Friday, June 23 2017

10 AM
Thursday, Jun 22, 2017 10 a.m.
Multi-day Event
Practice Retreat

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Make Tsok, Butter Lamp, or Ney Dren offerings for Summer Retreat.

 

“Shitro is an incredible and powerful accumulation that is dedicated to world peace and brings great benefit to all sentient beings, whether dead or living, and especially those who are directly connected with it through participation and sponsorship. Shitro helps transform impure energy and increases long life for our teachers because it removes obstacles from damaged samaya in the sangha and purifies defilements that cause obstacles to enlightenment.” Lama Tharchin Rinpoche

 

Click here for Rinpoche’s full words on the importance of Shitro practice.


Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche compiled this 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deity practice, based on a Karma Lingpa treasure, as a method for practitioners to achieve fully enlightened Buddhahood by removing obstacles to the path through restoring all broken precepts, vows and tantric samayas. 


We will additionally do a NEY DREN ceremony to help sentient beings who have died and are wandering in the bardo. Through symbols, seed syllables, etc., the dead person's (or animal's) consciousness is drawn in and is transferred to a pure land. This ceremony is not only effective for beings who have recently died but, as Lama Tharchin Rinpoche said, can even be done many years after a person has died since time only pertains to relative phenomena and is not absolute."  

 

Click here to make an offering for the Ney Dren ceremony and to submit names of loved ones.

3 PM
Thursday, Jun 1, 2017 3 p.m.
Multi-day Event
Practice Retreat

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Register for the full summer here. To register for individual retreats, see below.

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Make offerings for Summer Retreat 


“Summer Retreat is our Dharma Party, where we gather together. It makes me happy. It also makes HH Dudjom Rinpoche and Kyabje Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche happy because even though their physical body is not with us, their wisdom mind is always watching from Dharmakaya and their compassion and penetration of wisdom blessings is continuous. With practice, teachings, faith and devotion, their wisdom blessings penetrate deeply so we can truly hit the target. I am encouraging all of you to come to Summer Retreat.”  

~Lama Tharchin Rinpoche

Lama Tharchin Rinpoche began Vajrayana Foundation’s annual month-long Summer Retreat over 25 years ago as his main vehicle for passing the Dudjom Tersar practices on to the Sangha. In this, he was tirelessly assisted by resident lamas, Lama Sonam Tsering Rinpoche and Tulku Jamyang Rinpoche, who continue to carry out Rinpoche’s intentions to this day.

 

This year, the year of the Female Fird Bird, we will be conducting the 25th consecutive Drupchen during Summer Retreat here at Pema Osel Ling. Please join us in marking this auspicious occasion and continuing the tradition established by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche with the profound practice of the Collection of Seven Treasures: The Mind Accomplishment of the Lama Drupchen.


This year we will offer the following retreats: 


Black Hayagriva - June 1st - 10th

 

Oral Transmission for Longchenpa's Precious Treasury of the Genuine Meaning (Tib. Tsig don rinpoche dzod) - June 2-4

 

Troma Nagmo: Ngondro - June 11th - 15th and Trekchö Teachings and Sadhana Practice - June 16th - 20th

 

Shitro Ngagso with Ney Dren Ceremony - June 22nd & 23rd

 

Seven Treasures Guru Rinpoche Drupchen and Children's Retreat - June 25th - July 3rd

 


Summer Retreat is open to everyone.  You are welcome to do the entire Summer, a single retreat, a few days or a couple of sessions --- as your schedule allows --- either as a commuter or as an onsite guest. Regarding Drupchen, it is suggested you come to the whole retreat. If you are only to attend partially, restrictions apply. Please visit the Drupchen page at the link above to see what these are.