Tummo Instruction and Open Practice Retreat
This is an open retreat and you are welcome to attend this practice weekend as your schedule allows.We will practice Tummo using a Vajrayogini as a generation stage practice. Vajrayogini Empowerment is not required. Drupon would like this retreat to…
Monday Meditation Practice – Achi Chokyi Drolma
Achi is the chief protector of the Drikung tradition, and is considered the emanation of Vajrayogini who is the embodiment of wisdom and compassion of all the Buddhas. For this practice we will use visualization and mantra as a means…
Phowa Practice Teachings
ìPhowa Practice ñ The Standing Blade of Grass ñ is the transmission of consciousness at the time of death. This is considered the most direct and quickest path to achieving enlightenment. It is said that even the heaviest of sinners…
Monday Meditation – White Tara
Every Monday we come together to listen, contemplate, and meditate on the Buddhist teachings. Currently we are listening to the teachings of Garchen Rinpoche on Deity practice. Meditation practice can vary from week to week. Frequently we practice White Tara,…
The Fivefold Path of Mahamudra
Drupon Trinley Yeshi RinpocheThe Fivefold Path of Mahamudra includes the cultivation of bodhicitta, guru yoga practice, yidam practice, Mahamudra practice, and the dedication of merit. This is a special way of laying out the path of practice according to the…
Essence of Great Bliss
Lama Thupten NyimaThis lyrical liturgy will include traditional chanted recitation with the Venerable Lama Thupten Nima, Chant Master from Gar Monastery in Tibet, and current resident teacher at Garchen Institute in Chino Valley, Arizona. Lama Nyima will instruct and guide…
Love, Compassion, and Bodhichitta
The Special Ngondro: The Meditation of Love, Compassion, and Bodhichitta is the 5th practice in the Drikung Ngondro. In his book, Diamond Rosary, The Most Venerable Khenchen Gyaltsen Rinpoche said the following about this practice: This precious teaching is a…
Monday Meditation Practice
Every Monday we come together to listen, contemplate, and meditate on the Buddhist teachings. Currently we are listening to the teachings of Garchen Rinpoche on Deity practice. Meditation practice can vary from week to week. Frequently we practice White Tara,…
The Way of the Bodhisattva
Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra was written 1,200 years ago by the Great Bodhisattva Shantideva, a renunciant prince from north India, translated into the English title as: "The Ways of the Bodhisattvas."and is highly revered as it shows concisely and comprehensively how to generate…
Wednesday Meditation Practice
Laura Greenlaw Residence 4051 E. Paseo Grande, Tucson, AZ, United StatesEvery Wednesday evening, we come together to listen, contemplate, and meditate on Buddhist teachings. Meditation practice can vary from week to week. We frequently practice White Tara, Achi, Amitabha, or Vajrasattva deity meditation, using visualization and mantra as a means…
