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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

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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Dear Friends,
One important reason to Donate Today is that there is a need for more Buddhist organizations dedicated to gender equality in Buddhism.

Pema Khandro’s teachings consistently emphasize waking up to liberate ourselves from harmful gender conditioning. Her teachings emphasize creating safe Buddhist communities for women and creating inclusive affirmative spaces for all gender identities.

Her straightforward approach to teaching about abuse and sexism are greatly needed in Buddhism. Pema Khandro herself is rare as a female lama leading an organization run by women. This is extraordinary and necessary for the future of Buddhadharma. Help Pema Khandro’s projects flourish and thereby support women in Buddhism in a direct and practical way with your financial support.

There are 3 days left in 2020 and 3 days left in the end of the year fundraising drive to support the work of Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies Institute.

We are a grassroots organization. Your donation makes a huge and decisive impact. It is individual donations that have allowed us to survive the pandemic so far.

Will you help us continue?
We can survive the pandemic with your help!

May your generosity bring great benefit to this world!

Kind Regards,
Dr. Satya
Chief Operations Officer,
Ngakpa International
Buddhist Studies Institute
Dakini Mountain
Yogic Medicine Institute

https://pemakhandro.com/1122-2/

The 21 Taras with Drupon Rinpoche

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

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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The 21 Taras
Teaching and Practice with Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche
December 16th, 6pm Pacific Time
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Tara is considered to be the mother of all Buddhas. Prayers to her counteract illness and obstacles. There are numerous prayers, praises and meditations upon Tara, one of the most precious is that of the 21 Taras. The 21 Taras meditation is a poetic supplication of the female bodhisattva Tara in her many forms. It is practiced in all the lineages of Tibetan Buddhism as a prayer for protection from fears, calamities, and harm. It celebrates the manifold powers of the divine feminine as nurturing, magnetizing and fierce in her many forms as mother, teacher and tamer.

The beautiful practices of Tara were revealed as treasures and commented on by great masters of Tibetan Buddhism including an oral commentary tradition of Rongzompa, Taranatha, Jigme Lingpa and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. In this program, Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche will give the oral transmission (lung) which is the initiation to practice the meditation known as the Praises to the 21 Taras. He will also give an explanation of the practice. Following this, chanting of this profoundly inspiring practice in English will be led by sangha members.

This program is offered as part of our seventh annual year-end celebration of Tara on the birthday of Lama Pema Khandro Rinpoche. Every year on Pema Khandro’s birthday, the community celebrates with a practice of Tara led by guest Lamas.

All the proceeds from this event will go to support the Dakini Mountain Emergency Fund. Pema Khandro’s birthday wish is for donations to go to Dakini Mountain Emergency Fund  Due to the temporary closure of Dakini Mountain due to the pandemic, this year’s year-end fundraiser is more important than ever!

2020 Fall Calendar

ONLINE OPEN TEACHINGS
*All times are listed in Pacific Time UTC-8 Timezone Converter

Now – Feb 12th Tibetan New Year (Losar)
100 Days of Practice – Meditation Marathon
Free, Short, Daily.

Starts December 10th, 8am
A Course in Valid Cognition with Geshe Sonam
Winter Pramana Study

December 16th, 6pm
The 21 Taras – Teachings and Practice with Drupon Rinpoche
Pema Khandro’s Birthday Celebration and Fundraiser

Members-Only Classes
Learn More about Membership

1st & 2nd Wednesdays – Vajrayana Training

3rd & 4th Wednesdays – Ngakpa Training

Every Monday – Meditation Mondays
Group Meditation with Janak Kimmel & Guest Teachers

Dec 21st, 6-7pm – Tara Day
White Tara Meditation is a Buddhist prayer offered in times of calamities, natural disasters, wars, and major obstacles in order to bring peace and healing to the community and environment. Learn the mantra, mudras and visualization practice of White Tara, and also practice the 21 Taras. Led by Dr. Satya.

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We Need Your Help

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

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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Together we have built a beautiful community.

We have continued to meditate and study throughout a most difficult year. Now we need your help to continue.

