Mahamudra Meditation Retreat - September 5th, 6th and 7th
RigDzin Dharma is honored to welcome Venerable Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche back to Albuquerque for three days to lead the sangha in a Mahamudra meditation retreat September 5th, 6th, and 7th! Drupon Rinpoche will teach on Mahamudra meditation and discuss obstacles, potential errors, and the experiences that may arise during meditation practice.
Mahamudra practice reveals the very nature of our mind and of all phenomena. It embraces the totality of experience, the all-encompassing reality from which there is no escape or exception, and points directly to mind’s true nature. To practice Mahamudra is to experience our mind completely free and joyful, no matter what life brings us. Through Mahamudra practice and meditation, we can relax into the emptiness, clarity, and awareness of ever-present Buddha wisdom.
Mahamudra, meaning “Great Seal,” is the direct realization of the mind’s inseparable emptiness and luminous awareness. Mahamudra training bypasses conceptual elaboration by pointing directly to the mind’s nature through meditation and use of “pointing-out instructions.” The path emphasizes settling the mind via both calm-abiding (shamatha) and penetrating insight (vipashyana) meditation practices, then resting without contrivance in natural awareness. Unique to Mahamudra is its integration of sutra and tantra, uniting formless meditation with, when needed, deity yoga—making enlightenment both a sudden recognition and a gradual deepening.
The Tibetan Kagyu Mahamudra lineage begins with Vajradhara, the primordial Buddha, who entrusted the complete realization of Mahamudra to the Indian Mahasiddha Tilopa. Tilopa transmitted these teachings to his disciple Naropa, who systematized them into the “Six Yogas of Naropa.” Naropa’s principal Tibetan disciple, Marpa Lotsawa, a gifted translator and practitioner, brought the teachings from India to Tibet, passing them to Milarepa, the great yogi-poet. Milarepa’s student Gampopa synthesized Milarepa’s experiential path with the existing monastic traditions, giving rise to the Mahamudra instructions and trainings as we receive them today.
This retreat is a rare opportunity to receive pith instructions from an extraordinary and highly accomplished meditation master. These are teachings not to be missed! Drupon Rinpoche will teach from Lord Jigten Sumgon's text: Introduction to Mahamudra, the Co-emergent Unification. Download it here.
Please join us!
emaho!
RigDzin Dharma is honored to welcome Venerable Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche back to Albuquerque for three days to lead the sangha in a Mahamudra meditation retreat September 5th, 6th, and 7th! Drupon Rinpoche will teach on Mahamudra meditation and discuss obstacles, potential errors, and the experiences that may arise during meditation practice.
Mahamudra practice reveals the very nature of our mind and of all phenomena. It embraces the totality of experience, the all-encompassing reality from which there is no escape or exception, and points directly to mind’s true nature. To practice Mahamudra is to experience our mind completely free and joyful, no matter what life brings us. Through Mahamudra practice and meditation, we can relax into the emptiness, clarity, and awareness of ever-present Buddha wisdom.
Mahamudra, meaning “Great Seal,” is the direct realization of the mind’s inseparable emptiness and luminous awareness. Mahamudra training bypasses conceptual elaboration by pointing directly to the mind’s nature through meditation and use of “pointing-out instructions.” The path emphasizes settling the mind via both calm-abiding (shamatha) and penetrating insight (vipashyana) meditation practices, then resting without contrivance in natural awareness. Unique to Mahamudra is its integration of sutra and tantra, uniting formless meditation with, when needed, deity yoga—making enlightenment both a sudden recognition and a gradual deepening.
The Tibetan Kagyu Mahamudra lineage begins with Vajradhara, the primordial Buddha, who entrusted the complete realization of Mahamudra to the Indian Mahasiddha Tilopa. Tilopa transmitted these teachings to his disciple Naropa, who systematized them into the “Six Yogas of Naropa.” Naropa’s principal Tibetan disciple, Marpa Lotsawa, a gifted translator and practitioner, brought the teachings from India to Tibet, passing them to Milarepa, the great yogi-poet. Milarepa’s student Gampopa synthesized Milarepa’s experiential path with the existing monastic traditions, giving rise to the Mahamudra instructions and trainings as we receive them today.
