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 […]
"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 […]
Introducing monthly Phowa practice at Gar Drolma, starting Sunday, September 23rd. For the first time, Gar Drolma will offer a monthly Great Drikung Phowa Chenmo practice, every third Sunday from […]
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. […]
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 […]
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1st Sunday of the each month In this practice one visualizes Amitabha and his retinue and recites his six syllable mantra. Through this practice we purify our obscurations and accumulate […]
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 […]
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 […]
No events tonight so you can be home to hand out candy :-)
Please join us for the weekend retreat of Vajrakilaya, the wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, the deity of purification.
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.
Khenpo will give the transmission and instructions for the preliminary practices (ngondro) of the Five-fold Mahamudra composed by Garchen Rinpoche.
1st Sunday of the each month In this practice one visualizes Amitabha and his retinue and recites his six syllable mantra. Through this practice we purify our obscurations and accumulate […]
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will teach from the beloved text, The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, illustrating acts of ultimate compassion (or bodhicitta).
1st Sunday of the each month In this practice one visualizes Amitabha and his retinue and recites his six syllable mantra. Through this practice we purify our obscurations and accumulate […]
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will continue his teachings on The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva.
We will be discussing Mind Beyond Death by Dzogchen Ponlop after our monthly Phowa practice to gain deeper insight into the human experience at death and beyond.
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will be offering teachings and practice instructions for this popular tantric practice that is one of the principal practices to be completed during 3-year retreats.
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 […]