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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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Cutting Through Fear: Dzogchen Chod Retreat

With Pema Khandro

May 28 - June 1, 2025
May 28 - June 1 San Diego and Online In a world beset with fear, profound methods are needed to reclaim intrinsic wisdom and awaken innate courage. Join Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies institute for a contemplation of fierce compassion through the annual Chod retreat, Troma Nagmo teachings, and an optional five month Comprehensive Chod intensive training to follow. Chod is the profound method of psychological transformation in esoteric Buddhism. Chod means cutting, referring to cutting through the fictions that cause fear, anxiety, and hesitations in one’s life.    
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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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 The Innermost Heart of Freedom
Dzogchen Meditation Retreat

August 20 – 25, 2019

Confidence and clarity depend on time for contemplation. If we don’t let go and clear our minds, we become too cluttered for contentment to dawn. The Annual Dzogchen retreat is an ideal opportunity to quiet down, open up and bring the mind back to its own spacious ground. In this retreat, the wired and weary can settle into focused calm, to find rest in the nature of mind. Enjoy the perfect setting of the Tahoe National Forest, where the experience of profound peace is close at hand.
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About the Teacher
The Dzogchen Retreat will be led by beloved Buddhist scholar and teacher, Pema Khandro Rinpoche. Pema Khandro is the founder of Ngakpa International, Dakini Mountain Retreat Center, and three residential centers. She holds a master’s degree in Tibetan Studies and is completing a Ph.D. specializing in Tibetan Buddhism.  Ordained in the Nyingma lineage, enthroned as a tulku, and trained as an academic, Pema Khandro’s teachings celebrate the dynamic coalescence of tradition and the modern context.

To learn more about Pema Khandro visit www.PemaKhandro.org or see the ngakpa.org FAQ page at https://ngakpa.org/pema-khandro-rinpoche-faq/

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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
– John Muir 

The Radiance Retreat
July 25 – 28, 2019 at Dakini Mountain

Free your body of deep-seated toxins and undigested material.
Far deeper than fasting can go, this weekend retreat will guide you in how to gently and safely uproot the toxins that are buried in your system. You will be guided through a traditional cleanse based on the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese, and Himalayan Medicine. The retreat includes cleansing classes, bliss yoga, meditation, organic vegetarian meals, digital detox, silence, and communion with nature for a holistic mind-body renewal. The retreat is led by Aruna Rigdzin and Satya Shiva, directors of the Yogic Medicine Institute. They have offered private treatments, group cleanses and panchakarma retreats since 2002.

Get the Most out of Your Cleanse – Go Deeper with Panchakarma

Panchakarma is the science of cleansing the body from ancient India. The treatments are performed with techniques, herbs, and oils appropriate to your constitution. The purpose is to profoundly relax the body and mind, improve the flow of energy by opening the srotas (channels of circulation), and prepare the body to eliminate excess doshas (vata, pitta, kapha) or toxins (aama) on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Individualized treatment plans are based on consultation and current body constitution.

Available Dates:
July 30 – August 4
September 5 – 13

Panchakarma packages may include:

  • Garshana: Skin Brushing
  • Abhyanga: Traditional Herbal Oil Massage
  • Svedana: Herbal Steam Therapy
  • Udvartana: Dry Herbal Lymphatic Massage
  • Bolus: Dry Herbal Compress
  • Pinda Sweda: Wet Herbal Compress
  • Lepa: Mud, Clay, and Herbal Detox Packs
  • Herbal Body Scrub
  • Basti: Herbal Colon Cleanse
  • Kati Basti: Herbal Oil Treatment for Kidneys and Low Back Dhara
  • Chakra Basti: Herbal Oil Treatment for Abdomen and Internal Organs
  • Shirodhara: Herbal Oil Head & Scalp Treatment
  • Acupuncture, Acupressure, Cupping, Gua Sha, and Moxa Therapy
  • Internal Flush: Liver Gallbladder Cleanse
  • Ionic Mineral Foot Bath
  • Mineral, Herbal, and/or Mud Bath
  • Kavala Graha: Herbal Oil Treatment for Mouth, Teeth, and Gums
  • Eye Wash, Neti & Nasya: Ayurvedic Head & Sinus Treatment

*PK Packages includes consultation, clinic therapies, elixirs, juices, and one traditional cleansing meal per day. Full accommodation packages also available.

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Member Videos and Recordings

April 2019
Vajrayana Training – Sources of Refuge
Ngakpa Training 1.8 Namthars
Ngakpa Seminary 2.5 Longchen Nyingthig Bodhichitta, Vajrasattva

 2019 Year at a Glance

Summer Retreats
Online Training
Sept 14 -Oct 4  –  Meditation Instructor Training
Khandro Ling, Virginia
Oct 8-13  –  Vajra Sangha Retreat with Pema Khandro
Oct 15-17  –  Group Leader Training
*We weren’t able to get Chodpa Kunzang Dorje’s passport while in Nepal, so dates for his visit are still TDB.  We will update you as soon as we have any news.
Online Training
Nov (dates TBA)  –  Bodhisattva Training
San Diego, CA
Nov 21  –  Public Teaching with Pema Khandro Rinpoche


2019 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 Seminary

4th  Wed  –  Open Teaching – Free for the Public

4th Wed   –  Ngakpa Training Level 1, Open to Vajra Sangha, 6:45pm PT


Meditation Mondays
Weekly Online Meditation and Discussion Groups
6pm PT / 9pm ET with Janak Kimmel

1st  Mon  –  Presence as the Path

2nd Mon  –  Vajrayana LIVE

3rd  Mon  –  Presence as the Path

4th  Mon  –  Chod Group Practice

Presence as the Path – Open to All Members

Dakini Mountain Grand Opening – May 31st, 2020
Retreat – May 26 – 31, 2020

Skillful Means Training – for Vajra Sangha Members
2nd Wednesdays, August 14th & Sept11, 6:45-7:45pm PST

Bring your Buddhist wisdom to your interpersonal relationships. Skillful means is a Buddhist term to describe wisdom in action on the most practical level. The course is based on Pema Khandro’s popular course, Practitioner Training, a series of lessons in the pragmatic techniques needed to live a sane, wakeful life. This is a closed online intensive training – for Vajra Sangha only.

To learn more about Vajra Sangha Membership, Click Here.

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