2019 Event Gallery
PADMASAMBHAVA and the HEART SUTRA TEACHINGS & PRACTICES – Clearing Away Obstacles Before New Year with Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
Dec 21, 10AM – 4PM & Dec 22, 10AM – 12PM
CHÖD RETREAT – Cutting Attachment & Hatred through Uprooting Ignorance – From the Profound Teachings of Lord Jigten Sumgön -with Venerable Khenpo Tenzin Nyima
Saturday and Sunday, November 16 & 17, 2019, 10 AM ~ 5 PM: Transmission, Instruction and Practices
Fifth Annual Medicine Buddha Retreat with Construction of Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala with Most Venerable Siling Tongkhor Rinpoche and Sera Mey Monastics, India
Tuesday through Sunday, November 5 to 10, 2019. OPEN FREE to PUBLIC for All Events
Tuesday thru Friday, November 5 ~ 8, 10 AM to 4 PM
- 7 PM: Blessing Prayers for Medicine Buddha Retreat
- 7:30 PM: Public Talk “Improve Physical Health Through Mind Training”
- 10 AM to 12 PM: Medicine Buddha Initiation (Je-nang) with Explanations and Instructions of the Practice
- 2 PM to 3:30 PM: Medicine Buddha Sadhana Practice and Mantra Recitation
- 4PM to 5 PM: Medicine Buddha Healing and Purification Blessing Ceremony
- 10 AM: Special Teaching for Children and Adults w/ Explanations of the Mandala Images and The Twelve Aspirations of the Medicine Buddha
- 1 PM to 2 PM: Mandala Viewing and Circumambulation
- 2:30 PM to 5 PM: Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala Dissolution, Closing Prayers, and Khata Offering
Five-fold Profound Path of Mahamudra: Teachings and Practice Instructions, by Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche
Thursday to Sunday, 10 – 13 October 2019
October 10 – 11, Thursday & Friday’s Evening: 7:30PM – 9:00PM
October 12 – 13, Saturday & Sunday, 10AM – 4:00PM
Special 4-day Mani Drupchen – Avalokiteshvara Empowerment, Mantra Recitation, Teachings, Practices – with Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche, Drupon Phuntsok, Lama Ado, Lama Kalsang
Thursday thru Sunday, September 19 thru 22, 2019, 9 AM to 6 PM
Meditation of Calm Abiding & Special Insight – Teaching, Practice and Q & A, with H.E. Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche, Saturday and Sunday, September 7 & 8, 2019
Buddha Amitabha Retreat in Celebration of Ullambana with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche: Empowerment – Mantra Recitation – Practice – 108 Candle Light Offerings – Puja for Deceased Saturday and Sunday, August 17 & 18, 2019, 10 AM to 4PM
SPECIAL JULY PROGRAMS with Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
Saturday, July 6, 10 AM ~ 12PM: H.H. 14th Dalai Lama Birthday Celebration with Opening the Kangyur
Sunday, July 7, 10 AM ~ 12PM: Medicine Buddha Practices
GURU RINPOCHE PADMASAMBHAVA RETREAT – Teachings, Practices & Meditation
July 13 -14, Saturday & Sunday, 10 AM ~ 5 PM
MEDITATION RETREAT: Calm-Abiding Shamatha & Insight Vipassana – Teachings, Instructions and Practices
Saturday, 20 JULY 2019, 10 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, 21 JULY 2019, 10 AM to 12 PM Noon
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CHÖD RETREAT – Cutting Attachment & Hatred through Uprooting Ignorance – From the Profound Teachings of Lord Jigten Sumgön – with Venerable Drupon Thinley Ningpo
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 28 – 29 – 30, 2019, 10 AM ~ 5 PM: Transmission, Instruction and Practices
Great Drikung PHOWA Chenmo & The 37-Bodhisattva Practices Teachings and Bestowal of Bodhisattva Vows by Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
25-26 May 2019, 10 AM ~ 5 PM: Drikung PHOWA Transmission, Teaching & Practices – Channel, Lotus and Bindu (Click for Details)
1-2 June 2019 10 AM ~ 5 PM: The 37-Bodhisattva Practices Teachings and Bestowal of Bodhisattva Vows (2 June) (Click for Details)
Great Drikung Phowa Transmission by His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang, Monday, April 15, 2019, 7PM – 9PM
Bodhisattva and Emptiness, by Most Venerable Dr. Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương
Saturday, April 27, 2019 10 AM to 5 PM
Buddha Tara Programs with Khen Rinpoche Samdup
- Buddha Tara Teachings & Practices, April 6 & 7, 10 AM~5 PM
- Supplication of the Seven Taras (visualized by Lord Drikungpa Jigten Sumgön), April 20 & 21 10 AM ~ 5 PM
The Great Drikung Phowa Transmission: Bestowed by His Holiness the 37th Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang, Monday’s Evening, 15 April 15 2019, 7 PM to 9 PM
Vajra Speech of the Essence of the Ultimate with Most Venerable Khenchen Rinpoche, 30 & 31 March 2019, 10 AM to 5 PM
2019 Four-Day Guru Rinpoche Bhum Tsok Ganachakra Puja: 100,000 Accumulation Merit Offering Prayers for World Peace, w/ Ven. Khen Rinpoche Samdup & Capital Area Tibetan Association
Thursday-Sunday, 14-15-16-17 March 2019
Nyingne One-day Purification Practice – Fasting, Sadhana & Mantra Recitations, Prostrations w/ Venerable Abao Lama of Garchen Buddhist Institute, Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 10 AM to 4 PM Ritual Practice Instructions – Shrine Room Altar Set-up, Musical Instruments, Shrine Room Etiquette w/ Venerable Abao Lama of Garchen Buddhist Institute, Friday, February 22, 2019 at 6:30 to 9pm 
Meditation Calm-Abiding Shamatha & Insight Vipassana Teachings, Instructions and Practices w/ Venerable Khen Rinpoche Samdup, Saturday & Sunday, February 16 & 17, 2019
Lunar New Year and Losar – 2019 Year of the Earth Pig
Ven. Khen Rinpoche Samdup Monday, February 4, 10 PM – 12 AM: Dzambhala Empowerment & Practice Tuesday to Friday, Feb 5 to 8 at 10 AM: Buddha Shakyamuni, Dzambhala and Achi Chokyi Drolma Puja Saturday, February 9 at 10 AM: Buddha Shakyamuni, Dzambhala and Achi Chokyi Drolma Puja w/ Prayer Flag Raising & Smoke Offering
Most Venerable Arjia Rinpoche Sunday, February 10 10 AM – Noon: New Year Puja and Blessing 2 PM – 3 PM: Talk on Bodhicitta in Daily Life 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM: Private audience with Mongolian community
Special 6-Day Blessing Retreat with Tashi Kyil Monastery Monks, January 29 to February 3, 2019 CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO SNAPSHOT OF WORLD PEACE SAND MANDALA PRAYERS CLICK HERE TO SEE SKELETON DANCE PERFORMANCE by TASHI KYIL MONKS
- World Peace Sand Mandala Construction
- Chöd Puja and Skeleton Dance
- Purification Rituals & Mantra Chanting
- Deity Blessings
- Tibetan Buddhist Art Workshop
- Ritual blessings for Home, Business, and Individuals
White Tara Retreat – Empowerment, Transmission, Instruction & Practices by Venerable Lama Gape Thupten Nima
- Friday, January 18 , 2019 at 7 PM – 9PM: White Tara Empowerment
- Saturday and Sunday, January 19 & 20, 2019, 10 AM ~ 5 PM: White Tara Transmission, Instruction and Practices