Giving Tuesday is today! Please don’t forget to make a year-end contribution to support the work of Pema Khandro, Ngakpa International and its projects – Dakini Mountain and the Buddhist Studies Institute. We need your support, your donation can make a huge difference in helping these projects flourish.  

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

The pandemic has had a drastic impact on our finances. Dakini Mountain, our budding retreat center, as well as our membership both suffered serious losses. For the safety of our community, we cancelled all in-person events, including our summer retreats. This would have been the main source of support for Dakini Mountain and for our operations. In response to the crisis catalyzed by the pandemic – our goal is to raise $350,000 for our Year-End Fundraiser  – to ensure that our projects can continue.

Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, we have continued to offer service, with even more programs than in previous years. Our goal was to provide comfort, practical tools, community connection and the reprieve of dharma study to help our friends weather these tough times.

In 2019
We offered 261 retreats, classes and trainings.
161 of these were free.
Over $20,000 in financial aid was given.

In 2020
We offered 304 retreats, classes and trainings.
248 of these were free.
Over $25,000 in financial aid was given.

This expansion of our programs was met with responses from all over the world, our community has grown and flourished in this pandemic year. To continue to provide this service, we need your help!

Throughout all these programs we have offered Tibetan Buddhism in the context of today’s world with an emphasis on the following:

  • Making Buddhist education accessible through online classes and by creating a robust portfolio of live online classes and a rich online library of recorded teachings.
  • Promoting gender equality through teaching about women in Buddhism, making all gender identities welcome and giving equal opportunity for leadership and participation.
  • Promoting embodiment of compassion by teaching empathy skills, self-care and healing of trauma.
  • Speaking out against colonialism and ethnic, racial and gender bias.
  • Respecting diversity within Buddhism and promoting the value of open mindedness, healthy boundaries and cooperation.
  • Promoting awareness of the body mind connection and natural healing methods to support healthy life and successful Buddhist practice.
  • Having clearly stated ethics and zero tolerance of abusive behavior.

I invite your support for this Giving Tuesday to keep this school and its programs growing.

PLEASE CONSIDER AN URGENT GIFT TO OUR EMERGENCY FUND!

The Dakini Mountain Emergency Fund is our plan to sustain our retreat center and our operations through this year of the pandemic. We are optimistic, as we hold onto our retreat center, not only as a sound investment for the school but also for the days when we will be able to gather in person again. In order to make it to that time, we will need your help to make it through the pandemic.

  • If a hundred friends donated $300 today we would be able to complete to the fire clearance at Dakini Mountain. You can help by clicking here.
  • If a hundred friends donated $500 today we would be able to keep our operations going through the next two months of the challenging winter of the US pandemic. Please donate by clicking here. 
  • If three hundred and fifty friends donate $1000, we will have met our total fundraising goal and the Dakini Mountain Emergency Fund will be a success. Since the community we serve is much larger than this, this goal is reachable! Please give by clicking here.

Ngakpa International is a non-profit organization. To keep our volunteer run organization here in the U.S. we run two centers, keep lawyers, accountants, bookkeepers, three staff, insurance, permitting and many other legal expenses, technology and equipment costs and so much more. We have only been able to continue to meet all these expenses for the last twenty years through the generosity of individual donations. But this year, due to the drastic effects of the pandemic, donations are more important than ever. We ask for our friends and members to help us continue our service and sustain our programs for another year.

YOUR DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE!

Here are some more ways to express your support on this Giving Tuesday:

Thank you!  May your generosity bring great good karma to you and life changing teachings to more and more beings.

Best wishes!

Janak (he, him, his)
Ngakpa International/Buddhist Studies Institute
www.ngakpa.org
janak@ngakpa.org
P.O. Box 2396
Nevada City, CA 95959
USA

P.S. If you wish to make your donation by check, please make it payable to Ngakpa International and mail to the above address.

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

 

LATEST NEWS

Meditation Instructor Training
Our robust Meditation Instructor Training launched last month and is now in its third module. The combination of self-paced classes and online learning culminates in over 150 hours of training. It is currently being attended by 15 people from 8 countries.

