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Upcoming Events

Bardo Teachings – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

Open Dates
Teachings on Death and Dying Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and an overview of essential knowledge on death, bardo, and rebirth. This includes self-paced lectures on dying, loss, grief, and illness from Lamas and scholars of Buddhist Studies.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhism & Sexuality – Self Paced Course

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

Open Dates
Join Pema Khandro and a group of esteemed Buddhist Studies scholars for an exploration of the history of Buddhist Sexualities from celibacy, to sacred sexuality in Buddhist Tantra and a simple approach to embodied integration with nature in Dzogchen.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhist Ethics – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This course on Buddhist Ethics goes through the Five Buddhist Precepts. The five precepts form the basis of a Buddhist way of life and the vows that Buddhists Seek to follow. The Five Precepts are a discipline of freedom, honor, and precision that cover the potent themes of life from the extraordinary perspective of non-duality.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This is the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught by scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and so much more. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for…
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August 11, 2021 by BuddhistYogis

Letter from Pema Khandro

“When the fog of excessive conceptualization enshrouds you, consult these noble works, and the vajra of timeless awareness found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will knock down the walls of concepts based on confusion.”

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Dear Dharma Friends,

We are preparing for a celebration of Dzogchen next week. You may remember that Dzogchen Heart Essence transmissions started with a woman and a little girl, the first two recipients of the lineage from Padmasambhava. The first to receive it was Yeshe Tsogyal and then Pemasel.  According to the legend, in his past lives, the great master Longchenpa first received the Dzogchen teachings as a young girl, Pemasel, who died at an early age. She was revived but only for long enough to receive a transmission from Padmasambhava and a commitment to reveal those teachings in a future life. Then in his next life that young girl reincarnated as a male treasure revealer, but who lived an obscure life, Pema Ledreltsal. After that, she became Longchenpa (1308- 1363) a male scholar and yogin, the greatest forefather of Dzogchen. His history is a fascinating glimpse into how Tibetan Buddhists understand identity, as layered with multiple pasts and futures in cycles of reincarnation. In these legends, names, gender, time, place and context change, but the transmission is thought to be a continuous thread from the past to a new present.

In Longchenpa’s life in the fourteenth century, he is known for his great works synthesizing and systematizing the Dzogchen teachings. I think of his work, the Treasury of Philosophical systems, which painstakingly lays out the relationship between Dzogchen and previous Buddhist philosophical vehicles as well its relationship to Sarma assertions. Here we can see a dialectic between different views and methods which turn earlier Buddhist philosophies on their head. For example he says,

“In lower spiritual approaches, having established confidence in a view based on mental analysis and concepts, one thinks of enlightenment in terms of some linear time frame, with ideas such as, ‘I will attain freedom in an eon, or several lifetimes, or in this lifetime or in the state after death.’ Thus, because these approaches do not enable one to perceive naturally occurring timeless awareness in the present moment, they are not entirely correct…”(1) 

It is such a radical assertion to take the path as finding something that is present now rather than developed later. I find these passages refreshing because it undermines neurotic ideals of enlightenment and points to something very basic, present (and even somatic) as the goal of the path. How do we resolve these different approaches in Buddhism? The answer matters because it gets to the heart of how we conceive of diversity. In Dzogchen, diversity is part of yeshes, the luminous primordial intelligence, not counter to it. At the most crude level, and in keeping with dualistic tendencies, we could make one right and another wrong. But there are so many other frameworks available. The strategy we see in this passage is the idea of partial, or provisional truths, which are completely true and revelational from the standpoint of not knowing them, even though there is more to be known beyond that. Another one of the most common, was of reasoning through these diversities in Buddhist philosophy based on efficacy, (thabs shes) uniting the wisdom and skillful means that is actually appropriate according to the person. Another more poetic explanation comes from Longchenpa; he describes the unity of all the Buddhist methods based on sharing the same result, which is authentic freedom. (2) And there are so many other ways to understand how Buddhist philosophy has maintained these diverse approaches. Thanks in large part to Longchenpa, we can understand how they all relate to Dzogchen.

Longchenpa is most well known for his seven treasuries, the texts I teach in our weekly Wednesday night classes but his works are extensive, totaling some 250 or more works. We also study Longchenpa’s work in our annual Dzogchen retreat, which this year will happen in September on-line, due to the pandemic. There is so much to explore in Longchenpa’s works. As a result of his massive contribution, many praises are said of Longchenpa. In Marvellous Garland, he is called, the headwater of the river of teachings, the source of a hundred thousand springs, timely rain of spiritual energy and power that nurtures the field of many beings, great refuge, yogin of the sublime spiritual approach.

Dzogchen is profound in so many ways, most notably for the philosophy, the special meditation practices and the emphasis on luminous wakefulness as the fabric of person and everything. However, another thing that continuously fascinates me about Dzogchen is its teachings in context of its history. It is such an important part of what we are doing with the Buddhist Studies Institute. By looking at things in context we work against that colonialist tendency to erase indigenous contexts and traditions. And also by including the history with the study of philosophy and practice, we find resources to see from multiple perspectives and gain from the debates and struggles of those who came before us. By engaging instruction from Tibetan and Western-European scholars alike, we see Buddhism in conversations with the discourses of our time. This approach opens up a way of working Buddhism that zooms out to a wider perspective, to see more, to open up new questions with an explorer mindset. Of course, within this endeavor, one of the most compelling and precious resources is philosophical works of Longchenpa, great foreather of Dzogchen, the single most important writer of Dzogchen teachings.

This is why, next week, in lieu of our annual in-person Dzogchen retreat in August (which is now happening online in September) and in celebration of the anniversary of our school, we will be holding an online series exploring Dzogchen through the life and teachings of Longchenpa. This wonderful event will consist of evening programs led by experts in Longchenpa’s tradition and then a Saturday one day mini-retreat where I will teach on Longchenpa’s heart advice to Yogis.

I am overjoyed to be hosting our esteemed guest teachers for next week’s program. Lama Rigzin Drolma, Anne Klein, is an extraordinary scholar, practitioner and Lama. She is someone I greatly admire and I am overjoyed that you will get to meet her in this context. Jampa MacKenzie Stewart recently published a book on Longchenpa’s life. We also have Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche teaching for this event, translator of Longchenpa’s guide to meditation that we study in the monthly open teaching. And of course I will be overjoyed to teach as well, so happy to talk with you square within my speciality as a researcher and practitioner. I look forward to sharing this wonderful event with you.

I will leave you with a poem of Patrul Rinpoche about the benefits of studying Longchenpa’s teachings.

My very best to you,

Patrul Rinpoche (1808-1887) said:

“When you feel confused or ignorant or in doubt, consult these noble works,
and the sword of sublime knowing found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will cut through the web of confusion.

When the fog of excessive conceptualization enshrouds you, consult these noble works, and the vajra of timeless awareness found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will knock down the walls of concepts based on confusion.

When the pain of emotionality based on confusion afflicts you, consult these noble works, and the bonfire of realization found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will instantly consume the fuel of negative emotions.

When you are distracted by circumstances and filled with regret, consult these noble works, and the sublime healing nectar found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will soothe and restore your mind with certain emergence.

