Gar Drolma Buddhist Learning and Meditation Center

Pith Instructions
2018-05-18 09:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Thursday, May 17th, 9am to 5:30 pm
Friday, May 18th, 9am to 5:30 pm
(Each day there will be a lunch break from Noon – 2:30pm)
Garchen Rinpoche will teach the pith instructions he received from his root guru Siddhi Chime Dorjee and Khenpo Munsel. These teachings will present the experiential understanding of these special instructions that Rinpoche developed over more than 20 years of rigorous practice while in prison. These teachings will include all aspects of the path including various practices of Dzogchen and Mahamudra.
Khenpo samdup explains the nature of these teachings as follows:
“It is important to understand the definition of pith instructions. Pith instructions are a very special teaching that is given from the root guru to his close students. These instructions are made up of few words but express a profound meaning and can have an immediate, transformative effect on the student’s mind. These teachings are not from a story from a 1000 years ago, they are from the 20th century, from a person alive today sharing his own direct experience and deep accomplishment. I was encouraged to request these teachings for the benefit of many students now and in the future.
After receiving these teachings from Garchen Rinpoche, he will single pointedly bring them all together thru the instruction of Five Fold Path Mahamudra based on Jigten Sumgon’s Song of Realization., this will provide a path for students to be able to easily practice these instructions in their daily life.”

Pith Instructions and Refuge
2018-05-19 09:00 - 17:30 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Saturday, May 19th, 9am to 5:30pm
(lunch break Noon – 2:30pm)
Pith Instructions
Saturday, May 19th, 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Jigten Sumgon’s Song of Realization The Five-Fold Mahamudra
Saturday, May 19th, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Refuge Ceremony

Garchen Rinpoche will teach the pith instructions he received from his root guru Siddhi Chime Dorjee and Khenpo Munsel. These teachings will present the experiential understanding of these special instructions that Rinpoche developed over more than 20 years of rigorous practice while in prison. These teachings will include all aspects of the path including various practices of Dzogchen and Mahamudra.
Khenpo samdup explains the nature of these teachings as follows:
“It is important to understand the definition of pith instructions. Pith instructions are a very special teaching that is given from the root guru to his close students. These instructions are made up of few words but express a profound meaning and can have an immediate, transformative effect on the student’s mind. These teachings are not from a story from a 1000 years ago, they are from the 20th century, from a person alive today sharing his own direct experience and deep accomplishment. I was encouraged to request these teachings for the benefit of many students now and in the future.
After receiving these teachings from Garchen Rinpoche, he will single pointedly bring them all together thru the instruction of Five Fold Path Mahamudra based on Jigten Sumgon’s Song of Realization., this will provide a path for students to be able to easily practice these instructions in their daily life.”

Pith Instructions and Lama Chopa
2018-05-20 09:00 - 17:30 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Sunday, May 20th 9:00am – 12:00pm
(lunch break Noon – 2:30pm)
Jigten Sumgon’s Song of Realization The Five-Fold Mahamudra
Sunday, May 20th 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Lama Chopa Puja With Tsok and Kata offering

Celebrate Saga Dawa
2018-05-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Join us to‌‌ni‌gh‌t ‌‌T‌u‌e‌sday M‌ay 2‌9‌th from 7:‌00pm-8:‌30pm‌ to Celebrate Saga Dawa as a community thru practice, prayers and meditation.
Saga Dawa:
A Month of Honoring the Buddha’s Life
Saga Dawa observations take place in the fourth Tibetan month, which in 201‌8 begins on ‌M‌a‌y 16‌‌th and ends on Ju‌ne 13‌th‌. Most holy of all is the full moon day of Saga Dawa, the 15th day of the month, which is the date most commonly associated with not only Buddha’s birth but also his enlightenment and parinirvana.
During this month practitioners place special emphasis on Dharma practice like circumambulation of monasteries and stupas, prostrations, taking precepts, reciting mantras, offering mandalas, doing sadhanas and saving animals lives, etc. Traditionally, the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and entry into Nirvana at his death are observed together on the 15th day of Saga Dawa, which this year falls on ‌‌Tu‌es‌d‌ay M‌ay 29‌th‌. All the merits of virtuous actions done on this day are multiplied one hundred million times.
May the benefits for all beings be endless!