100 Days of Practice
This year has had its challenges, reminding us all that learning to self-regulate and return to calm and clarity are crucial skills. In support of our world-wide community, we are offering a daily free meditation class – in the 100 days of practice. It is not too late to join! Come on the days you can or come every day.

Thanks to Pema Khandro’s teachings and thanks to so many leaders and volunteers in the community this 100 days of practice will continue every day through the winter.

And its Free!
Register here to join 100 Days of Practice.

WINTER SCHEDULE

Meditation Mondays for Members will continue to be offered throughout the month of December.

A White Tara Meditation has been added on December 21st led by Dr. Satya during the regular Meditation Mondays for Members time slot.

Wednesday December 16th is Lama Pema Khandro Rinpoche’s Birthday. We will host an online fundraiser and year-end celebration that evening. Stay tuned for more details. In lieu of birthday gifts, Pema Khandro’s birthday wish is for donations to the Dakini Mountain Emergency Fund. Click here to make a gift.

There will be no Wednesday Night classes on December 23rd and 30th due to the Holidays. Wednesday night classes will resume on January 6th with Vajrayana Training.

Winter Pramana Study
Valid Cognition Course with Geshe Sonam

Thursdays Mornings for One Hour Starting December 10th

 8am San Francisco / 11am New York / 4pm London

What is Valid Cognition?
What are reliable Ways of Knowing?

Study Buddhist logic and epistemology to understand how mind knows, (in Sanskrit, Pramana or in Tibetan, tshad ma) and identify how wrong knowledge causes cyclic suffering. This is the study of a classic text on Valid Cognition, the Pramanavaritika, translated into English by Geshe Sonam.

To register – email info@buddhiststudiesinstitute.org

Geshe Sonam
Following his more than twenty years of intensive monastic studies on the five major treatises of Buddhism, and upon clearing all the six successive years of examination, in Jan 2019, Geshe Ngawang Sonam was formally conferred the highest degree of Geshe Lharampa [Traditional degree equivalent to PhD in Buddhism] by Gelugpa Monastic Seat of Learning [Gelugpa Monastic University]. In Nov. 2016, His Holiness the Dalai Lama called him to work in His Office, and presently he works there as a translator and a Buddhist scholar. Geshe Ngawang Sonam’s first book ‘In the Footsteps of Siddhartha’ was published in 2010. His translation of Shantideva’s work Bodhisattvacharyaavatara is going to print very soon. Alongside his office work, he also finds time to teach and attend conferences with modern scholars and scientists as a speaker.

 

It’s Giving Tuesday!

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

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

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Please remember to support the work of Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies Institute on this Giving Tuesday.

*|FNAME|*, your support makes a huge difference in helping Buddhism flourish in the 21st century.  

In 2019, 261 retreats, classes and trainings were offered. 161 of these were free and for the others, over $20,000 in financial aid was given.

In 2020, 300 retreats, classes and trainings were offered.  244 of these were free and for the others, over $25,000 in financial aid was given.

All of this was possible because of people like you.

Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies Institute focus on teaching traditional Tibetan Buddhism in the context of today’s world with an emphasis on the following:

  • Making Buddhist education accessible by creating a robust portfolio of live online classes and a rich online library of recorded teachings.

  • Promoting gender equality through teaching about women in Buddhism, making all gender identities welcome and giving equal opportunity for leadership and participation for all.

  • Promoting embodiment of compassion by teaching empathy skills, self-care and healing of trauma.

  • Speaking out against colonialism, ethnic, racial and gender bias.

  • Respecting diversity within Buddhism and the value of keeping an open mind in the spirit of cooperation.

  • Promoting awareness of the body mind connection and natural healing methods to support healthy life and successful Buddhist practice.
  •  
  • Having clearly stated ethics and zero tolerance of abusive behavior.

I invite you on this Giving Tuesday to keep this school and its programs growing.  

Here are some ways to express your support:

Thank you!  May your generosity bring great good karma to you and life changing teachings to more and more beings.

Best wishes!