When you are dwelling in a solitary place, consult these noble works, and the comforting ally of awareness found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will allow you to pass your time, day and night, in spiritual practice.

When you feel attachment and aversion in the midst of too many people, consult these noble works, and the jeweled staircase found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will bring you ease of mind within the uniform expanse of being.

When you are obsessed with the concepts of intellectual speculation, consult these noble works, and the key of skillful means found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will release you from the chains of belief in the seeming truth of things.

When your meditation is hindered by laxity, agitation, or dullness, consult these noble works, and the pith instructions on key points found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will arouse an excellent, flawless state of peaceful meditative absorption within you.

When you are threatened by illness or suffering, consult these noble works, and the philosopher’s stone (which turns base metal into gold) found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will transform negative circumstances into supportive ones.

When your realization -the dynamic energy of awareness- intensifies, consult these noble works, and the enriching key points found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will directly introduce you to equalness within the expanse of dharmakaya.

When you feel uncontrollably concerned with sense pleasures and personal wealth, consult these noble works, and the peacock (which delights in poison) found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will allow you to enjoy whatever you desire as an adornment, in a state without fixation.

When you feel self-important, caught on the dualistic horns of hope and fear, consult these noble works, and the means of cutting through the maras found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will grant you the confidence to enjoy uncontrived conduct.

When, in an entrenched state of confusion, you reify things, consult these noble works,  and the magician’s advice found in the Omniscient One’s excellent explanatory teachings will eliminate the turmoil of taking things to be so solid and real.” (3)

Footnotes:

(1) Rabjam, Longchen, grub mtha’ rin po che’i mdzod. Adzom Edition. ff181b.

(2) Rabjam, ff199b.

 (3) Khenpo, Nyoshul.  Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems; Biographies of the Masters of Awareness of the Dzogchen Lineage. Padma Publishing, 2005. 152-155. Adapted from this text, I adjusted the translation of a couple terms.


DZOGCHEN SERIES

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DZOGCHEN SERIES Longchenpa & His Life Teachings

with Anne C. Klein, Lama Rigzin Drolma

Jampa Mackenzie Stewart

Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche

Pema Khandro

Aug 16th – 19th, 6-7:30pm PT – Guest Presenters

Sat Aug 21st, 10am-6pm PT – Longchenpa’s Advice to Yogis

w/ Pema Khandro

One of the most celebrated scholars of Tibetan Buddhism was Longchenpa, a fourteenth century philosopher-yogi who wrote about Dzogchen.

Dzogchen is the esoteric tradition of Tibetan contemplation, regarded as the highest and most precious body of knowledge held by the Nyingma tradition. It emphasizes teachings on intrinsic buddha-nature as the true nature of every person and the ground of reality. It also emphasizes a contemplative relationship with the elements and environment.

Longchenpa’s work on Dzogchen defined the tradition as it is practiced today. Longchenpa’s extensive collected works synthesized the Dzogchen teachings and their relationship to the exoteric Buddhist philosophical movements.

This series features even lectures, scholars and teachers of Tibetan Buddhism specializing in the works of Longchenpa and Dzogchen. These classes will focus on the life and teachings of Longchenpa, followed by a day-long meditation course, all online. Join us in celebrating the history of Dzogchen and reflecting on its developments, views and contributions in the life and works of Longchenpa.

*This series has a limited enrollment of 100 participants.

Register Here

Opening the Sky Door

Upcoming Events

Bardo Teachings – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

Open Dates
Teachings on Death and Dying Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and an overview of essential knowledge on death, bardo, and rebirth. This includes self-paced lectures on dying, loss, grief, and illness from Lamas and scholars of Buddhist Studies.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhism & Sexuality – Self Paced Course

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

Open Dates
Join Pema Khandro and a group of esteemed Buddhist Studies scholars for an exploration of the history of Buddhist Sexualities from celibacy, to sacred sexuality in Buddhist Tantra and a simple approach to embodied integration with nature in Dzogchen.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhist Ethics – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This course on Buddhist Ethics goes through the Five Buddhist Precepts. The five precepts form the basis of a Buddhist way of life and the vows that Buddhists Seek to follow. The Five Precepts are a discipline of freedom, honor, and precision that cover the potent themes of life from the extraordinary perspective of non-duality.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This is the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught by scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and so much more. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for…
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August 2, 2021 by BuddhistYogis

DAKINI DAY CHOD

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Dakini Day Chod – Opening the Sky Door

With Pema Khandro

August 3rd

1-3pm PT | 4-6pm ET

Meditation and Instructions on letting go of fictions and self-deception in Tibetan Chod meditation. Link to text will be shared during the program.

Chod is a meditation method through meeting fear and neurosis with compassion and skill. Rather than renounce these mind states, in Chod, they are allowed to transform and be as keys to innate wisdom.

Register Here


DZOGCHEN SERIES

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DZOGCHEN SERIES Longchenpa & His Life Teachings

with Anne Klein (Lama Rigzin Drolma)

Jampa Mackenzie Stewart

Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche

Pema Khandro

Aug 16th – 19th, 6-7:30pm PT – Guest Presenters

Sat Aug 21st, 10am-6pm PT – Longchenpa’s Advice to Yogis

w/ Pema Khandro

One of the most celebrated scholars of Tibetan Buddhism was Longchenpa, a fourteenth century philosopher-yogi who wrote about Dzogchen.

Dzogchen is the esoteric tradition of Tibetan contemplation, regarded as the highest and most precious body of knowledge held by the Nyingma tradition. It emphasizes teachings on intrinsic buddha-nature as the true nature of every person and the ground of reality. It also emphasizes a contemplative relationship with the elements and environment.

Longchenpa’s work on Dzogchen defined the tradition as it is practiced today. Longchenpa’s extensive collected works synthesized the Dzogchen teachings and their relationship to the exoteric Buddhist philosophical movements.

This series features even lectures, scholars and teachers of Tibetan Buddhism specializing in the works of Longchenpa and Dzogchen. These classes will focus on the life and teachings of Longchenpa, followed by a day-long meditation course, all online. Join us in celebrating the history of Dzogchen and reflecting on its developments, views and contributions in the life and works of Longchenpa.

*This series has a limited enrollment of 100 participants.

Register Here


BIPOC MEDITATION

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BIPOC Meditation
With Pema Khandro
 
August 9th, 6pm PT | 9pm ET
 

BIPOC Meditation Group with Pema Khandro is for members who are BIPOC to practice together and talk about how race impacts our lives.

If you are interested in learning more about membership, please reach out to our Membership Coordinator at Membership@BuddhistStudiesInstitute.org.

CANCELLED TONIGHT

Ngondro Practice has been CANCELLED this evening, August 2nd. We will notify everyone when we resume this practice.


UPCOMING EVENTS

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Daily & Weekly Programs

  • Daily Meditation, Free Every Day at 12 PT / 3pm ET
  • Vajrayana Training, Ngakpa Training, Open Teaching, and Umdze Training (Except during retreats and training or other special events) – Wednesday nights 6pm PT / 9pm ET

 

Meditation Mondays 6pm PT / 9pm ET

  • Aug 9th – BIPOC Meditation & Discussion with Pema Khandro
  • Aug 16th – Aug 23rd – Ngondro Practice
  • Nov 1st – Members night with Pema Khandro to launch the annual Season of Practice, a group discussion and social hosted by Pema Khandro. The Season of Practice is from November 1st to Losar, the lunar new year which is March 3rd, 2022.

