Hosted by Drikung Dzogchen Community of Vermont (DDCV)
August 8 – 11th
Sunray Peace Village
Lincoln, Vermont
Yangzab Dzogchen Retreat Schedule
Thursday, August 8th
6:30 pm to 9 pm – Healing Chod & Chod Practice Transmissions
Rinpoche will perform this healing practice for all gathered. Also special Chod Practices will be transmitted.
Friday August 9th
9 am to 12 pm – The Legacy of Lho Ontul Rinpoche: A Song of Devotion and a Cry of Longing
Pith Instructions from the life of Lho Ontul Rinpoche
6:30 pm – 9 pm – Yangzab Demon-Taming King Empowerment
The Demon Taming King” is a wrathful form of the Three Roots (Guru, Yidam and Dakini) from the Yangzab dzogchen terma.
Yangzab Padmasattva
Purification Retreat
August 10 to 11th
Satuday, August 10th
9 am to 10:30 am – Yangzab Guru Padmasattva – The Guru that Purifies Negative Actions and Obscurations – Transmission & Practice Instructions
10:30 am 12 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm – Padmasattva Practice – Transmission of Complete Yangzab Dzogchen Treasure Teachings – Part One
Sunday, August 11th
9 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm – Padmasattva Practice – Transmission of Complete Yangzab Dzogchen Cycle – Part Two
Yangzab Padmasattva is a profound Purification Practice and a gateway for Dzogchen Completion Stage practices such as Trekcho and Togal
Drikung Dzogchen refers to the dzogchen or “Great Perfection” teachings held within the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. These teachings consist of the Yangzab terma teachings of tertön Rinchen Phuntsok, as well as the teachings of the Bongtul Nuden Dorje Kabum. These cycles of teachings include teachings ranging from the ngondro or preliminary practices, up through various guru, yidam and dakini practices, to the dzogchen practices of trekcho and togal
Yangzab Dzogchen Transmission
All practices and commentaries of the Yangzab Treasure Teachings will be transmitted.
Retreat will be Streamed On Zoom
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Location for Event
All teachings will be at the
Sunray Peace Village
2202 Downingsville Rd, Lincoln, VT
We thank Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo and the Sunray Community for letting us host this event at the Sunray Peace Village!
Registration
Registration for the complete Yangzab Dzogchen Retreat is $160 or $25 per session.
No one will be turned away for financial reasons. We have work-study and scholarships if needed. If you have a connection, don’t hesitate to come.
If you need help or need more information about the retreat, email us at [email protected] or call 802-349-7778.
You can register by PayPal or at the door.
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Camping and Housing
The Sunray Peace Village has a beautiful meadow space where those who bring tents can pitch a tent and camp for $25 per night.
We also have 4 large tents, each of which will have 4 sleeping surfaces – a mix of beds, aero beds and futons. All of these will have pillows, linen and blankets or comforters. Up to four people can be in one of our tents, thus you may be in a tent with sangha members you do not yet know. The price of these tents is $40 per night per person.
To reserve space in the meadow for your tent, or in one of our tents, please contact Dechen at mailto://[email protected].
Payment by cash or check will be due when you arrive.
To reserve camping online:
Camping Reservations and Local Housing
For more information about camping contact Dechen at mailto://[email protected]
Lho Karma Ratna Rinpoche Biography
Ratna Rinpoche (Orgyen Drodul Dorje Rinpoche) was born in Mandi (Zahor), India, in 1980. Numerous auspicious signs accompanied his birth, and accomplished yogis had clear visions that the son of Lho Ontul Rinpoche and Tashi Dolma was a being of great scope. In 2003, the Rinpoche was officially recognized by H.E. Tertön Dzogchen Ganor Rinpoche, H.H. Dalai Lama and H.H. Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche as the ‘Quality Emanation’ of the 4th Lho Drongtrul, the great early 20th century Drikung Treasure revealer Orgyen Lho Nuden Dorje (1849).
Rinpoche studied Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan grammar at Drikung Jangchub Ling Monastery in Dehra Dun, took his monastic vows from H.H. Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche, trained at Dzongzsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Insitute in Bir, India with great Kenpos. He has received many important transmissions and empowerments from great masters, such as H.H. the Dalai Lama, H.H. Sakya Trinzin, H.H. Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, H.E. Lho Ontul Rinpoche, H.E. Garchen Rinpoche, and H.E. Tai Situ Rinpoche.
Ratna Rinpoche now leads the Drikung Kagyu Monastery in Tso Pema, India, where he resides with his wife, Sonam Choedon, and family. Rinpoche is actively engaged in setting up an academy and regularly visits his main seat at Lungkar Ogmin Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery in Nangchen, Tibet. With his late Father, Kyabje Ontul Rinpoche, he has traveled frequently throughout North America, Malaysia, and Europe, teaching, translating, and giving transmissions to Dharma to students in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. His oral translations and explanations, born of study and meditation, bear the unmistakable stamp of great love, knowledge, and understanding of the Dharma.
