Archive of Events at PPI

Losar (Tibetan New Year) Celebration Pujas

Thurs 7th and Sun 10th February 2008

Join Jigme Rinpoche and the sangha in welcoming in the Tibetan New Year up at PPI. For those who are free on the first morning of the new year -- Thursday February 7th -- we will offer katags to the shrine and Chagdud Rinpoche's throne, and do short puja with Shower of Blessings (Guru Rinpoche) tsog starting at 6am. (Sangha are welcome to come up the night before - please call 707 632 5629 to let us know you would like to stay over.) Please bring your texts, katags and an offering for the tsog. All guests are welcome also if you do not empowerments.

On Sunday 10th February, starting at 9.30am, we will do puja with Red Tara tsog, and look forward to as many people as possible taking the opportunity to practice together for an auspicious start to the Year of the Rat. Please bring an offering for the tsog. Note that because we have a rental group in residence on that day, we will not be providing lunch -- please bring your own food if you plan to stay on after puja.

Vajrakilaya Retreat and Fire Puja

9.30am Saturday 29th to 5pm Monday 31st

December 2007

Padmasambhava Peace Institute, Cazadero

Jigme Tromge Rinpoche will be Vajra Master for the annual Ati Ling / Padmasambhava Peace Institute Vajrakilaya Drubchod -- newcomers and old sangha members alike are invited to attend this event for one to three days.

When Guru Padmasambhava, having journeyed to Yangleshö Cave in Nepal to accomplish the deity Yangdag Heruka, met with drought and famine inflicted on the region, he sent messagers to the Indian master Prabhahasti for the Vajrakilaya tantras. The mere arrival of these texts counteracted the adverse conditions, and the Guru and his consort both attained the realization of mahamudra. Afterwards he commented that Yangdag Heruka confers great accomplishment, but like a merchant who requires an escort, the practice needs Vajrakilaya to clear obstacles. Following the example of Guru Padmasambhava and many superb lineage masters, we perform Vajrakilaya to overcome outer, inner, and secret obstacles to dharma practice and activity. We apply the skillful means of wrathful compassion to the poisons and demons of our own minds.

The complete Vajrakilaya drubchen performed at Tibetan New Year prevents the obstacles from the past year from carrying forward into the New Year. It is said in Tibet that participation in a single week's drubchen practice generates as much merit and potential realization as a year's retreat. This event at PPI is not as elaborate as a full drubchen, but is still a powerful group practice that can be of enormous benefit. Full or partial attendance is possible, but empowerment is required to attend any part of the retreat, and will be offered on Saturday morning.

Texts required for the drubchod are: Vajrakilaya, Galaxy of Heartdrops and Protectors, all of which are available for sale at PPI's Lotus Light store.

COSTS:

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT UNTIL FRIDAY DECEMBER 21ST! PRICES GO UP ON DEC 22ND...

All costs are per person per day including three meals a day. Offerings to the lama/s are not included.

NOTE: For private rooms, priority will be given to those staying on for the New Year's Eve party.

All registration is prepaid. Please call the treasurer on 415-663-9421 to arrange payment. Reservations are confirmed only on receipt of payment.

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT UNTIL FRIDAY DECEMBER 21ST! PRICES GO UP ON DEC 22ND...

OFFERINGS

During this retreat, when we practise intensively and deepen our connection with spiritual masters such as Chagdud Rinpoche, who led the Vajrakilaya Drubchhen every year in North America and later Brazil, we make offerings of tsog and butterlamps. Tsog is a most profound method of purification and for gaining realization. Offering tsog and butterlamps are said to be two of the most effective ways for accumulating merit through generosity. Forms for making offerings will be available at registration and throughout the retreat, and all dedications will be read during the pujas.

TO MAKE OFFERINGS, click here.... (For more explanation about why we offer butterlamps, click here...)

New Year's Eve Party 2007!

Monday December 31st 7pm to Tuesday 1st January 2008 morning

Once again, the end of the Vajrakilaya retreat will take us on into party-mode -- with music, dancing, food and drink. All are welcome -- please feel free to bring friends and family (children under 12 free of charge). In the morning there will also be a short puja with Jigme Rinpoche, since this January he is not going to Brazil.

Costs are $35 per person in the dorms, and $50 per person in Tara House, and includes the sit-down dinner at 8.30pm, snack buffet, drinks, and breakfast. The Vajrakilaya retreat will end around 5pm, and guests are welcome to join us for the New Year celebrations from 7pm onwards until the next morning. Please note lunch will NOT be served on New Year's Day, but small snacks will be available for the drive home.

To register, please call the treasurer on (415) 663 9421 to arrange payment.

Meditation and Mind-training Instruction

in Santa Rosa and San Rafael

Fall 2007

For those interested in receiving instructions from Jigme Tromge Rinpoche on meditation and mind-training, ongoing sessions are conducted in Santa Rosa and San Rafael.

SANTA ROSA - Glaser Center, Unitarian Universalist Church, 547 Mendocino Avenue

1) Wednesdays at 7pm on September 19th, October 3rd and 17th:

Meditation Practice Group based on teachings given earlier in the year. Click here for more information... or email us if you have any questions.

2) FIVE consecutive Wednesdays at 7pm: October 24th and 31st, November 7th, 14th, 21st, 2007

NOTE: The Weds November 21st teaching is CANCELLED due to people's travel commitments at Thanksgiving. Rinpoche will finish teaching the series in January or February - notices will be sent out.

Teachings on the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva.

We are delighted to announce that Jigme Rinpoche will be teaching on this classic text by Thogmed Zangpo (1245-1369) on five consecutive Wednesdays. This is regarded as one of the most important texts for training in how to renounce ego, to understand the true nature of ourselves and all beings, and thereby to relate to others with love.

Although many practitioners may already be familiar with the text, it is one that can be revisited endlessly, due to its pithy, memorable verses being so applicable to every area of our lives. Jigme Rinpoche will offer a commentary on the text plus practical meditations specific to certain verses; each week we will have the opportunity to take home and intensively focus on those verses and accompanying meditations. This will build up a practice that helps us to develop greater ease in how we approach life and its challenges, and in particular shows us how to make genuinely positive changes in our relationships.

The text will be available free of charge for those who do not have one -- in English with Tibetan transliteration -- and optional worksheets will also be distributed each week as study aids.

Please bring a note-book and also, if you wish to sit on the floor, a cushion.

