Merging with the Wisdom Mind of the Guru — Thanksgiving Retreat 2025
Nov. 27 – 30, 2025
Merging with the Wisdom Mind of the Guru
A Thanksgiving Weekend of Devotion, Visualization and the Vajra Guru Mantra
with Tulku Thadral Rinpoche
Includes optional Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Day Celebration
with Amitabah Puja and Tsok, followed by Potluck.
In person and online
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Housing is limited and available first-come-first-served
Join us for a concentrated period of Guru Rinpoche practice, centered on Guru Yoga — the essential Vajrayana method for uniting one’s mind with the awakened mind of Padmasambhava. Through visualization, mantra recitation and resting in awareness, this retreat offers a direct path to deepen devotion, receive blessings and cultivate realization.
Practice will be based on the Collection of Seven Treasures Guru Rinpoche Daily Practice. Rinpoche will give the lungs for the Collection of Seven Treasures Guru Rinpoche Sadhana and Daily Practice, the associated jinseks (fire pujas), and other related practices.
Held over the Thanksgiving weekend, this retreat is an opportunity to step back from worldly busyness and immerse yourself in the heart of Vajrayana practice. Whether you're new to Guru Yoga or returning to it, this is a chance to stabilize devotion and connect more deeply with the living presence of Guru Rinpoche.
As Guru Rinpoche himself said:
“This is the essence mantra of all Sugatas, the accomplishment practice of all Victorious Buddhas in one… By meditating upon Me and reciting the Siddhi mantra, you will traverse the fifteen bhumis and five paths.”
All are welcome. This weekend retreat is not a ritual drupchö but a quiet, concentrated retreat aimed at cultivating realization through sustained practice. It will also serve to build a strong foundation if you plan to attend one of our annual Drupchens in the future.
Thanksgiving Day Celebrations
You are also welcome to join us Thursday at 1 p.m. for an Amitabha Puja and Tsok, followed by our annual sangha potluck at 5:30 p.m. Both events are free, open to all, and optional for retreat participants.
The Amitabha Puja will stream online — link coming soon. You may follow along with the online text or order a digital download or printed version from Dharma Treasures.
“We are doing this puja to pray that these turkeys be reborn in Amitabha’s Pureland... to focus our compassion for them and all sentient beings.” — Lama Sonam Rinpoche
Please RSVP for Thanksgiving Dinner to office@vajrayana.org.
Please review our Payment and Cancellation Policies here. Payment in full or an approved Payment Plan is due prior to the beginning of retreat.