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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!
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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!
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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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Fierce Compassion: Comprehensive Chod Training

With Pema Khandro

June 9 - October 13, 2025
Embark on a transformative five-month journey into the heart of Dzogchen Chod with Tulku Pema Khandro, Ph.D. and the Buddhist Studies Institute. This comprehensive Chod training offers a rare opportunity for an in-depth immersion in the Dzogchen Chod system, Healing Chod, and the Secret Black Dakini Teachings. Take your Chod practice to the next level and cultivate fierce compassion and psychological transformation while studying the Tibetan tradition.
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Breakthrough Retreat (Tekchod)

With Pema Khandro

June 27 - 29, 2025
Breakthrough Retreat Online with Pema Khandro   June 27-29. 9am-12 pst, each day.   In the protected space of retreat, we will investigate the essence of Breakthrough—learning to allow thoughts and emotions to self-liberate without suppression or engagement, discovering the spaciousness that remains when we release our habitual grasping. This retreat will be led online by Dzogchen teacher and scholar, Pema Khandro. Each day will include study and practice of  breakthrough practice, Trekchö (ཁྲེགས་ཆོད་, sometimes transliterated as “tekcho”), from the Heart Essence of the Dakinis
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Rest   ~   Recover  ~  Reconnect

There are moments in life when a pause is called for, a time to reflect, rejuvenate, and re-emerge with heightened inspiration and purpose.

The annual summer retreat with Pema Khandro Rinpoche is a time to
recover from the daily grind and chaos of life, to be uplifted by sublime Buddhist teachings, to reconnect with our inner nature,
and to relax with our joyous community.

There are still a few different types of accommodations available.
Register Now to Reserve your Space

Presence as the Path
Free Member Class – Online with Janak Kimmel

July 26th, Thursday 6pm PST / 9pm EST
A Training in Daily Practice, the Daily Prayers and the Silent Meditation known as Calm Abiding or Zhine Practice.
This class is open to all Members.

Special Members-Only Class
Discussion with Pema Khandro

August 8th during Dzogchen Day Webcast at 6pm

Discussion Topics:

– Buddhism and Sexuality
*Vajrayana Training Members have access to the full course.- Teacher-Student Relationship
*Study this entire module at your own pace.
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– Become a Member to Join this Discussion with Pema Khandro

Become a Member

Want to help support our activities and the teachings of Pema Khandro Rinpoche? Become a member! Members are the heart of our non-profit organization! Our activities continue due to member support. Members also receive discounts and access to member-only events. All access pass members receive tuition-free retreats and classes. Membership starts at just $10 a month.  Learn more here.

Meditation Instructor Training Online
Sept 13th – Oct 6th, 2018

Meditation Teachers can offer important tools to society for relating to these tumultuous times.
There are so many places where meditation can be taught.
It can add a profound benefit to temples, yoga centers, health centers, schools, corporations, communities and healthcare settings.
This training offers meditation instructors copious knowledge, both practical and experiential – so that you can offer high-quality classes in any setting.

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More Upcoming Events

Residential Retreats
Aug 14 – 19  Dzogchen Meditation Retreat,
Mount Madonna Center with Pema KhandroOct 19 – 21  Vajra Sangha Retreat
Khandro Ling, Virginia with Pema KhandroTeacher Trainings
Sep 13 – Oct 6  Meditation Instructor Training
Online with Pema Khandro, Aruna Rigdzin and Satya ShivaOct 22 – 25  Group Leader Training
Khandro Ling, Virginia with Pema Khandro

 

Weekly Online Classes with Pema Khandro
Wednesdays at 6pm PT / 9pm ET 

1st  Wed  –  Vajrayana Training
2nd Wed  –  Dzogchen Day for Members
3rd  Wed  –  Ngakpa Training for Vajra Sangha students
4th  Wed  –  Open Teaching – Online – Free for the Public – Study of Longchenpa’s Excellent Path to Enlightenment
5th Wed – Bodhisattva Training

*Schedule subject to change for eclipses, retreats and holidays. Sign up for our newsletter here: https://ngakpa.org/

“What it means to let go, and what is born when we do”
Pema Khandro Featured in Lion’s Roar Magazine

“It’s when we lose the illusion of control – when we’re most vulnerable and exposed – that we can discover the creative potential of our lives.”

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