Medicine Buddha Empowerment, Teachings and Practice
2018-08-18 - 2018-08-19 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Saturday
10am-12pm
12pm-1:30pm (Lunch, included with registration)
1:30pm-4:30pm
Sunday
10am-12pm

On Saturday morning Khenpo will give the empowerment of Medicine Buddha, the Buddha of Healing. This ritual introduces participants to the enlightened nature of our body, speech, and mind and authorizes us to practice the visualization, mantra recitation, and meditation of Medicine Buddha. The practice of the peaceful Medicine Buddha is a profound method of purifying the subtle causes of illness for oneself and others.
On Saturday afternoon Khenpo will give the oral transmission of the liturgical practice (sadhana) of Medicine Buddha, teach how to perform it, and lead group practice. During the practice sessions Khenpo will also offer instruction in other meditation methods such as the generation of love, calm abiding, and insight meditation. He will explain how to blend these with meditation on Medicine Buddha.
Sunday morning will be dedicated to continued explanation and practice of the sadhana of Medicine Buddha.

Retreat Fee per person: $25/day, $40/weekend
Students: $12/day, $20/weekend
Registration is at the door. Lunch is included.
If you are interested in attending the retreat and need any financial assistance, we can accommodate your needs. Contact us at info@gardrolma.org for more information.
See Full Curriculum Schedule Here.

Picnic and Achi Smoke Offering
2018-08-19 12:00 - 15:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
You are invited to join in a community picnic and Achi smoke offering on Sunday August 19 starting at 12:00pm, following the morning Medicine Buddha teachings and practice.
Please bring a vegetarian dish to share. Activities will be held at Samtem House, Holly Ave, behind the temple.
We look forward to enjoying some time together as a community, and sharing in the August days of summer.

Great Drikung Phowa Chenmo Practice
2018-08-25 - 2018-08-26 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
“The Standing Blade of Grass”
10am-12pm
12pm-1:30pm (Lunch, included with registration)
1:30pm-4:30pm
The Phowa practice is the most direct and quickest method by which one may be assured of a positive rebirth and possible enlightenment at the time of death. During this retreat, attendees will have the same opportunity of receiving and practicing the Phowa transmission and teachings as did many hundreds-of-thousands of Tibetans and other practitioners around the world. Also included in the retreat will be the Nyingma Lineage Phowa transmission that Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche received from Khenpo Munsel.
Khenpo will explain the stages of death from a Tibetan Buddhist perspective, including the signs that accompany each stage and techniques that allow practitioners to use the process of death as an opportunity for realization. Additionally, Khenpo will give the transmission for Phowa (transference) this technique allows accomplished practitioners to die consciously and transfer their consciousness to the pure realm of Amitabha Buddha.
After receiving this transmission, students engage in diligent practice until unmistakable physical signs of accomplishment occur, the arising of these signs indicate that the practitioner will be able to successfully implement the practice at the actual time of death.
Retreat Fee per person: $25/day, $40/weekend
Students: $12/day, $20/weekend
Registration is at the door. Lunch is included.
If you are interested in attending the retreat and need any financial assistance, we can accommodate your needs. Contact us at info@gardrolma.org for more information.
See Full Curriculum Schedule Here.