SAN RAFAEL -- Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C Street

Tuesdays at 7pm on October 9th and 23rd, November 6th and 20th, 2007:

Meditation Instruction and Practice. Click here for more information... or email us if you have any questions.

Annual Padma Dakini Drubchod Retreat

and Teachings

In Honor of His Eminence Chagdud Rinpoche's Parinirvana

with Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche

Friday 16th -- Sunday 18th November 2007

PPI in association with Ati Ling is delighted to host the seventh annual Padma Dakini Retreat with Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche as Vajra Master. This event is held annually to commemorate the November 17th 2002 date of the parinirvana of His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, our beloved teacher who established the Chagdud Gonpa Foundation in the West

The retreat will be based on a Dharma treasure (terma) of the late Chokgyur Lingpa, a contemporary and spiritual brother of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Chokgyur Lingpa is regarded as the last of the one hundred major tertons (treasure revealers) and the universal monarch of all Tertons.

Chokgyur Lingpa (1829-1870) displayed many amazing miracles throughout his life and worked alongside Jamyang Khyentse, Jamyang Kongtrul, Mipham Gyatso and Patrul Rinpoche in developing the Rime Movement, a non-sectarian approach to integrating all major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

This year it is our honor and delight to announce that Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche will be leading the Padma Dakini Retreat. Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche (Gochen Tulku Rinpoche) is a greatly respected lama recognized as the incarnation of Gyalwa Chokyang, one of the nine heart-disciples of Guru Rinpoche. His root teacher was Orgyen Chemchok, a disciple of the great Khenpo Ngaga. Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche is very important to Chagdud Gonpa sangha and especially our lamas because of the lineages he holds; besides the Dzogchen lineage through Orgyen Chemchok, he is holder of the lineages of the great treasure-revealer Terchen Tsasum Lingpa, and also Padgyal Lingpa, which he was asked by H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche to propagate. His Eminence Chagdud Rinpoche received the transmission of both these lineages from Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche. For more information on Rinpoche and his activity, please see www.ewam.org

Chokgyur Lingpa's fourth incarnation, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, bestowed the Padma Dakini empowerment when he visited Ati Ling in 2000 and 2004, and we are privileged to maintain the practice of this treasure under the guidance of Jigme Tromge Rinpoche, who was recognised early in life as being the reincarnation of Tsewang Norbu, the son of Chokgyur Lingpa and regarded as an Avalokiteshvara emanation.

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Attendance is possible on a per-day basis for those who are unable to attend the whole retreat.

To allow those without the Padma Dakini empowerment to participate in this retreat even if they have to work on Friday, the empowerment will be given on Saturday morning.

To begin the retreat we will spend Friday doing Chagdud Rinpoche's heart-practice of Red Tara, and on Friday night will offer butterlamps for his auspicious rebirth and the happiness and good fortune of all beings. All are welcome to attend on Friday even without empowerment (a book empowerment can be given) but everyone needs to have Padma Dakini empowerment to attend Saturday and/or Sunday.

TIME: The retreat will begin on Friday morning at 9.30am and end on Sunday evening around 5pm. If you decide to arrive on Thursday night or leave on Monday morning, there is a small extra charge - please speak to the treasurer. Note that breakfast is available on the Friday 16th and Monday 19th, but we do NOT offer dinner on Thursday 15th.

COSTS: All costs are per person per day including three meals a day, and tsog.

COSTS per person per day (includes meals, accommodation and event costs)

His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche at PPI

Rigdzin Dupa 100,000 Tsog Offerings Retreat

September 14th - 16th 2007

This annual Rigdzin Dupa ('Gathering of Awareness-Holders') Retreat is based on the sadhana by the great treasure-revealer Jigme Lingpa and constitutes the lama aspect (here represented by Guru Rinpoche) of the Three Roots practice of the Longchen Nyingthig lineage. The Rigdzin Dupa is also the sadhana used as the basis for the Great Perfection retreat Jigme Rinpoche leads every year in Brazil. Empowerment will be given on the Saturday morning. Newcomers as well as old students are welcome, and children are also invited to attend.

His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche is a renowned terton who has a long-standing connection with His Eminence Chagdud Rinpoche and the sanghas of North America and Brazil. For more information about His Eminence and his activity, please see www.ripaladrang.org.

Attendance is possible on a per-day basis for those who are unable to attend the whole retreat. Note that empowerment is required for attendance at this retreat; please let us know if you are interested in attending but have not received the empowerment for this practice.

TIME: The retreat will begin on Friday morning at 9.30am and end on Sunday evening around 5pm.

COSTS: All costs are per person per day including three meals a day, and tsog.

COSTS per person per day (includes meals, accommodation and event costs)

Teen Retreat and Young Adults Retreat

Buddhist Peace Fellowship

June 2007

After a wonderfully inspiring teen retreat last year, the Buddhist Peace Fellowship returns to PPI for a young adults retreat (June 8th-15th) followed by the teen retreat (June 17th-23rd). These retreats are an opportunity for young people to explore mindfulness practice through guided periods of silent sitting and walking meditation, small group discussions, creative activities and unstructured free time. Besides learning the formal meditation practices there are also times to go for walks, play music, tell stories and enjoy a bonfire on the last night. Qualified and experienced teachers and facilitators offer support and guidance throughout the retreat, in a nurturing environment.

This event is hosted by PPI, but managed by BPF. For more information and to register, please see the BPF website, or email teen.reg.june@bpf.org.

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Youth and Nature Summer Camps

Acorn Soupe

June and July 2007

For several years now the environmental education group McCormick Sanctuary Acorn Soupe has brought their kids' camps to PPI for fun-filled days of learning and exploration. Children aged around 8 to 13 or older spend five days on the land here and at the coast under the supervision of highly-qualified educators and counsellors. Camp dates are: July 8th - 12th, July 15th - 19th.

This event is hosted by PPI but managed by Acorn Soupe. For more information, please see the Acorn Soupe website, email info@acornsoupe.org or telephone (707) 254 7284.

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Developing Equanimity, Insight and Compassion

-- Meditation Instruction --

Santa Rosa, CA

1st and 3rd Tuesdays of March, April, May 2007

Jigme Rinpoche will offer a series of teachings on contemplations and meditation techniques, based on an 18th century Tibetan text. Although the text is broadly described as being on samatha (calm abiding) meditation, its depth and range goes beyond this label, and will offer any level of practitioner valuable new tools for spiritual development. The teachings will comprise both spoken instruction and silent sitting, and participants will learn how the mind can be trained so as to facilitate our pursuit of happiness and benefit for ourselves and others.

