The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen 2024 ASIA RETREAT

Seen as the culmination of all practice and study by the New Translation Schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the experience of Mahamudra, or “great symbol,” is an overwhelming sense of extraordinary clarity, totally open and nondualistic. Dzogchen , or “great perfection,” is the ultimate teaching according to the Nyingma tradition and also represents the pinnacle of spiritual development.

Both lineages of meditation practice emphasize the ultimate state of awareness within, and the clear and luminous nature of, the mind. By applying ourselves to these practices, we can all experience our world more directly.

In this retreat, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, holder of the wisdom lineages of both Dzogchen and Mahamudra, together with Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, will present the view and practices of these two traditions in a pragmatic, informal style. The retreat will include both teachings and guided meditation sessions.

This retreat is open to the general public.

ABOUT THE TEACHERS

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is a widely celebrated Buddhist teacher and the author of Emotional Rescue, Rebel Buddha, Mind Beyond Death, Wild Awakening, and other books. A lover of music, art and urban culture, Rinpoche is a poet, photographer, accomplished calligrapher and visual artist, as well as a prolific author. Rinpoche is the founder, president, and spiritual director of Nalandabodhi, an international community of Buddhist centers.

Rinpoche is acknowledged as one of the foremost scholars and meditation masters of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He is known for his sharp intellect, humor, and easygoing teaching style, for launching the kindness initiative #GoKind, and for his outreach to communities internationally.

Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen was born in Nepal and entered the monastery at age thirteen. In 1981, Lama Tenpa and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche enrolled in the first class of Rumtek Monastery’s Karma Shri Nalanda Institute in Sikkim, India. Lama Tenpa completed his studies with an Acharya degree in 1991. Following his graduation, he taught Buddhist philosophy at the Institute for two years. Under the guidance of Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, he then entered a three-year retreat in Pullahari, Nepal.

From 1997 to 2004, Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen was the resident teacher at H.H. the 17th Karmapa’s Theksum Tashi Chöling Center in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1998, Lama Tenpa has also been one of the main teachers at Nitartha Institute. Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen is a professor of Buddhist studies and Tibetan language at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. As Chancellor of Nalandabodhi, Acharya Lama Tenpa teaches regularly at Nalandabodhi centers around the world.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Residents of Asian countries are invited to attend onsite in Taiwan.
For those living outside Asia, the retreat is available on Zoom.

The teachings will be translated simultaneously into English, Chinese, and Spanish. You are welcome to attend live on Zoom, or watch the recordings later. Recordings will be available for 14 days after the retreat ends.


SCHEDULE
All times are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

SCHEDULE (USA Pacific Times)

FRIDAY May 3
6pm - 7 pm           - Meditation
7:30pm - 9pm      - Teaching by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

SATURDAY May 4
12:30am - 2am   - Teaching by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
4:30am - 6am    - Teaching by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
6pm - 7pm          - Meditation
7:30pm - 9pm    - Teaching by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

SUNDAY May 5
12:30am - 2am   - Teaching by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
4:30am - 6am    - Teaching by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
6pm - 7pm          - Meditation
7:30pm - 9:30pm    - Teaching by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Registration Fee