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
5th Annual Medicine Buddha Retreat with Construction of Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala with 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
Friday, November 8
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7 PM: Blessing Prayers for Medicine Buddha Retreat
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7:30 PM: Public Talk “Improve Physical Health Through Mind Training”
Saturday, November 9
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10 AM to 12 PM: Medicine Buddha Initiation (Je-nang) with Explanations and Instructions of the Practice
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2 PM to 3:30 PM: Medicine Buddha Sadhana Practice and Mantra Recitation
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4PM to 5 PM: Medicine Buddha Healing and Purification Blessing Ceremony
Sunday, November 10
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10 AM: Special Teaching for Children and Adults w/ Explanations of the Mandala Images and The Twelve Aspirations of the Medicine Buddha
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1 PM to 2 PM: Mandala Viewing and Circumambulation
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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
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Thursday to Sunday, 10 – 13 October 2019
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October 10 – 11, Thursday & Friday’s Evening: 7:30PM – 9:00PM
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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
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Saturday, July 6, 10 AM ~ 12PM: H.H. 14th Dalai Lama Birthday Celebration with Opening the Kangyur
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Sunday, July 7, 10 AM ~ 12PM: Medicine Buddha Practices
GURU RINPOCHE PADMASAMBHAVA RETREAT – Teachings, Practices & Meditation
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July 13 -14, Saturday & Sunday, 10 AM ~ 5 PM: MEDITATION RETREAT: Calm-Abiding Shamatha & Insight Vipassana – Teachings, Instructions and Practices
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Saturday, 20 JULY 2019, 10 AM to 4 PM
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Sunday, 21 JULY 2019, 10 AM to 12 PM Noon
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)
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The 37-Bodhisattva Practices Teachings and Bestowal of Bodhisattva Vows (2 June) (Click for Details)
1-2 June 2019 10 AM ~ 5 PM
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
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Buddha Tara Teachings & Practices, April 6 & 7, 10 AM~5 PM
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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
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Vajra Speech of the Essence of the Ultimate with Most Venerable Khenchen Rinpoche
30 & 31 March 2019, 10 AM to 5 PM
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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
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Nyingne One-day Purification Practice – Fasting, Sadhana & Mantra Recitations, Prostrations w/ Venerable Abao Lama
Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 10 AM to 4 PM
Ritual Practice Instructions – Shrine Room Altar Set-up, Musical Instruments, Shrine Room Etiquette
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
With 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
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With 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
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Special 6-Day Blessing Retreat with Tashi Kyil Monastery Monks, January 29 to February 3, 2019
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CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO SNAPSHOT OF WORLD PEACE SAND MANDALA PRAYERS CLICK HERE TO SEE SKELETON DANCE PERFORMANCE by TASHI KYIL MONKS
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World Peace Sand Mandala Construction
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Chöd Puja and Skeleton Dance
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Purification Rituals & Mantra Chanting
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Deity Blessings
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Tibetan Buddhist Art Workshop
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Ritual blessings for Home, Business, and Individuals
White Tara Retreat – Empowerment, Transmission, Instruction & Practices by Venerable Lama Gape Thupten Nima
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Friday, January 18 , 2019 at 7 PM – 9PM: White Tara Empowerment
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Saturday and Sunday, January 19 & 20, 2019, 10 AM ~ 5 PM: White Tara Transmission, Instruction and Practices
