Regular practice of meditation based on such instruction can truly bring about powerful changes in how we handle our own daily life, work and relationship issues. Just as physical training strengthens and refreshes the body, meditation practice brings greater flexibility, focus, stamina and joy to the mind.

The sessions are open to everyone regardless of their level of knowledge or practice, and will be as relevant to seasoned practitioners as to those who are interested in establishing a practice without complex rituals.

The teachings progress systematically, building step by step on what has already been learned and practised, and so it is of most benefit if people are able to attend the entire course. However, each session is also self-contained in that previous material will be reviewed, and new material introduced, so it is also possible to attend on a drop-in basis.

DATES: March 6th and 20th, April 3rd and 17th, May 1st and 15th

TIME: 7 - 9 pm (please arrive a few minutes earlier)

VENUE: Green Room, Glaser Center, Unitarian Universalist Church, 547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa 95401 (between 7th and 10th St, one block S of College Avenue).

Parking is available at the Seventh Street parking garage adjoining the building.

See www.uusantarosa.org for directions. Please do not call the Glaser Center for information; instead contact us at PPI on (707) 632 5629.

ADMISSION FREE

Please bring a notebook and a cushion. Note that due to leasing regulations we will not be providing beverage or snacks - please bring your own if required. The teachings are free, although traditionally an offering is made to the lama at the end. Donations towards rental costs are welcomed.

Nyung Ne Retreat

Saturday and Sunday 19th - 20th May 2007, Padmasambhava Peace Institute

For the first week in Saga Dawa, Jigme Rinpoche will lead the fasting and purification Nyung Ne retreat based on Chenrezig practice. Doing any kind of dharma practice during this holy month is considered to be of greatly enhanced benefit for oneself and all beings, so this weekend is a wonderful opportunity to deepen one's practice and create merit.

All are welcome to join, regardless of previous practice experience, and no empowerment is required. The only meal will be lunch on Saturday, and on Sunday retreatants will also not take liquids. Full length prostrations are a part of the practice, and retreatants are in silence throughout the weekend. The format may seem daunting for newcomers, but Jigme Rinpoche's focused, compassionate guidance, the group support, and the natural soothing beauty of the setting will allow retreatants to go through the weekend with joy and inspiration. We look forward to welcoming old sangha members and new for this event, the third such held at the Padmasambhava Peace Institute.

If you wish to join the retreat but have any health concerns, please first consult with your medical practitioner if necessary. If you would like to dedicate the weekend as a time for practice during Saga Dawa but are unable to meet the retreat requirements for some reason, please contact us to discuss alternatives.

The retreat begins 9am on Saturday and ends on Sunday around 5pm. For those traveling from further afield, it is possible to arrive on Friday night. The cost from Saturday to Sunday will be $35, including one meal (Saturday lunch), overnight accommodation in dorm (lama house rooms at a higher rate are also available - please call 707 632 5629 to reserve a space). Please email atiling@hotmail.com AND call the treasurer on 415 663 9421 to reserve a place on the retreat.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON RETREATS AND STAYING AT PPI

Torma-making and Choponing Workshops

Saturday May 5th and May 12th,

Padmasambhava Peace Institute

Ati Ling in association with PPI invite you to attend two one-day workshops on torma-making and choponing. Tormas are the ceremonial offerings you see at Tibetan pujas and ceremonies and the chopon is the person who acts as the lama's hands in those ceremonies, making the offerings and conveying ritual items between the shrine and the lama.

Learning at least the basics of these skills can facilitate dharma events and deepen one's own understanding of how ritual works to support and enhance a practice. It is also important for traditional lineages to be preserved as carefully and accurately as possible; this is why usually only a qualified chopon or torma-maker is asked to train others. For these workshops the instructor will be Ana Paula Govea from Chagdud Gonpa Khadro Ling in Brazil, who has served as main chopon there for the last three years, and who received guidance from lamas such as Jigme Rinpoche and Lama Rigdzin (sent to Khadro Ling by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche) and who trained with long-time CGF chopons Magnus Childers and Dorje Kirsten. Ana Paula speaks excellent English and has extensive experience helping centers around Brazil with making tormas and choponing.

Topics to be covered include: dough-making, basic torma shapes, decorating, working with wax, tormas for drubchods, tsog choponing instructions and set-up/maintenance/take-down procedures.

The workshops will take place from 9.30am to 6pm on the first two Saturdays of May at the Padmasambhava Peace Institute in Cazadero, and participants are encouraged to attend both workshops so that they can cover as much ground as possible. There will be a $20 charge per Saturday to cover expenses, but this does not include an offering to the instructor (optional). PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH and ALSO your own bedding if you plan to stay over for Sunday puja or to do more practice/study with Ana Paula (recommended). Dinner will be served on Saturday after the workshop - please be sure to let us know if you will NOT be staying for dinner. Bearing in mind that you will be working with food-coloring, dough and wax, please wear clean but suitable 'work' clothes.

To register, please call us on (707) 632 5629 or email to this address (questions also to this address), stating clearly if you plan to stay over for breakfast/puja on Sunday.

Throma Drubchod

Padmasambhava Peace Institute

March 30th - April 1st 2007

Ati Ling and PPI have received the very happy news that His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche will be returning to PPI, but not until the fall. Meanwhile, for this spring we will again hold a Throma retreat, with Jigme Rinpoche leading the sangha in the drubchod over a long weekend. The practice of Throma Nagmo, the wrathful Black Dakini, is a very powerful practice for healing the body, mind and subtle energies by cutting through the obstacles and karmic negativities caused by ego-clinging.

Attendance is possible on a per-day basis for those who are unable to attend the whole retreat. Note that empowerment is required for attendance at this retreat; please let us know if you are interested in attending but have not received the empowerment for this practice.

TIME: The retreat will begin on Friday morning at 9.30am and end on Sunday evening around 5pm.

COSTS: All costs are per person per day including three meals a day, and tsog.

