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RETREAT SCHEDULES:

CHAKRASAMVARA MAY 2ND - MAY 5TH

13 Empowerments may 9th - may 12th Preregistration is recommended for the retreats

Public Talk May 8th
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CHAKRASAMVARA MAY 2ND - 5TH

Thursday, May 2nd
Fee for the day: $35-75 sliding scale
5:30-7:00pm              Registration
7:00-9:00pm              Chakrasamvara Empowerment

Friday, May 3rd
Fee for the day: $35-75 sliding scale
8:00-9:00am              Registration
9:00am-Noon             Chakrasamvara Practice
Noon-2:00pm             Lunch Break
2:00-5:00pm              Chakrasamvara Teachings & Practice
 

Saturday, May 4th
Fee for the day: $35-75 sliding scale
8:00-9:00am               Registration
9:00am-Noon              Chakrasamvara Teachings & Practice
Noon-2:00pm              Lunch break
2:00pm-5:00pm          Chakrasamvara Teachings & Practice

Sunday, May 5th
Fee for the day: $35-75 sliding scale
8:00-9:00am               Registration
9:00am-Noon              Chakrasamvara Teachings & Practice
Noon-2:00pm              Lunch break
2:00-5:00pm               Chakrasamvara Teachings & Practice
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13 EMPOWERMENTS MAY 9TH -12TH
click here for a description of Empowerments
 
Thursday, May 9th
Fee for the day $35-75 sliding scale
7:30-9:00am            Registration
9:00-10:00am          Manjushri Practice
10:30am-Noon         Empowerments  & Teachings 
Noon-2:00pm           Lunch break
2:00-5:00pm            Empowerments & Teachings
 
Empowerments to be given Thursday, May 9th: Buddha Shakyamuni ,Four Arm Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig), Manjushri, and Mahakala
 
Friday, May 10th
Fee for the day $35-75 sliding scale
8:00-9:00am            Registration
9:00-10:00am          Guru Rinpoche Practice
10:30am-Noon         Empowerments  & Teachings
Noon-2:00pm           Lunch break
2:00-5:00pm            Empowerments & Teachings
 
Empowerments to be given Friday, May 10th: Medicine  Buddha, Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), Vajrapani, and Achi Chokyi Drolma

Saturday, May 11th
Fee for the day $35-75 sliding scale
8:00-9:00am            Registration
9:00-10:00am          White Tara Practice
10:30am-Noon         Empowerments  & Teachings
Noon-2:00pm           Lunch break
1:00-2:00pm           Refuge
2:00-5:00pm            Empowerments & Teachings

Empowerments to be given Saturday May 11th: White Tara, Green Tara, Vajrasattva, and Red Kurukulle

Sunday, May 12th
Fee for the day $35-75 sliding scale
8:00-9:00am            Registration
9:00-Noon                Amitaba Empowerment & Teachings
Noon-2:00pm           Lunch break
2:00-5:00pm            Tsok & Long Life Offerings for H. E. Garchen Rinpoche

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SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC TALK WITH GARCHEN RINPOCHE
 
Wednesday, May 8th
7:00pm - 9:00pm at Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 
                                1329 Creighton Ave
                                 Dayton, Ohio 45420

There is no fee for the public talk.
Donations are welcome.
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REGISTRATION: There are three ways to register for events.
1) PRE-REGISTER ONLINE  click here to register
2) Send a check to Gar Drolma (1329 Creighton Avenue, Dayton OH 45420)
3) You may register for events at the Temple. Please come at least 30 minutes ahead of the beginning of an event to register.

FEE INFORMATION:
FULL ATTENDANCE Fee for each retreat: $140-300 sliding scale
PARTIAL ATTENDANCE Fees: $35-$75 per day sliding scale
We make every effort to make our retreats affordable for all individuals. Therefore, we present our fees as a sliding scale. The minimum fee is what we must collect in order to cover our costs. You may be able to offer a bit more. If some people pay more than the minimum, we are better able to keep the base fee low for everyone. If you would like to attend events, but need financial assistance to do so, please contact us. No person should fail to attend for lack of the requested fees. However, it is important that you call or email ahead if you need to make financial arrangements.

Preregistration is recommended for the retreats
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General Retreat Information:

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: There are many opportunities to volunteer during events such as these–and we really encourage everyone to participate in this way! We always need help with housekeeping and cooking, maintaining the shrine and serving tea. Please contact us if you are interested in helping out.
 
LOCATION & DIRECTIONS: The retreat will be held at Gar Drolma Buddhist Center at 1329 Creighton Avenue, Dayton Ohio 45420.
 
CHILDREN: Children are welcome at these events if accompanied by an adult.
 
PARKING: Gar Drolma is located in a quiet, old city neighborhood with narrow streets. There is no parking lot. It may be necessary for individuals to park down the street or around the block. We do want to be good neighbors, so please allow room for the people in front and back of you to get out when you park. We are able to provide 3 parking spaces in the front of the building for less able attendees. Please tell us in advance if you need a special parking space. If you are able to fold your side mirror in–we suggest you do so.
 