 

August 

  • Aug 3rd Dakini Day Chod 
  • Aug 17-21st Dzogchen Series: Longchenpa & His Life Teachings
    ***Limited to 100 participants.

 

September 

  • Sept 1st Dakini Day Chod
  • Sept 17-19th Annual Dzogchen Retreat: Dzogchen Semdzin
  • Sept 28-30th Ngondro Module 4 – Intrinsic Wisdom

As more details roll out for our Upcoming Events, please visit the Event List Here.


MEMBERS ONLY CLASSES

Learn More about Membership
Email Membership@BuddhistStudiesInstitute.org
 
1st and 2nd Wednesdays – Vajrayana Training with Pema Khandro
Bring a deep, engaged study of Buddhist Philosophy and practice into your life! Join this intimate study group for an ongoing study for students on the path of Vajrayana, led by Buddhist studies scholar, Pema Khandro. 
 
This includes the study of Tantra and Great Perfection (Dzogchen) as it is traditionally explained in source texts of the Tibetan tradition. Students will read a combination of materials translated by Pema Khandro as well as works published in English Translation. 
 
The course examines Vajrayana with multiple perspectives, considering how Vajrayana has been understood throughout history, how it is handed down traditionally today and how it engages with current paradigms. This is a non-sectarian class, with emphasis on approaches from the Nyingma school, but simultaneously offering a deliberate embrace of the numerous contesting views of Buddhist philosophy held by the various traditions of interpretation. This is a deep, traditional Buddhist study, without dogma, with ethics intact, in a community oriented towards thorough engagement with Buddhist texts and practice.
 
Vajrayana Training meets twice a month and includes meditation, lecture, discussion in small groups and in the whole class as well as question and answer period with Pema Khandro.

3rd Wednesdays – Ngakpa Training with Pema Khandro
In-depth study of the Ngakpa Tradition for students who have completed pre-requisites. These classes continue the study of Buddhist philosophy examining source texts and discussing the main points of living a Buddhist life. 

The Story of Buddhism Continues – Be Part of It!

Upcoming Events

Bardo Teachings – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

Open Dates
Teachings on Death and Dying Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and an overview of essential knowledge on death, bardo, and rebirth. This includes self-paced lectures on dying, loss, grief, and illness from Lamas and scholars of Buddhist Studies.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhism & Sexuality – Self Paced Course

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

Open Dates
Join Pema Khandro and a group of esteemed Buddhist Studies scholars for an exploration of the history of Buddhist Sexualities from celibacy, to sacred sexuality in Buddhist Tantra and a simple approach to embodied integration with nature in Dzogchen.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhist Ethics – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This course on Buddhist Ethics goes through the Five Buddhist Precepts. The five precepts form the basis of a Buddhist way of life and the vows that Buddhists Seek to follow. The Five Precepts are a discipline of freedom, honor, and precision that cover the potent themes of life from the extraordinary perspective of non-duality.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This is the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught by scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and so much more. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for…
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July 30, 2021 by BuddhistYogis

Letter from Janak

Dear Friends and Members,

The story of Buddhism and the story of Dakini Mountain has always been a story of possibilities.  What is possible?  Can I really do it?  Who will help me?

Many years ago, the Buddha told us what was possible: freedom from suffering.  He told us that we could do it!   And he said he would help.

It started in a place.  Under the Bodhi Tree, the Buddha meditated and realized enlightenment.  Then he began to teach the Four Noble Truths in a place called Deer Park.

Throughout hundreds of years and from the very beginning of Buddhism, physical places have been pivotal to the flourishing of Buddhism.  These sacred places serve as practical locations for Buddhist practitioners to live, places of study and power centers that emanate intangible yet highly effective waves of awareness to benefit society.

Past examples of places that have been critical in the development of Buddhism include the Bamboo Grove Ashram where the Buddha first sheltered with his students during the winter monsoons; the 84,000 stupas built by Emperor Ashoka to establish Buddhism throughout the Indian subcontinent; and Samye, the very first Tibetan Buddhist center, key to the development of Tibetan Buddhism, near Lhasa in Tibet.

In these three examples, the sacred places were funded by kings and an emperor.  In today’s world, governments, by and large, do not fund Buddhism.

Dakini Mountain will be funded by ordinary people, like you and me, who feel a call to make a difference, to infuse the vision of the Buddha with vitality through bringing this place, Dakini Mountain, into reality.

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Dakini Mountain is a Buddhist retreat, a Yogic Medicine healing center, an environmental leadership site and more. Founded in 2019 by Pema Khandro and Ngakpa International, Dakini Mountain is located on 35 breathtakingly beautiful acres in the Tahoe National Forest of Northern California.

It’s already partially developed and established but much is still needed.

At this moment, Dakini Mountain needs $15,500 to take the next step of providing critical fire clearing and other refurbishing to make Dakini Mountain available for immediate use.  This is the first goal in a series of goals.  You can see the whole plan at www.dakinimountain.org.

Already, $8,750 of the $15,500 has been raised.  Please help accomplish this goal and give Dakini Mountain and Buddhism your support.

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Your gifts can also be made by check, payable to Ngakpa International, and mailed to Dakini Mountain, P.O. Box 2396, Nevada City, California 95959, USA.

Ngakpa International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit EIN 68-0529687 and all gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law.

Thank you!

Janak

Director of Vajrayana Training and Fundraising

Ngakpa International

Buddhist Studies Institute

Dakini Mountain Retreat Center

P.O. Box 2396

Nevada City, California 95946

USA

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Upcoming Events

Bardo Teachings – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

Open Dates
Teachings on Death and Dying Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and an overview of essential knowledge on death, bardo, and rebirth. This includes self-paced lectures on dying, loss, grief, and illness from Lamas and scholars of Buddhist Studies.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhism & Sexuality – Self Paced Course

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

Open Dates
Join Pema Khandro and a group of esteemed Buddhist Studies scholars for an exploration of the history of Buddhist Sexualities from celibacy, to sacred sexuality in Buddhist Tantra and a simple approach to embodied integration with nature in Dzogchen.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhist Ethics – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This course on Buddhist Ethics goes through the Five Buddhist Precepts. The five precepts form the basis of a Buddhist way of life and the vows that Buddhists Seek to follow. The Five Precepts are a discipline of freedom, honor, and precision that cover the potent themes of life from the extraordinary perspective of non-duality.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This is the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught by scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and so much more. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for…
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July 29, 2021 by BuddhistYogis

EXCELLENT PATH

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Excellent Path

With Pema Khandro

Buddhist Philosophy Online – Open Teaching Webcast

Tonight! July 28th

6-6:30pm PT | 9-9:30pm ET

A 30 minute guided meditation and online teaching with Pema Khandro. Free and open to the public.

This is a monthly class to support your meditation practice and meet the challenge of integrating meditation into a full, dynamic life. This class will include meditation instruction, Buddhist teachings, and remedies for navigating through challenges to practice.