To register, please email atiling@hotmail.com or phone (707) 632 5629, and ALSO call the treasurer on 415-663-9421 to arrange payment. Reservations are confirmed only on receipt of payment.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON RETREATS AND STAYING AT PPI

Practice Retreat & Ngondro Teachings

with Jigme Rinpoche

9.30 am Sat 3rd to 6pm Sun 4th March, PPI

All practitioners, whether doing ngondro or other practices, are invited to join this weekend retreat led by Jigme Rinpoche. Rinpoche will offer teachings on ngondro, and provide guidance for all retreatants on whatever they are working on. Group practice of this nature under the lama's supervision helps stabilize one's approach to practice and is a wonderful opportunity to ask the lama questions.

The cost for the weekend, including dormitory accommodation and all meals (lunch Sat thru to lunch Sun) is $60. To register, please call the treasurer on (415) 663 9421 to arrange payment, AND also email atiling@hotmail.com. If you have any questions, please contact us at atiling@hotmail.com.

Accommodation in private rooms is available at a higher charge on a first-come-first-

served basis - to register for this please call (707) 632 5629 prior to calling the treasurer.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON RETREATS AND STAYING AT PPI

Vajrakilaya Retreat

Friday 29th morning to Sunday 31st afternoon

December 2006

Padmasambhava Peace Institute, Cazadero

Jigme Tromge Rinpoche will once more be Vajra Master for the Ati Ling / Padmasambhava Peace Institute Vajrakilaya Drubchod, this time at the New Year according to the Western calendar, as he will be in Brazil during the Tibetan New Year.

When Guru Padmasambhava, having journeyed to Yangleshö Cave in Nepal to accomplish the deity Yangdag Heruka, met with drought and famine inflicted on the region, he sent messagers to the Indian master Prabhahasti for the Vajrakilaya tantras. The mere arrival of these texts counteracted the adverse conditions, and the Guru and his consort both attained the realization of mahamudra. Afterwards he commented that Yangdag Heruka confers great accomplishment, but like a merchant who requires an escort, the practice needs Vajrakilaya to clear obstacles. Following the example of Guru Padmasambhava and many superb lineage masters, we perform Vajrakilaya to overcome outer, inner, and secret obstacles to dharma practice and activity. We apply the skillful means of wrathful compassion to the poisons and demons of our own minds.

The complete Vajrakilaya drubchen performed at Tibetan New Year prevents the obstacles from the past year from carrying forward into the New Year. It is said in Tibet that participation in a single week's drubchen practice generates as much merit and potential realization as a year's retreat. This event at PPI is not as elaborate as a full drubchen, but is still a powerful group practice that can be of enormous benefit. Full or partial attendance is possible, but empowerment is required to attend any part of the retreat, and will be offered on Saturday morning.

Texts required for the drubchod are: Vajrakilaya, Galaxy of Heartdrops and Protectors, all of which are available for sale at PPI's Lotus Light store.

COSTS:

All costs are per person per day including three meals a day. Offerings to the lama/s are not included.

NOTE: For private rooms, priority will be given to those staying on for the New Year's Eve party.

To register, please email atiling@hotmail.com or phone (707) 632 5629, and also call the treasurer on 415-663-9421 to arrange payment. Reservations are confirmed only on receipt of payment.

New Year's Eve Party 2006!

Sunday December 31st 7pm onwards

We're doing our dry-weather dances in preparation for this year... The end of the Vajrakilaya retreat will segue into party-mode -- with music, dancing, food and drink, and games. All are welcome. Join us for a lively start to the New Year, and a chance to party with Rinpoche before he leaves for seven weeks in South America.

Costs are $35 per person in the dorms, and $50 per person in Tara House, and includes the sit-down dinner at 8.30pm, snack buffet, drinks, and breakfast. The Vajrakilaya retreat will end around 5pm, and guests are welcome to join us for the New Year celebrations from 7pm onwards until the next morning. Please note lunch will not be served on New Year's Day, but small snacks will be available for the drive home.

To register, please call (707) 632 5629 or email atiling@hotmail.com, and call the treasurer on (415) 663 9421 to arrange payment.

Red Tara and Annual Padma Dakini Drubchod Retreat

In Honor of H.E. Chagdud Rinpoche's Parinirvana

Fri 17th -- Sun 19th November 2006

with Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

PPI in association with Chagdud Gonpa Ati Ling is delighted to host the sixth annual Padma Dakini Retreat with Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche as Vajra Master. This event is held annually to commemorate the November 17th 2002 date of the parinirvana of His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche.

The retreat will be based on a Dharma treasure (terma) of the late Chokgyur Lingpa, a contemporary and spiritual brother of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Chokgyur Lingpa is regarded as the last of the one hundred major tertons (treasure revealers) and the universal monarch of all Tertons.

Chokgyur Lingpa (1829-1870) displayed many amazing miracles throughout his life and worked alongside Jamyang Khyentse, Jamyang Kongtrul, Mipham Gyatso and Patrul Rinpoche in developing the Rime Movement, a non-sectarian approach to integrating all major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

This year it is our honor and delight to announce that Dzigar Kongtrul RInpoche will be leading the retreat. One of the close disciples of H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and himself a greatly respected and loved lama, author of 'It's Up To You', Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche divides his time between retreat in Colorado and travelling and teaching around the world. For more information, please see www.mangalashribhuti.org

Chokgyur Lingpa's fourth incarnation, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, bestowed the Padma Dakini empowerment when he visited Ati Ling in 2000 and 2004, and we are privileged to maintain the practice of this treasure under the guidance of Jigme Tromge Rinpoche, who was recognised early in life as being the reincarnation of Tsewang Norbu, the son of Chokgyur Lingpa and regarded as an Avalokiteshvara emanation.

We are very happy that Lama Jigme and Lama Rigdzin will also be joining us once again for the event.

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To allow those without the Padma Dakini empowerment to participate in this retreat even if they have to work on Friday, the empowerment will be given on Saturday morning. To begin the retreat we will spend Friday doing Chagdud Rinpoche's heart-practice of Red Tara, and on Friday night will offer butterlamps for his auspicious rebirth and the happiness and good fortune of all beings. All are welcome to attend on Friday even without empowerment (a book empowerment can be given) but everyone needs to have Padma Dakini empowerment to attend Saturday and/or Sunday.

SCHEDULE:

Friday 17th 9.30am - 7pm -- Red Tara Puja, with tsog in the afternoon.

