Yogācāra and Dzogchen
– with Dolpo Tulku Rinpoche

Saturday, April 11, 2026 – Sunday, April 12, 2026
Each day
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm CEST, 11:00 pm – 12:30 am MYT
Language: English with simultaneous German and Russian translation
Contribution: 20,00 €

Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y1ECPKbLSjWPI_O79E8QoQ#/registration

If you do not have a Paypal account, please register with Carmen (carmen@dolpotulku.org) and transfer the fee to our association account.

Two Perspectives on Reality

In these two sessions, Rinpoche will explore the philosophical differences between Yogācāra (Mind-Only) and Dzogchen (Great Perfection), with particular emphasis on their distinct views of reality. Yogācāra explains experience in terms of consciousness and the absence of subject–object duality, presenting a gradual path of transforming mind into wisdom. Dzogchen, by contrast, points to primordial awareness (rigpa) as the already complete ground of reality, in which emptiness and luminosity are inseparable.

Through clarifying these perspectives, participants will gain deeper insight into two profound yet distinct approaches within Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Buddhist philosophy.

You can find more information about Dolpo Tulku Rinpoche's teachings and activities on our website:
https://www.dolpotulku.org/program

🌿🪷 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐘𝐘𝐀 𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐊𝐊𝐇𝐀 🌿🪷

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟐 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟎 𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐆 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 (𝐆𝐌𝐓+𝟖)
☸️ SUNDAY SERVICE – "𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝐵𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑂𝑤𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠”

Ayya Upekkha brings us the joy of Dhamma again this Sunday! Ayya was the senior nun😇 in Newbury Buddhist Monastery, Perth, for many years. What a great honour indeed! 🤩 Do join us!

🩵🌿🩵🌿🩵🌿

Please note that the session will start at 𝟏𝟎 𝐚𝐦 instead of the usual 10:30 am.

All are welcome to bring a vegetarian dish or pre-cut fruits for 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐚 🥗 to share with 𝐀𝐲𝐲𝐚 𝐔𝐩𝐞𝐤𝐤𝐡𝐚 for ☀️Lunch at 11:30 am. Sadhu Anumodana for the practice of generosity & to support the Triple Gem. 🙏🏻🪷

𝐀𝐲𝐲𝐚 𝐔𝐩𝐞𝐤𝐤𝐡𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐅 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬:
YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/AyyaUpekkha-BFYTplaylist
Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/AyyaUpekkha-BFFBplaylist

#AyyaUpekkha #BuildingOwnPrisons

How to Remain in the State of Pure Awareness
April 18, 2026, starting at 8 AM - 12 PM (Central Time)

Khenpo Sherab Sangpo will teach a half-day retreat on "How to Remain in the State of Pure Awareness" by Mipham Rinpoche.

This text explains the three stages of nature of mind practice: recognition, perfecting strength and gaining stability.

The teaching is open to all levels of meditators. Please join us!

Register for How to Remain in the State of Pure Awareness on Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ywQFVMs3TsmeMMKF6BS8JA#/registration

If you need assistance with Zoom or are unable to pay the suggested donation of $60, please contact Colleen Hartwell by email at zoom@bodhicittasangha.org or phone at (520) 404-8489.

There's still time to register for Geshe Denma Gyaltsen's two hour teaching on the Six Sessions Practice. This is a powerful daily practice and a great supprt for a shorter retreat, including a short dark retreat. It will serve as the foundation for Chamma Ling Colorado's new dark retreat program, which pilots this year to launch fully in 2027. Everyone is welcome!

Learn more and register below!

https://serenityridge-ligmincha.secure.retreat.guru/program/six-sessions-practice-dzogchen-meditation-for-personal-retreat/?lang=en

Next Sunday Teaching — Dzogchen Meditation: A Step-by-Step Introduction Through the Three Doors

In my next teaching, I will give a clear and practical introduction to Dzogchen meditation through the three doors of body, speech, and mind. Without proper guidance, Dzogchen can remain abstract or misunderstood. This session aims to offer a practical foundation that supports better understanding. This session will provide a grounded, step-by-step approach based on direct experience, helping your meditation practice.