Janak (he, him, his)

Ngakpa International/Buddhist Studies Institute
www.ngakpa.org
janak@ngakpa.org
P.O. Box 2396
Nevada City, CA 95959
USA
P.S. If you wish to make your donation by check, please make it payable to Ngakpa International and mail to the above address.

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

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Looking Ahead to 2021

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

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

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Have you thought much about 2021?  

When you do, are you excited and optimistic?  Or anxious or discouraged?

Either way, I have just the thing for you, the Buddhist teachings!

2500 years ago, the Buddha began his teaching with the Four Noble Truths. What was his goal?  Freedom from Suffering!   Living with the greatest love! Embodying authentic joy!

The great Tibetan Buddhist practitioner, Shabkar said, “If anyone here does as I do, the sun of happiness will surely dawn.”

I know it’s not always easy.  You don’t just sit down, say a Buddhist prayer, meditate for a bit and all problems and obstacles dissolve immediately (although I do think that is entirely possible :-).  

Life has challenges for all of us and they are often obstinate.

But let us not underestimate the power of the teachings.  The goal of
Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies Institute is to continue the effort started so long ago by the Buddha, to promote freedom from suffering, love, increasing joy and great wisdom.

How do we bring this goal to fruition?

By training, by practicing, by learning how.  Step by step, day by day, good action by good action.  Never giving up and eventually perfecting our ability to take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha.

This is not a dream to become frustrated about.  It’s a dream to realize for oneself and all beings, the way of the Bodhisattva.

Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies Institute are doing everything we can think of to support your success.

In 2019, 261 retreats, classes and trainings were offered. 161 of these were free and for the others, over $20,000 in financial aid was given.

In 2020, 300 retreats, classes and trainings were offered. 244 of these were free and for the others, over $25,000 in financial aid was given.

Pema Khandro continues to excel in teaching traditional Tibetan Buddhism in the context of today’s world with an emphasis on the following:

  • Making Buddhist education accessible by creating a robust portfolio of live online classes and a rich online library of recorded teachings.
  • Promoting gender equality through teaching about women in Buddhism and making all gender identities welcome with equal opportunity for leadership and participation.
  • Promoting embodiment of compassion by teaching empathy skills, self-care and healing of trauma.
  • Speaking out against colonialism, ethnic, racial and gender bias.
  • Respecting diversity within Buddhism and the value of open minded communication and cooperation.
  • Promoting awareness of the body mind connection and natural healing methods to support healthy life and successful Buddhist practice.
  • Having clearly stated ethics and zero tolerance of abusive behavior.

If you feel this offering is valuable and of service to yourself and others, I am writing today to ask for your financial support.  Funds are needed to support these activities to continue in 2021.

Here are some ways to help:

Become a member at $12 per month.

If you are already a member, consider increasing your monthly contribution.

Make a one time donation.  Large or small, one time donations add up to more Buddhist teachings for more people.

Donor Rewards – take a look at these remarkable Thankgas (Buddhist meditation deity art) available as donor rewards.

Thank you for your support!  May your generosity bring great good karma to you and life changing teachings to more and more beings.

Best wishes!
Janak (he, him, his)
Ngakpa International/Buddhist Studies Institute
www.ngakpa.org
janak@ngakpa.org
P.O. Box 2396
Nevada City, CA 95959
USA
P.S. If you wish to make your donation by check, please make it payable to
Ngakpa International and mail to the above address.

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

Ngakpa International has three main projects: the Buddhist Studies Institute, Dakini Mountain Retreat Center and the Yogic Medicine Institute.
 

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Entering the Heart of the Vast Expanse

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

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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Ngondro means ‘before going.’ In traditional Vajrayana practice, it represents the cognitive, physical, emotional and philosophical components which are keys to the practice of liberation. 

Pema Khandro offers Ngondro teachings for serious students who wish to do intensive contemplative training. Dedicated to training yogis, householders and lay people outside the monastery, Pema Khandro presents these practices in their concise, essential form. This comprehensive course on Ngondro will be taught in four modules to support the accomplishment of practice over the period of one year, with the training modules completed in nine months.

