2023 Losar Celebration - Year of the Water Rabbitwith Kenpo Samdup Rinpoche & International Sangha‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday February 25 and Sund‌‌‌‌‌‌‌a‌y F‌‌e‌b‌‌r‌u‌‌a‌‌r‌‌y 26th10‌‌am-12‌‌:00‌pm E‌‌S‌T ONLINE ONLY‌Join us online with the Internation Sangha and our sister center, Drikung Dharma Surya, to celebrate Losar thru reciting prayers on this auspicious weekend. May the blessings be boundless!Click below to request […]

White Tara Practice & Teachings and Stupa Consecration in Tulumwith Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday March 11th and Sund‌‌‌‌‌‌‌a‌y March 12th10‌‌am-12‌‌:00‌pm ONLINE ONLY‌ (Saturday is EST, Sunday EDT)Join us this weekend when Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will lead us in practice and teachings of White Tara. In addition, Khenpo will bestow the lung of the White Tara text, Purified […]

~The time of death can be an opportunity for the realization of great wisdom or taking a happier rebirth ~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 […]

Commentary by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday March 18th and Sund‌‌‌‌‌‌‌a‌y March 19th10‌‌am-12‌‌:00‌pm EDT ONLINE ONLY‌ Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will be teaching on the root text of Jigme Lingpa's famous Ocean of the Single Intention Bardo Prayer which covers the four principal intermediate states in their entirety: the natural bardo of life, the bardo of death, the […]

Commentary by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday March 25th and Sund‌‌‌‌‌‌‌a‌y March 26th10‌‌am-12‌‌:00‌pm EDT ONLINE ONLY‌ Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will be teaching on the root text of Jigme Lingpa's famous Ocean of the Single Intention Bardo Prayer which covers the four principal intermediate states in their entirety: the natural bardo of life, the bardo of death, the […]

Commentary by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday March 25th and Sund‌‌‌‌‌‌‌a‌y March 26th10‌‌am-12‌‌:00‌pm EDT ONLINE ONLY‌ Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will be teaching on the root text of Jigme Lingpa's famous Ocean of the Single Intention Bardo Prayer which covers the four principal intermediate states in their entirety: the natural bardo of life, the bardo of death, the […]

Commentary by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday April 1 and Sund‌‌‌‌‌‌‌a‌y April 210‌‌am-12‌‌:00‌pm EDT ONLINE ONLY‌ Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will be teaching on the root text of Jigme Lingpa's famous Ocean of the Single Intention Bardo Prayer which covers the four principal intermediate states in their entirety: the natural bardo of life, the bardo of death, the […]

Commentary by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday April 1 and Sund‌‌‌‌‌‌‌a‌y April 210‌‌am-12‌‌:00‌pm EDT ONLINE ONLY‌ Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will be teaching on the root text of Jigme Lingpa's famous Ocean of the Single Intention Bardo Prayer which covers the four principal intermediate states in their entirety: the natural bardo of life, the bardo of death, the […]

with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday 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 […]

with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday 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 […]

by Khenpo Samdup RinpocheSaturday 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 […]

by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday 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 […]

In-Person @ Drikung Dharma Surya Center Temple & Virtual Online with Worldwide Sangha04 – 07 MAY 2023; 9 AM – 5PM EDTLed by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche with Geshe Lobsang Cholphal, Lama Rigzin, Acharya Konchok Chonyi & Venerable Thich Minh TrạmPlease see the DDSC Upcoming Events Page for details *  For In-Person, please register at:  [email protected]*  For Virtual […]

At Garchen Buddhist Institute in ArizonaLivestream Session: May 12th - 14thVenerable 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 ‌

At Garchen Buddhist Institute in ArizonaLivestream Session: May 12th - 14thVenerable 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 ‌

At Garchen Buddhist Institute in ArizonaLivestream Session: May 12th - 14thVenerable 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 ‌

Welcome Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche back to Gar Drolma!‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Saturday, May 20 - Sunday May 21, 2023Help 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 […]