Laughter of the Dakinis

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!

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!

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!

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…

21 Taras Pema Khandro Birthday Fundraiser

With Pema Khandro

December 4, 2024

Join us for the 21 Taras. The twenty-one taras is a sublime chanting meditation and praise of the forms of the female Bodhisattva Tara, each one a contemplation of all the forms of compassion ranging from gentle to fierce. This event explores the outer, inner and secret meaning of the twenty-one taras. This will be a joyous fundraiser in honor of our beloved Pema Khandro Rinpoche’s birthday. Wednesday, December 4th 6 pm pt | 9 pm et

October 10, 2018 by BuddhistYogis

“Chod deals with the intense issue of love, heroism, self-care, and helping others when faced with evil, harm-doers, and obstacle makers. There are not simple answers to these issues, but from the Buddhist perspective, this work begins with meeting our own minds.” ~ Pema Khandro

Oct 26-28, Charlottesville, Virginia
Chod Intensive: Laughter of the Dakinis

The intensive will offer training and immersion in the method known as “Cutting Through” or Chod.

Chod is a practice cherished by every lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. It is a dynamic meditation which incorporates vision, mantra, prayer, music, and ritual to cultivate open-hearted presence in the face of one’s fear. Chod is a Buddhist method for healing and transforming the hidden content within one’s own mind. By giving up grasping and externalized projections, the meditator taps into intrinsic courage. The intensive will alternate between teachings, training, dynamic meditation practice, and silent sitting.

Dakini Mountain

We have reached our first goal of $24,750 and have opened escrow!
Now we are in the crucial period of fundraising to secure this Real Estate.

Our goal is to raise $50,000 by October 15th.

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May we meet at Dakini Mountain
a place of overwhelming beauty and natural serenity,
built by ordinary yogis with extraordinary motivation.

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Upcoming Events
Oct 19 – 21 –  Vajra Sangha Retreat, Charlottesville, Virginia
Oct 22 – 25 –  Group Leader Training, Charlottesville, Virginia
Oct 26 – 28        –  Chod Intensive, Charlottesville, Virginia

Weekly Online Classes – Wednesdays at 6pm PT / 9pm ET

1st Wed – Vajrayana Training

2nd Wed – Dzogchen Day for Members

3rd Wed – Ngakpa Training for Varja Sangha students

4th Wed – Open Teaching – Free for the Public

Oct 26-28, Charlottesville, Virginia Chod Intensive: Laughter of the Dakinis

Our goal is to raise $50,000 by October 15th.

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Oct 26-28, Charlottesville, Virginia
Chod Intensive: Laughter of the Dakinis