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2020 Fall Calendar
Buddhist Studies Institute
FALL QUARTER – ONLINE OPEN TEACHINGS
*All times are listed in Pacific Time UTC-7 (Timezone Converter)

Nov 1st – Feb 12th Tibetan New Year (Losar)
100 Days of Practice – Meditation Marathon
Details Coming Soon!

Nov 18-20, 12-2pm 
Ngondro Training – Entering the Heart of the Vast Expanse
Ngondro 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.

December 16, 6pm

Pema Khandro Birthday Celebration & Fundraiser
Details TBA

FALL QUARTER – MEMBERS-ONLY CLASSES

*The Curriculum below is for Members Only. Learn More about Membership

1st & 2nd Wednesdays – Vajrayana Training

3rd & 4th Wednesdays – Ngakpa Training

Every Monday – Meditation Mondays
Group Meditation with Janak Kimmel & Guest Teachers

Nov 23rd, 6-7pm
Tara Day
White Tara Meditation is a Buddhist prayer offered in times of calamities, natural disasters, wars, and major obstacles in order to bring peace and healing to the community and environment. Learn the mantra, mudras and visualization practice of White Tara. Led by Dr. Satya.

BUDDHIST YOGIS INFO  ♦  DONATE  ♦  VISIT OUR WEBSITES

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PemaKhandro.org
BuddhistStudiesInstitute.org
DakiniMountain.org
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Your opportunity to succeed

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

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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Dear *|FNAME|*,

Have you ever wanted to do something important to you, went through cycles of trying and failing, given up in frustration and then later went back to it and found, to your extreme joy and possibly to your surprise, that, yes, you could do it?

I know this has happened to me in many areas of my life and certainly in my Buddhist practice.  I have failed often and yet with some persistence and very often, with lots of help, I succeeded.

Through the Buddhist Studies Institute, Pema Khandro has made your successful practice her top priority.  And perhaps the most seminal of the practices of Tibetan Buddhism is the Ngondro (pronounced “Non dro”) which literally translates as “Before Going.”

Completing the Ngondro is required before one goes on to advanced practices that the Vajrayana tradition is known for, such as Yidam, Tsa Lung, and Dzogchen meditations.

More importantly, Ngondro provides a firm basis for living the meaning of Buddhist practice by training the body, speech and mind in the vast view.  It provides an immersion into the core techniques of Buddhist tantra.  It is said that the great master Patrul Rinpoche received and completed the Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro twenty-five times.

Although many aspire to complete the Ngondro, large numbers have not.  Ngondro is known for being difficult to do.  Often people think of completing the Ngondro “some day” when they carve out time for an extended retreat or when their family or business responsibilities are at their nadir.

My friends, procrastination has never been a key to success or the hallmark of victory.  You don’t have to wait.  It is not helpful or necessary to consider Ngondro as too difficult – something that someone else does but not you.

Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies Institute are focused on making the key elements of advanced practice attainable for everyday people who live ordinary lives in modern society, busy people who have jobs and families.

How can we make advanced practices available to “ordinary” people?  How is this done?  One of the key elements of accomplishing this is through accessible education.  Many times possibilities are not known or understood due to lack of exposure and knowledge.

We are not in favor of the idea of missing out on our ability to practice Buddhism through lack of access to education.  Hence, you are invited to Ngondro Training where you can learn and be supported in accomplishment of the Ngondro, a vital and wonderful accomplishment for any practitioner. 

The Ngondro is a highly effective practice.  It’s an education that teaches you the attitudes, mindset and ways of a successful practitioner.

The practices of Ngondro and Buddhism in general are designed to alleviate and counteract the ways that society unconsciously trains us to fail in being happy and loving.  Instead these time honored practices help us to be more and more free of suffering, the original goal as stated by the Buddha.

The Ngondro Training begins November 18.  As I said earlier, this training is designed with busy people in mind and if you cannot attend a segment of the training live, you will have access to the recording so you can view at a time that fits your schedule.  The training is in four modules of approximately 3 classes each spread out over one year.  You will receive plenty of support for your practice in between the times of the class modules.