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MEMORIAL & ZHITRO PRACTICE

Jillian

Memorial & Zhitro for Jillian Patricia

With Pema Khandro

July 28th, 6:45-7:45pm PT

Our beloved friend Jillian passed away last night from cancer. She was surrounded by friends and family. Jillian was a true and brave buddhist, beautiful person and friend. She really loved dharma. We are grateful for her warmth, kindness, bravery and dharma friendship.

Pema Khandro will lead the first Zhitro and memorial for our beloved friend, Jillian Patricia, this Wednesday, July 28th, at 6:45pm -7:45pm San Francisco Time/ 9:45-10:45 New York Time.

49 Days is the period of transition in the post-death state, the time in which we can be of great benefit for the deceased. If you would like to participate in offering Zhitro for Jillian, you can sign-up to hold a day here*: LINK: 49 Days of Zhitro for Jillian

*Signing up to hold a day would not be guided, these Zhitro practices will be happening on your own, at your own time of day/pace.

May Jillian find ultimate liberation and peace in the bardo.

Register Here

Tomorrow! Medicine Buddha & Trauma

Upcoming Events

Bardo Teachings – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

Open Dates
Teachings on Death and Dying Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and an overview of essential knowledge on death, bardo, and rebirth. This includes self-paced lectures on dying, loss, grief, and illness from Lamas and scholars of Buddhist Studies.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhism & Sexuality – Self Paced Course

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

Open Dates
Join Pema Khandro and a group of esteemed Buddhist Studies scholars for an exploration of the history of Buddhist Sexualities from celibacy, to sacred sexuality in Buddhist Tantra and a simple approach to embodied integration with nature in Dzogchen.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhist Ethics – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This course on Buddhist Ethics goes through the Five Buddhist Precepts. The five precepts form the basis of a Buddhist way of life and the vows that Buddhists Seek to follow. The Five Precepts are a discipline of freedom, honor, and precision that cover the potent themes of life from the extraordinary perspective of non-duality.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This is the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught by scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and so much more. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for…
Register Now

July 23, 2021 by BuddhistYogis

MEDICINE BUDDHA & TRAUMA

Medicine Buddha & Trauma

Medicine Buddha & Trauma
with Pema Khandro
July 24, 2021
10am – 6pm PT / 1pm – 9pm ET
Focusing on Medicine Buddha & Trauma. Co-hosted by The Buddhist Studies Institute and The Yogic Medicine Institute, this daylong workshop will explore Buddhist methods, yoga practices and natural health remedies relating with trauma and extreme emotions in the body and mind.

Orgyen Menla, the Medicine Buddha, is the expression of loving compassion and the capacity to heal. He is the form of the Buddha that relieves suffering and disease. This class will also include instruction and practice of Medicine Buddha meditation.


Click Here to Register


DZOGCHEN SERIES – Save the Dates

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~ DZOGCHEN SERIES ~ Longchenpa, His Life & Teachings

with Anne Klein (Lama Rigzin Drolma)

Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche Jampa Mackenzie Stewart

Pema Khandro

Aug 16th – 21st

One of the most celebrated scholars of Tibetan Buddhism was Longchenpa, a fourteenth century philosopher-yogi who wrote about Dzogchen.

Dzogchen is the esoteric tradition of Tibetan contemplation, regarded as the highest and most precious body of knowledge held by the Nyingma tradition. It emphasizes teachings on intrinsic buddha-nature as the true nature of every person and the ground of reality. It also emphasizes a contemplative relationship with the elements and environment.

Longchenpa’s work on Dzogchen defined the tradition as it is practiced today. Longchenpa’s extensive collected works synthesized the Dzogchen teachings and their relationship to the exoteric Buddhist philosophical movements.

This series features even lectures, scholars and teachers of Tibetan Buddhism specializing in the works of Longchenpa and Dzogchen. These classes will focus on the life and teachings of Longchenpa, followed by a day-long meditation course, all online. Join us in celebrating the history of Dzogchen and reflecting on its developments, views and contributions in the life and works of Longchenpa.

*This series has a limited enrollment of 100 participants.


UPCOMING EVENTS

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Daily & Weekly Programs

  • Daily Meditation, Free Every Day at 12 PT / 3pm ET
  • Vajrayana Training, Ngakpa Training, Open Teaching, and Umdze Training (Except during retreats and training or other special events) – Wednesday nights 6pm PT / 9pm ET

 

Meditation Mondays 6pm PT / 9pm ET

  • July 26 – Aug 23rd – Ngondro Practice (except August 9th)
  • Aug 9th – BIPOC Meditation & Discussion with Pema Khandro
  • Nov 1st – Members night with Pema Khandro to launch the annual Season of Practice, a group discussion and social hosted by Pema Khandro. The Season of Practice is from November 1st to Losar, the lunar new year which is March 3rd, 2022.

 

July

  • July 24 Medicine Buddha & Trauma

 

August 

  • Aug 3rd Dakini Day Chod 
  • Aug 17-21st Dzogchen Series: Longchenpa His Life & Teachings
    ***Limited to 100 participants.

 

September 

  • Sept 1st Dakini Day Chod
  • Sept 17-19th Annual Dzogchen Retreat: Dzogchen Semdzin
  • Sept 28-30th Ngondro Module 4

As more details roll out for our Upcoming Events, please visit the Event List Here.

Starts Tonight – Buddhism & Trauma

Upcoming Events

Bardo Teachings – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

Open Dates
Teachings on Death and Dying Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and an overview of essential knowledge on death, bardo, and rebirth. This includes self-paced lectures on dying, loss, grief, and illness from Lamas and scholars of Buddhist Studies.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhism & Sexuality – Self Paced Course

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

Open Dates
Join Pema Khandro and a group of esteemed Buddhist Studies scholars for an exploration of the history of Buddhist Sexualities from celibacy, to sacred sexuality in Buddhist Tantra and a simple approach to embodied integration with nature in Dzogchen.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhist Ethics – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This course on Buddhist Ethics goes through the Five Buddhist Precepts. The five precepts form the basis of a Buddhist way of life and the vows that Buddhists Seek to follow. The Five Precepts are a discipline of freedom, honor, and precision that cover the potent themes of life from the extraordinary perspective of non-duality.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This is the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught by scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and so much more. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for…
Register Now

July 20, 2021 by BuddhistYogis

BUDDHISM & TRAUMA SERIES

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Buddhism & Trauma

Hosted by Pema Khandro

July 20-24, 2021

6pm PT / 9pm ET

Tue July 20 – Mark Epstein

Wed July 21 – Sarah Lewis

Thu July 22 – Jim Hopper & Dr. Elizabeth Call

Sat July 24 – Medicine Buddha & Trauma w/ Pema Khandro

Both Buddhism and Trauma Studies have asked questions about human suffering. Both explore the profound journey of getting free from the bonds of negative experiences of the past.

This series will focus on the dialogue between Buddhism, trauma, and cross-cultural reflections on psychology. Join us for this week of online dialogues with scholars and teachers on the compelling topic of Buddhism and Trauma.

