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  • New Year’s Day Practice and Potluck

    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United States

    New Year Day Practice & Potluck Get 2020 off to a joyful start with your Dharma friends. We’re coming together to share in practice, good food and friendship. Khenpo Samdup […]

  • White Tara Long-Life Practice

    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United States

    White Tara Long-Life Practice Honoring H.E. Garchen Rinpoche Led by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche White Tara is the female buddha of long life whose practice can help us benefit as many […]

  • Winter Renewal Retreat in Wellington, Florida

    Wellington Home 12233 Sunset Point Circle, Wellington, FL, United States

    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?

  • Phowa and Bardo Teachings: The Great Drikung Phowa

    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United States

      The Great Drikung Phowa is highly revered in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The Phowa is a special practice that we do for ourselves and others at the time of […]

  • Shamata Meditation Practice Retreat

    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United States

    Shamata Meditation Practice Retreat This retreat will be focused on intensive practice of the fundamental meditation techniques of Shamata (calm abiding) meditation. You will learn a number of simple techniques […]

  • Dzogchen Teachings

    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United States

    Dzogchen Teachings Dzogchen “Great Completion” teachings directly point out the fundamental nature of mind and present simple methods for increasing the frequency and duration of the recognition of mind’s nature. […]

  • The Sole Kilaya of the Sacred Bond of the Heart

    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 […]

  • Vajrasattva / Achi Chokyi Drolma Retreat

    Welcome Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche back to Gar Drolma! Saturday, May 28 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 29 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Registration is not required. See […]

  • Summer Retreat

    Mahamudra / Dzogchen Commitment Retreat  (Schedule TBA) Rural Retreat in a unique outdoor location in Loveland, OH   Please join a gathering of the international sangha for an in-depth commitment […]

  • Buddha Shakyamuni Empowerment and Saga Dawa Prayers and Puja

    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 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 […]

  • Narak Kong Shak Shitro Practice & Buddha Amitabha Practice (Lighting of 100 candles)

    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 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 […]

  • Chenrezig Teachings

    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 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 […]

  • Buddha Amitabha Practice

    Buddha Amitabha Practice
    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United States

    In this practice one visualizes Amitabha and his retinue and recites his six  syllable mantra. Through this practice we purify our obscurations and accumulate merit and wisdom while cultivating the causes […]

  • Self Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness

    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 […]

  • Vajrapani Empowerment & Teachings Weekend Event

    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 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 […]

  • Heart Sutra, The Perfection of Wisdom

    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 […]

  • The Three Bodhisattva’s Practice

    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 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, […]

  • Ngondro Practice

    Ngondro Practice
    Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United States

    On Thursdays from 6-7:30 p.m. we will meet to discuss and practice the preliminaries (ngondro). All current ngondro practitioners, regardless of the lineage you follow and version of the practice that you engage in are welcome.