Lama Dawa's Teaching Schedule
2008 Teachings and Locations
This year Lama Dawa Rinpoche will be offering teachings and transmissions of important Buddhist Sutras. These are Sutras that are frequently recommended in mirror divinations to address a variety of life challenges. Rinpoche feels strongly that westerners should learn to recite these Sutras on their own instead of needing to rely on monasteries in Asia. The Sutras include: Gyaltsen Tsemo (Victory Banner), Chokchu Munsel (Clarifying the Darkness of the Ten Directions, Tashi Tsigpa (Aspirations for the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones), and Tsedo Tsesung (Longevity Sutra).
In addition to these teachings, Lama Dawa Rinpoche has recently completed the translations of these Sutras and they are now offered as a free download from Saraswati Bhawan Publications.
Lama Dawa Rinpoche will also be offering the empowerments for the Three Roots of the Dudjom Tersar lineage. These empowerments are essential for any serious practitioner of the Dudjom lineage.
January 17 - 27
- Ensenada, Mexico - Baja
- Teachings on Refuge
- Ngondro teachings and retreat
- The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind
- Teachings on Bodhicitta
- Vajra Armor retreat
February 1 - 10
- San Diego, CA
- View, Meditation and Action of the Nine Vehicles
- Naga Offerings
- Tashi Tsigpa Sutra
- Gyaltsen Tsemo Sutra
- Shower of Blessings Tsog
- The Nature of the Mind
- The Ngakpa Tradition
- Chokchu Munsel Sutra
- Tsedo TseSung Sutra
February 15 - 18
- Sacramento, CA
- Dzogchen teachings
- Shamatha-Vipasyana Meditation from the Dzogchen perspective
- Tara Offering Puja
- Sampa Lhundrub prayer
February 22 - 25
- Sonoma, CA
- Dzogchen teaching 'Clarifying Butter'
- Tashi Tsigpa Sutra
- Tsedo TseSung Sutra
- Chokchu Munsel Sutra
- Gyaltsen Tsemo Sutra
March 28 - April 28
- Fleischmans, NY
- Vajra Armor Teachings/Retreat - 2008, Read full details and schedule.
- Yeshe Tsogyal Empowerment
- Vajrakilya Empowerment
- Lake Born Padmasambhava Empowerment
- Vajra Armor Level 1 retreats
* Featured location for the following retreats:
The New Golden Lotus Sanctuary Retreat Center
~ in Lansing, Iowa
Sept 10 - 17
- 2008 Schedule - Lansing, Iowa
- P'howa Teaching
Dawa Chhodak Rinpoche will lead a 7-day P'howa retreat, from the P'howa practice of the Khandro T'huk-t'hik from the Dudjom New Treasures. Read More...
October 2 - 6, 9 - 13, 16 - 20, 23 - 27
- 2008 Schedule - Lansing, Iowa
- Vajra Armor Retreat, Level 1
The Vajra Armor Retreat Course is held at the new residential retreat center, Golden Lotus Sanctuary, nestled on the bluffs overlooking the upper Mississippi River Valley in Lansing, Iowa. These retreats are 'closed retreats', which means they are conducted within boundaries. Read More...
November 15, 2pm - 5pm
- 2008 Schedule - Lansing, Iowa
- Empowerment of Ta-Chag Khyung-Sum
The "triple wrathful" deities of Vajrapani, Hayagriva, and Garuda.
This powerful healing practice comes from the Dudjom New Treasures and is especially effective for naga-related diseases. Read More...
November 17 - December 1
- 2008 Schedule - Lansing, Iowa
- Ta-Chag Khyung-Sum Drubchen
We will be holding a two-week 'Drubchen' (great accomplishment practice) for the powerful healing practice of Ta-Chag Khyung-Sum; the 'triple wrathful' deities of Vajrapani, Hayagriva and Garuda. Read More...
December 21 - 27
- 2008 Schedule - Lansing, Iowa
- The Practice of Yeshe Tsogyal
- from the Khandro T'huk-t'hik
This will be A seven-day practice intensive of the generation and completion stage of the dakini, Yeshe Tsogyal, from the Dudjom Tersar. Read More...