Date: Sunday, April 19
Time: 4:00–5:30 pm CET (Central European Time)
Languages: Emglish (main), translated live in Russian, Spanish.
Online via Zoom - Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/gwnfByqPRtK0n02DmcYMAw

In this teaching, I will guide you progressively through the practice, explaining how to work with the three doors (Body, Speech and Mind) and how to approach Dzogchen meditation in a clear and experiential way.

This session is open to everyone, whether you are new to Dzogchen or already familiar with the practice.

We look forward to practicing together. 🙏

Study, Preparation, Accomplishment:
The Tsok of Lishu Tagring

with Vinaya Khenpo Samten Tsukphu

31 May - 5 June 2026

For the first time at Shenten Dargye Ling, Khenpo Samten Tsukphü will offer a detailed training on the art of the Chöpon – the sacred role of the ritual master.

More information and registration: https://www.shenten.org/event/comment-réaliser-le-tsok-de-drenpa-namkha?lang=en

Dragpa Kor Sum
Ponlop Tsangpa Tenzin Rinpoche
17 May 2026 - 22 May 2026
In Shenten Dargye Ling and on Zoom

After covering the chapters on preliminary practices and the search for the nature of mind, Rinpoche will now teach the seventh chapter, focusing on the pith Dzogchen instructions of Trekchö – the direct means of recognising and remaining in the natural, uncontrived state beyond doubt and elaboration.

More information and registration: https://www.shenten.org/event/les-trois-cycles-renommés?lang=en

"If you miss this part of the 1st session teaching, then you cannot attend the 2nd session."

🙏Next Sunday Teaching — Dzogchen Meditation: A Step-by-Step Introduction Through the Three Doors (Part 1 of 2)
In this session, I will introduce the meditation on the three doors of body, speech, and mind, along with an initial approach to the practice of Dzogchen, based on my personal experience. This will certainly benefit your meditation.

Sunday, April 19
4:00–5:30 pm CET (Central European Time)
With Khyung Rinpoche
Online via Zoom
Languages: English, translated in Russian, Spanish Romania
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/gwnfByqPRtK0n02DmcYMAw

This teaching will be offered as a two-part series. It is important to attend Part 1 in order to follow Part 2, as I will cover essential foundations in the first session that you will need to understand and practice what follows. Without this basis, it will be difficult to benefit from the second part.

Without step-by-step guidance, many claims about Dzogchen meditation remain abstract or uncertain. If practiced incorrectly, it can become a habit that does not lead to genuine understanding. For this reason, I will guide you progressively, step by step, offering a clear and experiential approach.

This session is open to everyone who wishes to build a solid foundation in Dzogchen practice.

I look forward to practicing together. 🙏

Invitation | Public Talk by Mingyur Rinpoche: The Nature of Dreams

Dear Participant,

You are warmly invited to join a rare and inspiring online public talk.

This rare event is co-hosted by Tergar Korea and the Healing & Counseling Graduate University. We are honored to have Dr. Koh Hye-kyung, a famous Korean scholar and author in mythology and depth psychology, in conversation with Mingyur Rinpoche.

Theme: The Nature of Dreams

Are dreams just illusory images, or a true manifestation of our consciousness? By exploring the "Nature of Dreams," we will gain a new perspective on the relationship between consciousness, experience, and reality.

This isn’t just a deep dive into philosophy and psychology; it’s a journey of awareness to look within and rediscover yourself.

Event Details:
• Date: 15 April, 2026
• Time: 14:00 - 16:00 Hong Kong time
• Platform: Zoom
• Languages: English, Mandarin, Korean

Registration Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/DXQJubfZRYqCKlclkBnts

gWe warmly invite you to join us in this inspiring journey of exploration together

!Best Wishes
,Tergar Korea

𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐹𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠
🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♂️ 𝟏-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 by 𝐀𝐣𝐚𝐡𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐨 Part 4 out of 4 - 20251115

In a beautiful talk, Ajahn Visalo teaches us the right way to view our thoughts, with gentleness and kindness and acceptance!💫🍇💫🍇💫🍇

📽️ This is the recording of the above retreat on Saturday, 15 November 2025 given by 𝐀𝐣𝐚𝐡𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐨 to the retreatants at Buddhist Fellowship @Lavender.

