Vajrakilaya Retreat (Online and at Temple)
2023-04-22 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday April 22 and Sund‌‌‌‌‌‌‌a‌y April 2310‌‌am – 12:00‌pm EDT and 1:30 – 4:30pm EDT

Please join us in welcoming Khenpo back to Gar Drolma in Dayton, Ohio for the weekend retreat of Vajrakilaya, the wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, the deity of purification.

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.

*For those attending locally: Refuge ceremony – 4:‌00‌pm E‌DT S‌un‌da‌y A‌pr‌il 23‌rd‌Sangha lunch will be available on Saturday & S‌un‌da‌y

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~

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Vajrakilaya Retreat (Online and at Temple)
2023-04-23 10:00 - 16:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday April 22 and Sund‌‌‌‌‌‌‌a‌y April 2310‌‌am – 12:00‌pm EDT and 1:30 – 4:00pm EDT

Please join us in welcoming Khenpo back to Gar Drolma in Dayton, Ohio for the weekend retreat of Vajrakilaya, the wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, the deity of purification.

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.

*For those attending locally: Refuge ceremony – 4:‌00‌pm E‌DT S‌un‌da‌y A‌pr‌il 23‌rd‌Sangha lunch will be available on Saturday & S‌un‌da‌y

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~

Questions? Click here.

Click below to request zoom link. *Mandarin & Spanish translation available

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White Sur Offering called Pervading All Purelands (Online Only)
2023-04-24 19:30 - 20:30, 2023-05-08 19:30 - 20:30, 2023-05-22 19:30 - 20:30, 2023-06-05 19:30 - 20:30
~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 senior student and Sangha. • The White Sur consists of a smoke offering of flour, sweets, dairy products or a special blend of offering substances. This practice can be dedicated for the benefit of people or animals who have died to help them purify karma and take a better rebirth.

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White Sur Text

Meditation & Learning Buddhism Program (at the Center)
2023-04-26 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-05-03 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-05-10 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-05-17 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-05-24 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-05-31 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-06-07 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-06-14 18:00 - 19:30
At Gar Drolma Temple

Gar Drolma invites students of all levels who wish to explore Buddhism and meditation to a new in-person program ‌at the center.

You will have the opportunity to study foundational principals of Buddhism based on the text Learning Buddhism by our Spiritual Director, Khenpo Samdup, and practice meditation.

Each session will be led by a Senior Student.‌

6:‌00—6‌:30 ‌p.m. Meditation Practice ‌6:3‌0—7‌:30 ‌p‌.m. A Chapter from Learning Buddhism will be discussed

Resources

Learning Buddhism Video Series

Buddhism Books

*This program will Not be held on zoom.

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!

Donations Appreciated

Generation Stage Meditation Teachings From Stages of Meditation: Awakening the Mind
2023-04-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Saturday April 29 and Sund‌‌‌‌‌‌‌a‌y April 3010‌‌am-12‌‌:00‌pm EDT ONLINE ONLY‌

Please join us this weekend as the teachings continue on the Generation Stage practice with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche.

Generation Stage is one of the principal techniques of Buddhist Tantra. In these practices, by means of visualization and mantra recitation we gradually shift our perceptions away from confusion and re-align them with the actuality of our true, enlightened nature.Don’t miss this important opportunity to experience these profound teachings.

Khenpo will explain these practices based on his bookThe Stages of Meditation: Awakening the Mind.

Click Here for more information about the Book.

‌ *‌Da‌i‌l‌‌y P‌ractice will be held on Zoom S‌at‌urd‌ay & S‌‌un‌‌da‌‌y (EDT) 9‌‌am-9:‌‌40a‌m(AT THE TEMPLE & ONLINE)

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Generation Stage Meditation Teachings From Stages of Meditation: Awakening the Mind
2023-04-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday April 29 and Sund‌‌‌‌‌‌‌a‌y April 3010‌‌am-12‌‌:00‌pm EDT ONLINE ONLY‌

Please join us this weekend as the teachings continue on the Generation Stage practice with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche.

Generation Stage is one of the principal techniques of Buddhist Tantra. In these practices, by means of visualization and mantra recitation we gradually shift our perceptions away from confusion and re-align them with the actuality of our true, enlightened nature.Don’t miss this important opportunity to experience these profound teachings.

Khenpo will explain these practices based on his bookThe Stages of Meditation: Awakening the Mind.

Click Here for more information about the Book.