This retreat is a rare opportunity to receive pith instructions from an extraordinary and highly accomplished meditation master. These are teachings not to be missed! Drupon Rinpoche will teach from Lord Jigten Sumgon's text: Introduction to Mahamudra, the Co-emergent Unification. Download it here.
Please join us!
emaho!
About Drupon Rinpoche
Ven. Drupon Rinchen Dorjee is currently the 3-year retreat master at the Garchen Buddhist Institute (GBI), where he also gives teachings on and leads GBI's Chakrasamvara Drubchen. He is the spiritual director and resident lama at Chicago Ratna Shri.
Having great altruistic motivation from early childhood, Drupon Rinchen Dorje Rinpoche entered Tana Monastery in Tibet in 1984, where the numerous teachings he received included the Fivefold Path of Mahamudra and Chakrasamvara according to Drilbupa.
In 1993 he went to India, where in exile he joined the Drikung Kagyu Institute and received extensive instruction in Buddhist philosophy. He subsequently accomplished the ngondro practices of Mahamudra and the grand mantra recitation of Chakrasamvara and was initiated into the Profound Path of the Six Yogas of Naropa.
Drupon Rinpoche has completed six years of retreat, in Almora, India, and Lapchi, Nepal, the latter being one of Milarepa’s preferred retreat sites.
Click here for his biography.
Sarwa Mangalam!
Ven. Drupon Rinchen Dorjee is currently the 3-year retreat master at the Garchen Buddhist Institute (GBI), where he also gives teachings on and leads GBI's Chakrasamvara Drubchen. He is the spiritual director and resident lama at Chicago Ratna Shri.
Having great altruistic motivation from early childhood, Drupon Rinchen Dorje Rinpoche entered Tana Monastery in Tibet in 1984, where the numerous teachings he received included the Fivefold Path of Mahamudra and Chakrasamvara according to Drilbupa.
In 1993 he went to India, where in exile he joined the Drikung Kagyu Institute and received extensive instruction in Buddhist philosophy. He subsequently accomplished the ngondro practices of Mahamudra and the grand mantra recitation of Chakrasamvara and was initiated into the Profound Path of the Six Yogas of Naropa.
Drupon Rinpoche has completed six years of retreat, in Almora, India, and Lapchi, Nepal, the latter being one of Milarepa’s preferred retreat sites.
Click here for his biography.
Sarwa Mangalam!
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Retreat Schedule
(All times are Mountain Standard Time) Friday Evening, September 5th 6:30 - 8:30 PM Teaching Saturday, September 6th 10-12 Noon: Teaching 2-4:30 PM Teaching Sunday, September 7th 10-12 Noon: Teaching 2-4:30 PM: Teaching Location In-person: RigDzin Dharma Center, 322 Washington St. SE, ABQ NM, 87108 Teachings also will be available on Zoom. Download the teaching text: Introduction to Mahamudra, the Co-emergent Unification here. |
Registration
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ZOOM Attendance
Registration is NOT required to attend retreat sessions on Zoom. Suggested donation for Zoom attendance is half of the in-person amount.
We kindly ask that you practice the paramita of generosity and make an offering in gratitude for the supreme kindness of the Lama who blesses us with Dharma teachings, and the Center that makes it possible. We are able to offer dharma programs like this because of your kindness and generosity.
To make a donation on PayPal for attending the retreat via Zoom click the "PayPal" button down below and click the drop down box on the PayPal page for the Zoom option.
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Meeting ID: 774 643 3739
Passcode: 108
Questions? Contact [email protected] or 505-401-7340.
Registration is NOT required to attend retreat sessions on Zoom. Suggested donation for Zoom attendance is half of the in-person amount.
We kindly ask that you practice the paramita of generosity and make an offering in gratitude for the supreme kindness of the Lama who blesses us with Dharma teachings, and the Center that makes it possible. We are able to offer dharma programs like this because of your kindness and generosity.
To make a donation on PayPal for attending the retreat via Zoom click the "PayPal" button down below and click the drop down box on the PayPal page for the Zoom option.
Zoom Link: CLICK HERE
Meeting ID: 774 643 3739
Passcode: 108
Questions? Contact [email protected] or 505-401-7340.
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