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐎𝐖:

𝐁𝐅 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞: https://youtu.be/mbQi80TFkA0 or https://youtube.com/buddhistfellowshipsg/
𝐁𝐅 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18Py3bZvv8/ or https://www.facebook.com/buddhistfellowship/live_videos/

𝐀𝐣𝐚𝐡𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐨 comes from Central Java, Indonesia and spends time in the hill tribes of Chiang Mai. He came to know and practice meditation at 20 years old, during his university days. After many years of struggle and a relentless and determined search to fill a spiritual void, at the age of 29, he encountered a book by Ajahn Chah and decided to seek out Wat Pah Nanachat, Thailand, with the intention of becoming a Buddhist monk. On the 5th December 2006, Ajahn ordained as novice monk. And finally, on the 6th July 2008, he became a fully ordained Bhikkhu. Both ordinations were granted by Luang Por Liem Thitadhammo, the present Abbot of Wat Nong Pah Pong, Thailand. Ajahn exudes great mindfulness and is an inspiration wherever he goes.

𝐀𝐣𝐚𝐡𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐨'𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐅 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬:
YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/AjahnVisalo-BFYTplaylist
Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/AjahnVisalo-BFFBplaylist

#AjahnVisalo #Meditation #Retreat #DeepeningthePractice #JoyfulHeart #Dhamma #Buddhism #BuddhistFellowship #BF

𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐹𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 & 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 presents
𝐁𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐎’𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑
📍: 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 310 Lavender Street, Singapore 338815

We’re delighted to welcome 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨 back to Singapore 🇸🇬!🤩 Bhante’s presence is a gift for all at BF especially to the Indonesian Buddhist Community in Singapore! 😇 Bhante’s smiles brings joy 🍭and his Dhamma insights will make you go "Wow!"🤩

🪷 𝟏-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 (In Bahasa Indonesia with English translation)
📅 ⏰: Saturday, 18 Apr 2026
⏰: 9 am – 6 pm SGT (GMT+8)
🔗 Register via https://BAtthadhiro202604.eventbrite.sg

☸️ 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 (In Bahasa Indonesia with English translation)
🌱“𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑑”
📅: Sunday, 19 Apr 2026
⏰: 10 am – 12 pm SGT (GMT+8)

☸️ 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 (In Bahasa Indonesia)
“𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑔𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝐹𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐻𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔”
📅 ⏰: Sunday, 19 Apr 2026
⏰: 2 pm – 4 SGT (GMT+8)
📍BF Lavender & YouTube Live Streaming: http://tiny.cc/indobuddhist

All are welcome to bring a dish 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐚 🥗 (pre-cut fruits) to share with 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐅 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 from 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟖 𝐀𝐩𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎 𝐀𝐩𝐫 for Breakfast @7am and Lunch ☀️@11:30 𝐚𝐦. Monday will be breakfast only. Bhante has no dietary restrictions. Sadhu Anumodana for the practice of generosity & support to Triple Gem 🙏🏻🪷

🙋‍♂️About the Speaker:
𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚 was born in Jepara, Central Java. He was ordained as a monk in 2009 in Padepokan Dhammadipa Arama, Batu - Malang. Currently, Bhante is a member of the Sangha Theravada Indonesia and is active in spreading Dhamma and teaching meditation in Indonesia.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 (𝐈𝐁𝐂) 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐆: https://linktr.ee/ibcsg

📬 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖/𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐄 to Buddhist Fellowship’s Channels!