‌ *‌Da‌i‌l‌‌y P‌ractice will be held on Zoom S‌at‌urd‌ay & S‌‌un‌‌da‌‌y (EDT) 9‌‌am-9:‌‌40a‌m(AT THE TEMPLE & ONLINE)

Click below to request zoom link. *Mandarin & Spanish translation available

Request Zoom Info Here

4-Day Mani Retreat for World Peace
2023-05-04 00:00 - 2023-05-07 23:59 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
In-Person @ Drikung Dharma Surya Center Temple & Virtual Online with Worldwide Sangha

04 – 07 MAY 2023; 9 AM – 5PM EDTLed by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche with Geshe Lobsang Cholphal, Lama Rigzin, Acharya Konchok Chonyi & Venerable Thich Minh Trạm

Please see the DDSC Upcoming Events Page for details

* For In-Person, please register at: drikungdharmasurya@gmail.com* For Virtual Zoom access, please register at: drikungdharmasurya.org/upcoming-events/

Please contact DDSC at: drikungdharmasurya@gmail.com if you are out of town participant for the entire in-person retreat and look for accommodation.

If you would like to make Special Lamp Offering (108 lamps) during the MANI Retreat and/or Donation for Dedication of Merits to Loved Ones, please check DDSC webpage links at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-living/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/donation/, and provide us with names in request submission.

Suggested Donation: $60/person. No one turned away due to lack of fund. The Mani Retreat is centered on the boundless love, compassion, and wisdom of Avalokiteshvara, whose mantra is OM MANI PADME HUNG HRIH. When we recite OM MANI PADME HUNG with the mind to benefit all beings, we are engaging in a profound method that transforms our impure body, speech, and mind to a pure state of body, speech, and mind. Reciting each syllable of the Mani mantra with a mind of bodhicitta closes the doors to the six realms of samsara and frees sentient beings from suffering. The Mani Retreat will start each day at 9 AM and end at 5 PM EDT, with daily teachings and practices at the DDSC Shrine Hall. You are welcome to attend the retreat as your schedule allows.Practice books are provided and can be downloaded from https://drikungdharmasurya.org/upcoming-events/

“The more Mani mantras we recite, the more love will increase in the minds of sentient beings, the more hatred will decrease. The minds of beings will become peaceful and happy, which will also help one’s country. If the minds of humans become peaceful and happy, then also the minds of spirits will become peaceful and happy. The Mani mantra practice is supreme in order to bring about peace and happiness.” – H.E. Garchen Rinpoche

It is through your kind generosity that we are able to bring these precious Dharma teachings to you every week. Thank you and may all beings benefit! Donations Gratefully Appreciated

Buddha Amitabha Practice & Great Drikung Phowa Chenmo Practice, “The Standing Blade of Grass”
2023-05-05 19:30 - 20:30
ONLINE ONLY

This popular practice helps assure a more positive rebirth, or possibly even attainment of Amitabha Pureland, at the time of death.

This practice will be led by a senior student.

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Short Phowa Text (with Spanish)

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!

Donations Appreciated

Tara Blessings & Teachings with HE Garchen Rinpoche,Venerable Khenpo Samdup, Venerable Khenpo Tenzin, & the Garchen Institute Lamas
2023-05-12 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-13 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-14 13:00 - 15:00
At Garchen Buddhist Institute in ArizonaLivestream Session: May 12th – 14th

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Venerable Khenpo Tenzin – Four Dharma of Gampopa Teachings ‌Fr‌ida‌y M‌ay 12‌th 6‌pm-8‌pm EDT Venerable Khenpo Samdup – Supplication to Tara Teachings ‌Sa‌tu‌rda‌y M‌ay 13‌th 6‌pm-8‌pm E‌DT‌HE Garchen Rinpoche – Mahamudra TeachingsS‌u‌nd‌ay M‌ay 14‌th 1‌p‌m – 3‌pm E‌‌DT‌‌ ‌

CLICK HERE FOR LIVESTREAM INFORMATION

Buddha Amitabha Practice & Great Drikung Phowa Chenmo Practice, “The Standing Blade of Grass”
2023-05-19 09:30 - 10:30
ONLINE ONLY

This popular practice helps assure a more positive rebirth, or possibly even attainment of Amitabha Pureland, at the time of death. Times for the June Phowa are subject to change.

This practice will be led by a senior student.

Request Zoom Info Here

Text Downloads

Short Phowa Text (with Spanish)

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!

Donations Appreciated

Guru Rinpoche Empowerment & Pointing Out Instructions Given to the Old Woman
2023-05-20 00:00 - 2023-05-21 23:59 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Welcome Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche back to Gar Drolma!

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday, May 20 – Sunday May 21, 2023

Help us celebrate this joyful event as Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche returns to Gar Drolma in May. He will bless us with a Guru Rinpoche empowerment and Dzogchen Teachings.

This teaching has great simplicity yet is very profound. In this teaching Guru Rinpoche explained how to recognize the nature of mind by using short study, meditation, and concentration.

*Khenpo has asked that those in person or online attend all the days of the Dzogchen Teachings.

Registration Link for In Person Only

Text Downloads

Dzogchen Teaching Text: Pointing out Instructions to the Old Woman

Guru Rinpoche Peaceful Practice

Donations are welcome to receive these profound and rarely offered empowerment & teachings from Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche.