Click Here to Register Now


MEDICINE BUDDHA & TRAUMA

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Medicine Buddha & Trauma
with Pema Khandro
July 24, 2021
10am – 6pm PT / 1pm – 9pm ET
Focusing on Medicine Buddha & Trauma. Co-hosted by The Buddhist Studies Institute and The Yogic Medicine Institute, this daylong workshop will explore Buddhist methods, yoga practices and natural health remedies relating with trauma and extreme emotions in the body and mind.

Orgyen Menla, the Medicine Buddha, is the expression of loving compassion and the capacity to heal. He is the form of the Buddha that relieves suffering and disease. This class will also include instruction and practice of Medicine Buddha meditation.


Click Here to Register


DZOGCHEN SERIES – Save the Dates

Longchenpa-pic 3

~ DZOGCHEN SERIES ~ Longchenpa, His Life & Teachings

with Anne Klein (Lama Rigzin Drolma)

Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche Jampa Mackenzie Stewart

Pema Khandro

Aug 16th – 21st

One of the most celebrated scholars of Tibetan Buddhism was Longchenpa, a fourteenth century philosopher-yogi who wrote about Dzogchen.

Dzogchen is the esoteric tradition of Tibetan contemplation, regarded as the highest and most precious body of knowledge held by the Nyingma tradition. It emphasizes teachings on intrinsic buddha-nature as the true nature of every person and the ground of reality. It also emphasizes a contemplative relationship with the elements and environment.

Longchenpa’s work on Dzogchen defined the tradition as it is practiced today. Longchenpa’s extensive collected works synthesized the Dzogchen teachings and their relationship to the exoteric Buddhist philosophical movements.

This series features even lectures, scholars and teachers of Tibetan Buddhism specializing in the works of Longchenpa and Dzogchen. These classes will focus on the life and teachings of Longchenpa, followed by a day-long meditation course, all online. Join us in celebrating the history of Dzogchen and reflecting on its developments, views and contributions in the life and works of Longchenpa.

*This series has a limited enrollment of 100 participants.


UPCOMING EVENTS

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Daily & Weekly Programs

  • Daily Meditation, Free Every Day at 12 PT / 3pm ET
  • Vajrayana Training, Ngakpa Training, Open Teaching, and Umdze Training (Except during retreats and training or other special events) – Wednesday nights 6pm PT / 9pm ET

 

Meditation Mondays 6pm PT / 9pm ET

  • July 19 – Aug 23rd – Ngondro Practice (except August 9th)
  • Aug 9th – BIPOC Meditation & Discussion with Pema Khandro
  • Nov 1st – Members night with Pema Khandro to launch the annual Season of Practice, a group discussion and social hosted by Pema Khandro. The Season of Practice is from November 1st to Losar, the lunar new year which is March 3rd, 2022.

 

July

  • July 20-22 Buddhism and Trauma Series
  • July 24 Medicine Buddha & Trauma

 

August 

  • Aug 3rd Dakini Day Chod 
  • Aug 17-21st Dzogchen Series: Longchenpa His Life & Teachings
    ***Limited to 100 participants.

 

September 

  • Sept 1st Dakini Day Chod
  • Sept 17-19th Annual Dzogchen Retreat: Dzogchen Semdzin
  • Sept 28-30th Ngondro Module 4

As more details roll out for our Upcoming Events, please visit the Event List Here.

Letter from Pema Khandro on Reopening

Upcoming Events

Bardo Teachings – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

Open Dates
Teachings on Death and Dying Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and an overview of essential knowledge on death, bardo, and rebirth. This includes self-paced lectures on dying, loss, grief, and illness from Lamas and scholars of Buddhist Studies.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhism & Sexuality – Self Paced Course

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

Open Dates
Join Pema Khandro and a group of esteemed Buddhist Studies scholars for an exploration of the history of Buddhist Sexualities from celibacy, to sacred sexuality in Buddhist Tantra and a simple approach to embodied integration with nature in Dzogchen.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhist Ethics – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This course on Buddhist Ethics goes through the Five Buddhist Precepts. The five precepts form the basis of a Buddhist way of life and the vows that Buddhists Seek to follow. The Five Precepts are a discipline of freedom, honor, and precision that cover the potent themes of life from the extraordinary perspective of non-duality.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This is the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught by scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and so much more. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for…
Register Now

July 15, 2021 by BuddhistYogis

Letter on Reopening

Dear Dharma Friends,

We have been receiving questions of joyful anticipation for when Dakini Mountain can open again. Dakini Mountain is our retreat center in the making. It is dedicated to supporting the cultivation of rest, rejuvenation, wisdom and compassion amidst this vivid landscape of raw elemental beauty. It is 35 acres, completely off grid and a power spot of Vajrayogini.

 

Before addressing Dakini Mountain re-opening plans, it’s important to acknowledge that the pandemic is not over for everyone. Its effects continue for all those who lost family members, for those with long-haul COVID-19 symptoms, those with post-COVID complications, those who are immunocompromised for whom the vaccine does not mean safety and so forth. Now in California there are cases rising with new variants. Our love and prayers are with all our dharma friends who are effected by the pandemic. May all who passed find great peace. May all who remain ill, feel loved and supported. May they recover fully and swiftly.

 

The effect of the pandemic on Dakini Mountain is still in full swing as well. We lost a year and a half of events income. On top of that, we did not meet our winter fundraising goal. There weren’t many community members there to maintain the land, so just like in so many places around the world, while we were not active on the land, wildlife started encroaching. The meadow was taken over by gophers, then a community of rattlesnakes moved in and a bear lounged openly next to the pond, making himself at home in our absence. Brush and bush expanded and we went through several rounds of broken water pipes.

 

We are all looking forward to re-opening but to achieve this will require much work and help from the whole community.

 

We have planned a two-stage opening process which will depend on whether we meet our next round of fundraising goals.

 

Our goal is to fundraise $15,500 by our partial re-opening on August 15th and a remaining $34,500 this fall. This includes funding for fire clearance and critical immediate needs and maintenance to restore the land back to use level.

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Partial Re-opening Plans

Since Dakini Mountain is perfect for outdoor events, with its stage, outdoor kitchen and scenic meadow, it is really a perfect site to have outdoor events. The partial re-opening will allow us to host other groups for day-long, non-residential events including a monthly Community Day at Dakini Mountain. This will offer a chance to practice meditation together and work on the land.

Upon partial re-opening on August 15th, we will open Dakini Mountain for:

  • AirBnB rentals

  • Community Day once a month, outdoors and social distanced

  • Day-long Event rentals for groups, workshops [non-residential]

See DakiniMountain.org for the full details of our fundraising campaign.

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The Full Re-Opening

Our full re-opening is scheduled for June 2-5th, 2022, for our annual spring Vajrayana retreat and anniversary of Dakini Mountain. We have postponed full re-opening until then since residential retreats include dining together, hanging out inside the lodge and working alongside one another, so we don’t feel we can guarantee guests safety for indoor residential retreats at this time. However, we are eagerly looking forward to preparing for our full-opening when we can spend time immersed in all the joy and wonder that Dakini Mountain has to offer. After losing water and power in previous residential events, we can see the importance of doing our necessary fundraising for upgrades before our next retreat and this full re-opening date will give us time for fundraising and working on the land.