BF YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/buddhistfellowshipsg
BF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buddhistfellowship/
BF Telegram: https://t.me/buddhistfellowship
BF Website: https://www.buddhistfellowship.org/
BF Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buddhist_fellowship_sg/
BF New Building: https://www.bfdhammahome.org/

#BhanteAtthadhiro #Meditation #Mindfulness #Practice #ChoosingKindness #Kind #WinningArgument #LosingRelationship #Dhamma #InspiringSundays #BFTalks #Retreat #IndonesianService #BFLavender #DhammaTalk #IndonesianBuddhistCommunity #BuddhistFellowship #BF

The Spiritual Biography of Khandro Choza Bonmo 🌿

We are very happy to share that Geshe-ma Sherab Palzin will offer teachings on The Spiritual Biography of Khandro Choza Bonmo, the great female practitioner of the Bön Dzogchen lineage.

This inspiring life story reveals the deep courage, devotion, and realization of Khandro Choza Bonmo, who played an important role in preserving and supporting the sacred teachings during difficult times. Through her journey, we learn how challenges on the path can be transformed into wisdom, and how unwavering faith and practice lead to realization.

Her biography is not only a story of the past, but a living teaching—showing us how ignorance can transform into wisdom, anger into compassion, and obstacles into the path of awakening.

This is a precious opportunity to connect with the blessings of the lineage and to be inspired by the example of a great female practitioner.

📅 Schedule (IST):

Saturday, 18 April 2026 – 9:00 PM
Sunday, 19 April 2026 – 9:00 PM

Organized by: Niu Pal Gyi De Nai

📩 Registration:
Please email: bonpoani2024@gmail.com

With sincere respect, we invite you to join this precious opportunity to listen, reflect, and deepen your understanding of the Dharma.
May the blessings of the lineage awaken wisdom in our hearts and guide us on the path of liberation.
May the life and realization of Khandro Choza Bonmo inspire us all in our practice.
May this teaching benefit all beings 🌿

𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐹𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠
☸️ 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤
“𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕” by 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧

We were deeply honoured to host 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧, whose visit offered us the privilege of receiving her profound insight, wisdom and compassion and clarity on the Dhamma.

❣️🪇❣️🪇❣️🪇
📽️ This is the recording of the above talk on Sunday, 7 December 2025 given by 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧 to the Sunday Service participants at Buddhist Fellowship @Lavender.

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐎𝐖:

𝐁𝐅 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞: https://youtu.be/MTUnhZAnTQo or https://youtube.com/buddhistfellowshipsg/
𝐁𝐅 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CokFukVNY/ or https://www.facebook.com/buddhistfellowship/

𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧 is an author, teacher, and the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, a pioneering Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western nuns and monks in the US. She graduated from UCLA and did graduate work in education at USC. Ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 1977, she has studied extensively with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tsenzhap Serkong Rinpoche, and other Tibetan lamas. She received full ordination as a bhikshuni in 1986.

Venerable Chodron teaches worldwide and is known for her warm, practical, and humorous explanations of how to apply Buddhist teachings in daily life. She is also involved in prison outreach and interfaith dialogue. She has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation and is currently assisting His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the writing and publication of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, a multi-volume series of teachings on the Buddhist path.

𝐕𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐅 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬:
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🔥 Vajrayogini - Initiation and Generation & Completion Stage 7-Day Retreat with Lama Jhampa from June 19-26 Online via Zoom 🔥

The practice of Naropa's Vajrayogini is the quick path to enlightenment. Through her iconic red form dancing in wisdom fire practitioners recognize the inseparability of bliss and emptiness, cutting through ego-clinging and revealing the awakened nature of reality itself.

🕑 Time Schedule (all times are Ireland times)
Friday, 19 June
8:00 PM — Introduction and Vajrayogini initiation

Daily Schedule: 20–25 June
6:00 AM – 8:00 AM — Long Vajrayogini Sadhana and mantra practice
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM — Teaching with Lama Jhampa
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM — Stretching, Trul Khor and Tummo with Gosia or Jonas
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM — Session with Lama Jhampa
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM — Vajrayogini Sadhana and mantra practice
8:00 PM onwards — Private practice of daily commitments

Friday, 26 June
6:00 AM – 9:00 AM — Final session and retreat conclusion

🎥 Recordings
Recordings of all sessions (except the initiation) will be made permanently available to participants.