This Ngondro training focuses on the The Heart of the Vast Expanse Ngondro revealed by the brilliant eighteenth century Buddhist yogi, Jigme Lingpa, poet, leader, historian, and treasure revealer, whose texts are based on the quintessential Longchenpa teachings.

The 4 modules and their subjects look like this:

Module 1: The Field of Buddhas

Purification of Speech
Generating A Refuge Field
Raising Enlightened Intent 
 
Module 2: Purifying the Mind

Vajrasattva Meditation
Purification of Karma

Module 3: Mountain of Jewels

Mandala Offering
Vajrayogini Practice
Seven Line Prayer

Module 4: Intrinsic Wisdom
 
Receiving the Four Empowerments
Merging into Buddhahood

If this sounds like the training you are interested in, find out more and register here:

https://ngakpa.org/upcoming-programs/1134/ngondro-training-heart-of-the-vast-expanse/

Best wishes!

Janak (he, him, his)
Ngakpa International/Buddhist Studies Institute
www.ngakpa.org
janak@ngakpa.org
P.O. Box 2396
Nevada City, CA 95959
USA

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Have you ever practiced Chod?

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

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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Have you ever practiced Chod, a Tibetan meditation practice?

The purpose of the Chod is to engage our afflictions and fear in such a way that they are transformed to clarity and inspiration.  This is done not by analyzing or thinking about our issues but meeting by them in a symbolic way that is also visceral and vivid.

The Chod is a meditation practice indigenous to Tibet.  It was developed and brought forward by Machig Labdron, a 11th century female Tibetan master.  The Chod involves musical instruments like the drum, bell and thigh bone trumpet.  It involves singing, visualization and mantra.  You can view a sample of Pema Khandro Rinpoche doing the practice on Youtube at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEkdpwVBAtA

If you are interested to learn more about Chod, to see the full practice or to try it yourself, I invite you to Dakini Day Chod with Pema Khandro this coming Tuesday, November 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pacific Time.  This will be the last Chod class online for this year.

This class is open to the public and there is no fee to participate.  You can find out more and register at:

https://ngakpa.org/upcoming-programs/1111/dakini-day-chod-the-black-feast/

Best wishes!

Janak (he, him, his)
Ngakpa International
www.ngakpa.org
janak@ngakpa.org
P.O. Box 2396
Nevada City, CA 95959
USA
P.S. Feel free to invite your friends.

 

 

  

 

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100 Days of Practice

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

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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Dear Friends,

I wanted to make sure you knew about the 100 Days of Practice happening now until February 12.

There is no fee and the 100 Days of Practice is open to anyone who would like to participate.

The 100 Days of Practice is called a “concentration” in the terms of a Buddhist practitioner, a time of focus to improve one’s practice and benefit beings.

Put simply, it’s taking the next 100 days (approximately) from now until February 12, the date of the Tibetan New Year and doing some form of practice every day without fail.  Even if the amount of practice is “small” or “short,” like simply reciting daily prayers which can be done in one minute, it qualifies as a concentration when it is done every day without fail.  Of course, we don’t get too hung up on failing.  We do our best and keep trying.  That’s what counts.

You choose the daily practice that seems like the right challenge for you and if you need help with that, I can provide.

Later in this message, I’ll give more examples and ideas of what your practice could look like.  Or maybe you already know, maybe there’s a practice aspiration you’ve already had that you have been just waiting for a nudge to get started on.

The 100 Days of Practice is the Buddhist practitioner’s way of closing out the year and getting ready to start the new one.  It’s an opportunity to increase your practice in a way that empowers you and you won’t be doing it alone.   In the 100 Days of Practice, we build our focus and success together.  To support you in this, there is an online meditation every day from now until Feb 12 for 30 minutes at 12 noon Pacific Time.  Of course, you can practice on your own and that’s great but if you need or want support and connection, you can sign up for the online daily practice here:

Again, the 100 Days of Practice is free and open to all.

Earlier, I said I would give you some ideas of what your practice could look like, just in case, you wanted to prime the pump on the practice choice for you.  Here’s a few ideas.