Donation Link: Click Here

Vipassana Retreat - Registration Available
2023-05-23 00:00 - 2023-05-28 23:59 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌May 23 – 28, 2023Loveland, OH

Please join us for a Vipassana retreat at a unique outdoor location in Loveland, Ohio as Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche presents in-depth instructions on this foundational technique of meditation.

Teachings will be held under an open tent and a simple meditation cabin. Limited primitive camping sites and outdoor facilities will be available – students should please bring their own camping equipment if possible. Also, we will have some camping equipment available on site. Meals will be provided.

Register now – limited spaces available.

Register for Vipassana Now

Amitabha Buddha Phowa Empowerment, Teachings & Practices
2023-06-02 19:00 - 21:00
ONLINE ONLY

Amitabha Empowerment and the practice of Phowa helps assure a more positive rebirth, or possibly even attainment of Amitabha Pureland, at the time of death.

This practice will be led by a senior student.

Request Zoom Info Here

Text Downloads

Short Phowa Text (with Spanish)

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!

Donations Appreciated

Buddha Amitabha Practice & Great Drikung Phowa Chenmo Practice, “The Standing Blade of Grass”
2023-06-03 10:00 - 17:00
ONLINE ONLY

This popular practice helps assure a more positive rebirth, or possibly even attainment of Amitabha Pureland, at the time of death. Times for the June Phowa are subject to change.

This practice will be led by a senior student.

Text Downloads

Short Phowa Text (with Spanish)

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!

Donations Appreciated

Amitabha Buddha Phowa Empowerment, Teachings & Practices
2023-06-03 10:00 - 17:00
ONLINE ONLY

THIS WEEK:10 am – 12 noon EST: Teachings2 pm – 5 pm EST: Practice

Amitabha Empowerment and the practice of Phowa helps assure a more positive rebirth, or possibly even attainment of Amitabha Pureland, at the time of death.

This practice will be led by a senior student.

Request Zoom Info Here

Text Downloads

Short Phowa Text (with Spanish)

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!

Donations Appreciated

Saga Dawa Duchen Celebration
2023-06-04 10:00 - 14:00
ONLINE ONLY

Saga Dawa Duchen the occasion of celebrating the birth of Lord Buddha, his enlightenment, and his death or mahaparinirvana on the full moon, thus marking itself as one of the most important festivals.

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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!

Donations Appreciated

Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche & the International Sangha in Europe
2023-06-10 00:00 - 23:59
Join us this weekend online as Khenpo will begin his teachings and travels in Europe. His teachings this weekend (June 10 & 11) will be on the Four Noble Truths, the central pillars of the Buddha’s teachings.

Weekend teachings for those joining via Zoom will generally take place from 10am – 12pm EDT. (Daily Practice 9am-9:40am EDT)Times for weekday events will be provided as they become available.

If you wish to attend in person, please use the contact information listed after each event to inquire.

Click for the Learning Buddhism Book (Chapter 2)

Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche’s European Itinerary 2023

LISBON, PORTUGAL

Dates: June 7-9, 2023 Information: https://bam-boo.notion.site/bam-boo/2-days-with-a-Tibetan-BuddhistMonk-join-any-session-you-like-0a9854009a0a4da783a771cdfedaf13b Contact: Stefan +1 (424) 413-7094

IBIZA

Garden of Light, Ibiza Dates: June 9, 2023 Contact: alvaro@wisdomhealth.io

Tierra Iris, Ibiza Dates: June 11, 2023 Contact: alvaro@wisdomhealth.io

Wisdom Health Retreat Ibiza Dates: June 13 -18, 2023 Information: https://www.wisdomhealth.io/reaching-optimal Contact: alvaro@wisdomhealth.io

ITALY

Sky Dharma Monte Labbro Samantabhadra Solstice Teaching and Practice Dates: June 21, 2023 Contact: Jan Blumenroth +49 1522 7100000

Sky Dharma Monte Labbro Khenpo Munsel’s Dzogchen Tonglen Dates: June 22, 2023 Contact: Jan Blumenroth +49 1522 7100000

Florence, Italy Dates: June 23 – 25, 2023 Contact: Egle +39 320 084 5539

Venice, Italy (Padua) Dates: June 26 – 27, 2023 Contact: Anna Yogalove +39 393 981 0965

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

Dates: June 27 – July 03, 2023 Contact: alvaro@wisdomhealth.io

CATALUNYA (GIRONA), SPAIN

Dates: July 4 – 10, 2023 Information: https://pioneersofourtime.com/wisdom/ Contact: alvaro@wisdomhealth.io

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

Dates: July 10, 2023 Contact: Frederique Nuhaan +31 6 19718945

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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!

Donations Appreciated

The Four Noble Truths - Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
2023-06-11 10:00 - 12:00
Join us as Khenpo begins his teachings and travels in Europe. His teachings this weekend (June 10 & 11) will be on the Four Noble Truths, the central pillars of the Buddha’s teachings.

Click for the Learning Buddhism Book (Chapter 2)

Video Library

EVENT PHOTOS

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!

Donations Appreciated