AIRPORTS:
The Dayton International Airport (DAY) is the nearest airport; it is approximately 30 minutes from the center.
The Columbus airport (CMH) is about 1.5 hours from Gar Drolma. The Cincinnati airport (CVG) is actually located in Kentucky - just over the river. The Cincinnati airport is also about 1.5 hours from the center. All three of these airports are international airports.
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please email us at sangha@gardrolma.org or
phone (513) 604-3723.
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vajra sketch

Garchen Rinpcohe's
Vajrakilaya Instruction & Practice
From April 2012 Retreat
are available TO VIEW on:

http://garchen.tv/live/
or
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/garchen-tv


Garchen Rinpoche Spring Retreat 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Retreat With His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche

A Precious Collection of Drikung Kagyu Empowerments by:
H. E. Garchen Rinpoche
 
rinpoche standing

Chakrasamvara:  May 2nd - 5th

13 Empowerments: May 9th - 12th
Collection of Drikung Kagyu Empowerments

Public Talk: May 8th
How to Live Harmoniously in Our World:
Developing Compassion
& Kindness Through Inner Peace


Gar Drolma Choling is pleased to welcome our precious root teacher, H.E. Garchen Rinpoche, this spring. Through his unsurpassed love and compassion, he has kindly agreed to bestow an extensive collection of essential Drikung Kagyu Empowerments.

Photo by Ani Chime (Angela Harkavy)
chakrasamvara mandala

Chakrasamvara Retreat May 2nd - May 5th
with H. E. Garchen Rinpoche

Chakrasamvara emanated from the Buddha Vajradhara and was the treasured yidam (meditation deity) of Lord Jigten Sumgon, the founder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage.

For practitioners of the Drikung Kagyu lineage, it is most important and very precious to have the good fortune to receive the empowerment of Chakramsavara. The reason we do this practice is to purify the habitual tendencies of samsara and to purify all obscurations. We are also purifying the imprints of the birth process.
 
The lineage of this practice has been sustained uninterruptedly, utterly pure and without samaya breakage, and thus its blessings have not vanished. Whoever is able to receive the Chakrasamvara empowerment will receive the blessings of this immaculate and powerful lineage and should consider themselves extraordinarily fortunate.
empowerment
13 Empowerments May 9th- May 12th
with H. E. Garchen Rinpoche
 
Please join us for this most auspicious event. These teachings and empowerments are suitable for all levels of students.

You may choose the days you wish to come to the retreat, but because of the nature of the empowerments, the Lamas kindly request that you Attend Both the Morning and Afternoon Sessions Each Day You Attend .
 
Thank you for your understanding and participation.

 

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Letter from Khenpo Samdrup

I  (Ven. Khenpo Samdrup) and Ven. Lama Abao have both supplicated H.E. Garchen Rinpoche to bestow the fifty Drikung Kagyu Empowerments. With great love for his disciples, Rinpoche said that he wishes to offer the empowerments of those Yidam deities that will be most important in the future for the regular practice of Vajrayana practitioners living in Western countries. Rinpoche said that for the longest time he has had the wish to offer this set of empowerments on one occasion, because for many disciples it is very difficult to travel long distances in order to receive each empowerment individually. Thus, owing to these auspicious circumstances, and inspired by the well-intended request of myself (Ven. Khenpo Samdrup) and Ven. Lama Abao, Rinpoche agreed to bestow the empowerments of these deities according to the wish of his disciples.

This request to Rinpoche was on behalf of all Dharma friends, because to receive the empowerments of the Yidam deities most important for our regular practice from H.E. Garchen Rinpoche all on one occasion is an incredible fortune for us disciples.
 
Once we have entered the doors of Dharma we must also engage in practice. Doing so, we must practice according to the common vehicle, according to karma, cause and effect; we must develop bodhichitta and practice deity yoga. Thus, in order to practice a Yidam deity, we must first receive the empowerment. In the best circumstance, receiving the empowerment from one’s own root guru is of the greatest benefit, and H.E. Garchen Rinpoche is the root guru to most of us.

I thus encourage you not to miss this opportunity, and please also invite your friends who might be interested in the Dharma or who are new Dharma students. These empowerments may be attended by anyone who wishes to do so, and there is no need to doubt as to whether it might be appropriate or permissible to receive them.
 
I hope you will be able to join us for this occasion.

From Khenpo Samdrup
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Public Talk May 8th
with H. E. Garchen Rinpoche
How to Live Harmoniously in
Our World:
Developing Compassion &
Kindness Through Inner Peace

Location:
Gar Drolma  Buddhist Center

 
Students, the public, and friends and family are invited to attend this special evening at Gar Drolma. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet Rinpoche in a warm, relaxed setting. His public talks inspire Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike.

This talk will discuss methods we can incorporate in our daily lives to open our hearts to others and enhance our compassion as we develop the ability to subdue our afflictive emotions.
 
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ABOUT GARCHEN RINPOCHE:

rinpoche & khenpo


His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche is the founder of Gar Drolma Buddhist Center. Rinpoche is a Drikung Kagyu lama who was known in the thirteenth century as the Siddha Gar Chodingpa, a heart disciple of Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon, founder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. In ancient India, he had incarnated as Mahasiddha Aryadeva, the lotus-born disciple of the great Nagarjuna and in the seventh century he was known as Lonpo Gar, the minister of the Tibetan Dharma King Songsten Gampo. In this incarnation Garchen Rinpoche is deeply beloved by Buddhist practitioners around the world. In this age of strife, he has taken upon himself the responsibility of the pure transmission of loving kindness, compassion and wisdom.
 
 
For more information or any questions, please feel free to contact us at
 
May all beings benefit!

 
 
 
 



 

 


1329 Creighton AveNUE . Dayton, OHIO 45420
(937) 252-2220
sangha@gardrolma.org