist practices is the observation that our mind, in its everyday state, generates more suffering than happiness. It is clouded by attachment to what we desire; by aversion to what we dislike; by ignorance of the true nature of things; by pride that separates us from others; and by jealousy that makes it hard to bear the happiness of others. From these roots arises – often without our noticing – a great part of our daily suffering.
Buddha compares this state to sleep or dream. We are caught within our own ideas and concepts – dissatisfied, searching, exhausted, lost in our own stream of thoughts. At the mercy of outer conditions like a ship at the mercy of the ocean's waves.
It does not have to be this way. Buddha recognized that the true nature of mind is open, vast, pure and clear – filled with peace and bliss. Without any preconditions or outer circumstances. We are not the ship. We are not the waves. We are the ocean itself. This is the wakefulness he speaks of. This is being truly alive.
Buddha's insight goes beyond self-centered happiness. He recognized that everything is interconnected – no being exists on its own. From this arises the natural wish that all beings may experience this state. The aspiration for one's own awakening and the wish for the well-being of others are not in contradiction – they are expressions of the same insight.
Buddhism explores the foundations of this path – and the practices that allow us to recognize the true nature of mind. Tsa Lung and Tog Chöd are such practices: alive, timeless, accessible.
Practice as the Path
Insight alone is not enough. Buddha himself emphasized that the path does not end in understanding – but in realization. The difference between knowing that we are the ocean and actually experiencing this wakefulness is the difference between the finger pointing at the moon and the moon itself.
The body is not an obstacle here – it is the entry point. It is always in the present moment. Unlike the mind, it knows neither past nor future. Through conscious movement and breath we return to where insight is not thought, but lived. This is the way of Tantrayana.
Many people experience the mutual influence of body and mind in sports or in nature – but there it usually happens by chance, as a side effect. Tsa Lung and Tog Chöd turn this very connection into a conscious practice.
Tsa Lung and Tog Chöd are tantric methods that build a bridge from body to mind through movement, breath and presence.
Tsa Lung
The mind is the rider, the breath is the horse.
If the horse is lame, the rider cannot move forward.
If the rider is blind, the horse does not know where to go.
– Tibetan saying
Tsa Lung is a Tibetan energy practice from Tantrayana. Tsa means channel – the subtle energy channels of the body. Lung means wind – the inner life force that flows within them. When the wind flows freely, the mind flows. When the channels are blocked, energetic and mental blockages arise.
In Tantrayana, thoughts are seen as the result of the subtle inner wind. The more untamed the wind, the more turbulent the thoughts. This is the heart of an insight that is foreign to our Western way of thinking: We try to change the mind directly – with concepts, resolutions, willpower. A laborious and often unsuccessful strategy.
From the perspective of Tantrayana, this approach starts at the wrong end. The mind is the rider – but it goes only where the horse carries it. A wild horse takes the rider wherever it wants. A trained horse follows the rider's guidance.
Tsa Lung does not work with the mind – it works with the horse. Through breath, visualization and specific movement, blockages in the channels are released, the wind is calmed and guided. The mind becomes quieter and clearer – not as a result of willful effort, but as the natural consequence of a freely flowing wind.
Tog Chöd
Tog Chöd is a way of meditating without meditating.
– Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche
Tog Chöd is a method of inner transformation – from negative emotions and thought patterns to a clear, present state of mind. It is a dynamic movement practice with a sword – the symbol of our innate wisdom.
Tog means thought, Chöd means to cut. Tog Chöd cuts through the unceasing stream of our thoughts and emotions and reveals the stillness beneath.
Although at first glance we work with the body, through Tog Chöd we ultimately train the mind. This practice helps us to calm and clarify the mind, to enter the present moment. A closing sitting meditation deepens the qualities awakened through the movement.
Tog Chöd was developed by Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche on the basis of tantric teachings, for our present time. Many of us spend our days sitting – at the desk, in the car, on the sofa – mainly using our intellect. In the process, important qualities of the body are often lost – its dynamism, its presence. At the same time, we often only experience the restless, agitated and searching side of the mind, while we hardly know its qualities of clarity, stillness and wisdom.
In our fast-paced time we need methods that are equally swift and efficient – and easily accessible. Tog Chöd is a wonderful way to activate our body and calm our mind.
Lineage of Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche
Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche is a high Buddhist master from Tibet. He teaches the methods of Tibetan Buddhism in an accessible form that is both practical and deeply effective for us in the West.
He was born in 1976 in the mountains of the Himalayas and entered a Buddhist monastic school at the age of six. At thirteen, he was enthroned as the eighth incarnation of Tulku Nyentse. In the years that followed, he received teachings from a total of 35 great masters in Tibet, Bhutan and India – in all the main traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.
He is a master of Tummo – the practice of inner fire – and deeply familiar with further tantric methods. He developed Tog Chöd himself, on the basis of tantric transmissions, for our present time. Lu Jong and Tsa Lung are preparatory practices for Tummo, which he received from his teachers and now passes on in a form accessible to Western practitioners. Since 2000, Rinpoche has been traveling the world to share the wisdom of his tradition.
Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche stands in an unbroken lineage of masters reaching back to Buddha. His teachings therefore unite authenticity, wisdom and compassion with living practice. He transmits not only theoretical knowledge but direct experience – methods that truly transform. In Tibet, many of these teachings were accessible only to a small circle of practitioners. That they are available today in a form understandable to Western people is an extraordinary gift.
The practices on this website come from his lineage. Over the past years I have received numerous teachings from him – live and online – and have deepened them in my own practice. I am now learning Tsa Lung directly from him in his teacher training. I am receiving Tog Chöd through two of his long-term students, who are training me in his tradition. I will complete both trainings in autumn/winter 2026.
More about his life and work: tulkulobsang.org
May all beings be happy and realize the causes of happiness.