Vajrapani Empowerment, Generation and Completion Stage Instructions
2018-09-28 - 2018-09-30 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Friday:
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday:
10am-12pm
12pm-1:30pm (Lunch, included with registration)
1:30pm-4:30pm

On Friday night Khenpo will give the empowerment of Vajrapani, the Buddha of enlightened power. This ritual introduces participants to the enlightened nature of our body, speech, and mind and authorizes us to practice the visualization, mantra recitation, and meditation of Vajrapani. The practice of the wrathful buddha Vajrapani is utilized to dispel obstacles and negativity and create positive conditions for progress on the path to enlightenment.
On Saturday morning Khenpo will give the oral transmission of the liturgical practice (sadhana) of Vajrapani, teach how to perform it, and lead group practice. During the practice sessions Khenpo will also offer instruction in other meditation methods such as the generation of love, calm abiding, and insight meditation. He will explain how to blend these with meditation on Vajrapani.
Sessions on Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning, and Sunday afternoon will be dedicated to continued explanation and practice of the sadhana of Vajrapani.

Retreat Fee:
$25 per day, $40 for weekend
Students – $12 per day, $20 for weekend
Registration is at the door. Lunch is included.
If you are interested in attending the retreat and need any financial assistance, we can accommodate your needs. Contact us at info@gardrolma.org or call 513-604-3723 for more information.
See Full Curriculum Schedule Here.

How to Deepen Your Meditation Practice
2018-10-06 - 2018-10-07 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Shamata, Vipassana and Walking Meditation Retreat with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
Saturday and Sunday:
10am-12pm
12pm-1:30pm (Lunch, included with registration)
1:30pm-4:30pm
Whether you are starting or deepening your meditation practice, this retreat will offer a casual, environment in which to receive instructions and personally interact with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche. We will sit in a circle and have the opportunity to immediately practice his instructions for Shamata(single-pointed concentration), Vipassana(insight meditation) and Walking Meditation that takes your practice beyond the cushion.
Retreat Fee: $25 per day $40 for weekend
Students: $12 per day $20 for weekend
Registration is at the door.
If you are interested in attending the retreat and need any financial assistance, we can accommodate your needs. Contact us at info@gardrolma.org or 513-604-3723 for more information.

Sangha Meeting
2018-10-07 16:00 - 17:30 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Sunday October 7th
Time: 4:00-5:30pm
Dinner provided
Curious about what is going on at Gar Drolma? Want to ask questions or comment about programming? Or maybe you just want to join us for a meal and socialize!
If so, the Gar Drolma Board would like to invite everyone to a Sangha information sharing session on Sunday the 7th of Octo‌ber at 4:00PM. The meeting is scheduled to last 90 minutes and a pizza dinner will be provided!
Feedback from prior sessions of these meetings has been overwhelmingly positive so please consider joining in for an informative and fun evening with friends.
The agenda items for this meeting will be:

Review of Recent Achievements and Successes
Financial Overview
Upcoming Activities
Questions* & Answers

*In order to provide you with the most informative answer to your questions and best facilitate a timely session, please forward any question you may have ahead of time to one of the Board members or email us at info@gardrolma.org. (Of course you can still ask questions at the meeting, this request is more focused on a question you may have ahead of time).
With Kind Regards,
Khenpo, Deb, Mike, Michael, Mel, Trey, Mary and Gary

Fall Deep Cleaning Day
2018-10-20 09:00 - 12:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Come Together and Sparkle…

Please join our “deep clean”
Sa‌tur‌day, October 20th, 9:0‌0am -12:00pm‌
Lunch will be provided!!

This will be our Fall clean up day to make the center sparkle.
Please come! Many hands make light work!
Thanks very much!
Salli Marsh, Gar Drolma Cleaning Queen

For more information: info@gardrolma.org | tel. 513-604-3723
May all beings benefit thru our actions!

Radically Happy: A User's guide to the Mind
2018-10-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Antioch College, Glen Helen Building, Corry Street, Yellow Springs, OH, 45387, United States
Phakchok Rinpoche and Erric Solomon will introduce us to their new book, Radically Happy: A User’s guide to the Mind

UPDATE: We have just learned that Phakchok Rinpoche will not be able to attend the talk in Yellow Springs this evening (10/29). Unfortunately a close family member of his is critically ill and in the hospital, thus Rinpoche needs to be present with them now. He was not able to attend the talks in San Francisco, Chicago and Michigan as well. However, his coauthor Erric Solomon did give the Radically Happy talks in those cities and will also speak here in Yellow Springs t‌oni‌gh‌t. ‌ We look forward to seeing you at the talk.