Friday 17th 9pm -- Butterlamp Offering Ceremony

Saturday 18th 9.30am -- Padma Dakini Empowerment, followed by puja

Saturday 18th 2.30 - 7pm -- Padma Dakini Puja and tsog

Sunday 19th 8.30pm - 5pm -- Padma Dakini Puja and tsog, with break for lunch.

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COSTS per person per day (includes meals, accommodation and event costs)

Please call (707) 632 5629 to reserve a room in the guest-house; rooms are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

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During this retreat, when we practise intensively and deepen our connection with spiritual masters such as Chagdud Rinpoche, we make offerings of tsog and butterlamps.Tsog is a most profound method of purification and for gaining realization. Offering tsog and butterlamps are said to be two of the most effective ways for accumulating merit through generosity. Forms for making offerings will be available at registration and throughout the retreat, and all dedications will be read during the pujas.

TO MAKE OFFERINGS, click here.... (For more explanation about why we offer butterlamps, click here...)

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If you can't find the information you need here or in the flyer,

please email atiling@hotmail.com or call (707) 632 5629.

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Work-party and Teachings

All day Saturday 11th and half day Sunday 12th November

October 24th -- Firstly, a very big thank you to everyone who came up and helped so much for the October work party. With twenty-five people, we got a phenomenal amount done, had a lot of fun, and are much closer to achieving our various goals...

The second weekend in November we will have another workparty, following the same format as last time, with Saturday evening teachings by Jigme Rinpoche, and puja on Sunday afternoon at 3pm. We will work on the new butterlamp house, paint the shrine room, finish clearing out the large old workshop, and as always will also have less strenuous assignments in the garden and kitchen. Children are also welcome, and we will have materials for painting for those who are interested. Whatever help people can offer is really appreciated; anyone who volunteers for the day is welcome to stay overnight without charge, and PPI will be providing all meals.

If you think you can come up, please call us on (707) 632 5629 and let us know so that we can plan work assignments and meals more easily. Rides may be available from the Bay Area. Thank you!

Empowerments for Chagdud Gonpa Daily Practices

Saturday 23rd September 2006

Padmasambhava Peace Institute, Cazadero, CA

In this one-day event, Jigme Tromge Rinpoche will offer all the empowerments that allow practitioners to do the practices done on a daily basis at Ati Ling and other Chagdud Gonpa Foundation centers. These include: Wrathful Guru, Red Tara, Essence of Siddhi, Vajrakilaya, Lion-faced Dakini, Throma, Guru Rinpoche, Amitabha and Vajrasattva. As requested by several people, Rinpoche will also be offering a Medicine Buddha empowerment on Saturday morning.

Receiving an empowerment from a qualified lama allows one to engage in the practice of a particular deity, under the lama's guidance. Empowerment opens the path of practice to those who have a genuine commitment to engaging in the precious teachings of the Buddhadharma, realising their own true nature, and using this realisation for the benefit of themselves and all beings. Even if one has only a limited understanding of a particular deity's qualities, or of the empowerment procedure, receiving an empowerment carries tremendous blessings through the direct transmission of wisdom, power and compassion of the enlightened beings and masters who have held the practice lineages. Jigme Rinpoche will offer clear guidance and instructions throughout the day, enabling everyone to participate fully regardless of their degree of familiarity with Buddhism.

Times: 9.30am - 6.30pm, with a break for lunch.

Offering all these empwowerments in one day makes the schedule quite tight, so please be sure to arrive well before 9.30am so as to allow enough time for registration.

Cost:

The cost for the retreat is $50 (day only, including lunch).

For those arriving on Friday night after 7pm, the charge is $70 (including dormitory accommodation, breakfast and lunch).To stay over on Saturday night also, there is a further charge of $27 (for dinner, accommodation and breakfast).

These charges do not include the traditional offering made to the lama at such events.

To register, or for enquiries, please email atiling@hotmail.com or call (707) 824 0291.

Please note that dinner will NOT be served to retreatants arriving on Friday night. There are a range of restaurants and snack bars to choose from in Guerneville, the last town before PPI (Nit's Thai, formerly 'Rio's', is highly recommended!) or along the coast at Bodega Bay and Jenner.

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Rigdzin Dupa 100,000 Tsog Offerings

Annual Retreat with H.E. Kathog Getse Rinpoche

and Jigme Tromge Rinpoche

2 - 4 September 2006

This annual Rigdzin Dupa ('Gathering of Awareness-Holders') Retreat hosted jointly by PPI and Chagdud Gonpa Ati Ling is based on the sadhana by the great treasure-revealer Jigme Lingpa and constitutes the lama aspect (here represented by Guru Rinpoche) of the Three Roots practice of the Longchen Nyingthig lineage. The Rigdzin Dupa is also the sadhana used as the basis for the Great Perfection retreat Jigme Rinpoche leads every year in Brazil. Empowerment will be given on the morning of the first day.

We are honored on this occasion to be joined by His Eminence Kathog Getse Tulku Rinpoche, one of the head lamas of the great, ancient Kathog Monastery of Tibet (Chagdud Gonpa's mother monastery) and the lama who serves as retreat master for the center Chagdud Rinpoche established in Pharping, Nepal. Getze Rinpoche will be presiding over prayer-wheel consecrations at Rigdzin Ling and Iron Knot Ranch during this visit to the USA (see www.chagdud.org for more details).

Newcomers as well as old students are most welcome; please email us if you have any questions. Such a retreat as this is a very comprehensive introduction to the profound practices and wealth of ritual art that are found in Tibetan Buddhism -- to attend this kind of event under the auspices of qualified lamas is an opportunity not to be missed.

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COSTS per person per day (includes meals, accommodation and event costs)

Dormitories: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BEDDING, ie sheets, pillows, blankets, and also towels. Otherwise bedding is available at $5 per set per day.

Guest house rooms: Due to limited places, please call 707 632 5629 to make a reservation, or to register for a room-share. As of August 26th, only four rooms are left.

Registrations are now being accepted by email atiling@hotmail.com or Ati Ling voicemail (707) 824 0291. Please give us your name, contact details and a convenient time to call you, and one of our staffwill phone you. Your place is confirmed on receipt of payment.

You can pay by credit card or check. If paying by credit card we will get the details when we call. Please do NOT send credit card details via email. To pay by check, call or email us, and then mail a check (made out to Ati Ling) to Chagdud Gonpa Ati Ling, PO Box 2972, Petaluma CA 94953.

