2018 Event Gallery

DECEMBER 2018 Programs w/  Khenpo Rinpoche Samdup

• Children’s Holiday Celebrations, Teachings and Exhibits
• Teachings on The Great Tibetan Saint Milarepa
• Special Milarepa Cave with gifts for Children

Buddha Vajrasattva Empowerment, Transmission, Instruction and Practices with Drupon Thinley Ningpo

November 30,  7 ~ 9 PM:  Buddha Vajrasattva Empowerment

December 1 & 2, 10 AM ~ 5 PM:  Vajrasattva Transmission, Instruction and Practices

 
Fourth Annual Medicine Buddha Retreat with Construction of Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala, bestowed by Most Venerable Siling Tongkhor Rinpoche with Monastics of the Sera Mey Monastery, India, 7 – 11 November 2018 (Wednesday through Sunday)

Special October – November 2018 Dharma Programs with Venerable Khenpo Samdup
October 27 & 28, 10 AM ~ 12 PM:  Meditation Instruction & Practices – Shamatha and Vipassana
November 3 & 4, 10 AM ~ 12 PM:  Vajrayogini Teaching and Practices

Vajrakilaya Commitment Retreat w/ Venerable Khenpo Samdup

35-Confession Buddhas Retreat w/ Venerable Khenpo Choephel

Saturday & Sunday, 22-23 September 2018, 10AM ~ 5 PM

2-Day Closed Commitment Great Drikung Phowa Retreat:  Transmission, Teachings & Practices with Venerable Khenpo Samdup 
September 8-9, 2018, 10AM – 4PM

Essence of Uttaratantra, Buddha Nature – Kalachakra Tantra with Most Venerable Khentrul Jamphel Lodrö  Rinpoche

Sublime Teaching:  Lojong – Training the Mind with Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, August 4-5, 2018

 

Pranayama Breath Control & Meditation Retreat with Ven. Acharya Yogi Lama Gursam

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H.H. 14th Dalai Lama’s 83rd Birthday Celebration with Long-life Puja and Smoke Offering, Long-life Puja and Prayer Flag Raising

Buddha Vajrakilaya Transmission and Practice Instructions, July 8, with Venerable Khenpo Samdup

Buddha Vajrasattva Empowerment & Song of Realization of Fivefold Path of Mahamudra by Jigten Sumgön,  23-24 June 2018, with His Eminence Tritsab Gyabra Rinpoche

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International VESAK 2018 Celebration with International Buddhist Committee of Washington D.C.

Saturday, June 2, 2018 – 8:45AM – 4:00PM

Join Buddhists from across Washington DC metropolitan area, representing many different cultures and traditions, as we celebrate the Birth, Enlightenment, Mahaparinirvana of Lord Buddha

• Ritual Ceremonies
• Puja
• Teachings
• Meditation & Dharma Panel Discussion w/ Representatives from 3 Yanas
• Multi-Cultural Performance

Sublime Retreats with Garchen Rinpoche – Magnificence of the Yogi, April 13~29, 2018

Click here to see snapshot of Milarepa Empowerment, April 13, 2018

Click here to see snapshot of Milarepa Songs of Realization Teachings, April 14, 2018

Click here to see snapshot of Garchen Rinpoche 82th Birthday Celebration Dinner, April 14, 2018

Click here to see snapshot of Buddha Amitabha Practice w Garchen Rinpoche @ April 21, 2018 

Click here to see snapshot of Garchen Rinpoche performing Amitabha JangChog, April 22, 2018

Click here to see snapshot of Amitabha JangChog Ritual, April 22, 2018

Click here to see snapshot of Chakrasamvara Empowerment, 27 April 2018

Click here to see snapshot of Vajrayogini Empowerment, 20 April 2018

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Milarepa Retreat

• Friday, April 13, 2:30~5:30 PM: The Great Yogi Milarepa Empowerment
• Saturday, April 14, 10 AM~5:30 PM:  Milarepa Songs of Realization Teachings and Meditation Practices
• Sunday, April 15, 10 AM~4 PM:  Milarepa Songs of Realization Teachings and Meditation Practices
• 4pm~5:30 PM: Three Jewel Refuge Ceremony

Vajrayogini Retreat

• Friday, April 20, 2:30~5:30 PM: Vajrayogini Empowerment
• Saturday & Sunday, April 21 & 22, 10 AM~5:30 PM:  The Great Drikung Kagyu Phowa Practices, and Buddha Amitabha Puja with Jang Chog Ritual on Sunday

Chakrasamvara Retreat

• Friday, April 27, 2:30~5:30 PM: Chakrasamvara Empowerment
• Saturday, April 28, 10 AM~5 PM:  Ganges Mahamudra Teachings
• Sunday, April 29, 10 AM~Noon: Ganges Mahamudra Teachings
• 2:30~5 PM: Ganges Mahamudra Teachings and Lama Chopa Puja with Tsok

 

Guru Rinpoche Bhum Tsok 100,000 Accumulation Tsok Offering Ceremony for the Long-Life of Garchen Rinpoche

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PUBLIC TALK:  How To Encourage Today’s Younger Generations of All Cultures in America To Learn and Follow the Buddhadharma Teachings –  Sunday, March 25, 2018:  10 AM ~ Noon

by Venerable Dong Yonden Gyatso – One of the most respected modern scholars and public educators in Eastern Tibet

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Guru Rinpoche Bhum Tsok Ganachakra Puja – 100,000 Accumulation Merit Offering Ceremony for World Peace, w/ Khenpo Samdup & Capital Area Tibetan Association

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FEBRUARY 2018 PROGRAMS with New Year of the Dog Celebrations with Venerable Khenpo Samdup 

JANUARY 2018 DHARMA RETREATS with Venerable Khenpo Samdup

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