DAILY PRACTICE IDEAS

Very Easy:  Reciting the Daily Buddhist Prayers of Refuge and Bodhichitta – one minute per day.

Fairly Easy to more Challenging:  Daily Silent Sitting – Calm Abiding Meditation. 5 minutes and up per day.  You choose your daily time, of course.

Advanced: Could be anyone of a number of practices, for example, mantra repetition, Chod practice, Ngondro.

I am available to help you on these points if you wish.  Email me with the address below.

I hope you join in the 100 Days of Practice.  I believe together we will help our world to be a better place and have happier, saner lives.

Best wishes!

Janak (he, him)
Director of Fundraising
Ngakpa International & The Buddhist Studies Institute
www.ngakpa.org  |  www.BuddhistStudiesInstitute.org
P.O. Box 2396
Nevada City, CA 95959
USA

Want to Meditate Every Day? Here’s How.

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

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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100 Days of Practice ~ Starts Nov 1st

FREE  –  ONLINE  –  30 MINUTES  –  DAILY  –  SUPPORT

Take your meditation to the Next Level!

MEDITATION INSTRUCTOR TRAINING
Starts Tomorrow
You Can Still Join In

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ABOUT MEDITATION INSTRUCTOR TRAINING
150-Hour Certification Training
Oct 31st – Feb 2021

  • Robust, 150 hours of In-Depth Training
  • Self-Paced Curriculum & Live Classes
  • Teaching Practicum & One on One Mentoring
  • Traditional Meditation + Buddhist Philosophy + Buddhist Ethics
  • Completely Traditional + Completely Current
  • For Teachers Facing A Diverse Tumultuous World

The Meditation Instructor Training supplies the fundamental knowledge and experience necessary to lead meditation classes and one-day meditation intensives.

FOR THE MODERN MEDITATION TEACHER
New Topics have been added to the curriculum to help instructors navigate teaching in our current times. 

  1. Trauma Informed Meditation Instruction
  2. Mindfulness of Power
  3. Anti-racism & anti-sexism
  4. Considerations for Teaching Online 

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2020 Fall Calendar
Buddhist Studies Institute
FALL QUARTER – ONLINE OPEN TEACHINGS
*All times are listed in Pacific Time UTC-7 (Timezone Converter)

Oct 31 – Feb, 2021

Meditation Instructor Training
Robust, 150 hours of In-Depth Training
Self-Paced Curriculum + Live Classes
Teaching Practicum + One on One Mentoring 
Traditional Meditation + Buddhist Philosophy + Buddhist Ethics
Completely Traditional + Completely Current
For Teachers Facing A Diverse Tumultuous World

Nov 1st – Feb 12th Tibetan New Year (Losar), 12pm 
100 Days of Practice – Meditation Marathon
Details Coming Soon!

Nov 14, 10am – 12pm 
Trauma Informed Meditation Instruction
Open to all Meditation Instructors

Nov 18-20, 1-3pm 
Ngondro Training – Entering the Heart of the Vast Expanse
Ngondro 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.

December 16, 6pm

Pema Khandro Birthday Celebration & Fundraiser
Details TBA

Nov 14, 10am – 12pm 
Mindfulness of Power in Teaching Meditation
Open to all Meditation Instructors

FALL QUARTER – MEMBERS-ONLY CLASSES

*The Curriculum below is for Members Only. Learn More about Membership

1st & 2nd Wednesdays – Vajrayana Training

3rd & 4th Wednesdays – Ngakpa Training

Meditation Mondays
Group Meditation with Janak Kimmel & Guest Teachers

Nov 23rd, 6-7:15pm


Tara Day
White Tara Meditation is a Buddhist prayer offered in times of calamities, natural disasters, wars, and major obstacles in order to bring peace and healing to the community and environment. Learn the mantra, mudras and visualization practice of White Tara. Led by Dr. Satya.

BUDDHIST YOGIS INFO  ♦  DONATE  ♦  VISIT OUR WEBSITES

Ngakpa.org
PemaKhandro.org
BuddhistStudiesInstitute.org
DakiniMountain.org
YogicMedicineInstitute.org

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