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Future Fundraising Plans

Our next phases of fundraising is for $636,000 + Guarantors

  • $336,000 for development, which will allow us to open fully and resume residential retreats and events. It includes imperative projects for group events like our solar power battery upgrade

  • $300,000 in donations towards the equity

  • An individual or group of guarantors backing $300,000 – to guarantee the loan by pledging their assets as collateral

Our 2023-2025 phases of fundraising will be to pay off the mortgage in full with the final total goal of raising $2.2 million.

Annual Dzogchen Retreat

As a result of these plans, this year’s Annual Dzogchen retreat has now been postponed to September 17-19, 2021 and will be online. We know that many people are spending time outdoors this summer after being in quarantine, and so we have moved the retreat to support that.

However, in August we will offer a shorter special event focusing a deep dive into the teachings, history and life of Longchenpa, great teacher of Dzogchen, Tibetan Buddhism’s system of natural awakening to intrinsic awareness. This will be from August 17-21st. I am overjoyed to be hosting Anne Klein (Lama Rigzin Drolma) and Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche for this event. See the details below.

Therefore, our upcoming program schedule includes the following programs listed below. I look forward to seeing you there.

Daily & Weekly Programs

  • Daily Meditation, Free Every Day at 12 PT / 3pm ET

  • Vajrayana Training, Ngakpa Training, Open Teaching, and Umdze Training (Except during retreats and training or other special events) will continue Wednesday nights 6pm PT / 9pm ET

Meditation Mondays 6pm PT / 9pm ET

  • July 19 – Aug 23rd – Ngondro Practice (except August 9th)

  • Aug 9th – BIPOC Meditation & Discussion with Pema Khandro

  • Nov 1st – Members night with Pema Khandro to launch the annual Season of Practice *discussion and social hosted by Pema Khandro. The Season of Practice is from November 1st to Losar, the lunar new year which is March 3rd, 2022.

July

  • July 20-22 Buddhism and Trauma Series

  • July 24 Medicine Buddha & Trauma

August

  • Aug 3rd Dakini Day Chod

  • Aug 17-21st Dzogchen Series: Longchenpa His Life & Teachings
    ***Limited to 100 participants.

September

  • Sept 1st Dakini Day Chod

  • Sept 17-19th Annual Dzogchen Retreat: Dzogchen Semdzin

  • Sept 28-30th Ngondro Module 4

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How Online Programs Are Affected

Many have asked how the reopening of Dakini Mountain will affect our online programs. We plan to continue the online programs in full, along with our previous rhythm with three public in-person retreats per year and one-day events or weekend Vajra Sangha programs resuming our regular schedule again in Spring 2022. In between these events Dakini Mountain will be used by other groups of guests for non-residential events.

Our goal before the pandemic was to develop the Buddhist Studies Institute as an online school with a full spectrum of Buddhist philosophy and practice taught by Tibetan and Western scholars. This platform developed more quickly than we had planned due to the pandemic, and this will only continue to develop. This continues to be possible due to donations and due to our wonderful community of volunteers.

Speaking of volunteers, we have much more work to do to catch up with our growth and are in need of video editors and tech hosts for our programs. Email us if you’d like to join in and help at Volunteer@BuddhistStudiesInstitute.org

Changes to Ngakpa Training and Vajra Sangha

The board of directors has decided to change the requirements for Ngakpa Training in order to open it up as a resource for new members who have already been involved in intensive Buddhist study for an extended period. This course is our advanced study course for students who are doing longer term intensive study, practice and service. It has pre-requisites, which previously included Vajra Sangha membership. However, as our online programming has expanded we have opened Ngakpa Training to non-Vajra Sangha students. Other pre-requisites will still apply.

We are also in the process of revising our Vajra Sangha membership pre-requisites which will be completed by the end of the year. Vajra Sangha are my personal students. You can recognize them by the red and white Ngakpa shawls they wear at programs. Buddhist Studies Institute serves students from many other sanghas as well, everyone is welcome and appreciated. Diversity is beautiful.

Two New Sangha Leaders to be Trained. Because of our recent growth and the new awareness gained from the pandemic, we are also planning to develop two other leaders who can take on the same roles as Aruna and Satya, my trusted advisors and the leaders of all our other teams. The three of us have run our projects together over the last ten years, working together week by week to make the decisions by consensus that have guided all the events and projects. The pandemic made us aware how important it is to have doubles and a backup system, so we are now actively looking for two more people to join our directors team who can play a leadership role and step into Satya and Aruna’s roles as needed. This includes skills of Aruna, our CFO [Chief Financial Officer], such as overseeing legal and accounting for Ngakpa International and the skills of Satya, our COO [Chief Operations Officer], managing projects, overseeing events, outreach and leadership team. Please do email us if you have experience in these roles and would like to apply to join the directors team: Info@BuddhistStudiesInstitute.org.

Buddhism and Trauma

Finally, I want to personally invite you to our upcoming program on Buddhism and Trauma with events from July 20-24th. This series will examine the relationship between Trauma theory and Buddhist philosophy and practice. Trauma theory has evolved greatly since the time it was thought that PTSD was something only war veterans had. The growing knowledge about the effects of traumatic stress now extend to address how adverse events effect bodies and minds in any scenario. Unresolved past events are thought to drive our behaviors in the present time, whether we are aware of it or not. We may be more susceptible to traumatic stress for various reasons such as if we are ill, tired or have had previous adverse events. There are so many important aspects of trauma theory that overlap with the basic knowledge we need to have as human beings, how our minds, bodies, emotions work. How past events stick. How past stresses can be reprocessed and released. This sounds familiar to Buddhists, because these are the issues we think about as well, how to get free from the residue of past events, and how to get free from suffering. Furthermore, Buddhist based practices have been a major resource used for recovery and healing by trauma-informed therapists. I want to share this series with you because I believe this knowledge can be life-changing, and it is knowledge that we need in the Buddhist community. And also because there is a fascinating and exciting exchange happening between the two discourses of trauma theory and Buddhist theory and practice. If you would like to join us, Click Here to Register

I want to finish by expressing my gratitude to our community and friends for all the support that has sustained us thus far. It is beautiful to collaborate together in fostering a learning community, and a practice community, one that is so brilliant and kind. Thank you and I look forward to studying and practicing together.

My very best to you,

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Dzogchen Series: Longchenpa, His Life & Teachings

with Anne Klein (Lama Rigzin Drolma),

Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche

Pema Khandro

Aug 17-21st

One of the most celebrated scholars of Tibetan Buddhism was Longchenpa, a fourteenth century philosopher-yogi who wrote about Dzogchen.

Dzogchen is the esoteric tradition of Tibetan contemplation, regarded as the highest and most precious body of knowledge held by the Nyingma tradition. It emphasizes teachings on intrinsic buddha-nature as the ground of reality, as well as contemplative relationship with the elements and environment.

Longchenpa’s work on Dzogchen defined the tradition as it is practiced today. Longchenpa’s extensive collected works synthesized the Dzogchen teachings and their relationship to the exoteric Buddhist philosophical movements.