OFFERINGS

During intensive practice retreats, we make offerings of tsog and butterlamps.Tsog is a most profound method of purification and for gaining realization. Offering tsog and butterlamps are said to be two of the most effective ways for accumulating merit through generosity. Forms for making offerings are available at registration and throughout the retreat, and all dedications will be read during the pujas. Those who are unable to attend retreat but would still like to make offerings are also welcome to do so. TO MAKE OFFERINGS, click here....

(For more explanation about why we offer butterlamps, click here...)

CLICK HERE FOR FULL RETREAT INFORMATION

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Throma Tsog with Jigme Rinpoche

Friday August 18th 2006

Join the sangha for Throma tsog at 7pm, led by Jigme Rinpoche on his return from his Asia and South America travels. All are invited; please bring an offering for the tsog. Those who do not have the empowerment are welcome to sit with us. Families who wish to stay for the next day's event will receive a discount on overnight accommodation charges. For more information, please email info@padmapeace.org or call (707) 632 5629.

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Family Fun Day

Saturday August 19th, 10am to evening

Take time out with the family for a fun day up at PPI! We'll have a treasure hunt, games, story-telling, prayer-flag making, supervised wading pool with activities, bicycle-trailer rides, painting and more. Please bring a vegetarian dish for a potluck meal -- we'll be eating lunch together with Jigme Rinpoche, on his first weekend back after nearly two months travelling in Tibet and Brazil. A pizza dinner will be served around 6.30pm. All are welcome to come for a few hours or the whole day. Free admission.

Families are welcome from 10am onwards, and we'll end the day with a campfire. Please email us at info@padmapeace.org to let us know if you're interested in coming, with how many kids, and/or if you would like to help with any of the activities.

Buddhist Peace Fellowship

Teen Meditation Retreat

June 25th - July 1st

We are delighted to welcome the BPF's teen retreat group to PPI for the first time. The retreat is an opportunity for teenagers to explore mindfulness practice through guided periods of silent sitting and walking meditation, small group discussions, creative activities, and unstructured free time. Besides formal meditation there will also be time for walks, music, story-telling and a bonfire on the last night.

Click here for more information on Teen Retreat

Throma Nagmo Retreat

with His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche

Friday 5th - Sunday 7th May 2006

We are very pleased to announce that His Eminence will be returning once more to the Padmasambhava Peace Institute, Cazadero, CA, this time to lead the sangha in a 3-day Throma Nagmo retreat from Friday May 5th to Sunday May 7th 2006. Everyone is welcometo attend all or part of the retreat, and empowerment will be given on Saturday morning. Those attending on Friday who are new to the practice will be given instruction in front visualization and how to follow the text.

The practice of Throma Nagmo, the wrathful Black Dakini, is a very powerful practice for healing the body, mind and subtle energies by cutting through the obstacles and karmic negativities caused by ego-clinging. For more information, see the retreat flyer.

His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche is a renowned terton who has a long-standingconnection with His Eminence Chagdud Rinpoche and the sanghas of North America and Brazil. For more information about His Eminence and his activity, please see www.ripaladrang.org.

There will be a healing ceremony on Saturday evening from 7pm and it is possible to attend just this part of the retreat without empowerment. Minimum donation of $20; nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. Call 707 632 5629 to register or for enquiries.

COSTS per person per day (includes meals, accommodation and event costs)

Dormitories: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BEDDING, ie sheets, pillows, blankets, and also towels. Otherwise bedding is available at $18 per set for 3 days. Please note that temperatures can drop considerably at night.

Guest house rooms: Due to limited places, only double occupancy is available for these rooms. Please call 707 632 5629 to make a double reservation, or to register for a room-share. SORRY -- ALL ROOMS NOW TAKEN; ONLY DORMS STILL AVAILABLE.

Registrations are now being accepted by email atiling@hotmail.com or Ati Ling voicemail (707) 824 0291. Please give us your name, contact details and a convenient time to call you and one of our staff will phone you. Your place is confirmed on receipt of payment.

You can pay by credit card or check. If paying by credit card, we will get the details when we call. Please do NOT send credit card details by email. To pay by check, please call or email us then mail a check (made out to Ati Ling) to Chagdud Gonpa Ati Ling, PO Box 1913, Sebastopol, CA 95473.

OFFERINGS

During intensive practice retreats, we make offerings of tsog and butterlamps.Tsog is a most profound method of purification and for gaining realization. Offering tsog and butterlamps are said to be two of the most effective ways for accumulating merit through generosity. Forms for making offerings are available at registration and throughout the retreat, and all dedications will be read during the pujas. Those who are unable to attend retreat but would still like to make offerings are also welcome to do so. TO MAKE OFFERINGS, click here....

(For more explanation about why we offer butterlamps, click here...)

Vajrakilaya Empowerment and Retreat

Feb 18-20, 2006 (President's Day wkend)

Jigme Tromge Rinpoche will once more be Vajra Master for the Ati Ling / Padmasambhava Peace Institute Vajrakilaya Drubchod, as part of a series of Vajrakilaya events he is leading in the run up to the Tibetan New Year (other dates are Feb 10-12 in Seattle, WA, and Feb 25-Mar 5 in Brazil).

When Guru Padmasambhava, having journeyed to Yangleshö Cave in Nepal to accomplish the deity Yangdag Heruka, met with drought and famine inflicted on the region, he sent messagers to the Indian master Prabhahasti for the Vajrakilaya tantras. The mere arrival of these texts counteracted the adverse conditions, and the Guru and his consort both attained the realization of mahamudra. Afterwards he commented that Yangdag Heruka confers great accomplishment, but like a merchant who requires an escort, the practice needs Vajrakilaya to clear obstacles.

Following the example of Guru Padmasambhava and many superb lineage masters, we perform Vajrakilaya to overcome outer, inner, and secret obstacles to dharma practice and activity. We apply the skillful means of wrathful compassion to the poisons and demons of our own minds.

The complete Vajrakilaya drubchen performed at Tibetan New Year prevents the obstacles from the past year from carrying forward into the New Year. It is said in Tibet that participation in a single week's drubchen practice generates as much merit and potential realization as a year's retreat. This event at PPI is not as elaborate as a full drubchen, but is still a powerful group practice that can be of enormous benefit. Full or partial attendance is possible, but empowerment is required to attend any part of the retreat, and will be offered at the retreat start.

