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.
This retreat will be focused on practice of the fundamental meditation techniques of Shamata (calm abiding) and Vipassana (insight) meditation.
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 […]
WEEKEND SCHEDULE ALL Morning AM Sessions will be IN PERSON AT THE TEMPLE & ONLINE ALL Afternoon PM Sessions will be ONLINE ONLY FRIDAY OCTOBER 14th 1:00pm EDT […]
Please join Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche and the Mexican Sangha at the Enlightenment Stupa in Oaxaca, Mexico. SATURDAY OCTOBER 22nd9:00-10:15am EDT Daily Practice 11:00am-1:00pm EDT […]
12:15 p.m. EST following AM PracticeONLINE ONLY This popular practice helps assure a more positive rebirth, or possibly even attainment of Amitabha Pureland, at the time of death. This practice […]
~The time of death can be an opportunity for the realization of great wisdom or taking a happier rebirth ~ • Join us for a White Sur offering lead by […]
Welcome Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche back to Gar Drolma!Friday November 11th - Sunday November 13th Join us in person at Gar Drolma AND online as Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche returns to Dayton. […]
Welcome Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche back to Gar Drolma!Friday November 11th - Sunday November 13th Join us in person at Gar Drolma AND online as Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche returns to Dayton. […]
Sunday December 31, 20239:00am-9:40am EST – Daily Practice 10:00am-12:00pm EST & 2:00pm-4:00pm EST Drikung Phowa Teaching What can we do for others or ourselves at the time of death? Khenpo Samdup […]
Welcome Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche back to Gar Drolma!Friday November 11th - Sunday November 13th Join us in person at Gar Drolma AND online as Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche returns to Dayton. […]
Gar Drolma invites students of all levels who wish to explore Buddhism and meditation to a new in-person program.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19th9:00-9:40am EST Daily Practice 10:00am-12:00pm EST Flight of the Garuda Dzogchen Teachings SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20th9:00-9:40am EST Daily Practice […]
~The time of death can be an opportunity for the realization of great wisdom or taking a happier rebirth ~ • Join us for a White Sur offering lead by […]
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27th9:00-9:40am EST Daily Practice 10:00am-12:00pm EST Flight of the Garuda Transmission Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will offer the transmission for the entire […]
Gar Drolma invites students of all levels who wish to explore Buddhism and meditation to a new in-person program.
Great Liberation by Hearing Bardo Teachingswith Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche Saturday January 21st & Sunday January 22nd, 202310am-12:00pm EST This weekend Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will complete the teachings from the profound book, […]
Great Liberation by Hearing Bardo Teachingswith Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche Saturday January 21st & Sunday January 22nd, 2023 10am-12:00pm EST This weekend Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will complete the teachings from the profound book, Bardo Thodol, or Natural Liberation by Hearing in the Intermediate States (also popularly called the Tibetan Book of the Dead). In order to increase […]
Friday, January 27th, 20239:00 pm - 11:00 pm EST Join Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche for White Tara Practice and Jangchok Ritual for the living. "Jang" means purifying "Chok" means Puja Through the blessings & power of the Three Jewels & the Karma of this purifying puja, we can benefit loved ones and those who are facing […]
January 28th & 29th, 2023 Dream yoga is a way to prepare for death, especially the luminous Bardo of dharmata, and the karmic bardo of becoming. Dream yoga is so central to the bardo teachings that the bardos themselves are referred to as "the dream at the end of time." Video Library for Dream Bardo […]