East meets West in this fresh, modern take on a timeless challenge: how to find contentment and meaning in life.
In Radically Happy, a meditating Silicon Valley entrepreneur teams up with a young, insightful, and traditionally educated Tibetan Rinpoche. Together they present a path to radical happiness—a sense of well-being that you can access anytime but especially when life is challenging. Using mindfulness techniques and accessible meditations, personal stories and scientific studies, you’ll get to know your own mind and experience how a slight shift in your perspective can create a radical shift in your life.
Instructors

QUOTES:
“Radically Happy brings the new and the old together in a beautiful way. The combination helps us understand how meditation, kindness, and wisdom can make a real difference, moment to moment in daily life.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpcohe
Praise for Radically Happy:
“Meditators or not, we all need an easy-to-use, pragmatic operator’s manual for the mind. You’ve found it here.” – Daniel Goleman and Tara Bennett-Goleman

Vajrakilaya Retreat with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
2018-11-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2018-11-10 10:00 - 16:30, 2018-11-11 10:00 - 16:30 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Please join us for the weekend retreat of Vajrakilaya, the wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, the deity of purification. Dates: Friday Nov. 9, Saturday Nov. 10 and Sunday Nov. 11

The transformation that occurs when the afflictive emotions are subdued with sharp discriminating awareness is the arising of the wrathful deities…The wrathful deities are infuriated with compassion. They are not angry. They are like a mother taming a mischievous child…Their compassion is even more intense than the compassion of peaceful deities. ~ H.E. Garchen Rinpoche ~
In today’s world, anxieties about our personal life and world conditions can disturb our peace of mind. The practice of Vajrakilaya acts as a powerful means to remove personal inner & outer obstacles to peace, happiness and enlightenment while promoting the well-being of the world community as a whole.
Even more auspiciously, we will be practicing Vajrakilaya simultaneously with our sister sangha, Garchen Buddhist Institute, to magnify the impact of our efforts.
Schedule:
Friday, November 9, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Vajrakilaya Empowerment
Saturday, November 10, 10:00-noon, Lunch 12:00 – 1:30*, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Vajrakilaya Teachings & Practice
Sunday, November 11, 10:00-noon, Lunch 12:00 – 1:30*, 1:30 – 4:30p.m. Vajrakilaya Teachings & Practice
*Lunch will be served
Retreat Fee: $25 per day $50 for weekend
Students: $12 per day $25 for weekend
Registration is at the door.

If you are interested in attending the retreat and need any financial assistance, we can accommodate your needs. Contact us at info@gardrolma.org for more information.

Two Days of Long-Life Practices Honoring H.E. Garchen Rinpoche Led by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
2018-12-29 - 2018-12-30 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Please join Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche Saturday December 29th & Sunday December 30th, for two days of auspicious long-life practices honoring our beloved teacher, H.E. Garchen Rinpoche. To express our heartfelt appreciation, gratitude and love for our center’s root teacher, Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will lead us in White Tara mantra recitation and practice each day.
Our practices will be part of a broader initiative by the international sangha to honor the long-life of our precious, masterful guide on the Buddhist path. This includes Garchen Institute’s Long-Life Ceremony the same weekend. Your mantra accumulation totals can be submitted to the Garchen Institute website at https://garchen.net/
NOTE: This event will not be streamed. If you are not local please visit Garchen Buddhist Center website for their Winter Teachings including the Long Life Ceremony for Garchen Rinpoche in Arizona.
Please feel free to stop by the center for whatever time you have available to share in the White Tara mantra accumulation!
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, December 29th & Sunday, December 30th
10:00 am—Noon White Tara Mantra Recitation & Accumulation
Noon—1:30 pm Lunch at the Center
1:30 pm—3:00 pm White Tara Mantra Recitation & Accumulation continues
3:30 pm—5:00 pm White Tara Mantra Recitation & Accumulation continues