This series features even lectures, scholars and teachers of Tibetan Buddhism specializing in the works of Longchenpa and Dzogchen. These classes will focus on the life and teachings of Longchenpa, followed by a day-long meditation course, all online. Join us in celebrating the history of Dzogchen and reflecting on its developments, views and contributions in the life and works of Longchenpa.

To register email us at info@BuddhistStudiesInstitute.org to get the registration link. *This program has a limited enrollment of 100 participants.


Buddhism and Trauma Series

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Buddhism & Trauma

Hosted by Pema Khandro

July 20-24, 2021

6pm PT / 9pm ET

Tue July 20 – Mark Epstein

Wed July 21 – Sarah Lewis

Thu July 22 – Jim Hopper & Dr. Elizabeth Call

Sat July 24 – Medicine Buddha & Trauma w/ Pema Khandro

Both Buddhism and Trauma Studies have asked questions about human suffering. Both explore the profound journey of getting free from the bonds of negative experiences of the past.

This series will focus on the dialogue between Buddhism, trauma, and cross-cultural reflections on psychology. Join us for this week of online dialogues with scholars and teachers on the compelling topic of Buddhism and Trauma.

Click Here to Register Now


Medicine Buddha & Trauma

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Medicine Buddha & Trauma
with Pema Khandro
July 24, 2021
10am – 6pm PT / 1pm – 9pm ET
Focusing on Medicine Buddha & Trauma. Co-hosted by The Buddhist Studies Institute and The Yogic Medicine Institute, this daylong will offer Buddhist philosophy and yogic methods for relating with trauma in the body and mind.

Orgyen Menla, the Medicine Buddha, is the expression of loving compassion and the capacity to heal. He is the form of the Buddha that relieves suffering and disease.


Click Here to Register


ONLINE OPEN TEACHINGS

Daily Meditation – Online

Join our certified meditation instructors for a short free daily practice online. Each day meditation is followed by a brief discussion on Buddhist ethics.

Excellent Path – Buddhist Philosophy Online 

A 30-minute online Buddhist Philosophy teaching with Pema Khandro.
Free and open to the public. Held on 4th Wednesdays of the month. 

Short. Potent. Free.

Upcoming Events

Bardo Teachings – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

Open Dates
Teachings on Death and Dying Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and an overview of essential knowledge on death, bardo, and rebirth. This includes self-paced lectures on dying, loss, grief, and illness from Lamas and scholars of Buddhist Studies.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhism & Sexuality – Self Paced Course

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

Open Dates
Join Pema Khandro and a group of esteemed Buddhist Studies scholars for an exploration of the history of Buddhist Sexualities from celibacy, to sacred sexuality in Buddhist Tantra and a simple approach to embodied integration with nature in Dzogchen.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
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Buddhist Ethics – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This course on Buddhist Ethics goes through the Five Buddhist Precepts. The five precepts form the basis of a Buddhist way of life and the vows that Buddhists Seek to follow. The Five Precepts are a discipline of freedom, honor, and precision that cover the potent themes of life from the extraordinary perspective of non-duality.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This is the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught by scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and so much more. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for…
Register Now

June 23, 2021 by BuddhistYogis

EXCELLENT PATH

Excellent Path

Excellent Path
With Pema Khandro
Buddhist Philosophy Online – Open Teaching Webcast
June 23, 2021, 6-6:30pm PT / 9-9:30pm ET

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A 30 minute guided meditation and online teaching with Pema Khandro.

Free and open to the public.

This is a monthly class to support your meditation practice and meet the challenge of integrating meditation into a full, dynamic life. This class will include meditation instruction, Buddhist teachings, and remedies for navigating through challenges to practice.

Click Here to Register Now


ONLINE OPEN TEACHINGS

*All times are listed in Pacific Time UTC-8 (Timezone Converter)

Daily Meditation – Online

Join our certified meditation instructors for a short free daily practice online. Each day meditation is followed by a brief discussion on Buddhist ethics.

June 23, 6-6:30pm
Excellent Path  – 
Buddhist Philosophy Online

A 30 minute online Buddhist Philosophy teaching with Pema Khandro.
Free and open to the public. Held every 4th Wednesday of the month. 

July 6, 1-3pm

Dakini Day Chod: 3 Dakini Chod – Peaceful, Magnetizing and Wrathful

Chod is a meditation method through meeting fear and neurosis with compassion and skill. This workshop will focus on the concise Rinchen Trengwa Chod. 

July 20, 6-7:15pm 

Buddhism and Trauma with Mark Epstein & Pema Khandro

A dialogue series focusing on Buddhism, trauma, and cross-cultural reflections on psychology. 

July 21, 6-7:15pm

Buddhism and Trauma with Dr. Sarah Lewis & Pema Khandro

A dialogue series focusing on Buddhism, trauma, and cross-cultural reflections on psychology. 

 
July 22, 6-7:30pm
Buddhism and Trauma w/ Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call, & Pema Khandro
A dialogue series focusing on Buddhism, trauma, and cross-cultural reflections on psychology.
July 25, 10am-6pm
Medicine Buddha and Trauma – A Daylong with Pema Khandro
This daylong is the culmination of a series on Buddhism and Trauma.

There’s Still Time – Ngondro

Upcoming Events

Bardo Teachings – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

Open Dates
Teachings on Death and Dying Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and an overview of essential knowledge on death, bardo, and rebirth. This includes self-paced lectures on dying, loss, grief, and illness from Lamas and scholars of Buddhist Studies.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhism & Sexuality – Self Paced Course

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

Open Dates
Join Pema Khandro and a group of esteemed Buddhist Studies scholars for an exploration of the history of Buddhist Sexualities from celibacy, to sacred sexuality in Buddhist Tantra and a simple approach to embodied integration with nature in Dzogchen.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhist Ethics – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This course on Buddhist Ethics goes through the Five Buddhist Precepts. The five precepts form the basis of a Buddhist way of life and the vows that Buddhists Seek to follow. The Five Precepts are a discipline of freedom, honor, and precision that cover the potent themes of life from the extraordinary perspective of non-duality.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This is the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught by scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and so much more. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for…
Register Now

June 15, 2021 by BuddhistYogis

NGONDRO TRAINING

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Ngondro Training – Mountain of Jewels
With Pema Khandro
June 15 – 17, 2021
1-3pm PT  | 4-6pm New York  |  6-8pm London
What are Ngondro meditations? Ngondro meditations are the foundational practices for purifying, training and empowering the body-mind. They form the basis of Vajrayana meditation and serve as the foundation for the highest practices of the nature of mind. Ngondro means ‘before going.’ In traditional Vajrayana practice, it represents the cognitive, physical, emotional and philosophical components which are keys to the practice liberation. These are done before engaging in Tantra or Dzogchen practices in order to set a stable foundation.
Mountain of Jewels addresses the mandala offering, the practice of discovering our vast resources and abundance through generosity. Through the mandala offering we learn to discover our sense of vast resources, interdependence and connection.
It is possible to join Ngondro Training at any time, and it can be taken in any order. Join current modules live and take previous modules at your own pace. This module will focus on Mountain of Jewels including Mandala Offering, Vajrayogini Practice and the Seven Line Prayer.

