Khenpo will give detailed instructions in shamatha meditation. This practice allow us to gradually develop the minds ability to stay focused on a chosen object. This induces a state of mental tranquility and supports all other meditative practices we may engage in. Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm Lunch: 12:00pm - 1:30pm Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm Cost $25 […]
Khenpo will explain how to use traditional techniques of analysis and investigation to come to understand and directly experience the fundamental nature of mind and phenomena. July 22 and July 23 10:00am - 12:00pm : Vipassana 12:00pm - 1:30pm : Lunch 1:30pm - 4:30pm : Vipassana Cost $25 per day or $40 weekend
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will bestow the White Tara Empowerment. White Tara represents the embodiment of enlightened perfection of wisdom and the true nature of mind, as well as health and longevity. Ultimately, she is the very nature of the dharmakaya, and her practice is a means for attaining liberation. Generation Stage is one of the […]
Khenchen Tsultrim Lodro Rinpoche Khenchen Tsultrim Lodro Rinpoche will teach an incredible text on mind training by the great master Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima titled Turning Happiness and Suffering Into Enlightenment. This text explains in clear, direct language how to skillfully use our everyday thought processes and experiences of happiness and suffering as supports for […]
Join us at Gar Drolma for an incredible evening of teachings, live from Washington D.C. !
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. September 9 10:00am - 12:00pm : Teachings on Completion Stage and Meditation 12:00pm - 1:30pm : […]
Dzogchen teachings based on the classic text "The Flight of the Garuda." This text presents the key point of the Dzogchen view and practice in the form of beautiful, spontaneous songs of realization sung by the 19th century non-sectarian wandering yogi Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol. Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche received these incredible teachings directly from Khenpo Jigme […]
Khenpo Gawang will give four sessions of teaching about contemplative meditation on the Four Seals based on his excellent book "Your Mind is Your Teacher".
Gar Drolma is thrilled to welcome back Bardor Tulku Rinpoche. Rinpoche is a beloved teacher from the Nyingma and Karma Kagyu traditions.
We are fortunate to have our teacher Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche offer these teachings and participate in the discussion when available. When Khenpo is unable to attend a senior student will facilitate and lead the discussions. Each week the class consists of two parts: Basic Concepts and Meditation. In the first half of each class we […]
HH Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche encouraged us to look to the sutras for the direct words of the Buddha in his advice for 21st Century practitioners. In the sutras we find detailed instructions on mindfulness, the key building block of all meditation and of our understanding of the fruition of mahamudra. Khenmo Drolma will give an […]
Khenmo will give meditation instructions and teach from the three yanas on anger and related states of mind.
We are fortunate to have our teacher Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche offer these teachings and participate in the discussion when available. When Khenpo is unable to attend a senior student will […]
Reconciling Buddhist ideas and concepts about the body, mind, and universe with Western knowledge.
Khenpo will lead a 2 day practice retreat on shamatha/vipshayana meditation. This retreat will include instructions, group practice sessions, and time for individual feedback from Khenpo. Students may either stay at the temple or commute for sessions. Schedule 10:00 am - 12:00pm: Teachings and meditation practice 12:00pm - 1:30pm: Lunch 1:30pm - 4:00pm: Teachings and […]
Join us in a welcoming Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche back to Dayton after his recent travels to Hong Kong, India and Nepal. This evening Khenpo will share his journey to India and Nepal highlighting the holy sites as well the Commemoration of the Lord JIgten Sumgon's 800th Maha Parinirvana Celebration at Drikung Kagyu Institute, Jangchubling, Dehradun, in […]
10am-12pm 12pm-1:30pm (Lunch, included with registration) 1:30pm-4:30pm Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will begin a 7 month course of teaching of his commentary on Jigten Sumgon’s Essence of Mahayana. This text presents the philosophy and practice of the Mahayana in a systematic manner, beginning with the 4 common preliminary contemplations and proceeding through the generation of bodhicitta, […]
Reconciling Buddhist ideas and concepts about the body, mind, and universe with Western knowledge.
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. Join us on Friday February 23rd. Khenpo will instruct students and engage in the practice of Phowa.
10am-12pm 12pm-1:30pm (Lunch, included with registration) 1:30pm-4:30pm Khenpo will continue the presentation of the Essence of Mahayana with teachings on refuge. He will confer the vows of refuge and explain how to keep them. Khenpo will also bestow the empowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni. Receiving this empowerment connects us to the wisdom mind of the Buddha […]