Meditation Workshop
2019-04-06 10:30 - 12:30 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Relaxing into simplicity using sound, energy, breath and mind
Presenter: Robert L. Leach
Co-presenter: Thomas Marcey

Saturday, April 6, 2019, 10:30 AM – 12:30PM
Location: Gar Drolma Buddhist Learning and Meditation Center
Eight unique traditional meditation practices and techniques that can have profound liberating effects for anyone suffering from the pressures, speed, meaninglessness, and uncertainties often associated with living in a modern world.
The eight practices that will be presented:
· Hearing the Bell
· Zazen
· Mixing mind with space
· Meditation of nondoing
· Sky gazing meditation
· Sounding “A”
· Sounding “HA”
· Gurdjieff energy posture
Suggested donation $25-35.  All donations go to the operation of Gar Drolma Buddhist Learning & Meditation Center. All are welcome to join the retreat no one is turned away for lack of funds. Please call us at (937) 252-2220 or email info@gardrolma.org.
Presenter Bio:
Robert L. Leach is a native of Dayton, Ohio and a graduate of the University of Vermont, with a degree in Behavioral Science. An early interest in higher consciousness and meditation eventuated in 1973 in an interview with, and instruction in zazen from, Roshi Philip Kapleau, founder of the Zen Center in Rochester, New York. Robert received his first Tibetan Buddhist teaching and transmission in 1987 at the Claymont Society in Charlestown, West Virginia. Robert shares in his workshops techniques gleaned from over forty-five years of involvement in Zen, the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff, and especially Tibetan Buddhism.
Resources
The Three Pillars of Zen, Roshi Philip Kapleau, Anchor Books, 1989
Learning Buddhism by the Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche; Printed at Chaman Enterprises 1063, Pataudi House, Darya Ganj, New Delhi, India [Available Here]
Stages of Meditation:Awakening the Mind by the Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche; Printed at Chaman Enterprises 1063, Pataudi House, Darya Ganj, New Delhi, India [Available Here]
Being Right Here: A Dzogchen Treasure Text of Nuden Dorje Entitled The Mirror of Clear Meaning by James Low (Snow Lion Publications) http://www.simplybeing.co.uk
Transcript: Gutenstein Retreat, Austria 15‐17 May 2009
Transcript: Cutting Free Without Losing Anything, James Low, Berlin, Germany, 7-8 May, 2011
(Available in archives at http://www.simplybeing.co.uk)
Dzogchen introduction by James Low. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfxx-1uiXk
Presenter’s Teachers and Teaching Locations:
Roshi Philip Kapleau
Zen Center
Rochester, New York
Roshi Bhodin Kjolhede
Zen Center
Rochester, New York
Irmis B. Popoff
(Work of G. I. Gurdjieff, P.D. Ouspensky, and J. G. Bennett)
Pinnacle Group
Sea Cliff, Long Island

Summer Celebration at the Farm: Achi Chokyi Drolma Smoke Offering and Group Picnic
2019-06-08 10:00 - 17:00 | Jackson Farm, 10655 Harrison Raod, Loveland, OH, 45140, United States
Summer Celebration at the Farm : Achi Chokyi Drolma Smoke Offering and Group Picnic
Everyone is invited to Bob & Deb Jackson’s beautiful farm in Loveland for a joyful celebration. It’s a chance to relax with our friends, eat good food (please bring your favorite vegetarian dish) and engage in practice. Those of you who attend our Sunday meditation practice are familiar with the practice of Achi Chokyi Drolma, the protectoress of the Buddhadharma and the Drikung lineage. The smoke offering is a way to promote the success of our practice while enhancing our merit.
This event will NOT be streamed.
For planning purposes, please RSVP by Monday, June 3 at info@gardrolma.org with the number of people attending and let us know the dish you will bring to share.
Please bring a blanket, yoga mat or seating you want for the smoke offering. Wear comfortable shoes for walking on grass.