Click Here to Register Now


BUDDHISM & INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY

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Buddhism & Intelligent Technology
With Pema Khandro & Peter D. Hershock
 
June 22, 2021, 6-7:30pm PT
Online – By Donation
 

Is the purpose of AI to reduce pain and suffering? What is the ethical use of technology? How does technology reshape human relationships? The relationship with technology has had a profound impact on our lives. Our attention spans, ethics and even daily activities have been transformed by interactions with intelligent technologies. This dialogue explores overlaps between Buddhist thought and technology.

Click Here to Register Now


DAKINI DAY CHOD

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3 Dakini Chod: Peaceful, Magnetizing and Wrathful
With Pema Khandro
 
July 6th, 1-3pm PT
 
Chod is a meditation method through meeting fear and neurosis with compassion and skill. Rather than renounce these mind states, in Chod, they are allowed to transform and be reintegrated as keys to innate wisdom.
 
This workshop offers an opportunity to learn Chod in English through the practice of the concise Rinchen Trengwa Chod, affectionately called the 3 Dakini Chod because it engages the peaceful, magnetizing and wrathful forms of the Dakini. 
 
The Rinchen Trengwa is an advanced Chod meditation cycle which is complete with all the elements of Tantric meditation practice. This workshop will focus on its concise version.
 
Click Here to Register Now

Buddhism and Trauma Series

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Buddhism & Trauma

Hosted by Pema Khandro

July 20-24, 2021

6pm PT / 9pm ET

Tue July 20 – Mark Epstein

Wed July 21 – Sarah Lewis

Thu July 22 – Jim Hopper & Dr. Elizabeth Call

Sat July 24 – Medicine Buddha & Trauma w/ Pema Khandro

Both Buddhism and Trauma Studies have asked questions about human suffering. Both explore the profound journey of getting free from the bonds of negative experiences of the past.

This series will focus on the dialogue between Buddhism, trauma, and cross-cultural reflections on psychology. Join us for this week of online dialogues with scholars and teachers on the compelling topic of Buddhism and Trauma.

Click Here to Register Now


ONLINE OPEN TEACHINGS

Daily Meditation – Online

Join our certified meditation instructors for a short free daily practice online. Each day meditation is followed by a brief discussion on Buddhist ethics.

Buddhist Philosophy Online
Excellent Path  – on June 30th

A 30 minute online Buddhist Philosophy teaching with Pema Khandro.
Free and open to the public. Held every 4th Wednesday of the month. 

Ngondro – Mountain of Jewels

Upcoming Events

Bardo Teachings – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

Open Dates
Teachings on Death and Dying Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and an overview of essential knowledge on death, bardo, and rebirth. This includes self-paced lectures on dying, loss, grief, and illness from Lamas and scholars of Buddhist Studies.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhism & Sexuality – Self Paced Course

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

Open Dates
Join Pema Khandro and a group of esteemed Buddhist Studies scholars for an exploration of the history of Buddhist Sexualities from celibacy, to sacred sexuality in Buddhist Tantra and a simple approach to embodied integration with nature in Dzogchen.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Buddhist Ethics – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This course on Buddhist Ethics goes through the Five Buddhist Precepts. The five precepts form the basis of a Buddhist way of life and the vows that Buddhists Seek to follow. The Five Precepts are a discipline of freedom, honor, and precision that cover the potent themes of life from the extraordinary perspective of non-duality.   Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!
Register Now

Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

Open Dates
This is the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught by scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and so much more. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for…
Register Now

June 12, 2021 by BuddhistYogis

NGONDRO TRAINING

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Ngondro Training – Mountain of Jewels
With Pema Khandro
June 15 – 17, 2021
Times: 1pm – 3pm PT
4pm-6pm New York
6pm-8pm London
 
The Ngondro Training consists of Four Modules
Join Anytime, Attend Live Online, Receive Recordings
Mountain of Jewels addresses the mandala offering, the practice of discovering our vast resources and abundance through generosity. Through the mandala offering we learn to discover our sense of vast resources, interdependence and connection.
What are Ngondro meditations? Ngondro meditations are the foundational practices for purifying, training and empowering the body-mind. They form the basis of Vajrayana meditation and serve as the foundation for the highest practices of the nature of mind. Ngondro means ‘before going.’ In traditional Vajrayana practice, it represents the cognitive, physical, emotional and philosophical components which are keys to the practice liberation. These are done before engaging in Tantra or Dzogchen practices in order to set a stable foundation.
It is possible to join Ngondro Training at any time, and it can be taken in any order. Join current modules live and take previous modules at your own pace. This module will focus on Mountain of Jewels including Mandala Offering, Vajrayogini Practice and the Seven Line Prayer.

Click Here to Register Now


BUDDHISM & INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY

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Buddhism & Intelligent Technology
With Pema Khandro & Peter D. Hershock
 
June 22, 2021, 6pm – 7:30pm PT
Online by Donation
 

Is the purpose of AI to reduce pain and suffering? What is the ethical use of technology? How does technology reshape human relationships? The relationship with technology has had a profound impact on our lives. Our attention spans, ethics and even daily activities have been transformed by interactions with intelligent technologies. This dialogue explores overlaps between Buddhist thought and technology.

Click Here to Register Now


DAKINI DAY CHOD

Sangha Practicing Chod 2

3 Dakini Chod: Peaceful, Magnetizing and Wrathful
With Pema Khandro
 
July 6, 2021, 1pm – 3pm PT
 
Chod is a meditation method through meeting fear and neurosis with compassion and skill. Rather than renounce these mind states, in Chod, they are allowed to transform and be reintegrated as keys to innate wisdom.
 
This workshop offers an opportunity to learn Chod in English through the practice of the concise Rinchen Trengwa Chod, affectionately called the 3 Dakini Chod because it engages the peaceful, magnetizing and wrathful forms of the Dakini. 
 
The Rinchen Trengwa is an advanced Chod meditation cycle which is complete with all the elements of Tantric meditation practice. This workshop will focus on its concise version.
 
Click Here to Register Now

Buddhism and Trauma Series

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Dialogues On

Buddhism & Trauma Series

With Special Guests & Pema Khandro

Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 6pm PT with Mark Epstein

Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 6pm PT with Sarah Lewis

Thursday, July 22, 2021, 6pm PT with Jim Hopper

Saturday, July 24th, 2021, Medicine Buddha Retreat w/ Pema Khandro

Both Buddhism and Trauma Studies have asked questions about human suffering. Both explore the profound journey of getting free from the bonds of negative experiences of the past.

This series will focus on the dialogue between Buddhism, trauma, and cross-cultural reflections on psychology. Join us for this week of online dialogues with scholars and teachers on the compelling topic of Buddhism and Trauma.

Check your email for our next Newsletter the Registration Link is coming soon! For more information email info@BuddhistStudiesInstitute.org


ONLINE OPEN TEACHINGS

Daily Meditation – Online

Join our certified meditation instructors for a short free daily practice online. Each day meditation is followed by a brief discussion on Buddhist ethics.

Buddhist Philosophy Online
Excellent Path  – on June 30th

A 30 minute online Buddhist Philosophy teaching with Pema Khandro.
Free and open to the public. Held every 4th Wednesday of the month. 

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