COSTS per person per day including meals

Dormitories: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BEDDING, ie sheets, pillows, blankets, and also towels. Otherwise bedding is available at $18 per set for 3 days.

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Chagdud Khadro - P'howa Retreat

March 17th-19th 2006

It is our honor to welcome our respected lama Chagdud Khadro, wife of His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche and director of Chagdud Gonpa Brazil, for a weekend of teachings and practice at the Padmasambhava Peace Institute. Khadro will lead a retreat on p'howa, the transference of consciousness at the time of death, and will offer the Amitabha empowerment as part of the retreat. The retreat will start on Friday evening and run through to about 5 pm on Sunday night.

Chagdud Khadro will also offer a public talk on 'Healing the Emotions' at the Open Secret Bookstore in San Rafael on Thursday March 16th.

COSTS per person per day including meals

Dormitories: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BEDDING, ie sheets, pillows, blankets, and also towels. Otherwise bedding is available at $18 per set for 3 days.

Private rooms: a limited number, with shared bathroom, are available -- please call 707 632 5629 to reserve a room.

PADMA DAKINI ANNUAL DRUBCHOD RETREAT

Commemorating the Parinirvana of H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

Friday 18th - Sunday 20th November 2005

PPI in association with Ati Ling is delighted to host the fifth annual Padma Dakini Retreat with Jigme Tromge Rinpoche as Vajra Master. This event is held annually to commemorate the November 17th 2002 date of the parinirvana of His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche. The retreat will be based on a Dharma treasure (terma) of the late Chokgyur Lingpa, a contemporary and spiritual brother of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Chokgyur Lingpa is regarded as the last of the one hundred major tertons (treasure revealers) and the universal monarch of all Tertons.

Chokgyur Lingpa (1829-1870) displayed many amazing miracles throughout his life and worked alongside Jamyang Khyentse, Jamyang Kongtrul, Mipham Gyatso and Patrul Rinpoche in developing the Rime Movement, a non-sectarian approach to integrating all major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

Chokgyur Lingpa's fourth incarnation, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, bestowed the Padma Dakini empowerment when he visited Ati Ling in 2000 and 2004, and we are privileged to maintain the practice of this treasure under the guidance of Jigme Tromge Rinpoche, who was recognised early in life as being the reincarnation of Tsewang Norbu, the son of Chokgyur Lingpa regarded as an Avalokiteshvara emanation.

Empowerment is required for participation in all or part of this retreat, and Jigme Rinpoche will offer the empowerment on Friday morning.

Tibetan Lama-Dancing Training

September 9th - 11th 2005 part-time

We are delighted to once again welcome Lama Jigme to PPI for the Rigdzin Dupa Retreat and also on this occasion he will be offering instruction on lama-dancing, both for beginners and those who wish to refine their understanding of the practice. Chagdud Gonpa in north and south America is indebted to Lama Jigme for his expertise and dedication in training sangha members in the traditional dance and music required for the more elaborate rituals. Anyone who would like to make the most of this wonderful opportunity to receive instruction from a qualified teacher, please email us for more information. The training will take place during the Rigdzin Dupa retreat, during meal-times and breaks. There is no charge for participating, but it is customary to make an offering to the lama in appreciation for his sharing this teaching.

 Click here for more explanation of lama-dancing....

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Rigdzin Dupa 100,000 Tsog Offerings Retreat

9.30am Friday September 9th - 5pm Sunday September 11th 2005

The Rigdzin Dupa ('Gathering of Awareness-Holders') retreat is based on the sadhana by the great treasure-revealer Jigme Lingpa and is an essential aspect of the Longchen Nyingthig lineage practices. Empowerment is required for participation in this retreat, and will be given on the morning of the first day. During the retreat Jigme Rinpoche will also offer teachings on Guru Yoga and on Guru Rinpoche, the central deity of this particular practice. Retreatants can opt for full board and accommodation at Padmasambhava Peace Institute, or stay outside the center and drive up each day.

IMPORTANT: If you do not have the empowerment, and/or you are planning to attend for the full three days, please be sure to arrive at PPI by 9am on Friday 9th. The empowerment will be around 9.30am, but you will need time to register on arrival and settle in.

Please note that EVERYONE needs to register in the office on arrival, even if you have already paid and registered beforehand.

COSTS per person

Example options:

Fri morning to Sun evening CGF members (2 x $85) + $60 = $230; non-members (2 x $95) + $70 = $260.

Thurs night after 6pm to Sun evening CGF members (3 x $85) = $255; non-members (3 x $95) = $285

REGISTRATION

Registration is by phone or e-mail. Please phone 707-824-0291 and leave a message with your contact information, or you can e-mail atiling@hotmail.com, putting 'RD Retreat' in the subject box.

Payment is by check or credit card. To pay by check, please calculate for your stay according to the above table, and send a check payable to 'Ati Ling' to Chagdud Gonpa - Ati Ling, P.O. Box 1913, Sebastopol, CA 95473. Please be sure to write 'Rigdzin Dupa Retreat' on the check, and include your name, contact details and dates of stay.

For payment by credit card, we will contact you by phone to get your CC details.

OFFERINGS

During times of concentrated practice such as during a retreat like this, it is considered very beneficial to make offerings such as butterlamps or tsog. For both the person offering and the recipient of the dedication, this practise of generosity helps to create merit and remove obstacles. The dedications can be read aloud daily, and the power of one's own pure intention in making an offering is multiplied by the focused efforts of the lama and sangha practising together. If you would like to make an offering for any or all of the days, whether or not you will be attending the retreat, please click here for further instructions and to download the PDF file, or call (707) 824 0291 to make arrangements.

Click here for more information on when and why we make butterlamp offerings.

CEREMONY FOR THE DECEASED

During the retreat, a specific practice will be done for the deceased, whereby through the prayers of the vajra master and sangha a connection is made with beings wherever they are in the six realms, and they experience the blessings and benefit of the merit dedicated to them. This ceremony is especially helpful when practices have not previously been done for a particular being, for whatever reason, and it is customary to make an offering to strengthen the connection between the consciousness of the deceased and those practising. If you would like to include for this ceremony the name of a person or animal you know, however long ago deceased, please download the PDF file , fill in (with the full name of the deceased, if known), mark clearly 'Ceremony for the deceased' and mail to Ati Ling, PO Box 1913, Sebastopol CA 95473. Alternatively, you can call (707) 824 0291 and leave a message, and someone will call you back. Please ensure the form reaches the PO box by September 8th -- if you are not sure it will, call (707) 632 5912 between September 8th and 10th.