✔️ Prerequisites
It is a prerequisite to have received a Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerment (Wang) before attending the Vajrayogini initiation (Jenang) and retreat.

👉🏽 Registration
Please register via this form if you wish to attend:
https://www.dharma.vajra-mandala.com/vajrayogini-online-retreat-registration-page

Our next Dharmachanics virtual retreat will be on Saturday, April 18th and Sunday, April 19th with Nyingma Dzogchen teacher Lama Dawai Gocha. Sessions both days will run from 9am to 3pm ET.

Suggested dāna for the retreat is $100. Please make your contribution directly to Lama Dawai at:
https://www.meditationonline.org/contact/giving

We’ll meet in the main dharma hall (password: stillness):
https://zoom.us/j/8413270649
All are welcomed.

Here's a short overview of the ‘Four Phases of Freedom’ retreat:

This retreat will consist of four 3-hour sessions over the weekend. Each session will focus on one of the four phases of freedom found in this particular Dzogchen approach. In the first phase we'll do pointing-out to the view, clear light awareness (trekchö/tögal). We'll be talking about the different ways pointing-out can be given and realized but also acknowledged.

In phase two we'll go over the ways a practitioner can familiarize with the view, sustaining the recognition and integrating all experiences. We'll introduce emptiness or insubstantiality and non-referentiality, as well as how that looks psychosomatically with psychic 'weights'. Here we'll also go over Dzogchen style compassion practices like tonglen, mantra, and dedication. Also, sky-gazing, light ray practices, and dream yoga will be discussed and short Dzogchen sessions with posture overview will be introduced, including tsa-lung (Tibetan Yantra Yoga) preliminaries (vase breathing, physical yoga etc). We'll do psychic 'weight' meditations so the practitioner can notice subtle incongruencies within evenness, discerning contractions within awareness. Also, effortlessness during the appearance of action and 'weight' during sleep will be introduced. Ultimately, we'll test and verify self-liberation so confidence can be reached.

The third phase will deal with pure effortlessness and Dzogchen samatha/vipassana, fully stabilizing in the view. How the 8 aspects of consciousness are liberating but also the five elements into the 5 wisdoms. We'll do practices incorporating non-meditation with body, speech, and mind. Here the primary texts, like Longchenpa's treasuries will be introduced. In order to ensure even subtle mental/emotional obscurations are brought to light, we will cover topics like super-ego, attachment to clarity and attachment to emptiness.

Lastly, we'll cover enlightenment. Using primary sources like the Treasuries, we'll talk about what freedom looks like. Discussing topics like atemporality and non-referentiality, how enlightenment is allowed to land on the practitioner, and natural compassion as the heart essence.


Everyone joining the retreat is invited to uphold vows/precepts for at least two days. We will be incorporating all 9 yānas culminating with atiyoga Dzogchen (9th yāna). Vows and precepts will be introduced and reviewed before the Dzogchen portion of retreat begins. Noble silence - meaning silence is maintained unless speaking is absolutely needed (jobs, partners, etc) but ideally your surrounding network will know and understand you are taking a vow of silence. The five precepts (also known as avoiding the 10 unwholesome actions) are taken for the duration of retreat. For the sexual misconduct precept we will take a vow of celibacy, including preservation of fluids. Practitioners are also invited to avoid garlic and onions as well as fires. People may take these vows/precepts before the retreat begins, starting as they wish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_precepts https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Ten_unwholesome_actions
We will also avoid the 14 root downfalls of Tantrayana (Anuyoga)
https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Fourteen_root_downfalls
Physical yoga/breath work, Yantra Yoga (Tsa Lung) methods will also be introduced prior to the Dzogchen portion of retreat. Combined with Vajrasattva purification sadhana it will serve as Korde Rushen Dzogchen preliminaries