The Great Nyingma and Kagyu Master Bardor Tulku
2019-10-11 - 2019-10-13 | OH, United States
October 11- 13, 2019
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN PAGE FOR REGISTRATION FORM.
Dzambhala Empowerment and Lojong 7-Point Mind Training
Gar Drolma is privileged to welcome back Bardor Tulku Rinpoche, a beloved master of the Nyingma & Kagyu traditions who has a deep friendship and spiritual connection with H.E. Garchen Rinpoche.
Registration is now open. Please scroll to the bottom of this page.

$50-100 per day
$150-300 for full weekend
Fees are on a sliding scale to accommodate all who would like to attend.
Dzambhala Empowerment – Friday October 11th : 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Dzambhala is the embodiment of the perfect generosity of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. The practice of Dzambhala helps to increase prosperity and remove the suffering of poverty so that practitioners can pursue the dharma with a peaceful mind.
Empowerment is a beautiful ritual that introduces participants to their true nature as enlightened body, speech, and mind. This introduction connects participants with their primordially enlightened nature and grants permission for developing the connection via the methods of visualization, mantra recitation, and meditation.
Refuge is required for empowerments. Rinpoche will give the refuge vow before the empowerment if there are people who would like to receive it or if you are interested in the empowerment but have not taken refuge. Please contact Linda McCart at 614-397-3484 to make arrangements.
Lojong: 7-Point Mind Training – Saturday October 12 and Sunday October 13
Make the Practice of Compassion a Part of Your Daily Life.
Bardor Tulku Rinpoche will present the special system of practice known as Lojong: 7-Point Mind Training which traces back to the 11th century Indian Scholar, Atisha. Lojong brings together key practices of the Mahayana path to develop the ultimate level of compassion, or bodhicitta, as well as to gain insight into the true nature of mind. This path also provides methods you can practice in your daily life, including transforming negative circumstances into insights that lead to wisdom and taking on the suffering of others through the practice of Tonglen.

Winter Renewal Retreat in Wellington, Florida
2020-01-30 - 2020-02-02 | Wellington Home, 12233 Sunset Point Circle, Wellington, FL, 33414, United States
Deepen Your Meditation Practice; Refresh Your Mind & Practice
How often have you made a New Year’s resolution to deepen your meditation practice and strengthen the resolve to live a life with kindness, love and compassion?
Come to Wellington Florida for a mid-winter renewal retreat. Refresh your mind and practice, and even set positive intentions for the New Year. Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will be joining us to share profound instructions and maybe even guide us in yoga practice. Spend time in formal sitting meditation practice, instruction, ceremony and quiet time by the pool or mindful walks on the beach.

We will be staying in a beautiful house by a lake, minutes from the beach and lush Florida parks.
Start the new year with a deepening contact with your – body, sensations, perceptions, feelings and mental activity with the aid of mindfulness, insight and the altruistic mind of Bodhicitta.
Schedule:
Thursday January 30th Arrival
Welcome dinner, Orientation and Achi Chokyi Drolma practice will start at 6PM.
Friday January 31th
A day of meditation practice & instruction by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner will be served.
Saturday February 1st
A day of meditation practice & instruction by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner will be served.
Sunday February 2nd
After Breakfast we will begin with a morning of practice followed by Lunch and Dakini Tsok.
The retreat will end at 3PM but anyone wishing to stay is welcome. For those who can continue to stay on Sunday we will have dinner and a sunset practice. Monday February 3rd will have breakfast & morning practice.
As this is a commitment retreat, Khenpo has requested that those participating will attend from Thursday January 30th 6PM thru Sunday February 2nd, 3PM.
ACCOMODATIONS & COSTS:
Residential:
$335.00 per person includes lodging at the house, local transportation, retreat & meals
Commuting:
$225.00 per person, includes retreat & meals
There is limited space available.. For more information contact: info@gardrolma.org or 513-604-3723