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Empowerments for Chagdud Gonpa Daily Practices and Dudjom Tersar Ngondro

Saturday 13th -- Sunday 14th August 2005

Jigme Rinpoche will be offering all the empowerments for the daily practices that may be done in Chagdud Gonpa centers in North and South America and Asia. He will also confer the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro empowerments, essential for anyone who is planning to undertake the so-called 'preliminary practices' that establish the foundation for the entire Vajrayana path, and which are part of the prerequisites for attending a Great Perfection retreat.

Receiving an empowerment from a qualified lama allows one to engage in the practice of a particular deity, under the lama's guidance. Empowerment opens the path of practice to those who have a genuine commitment to engaging in the precious teachings of the Buddhadharma, realising their own true nature, and using this realisation for the benefit of themselves and all beings. Even if one has only a limited understanding of a particular deity's qualities, or of the empowerment procedure, receiving an empowerment carries tremendous blessings through the direct transmission of wisdom, power and compassion of the enlightened beings and masters who have held the practice lineages. Jigme Rinpoche will offer clear guidance and teachings throughout the retreat, enabling everyone to participate fully regardless of their degree of familiarity with Buddhism.

In the past, Rinpoche has often offered these empowerments all in one day; on this occasion, the two-day schedule allows a little more time for reflection and instruction, as well as giving participants the opportunity to relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings.

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Lord Buddha's Birthday -- Sunday May 15th 2005

Everyone is welcome to join Jigme Rinpoche and the sangha for extensive puja and tsog at the Padmasambhava Peace Institute this coming Sunday May 15th from 5 - 7.30pm, to celebrate the Birthday of the Buddha during Saga Dawa.

The fourth month of the Tibetan calendar is considered a very special time for practice, as Saga Dawa celebrates the birth, enlightenment and parinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha. It is said that the effects of both positive and negative actions are greatly multiplied in these weeks, and so sanghas traditionally meet together to practise, dedicate prayers, and make extensive offerings. We look forward to welcoming you for this auspicious day of celebration and contemplation! If you would like to make tsog or butterlamp offerings, or for any other enquiries, please call (707) 632 5629, or email atiling@hotmail.com.

H.E. Namkha Drimed Rinpoche - Teachings on Yeshe Tsogyal

Saturday April 30th to Tuesday May 3rd, 2005

Ati Ling and Padmasambhava Peace Institute are delighted to welcome His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche to their center from Saturday April 30th to Tuesday May 3rd, 2005 for the following events:

• Yeshe Tsogyal empowerment, teachings and retreat
• Teaching on Tsogyal gyi zhulen text-- Guru Padmasambhava's Replies to Yeshe Tsogyal's Questions

Empowerment will be given at 9.30am Saturday April 30th, and is a prerequisite for attending the retreat. Retreatants can opt for full board and accommodation at Padmasambhava Peace Institute, or stay outside the center and drive up each day. More information about staying at PPI will be posted shortly. For information about His Eminence, please see his website www.ripaladrang.org.

lCLICK HERE to see the retreatants' information sheet - UPDATED 4/25/2005!

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Weekend Nyung Ne Retreat
with Jigme Tromge Rinpoche

February 12th - 13th 2005

Ati Ling and the Padmasambhava Peace Institute are pleased to announce the 2005 Nyung Ne Retreat. Nyung Ne is a fasting and purification practice based on the practice of 1000-armed Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion. Participants arrive Saturday morning and apart from Saturday lunch will not eat again until Sunday night, and also do not take any liquids on Sunday. The retreat involves meditation and prostrations under Rinpoche's guidance.

This retreat takes place in the first week of the Tibetan New Year. The first month of the Tibetan year is traditionally regarded as a very powerful period in which to do practice, reflecting the time when Shakyamuni Buddha displayed various miracles. Throughout the retreat, we dedicate the accumulation of merit to the benefit of all beings, with the wish that all beings may find happiness and the path to enlightenment.

All retreatants are required to stay overnight on Saturday. Please note that if you wish to eat something before driving home on Sunday night, you should bring your own snacks, as dinner will not be provided. There is an additional charge of $25 for those who wish to stay overnight on Sunday and eat breakfast in the morning – please indicate on the registration form if you wish to stay on Sunday night.

Please bring your own prostration mat and towel if you need them as none are available at PPI. The shrine room is carpeted, and a certain number of cushions for sitting are provided, but you should bring your own if possible.

No empowerment is required to do this retreat. Those who for health reasons are unable to do prostrations may still attend, but fasting is required for all participants.

Accomodation is in heated, carpeted dormitory rooms. Bathrooms have hot showers. Please bring your own bedding, including pillows, and ensure that you have enough warm clothes as the center can get very cold, especially at night.

The charge for the retreat is $85 for the whole weekend. The charge for members of Chagdud Gonpa Foundation who are eligible for a 10% discount is $76.50. The extra $25 charge for Sunday night is not subject to a discount.

When you come up to the Padmasambhava Peace Institute on Saturday 12th February, please allow enough time to register and settle into your room before the retreat starts at 9am .

Please register online before February 10th. If you have any problems or enquiries, email info@atiling.org for assistance. We look forward to seeing you in February!

Padma Dakini Drubchod

In Commemoration of H.E. Chagdud Tulku's Parinirvana

November 12, 13, 14 2004

Beginning 9:30 a.m. Friday to 5:00 p.m. Sunday

We are delighted to host our fourth annual Padma Dakini (Kurukulle) Retreat with Jigme Tromge Rinpoche as Vajra Master. The retreat will be based on a Dharma treasure (terma) of the late Chokgyur Lingpa, a contemporary and spiritual brother of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Chokgyur Lingpa is regarded as the last of the one hundred major Tertons (treasure revealers) and the universal monarch of all Tertons. He displayed many amazing miracles throughout his life and worked alongside Jamyang Khyentse, Jamgon Kongtrul, Mipam Gyatso and Patrul Rinpoche in developing the Rime Movement, a non-sectarian approach to integrating all major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Chokgyur Lingpa's fourth incarnation, Chokling Rinpoche, blessed the Ati Ling Sangha in 2000 and again last month when he bestowed the Padma Dakini empowerment.

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