The Sole Kilaya of the Sacred Bond of the Heart
2022-04-16 11:00 - 13:30 | OH
Revealed by: H.H. Khenpo Jigmey Phuntsok Commentary by: Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

S‌A‌T‌UR‌‌DA‌‌Y A‌pr‌il 16th & ‌‌SU‌‌ND‌A‌Y ‌‌Ap‌ri‌l 17th ‌ ‌‌11‌:‌00‌am-1‌:00‌pm ‌ED‌T ‌

Don’t miss this precious opportunity to explore an extremely abbreviated, daily Vajrakilaya practice revealed as a terma “spiritual treasure” by Khenpo Jigmey Phuntsok Rinpoche. Khenpo Samdup studied this text under Jigmey Phuntsok Rinpoche called A Branck of the Kilaya Tantra Gurkhukma known as The Sole Kilaya of the Sacred Bond of the Heart. This text is particularly powerful for removing outer and inner obstacles to inner peace and unconditional compassion while promoting the well-being of the world community and the causes to attain enlightenment. Commentaries are not often available on this text. May the benefits bring swift relief to all beings suffering in samsara.

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Buddha Amitabha Practice & Great Drikung Phowa Chenmo Practice, “The Standing Blade of Grass”
2022-06-11 07:00 - 09:00 | OH
JUNE 11 & 12, 2022

Khenpo Samdup will explain and lead the practice of Phowa. The Phowa practice is the most direct and quickest method by which one may be assured of a positive rebirth and possible enlightenment at the time of death.

The Buddha Amitabha and Phowa practices help to assure a more positive rebirth and possible attainment of the Amitabha pure land at the time of death.

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Buddha Shakyamuni Empowerment and Saga Dawa Prayers and Puja
2022-06-14 11:00 - 20:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Tue‌sd‌ay, J‌un‌e 1‌4, 2022

Led by Khenpo Samdup Rinpocheand co-organized with the Capital Area Tibetan Association.We welcome you to join with our sister center Drikung Dharma Surya in Fairfax, Virginia for this very special program. The Saga Dawa Duchen commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni.

Full Moon Saga Dawa Celebration Schedule:‌Saga Dawa is the month of merits multiplied by a hundred thousand times. We say prayers and do pujas in order to accumulate greater virtuous merits and to purify our negative karmas, to pray for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and all of the Holy Gurus of all traditions, and to pray for the well-being, peace, happiness, and enlightenment of all sentient beings.

CLICK HERE to download the Prayers for Special Days, Chötrul Düchen, and Saka Dawa text. CLICK HERE to download the Prayer to be Reborn in Dewachen (Metered Tibetan & English).

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Narak Kong Shak Shitro Practice & Buddha Amitabha Practice (Lighting of 100 candles)
2022-06-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
SA‌‌‌TU‌‌R‌D‌‌A‌Y J‌U‌N‌E 18‌th‌ AND ‌‌SUN‌‌DA‌‌Y J‌‌UN‌E‌ 19‌th ‌‌‌‌11‌:‌‌00-1‌‌‌:‌00‌pm E‌‌‌‌DT

‘Emptying the Lower Realms from their Very Depths’ tantra. Narak Kong Shak is known as one of the most powerful and important methods or practices of confession and is also a particularly powerful prayer for those who have died or are ill.

~ HE Garchen Rinpoche has referred to this text as most important for purification and confession of impairments for those who have passed away~

The Buddha of Boundless Light, Amitabha, practice helps to assure a more positive rebirth and possible attainment of the Amitabha pure land at the time of death.Don’t miss this opportunity to join us with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche to receive instructions on these profound texts and practcie as a community for those who have passed.

CLICK HERE to download Narak Kong Shak Shitro PracticeCLICK HERE to download Amitabha Text

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We are only able to offer Dharma programs like this because of your kindness and generosity. Please know that your donation brings great benefit to the entire Sangha. Thank you!

Chenrezig Teachings
2022-06-24 21:00 - 23:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Khenpo will be teaching at our sister center, Garchen Meditation Centrein Canada over the next t‌hr‌ee w‌ee‌ken‌ds. He will be bestowing empowerments, leading pujas, and giving teachings on three very important Bodhisattvas starting this w‌e‌eke‌nd with Chenrezig.

‌Fr‌id‌ay, J‌un‌e 2‌4, and Saturday, June 25 202‌2‌

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We are only able to offer Dharma programs like this because of your kindness and generosity.Please know that your donation brings great benefit to the entire Sangha. Thank you!

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Self Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness
2022-07-01 17:00 - 19:00 | OH
with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Khenpo will be teaching at our sister center, Garchen Meditation Centrein Canada over the next t‌hr‌ee w‌ee‌ken‌ds. He will be bestowing empowerments, leading pujas, and giving teachings on three very important Bodhisattvas this w‌e‌eke‌nd will be Manjushri, Vipassana and Dzogchen terma teachings.

For more information visit: https://garchencanada.com/events/

‌Fr‌id‌ay, J‌‌uly 1‌st, 202‌2‌9pm-11pm EDT

“Self Liberation Through seeing with Naked Awareness” Teachings with Mandarin Translation on Zoom

This Dzogchen terma was written by Guru Padmasambhava and concealed in the 8th century. Karma Lingpa discovered it six centuries later. It is a direct introduction to the state of intrinsic awareness.

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We are only able to offer Dharma programs like this because of your kindness and generosity.Please know that your donation brings great benefit tothe entire Sangha.

Thank you!

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Vajrapani Empowerment & Teachings Weekend Event
2022-07-09 08:00 - 10:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Vajrapani Empowerment & Teachingswith Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Saturday, July 9 and Sunday, July 10, 2022

Khenpo will be teaching at our sister center, Garchen Meditation Centre in Canada over the next t‌hr‌ee w‌ee‌ken‌ds. He will be bestowing empowerments, leading pujas, and giving teachings on three very important Bodhisattvas continuing this w‌e‌eke‌nd with Vajrapani. ‌

“Buddhahood is attained because of bodhicitta, which is brought forth out of compassion. Compassion is brought forth out of love.”

~ Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche~

We are only able to offer Dharma programs like this because of your kindness and generosity.Please know that your donation brings great benefit tothe entire Sangha.

Thank you!

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Heart Sutra, The Perfection of Wisdom
2022-07-16 09:00 - 10:30 | OH
Bestowed by H.E. Garchen Rinpoche

Saturday, July 16, 2022

This weekend join our sister center Drikung Dharma Surya, ‌JULY 16‌th 1‌:00-2‌:30‌pm E‌DT to receive this very special and profound teaching streamed live as H.E. Garchen Rinpoche bestows the Heart Sutra from Arizona.

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Click here to download the Drikung Kagyu Prayer Book, The Sutra of the heart of the Glorious Lady Prajñāpāramitā (p. 36)

The Three Bodhisattva's Practice
2022-07-17 11:00 - 13:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
The Three Bodhisattva’s Practice (Chenrezig, Manjushri, Vajrapani) with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

These three Bodhisattvas also known as the ‘three Bodhisattvas of the heart’ who represent all the enlightened beings form body, respectively power (Vajrapani), wisdom (Manjushri) and compassion (Chenrezig).

Khenpo will lead us in these profound practices that help us connect to the enlightened body, speech and mind of all the Buddhas.

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Land Blessing Puja and Auspicious Prayers
2022-08-11 09:00 - 12:30 | OH
With Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Thursday, August 11, 9:00 am – 12:30pm EST

It is a complete joy to announce the construction of a Tara Stupa at IKAL in Tulum, Mexico. Khenpo will bless the land and plant the seeds to begin the construction of a Tara Stupa. Don’t miss this auspicious event for the blessings of Tulum, Mexico and all sentient beings!.

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