2024 Event Gallery
Nechung Kuten Rinpoche, the “Nechung Oracle” for His Holiness Dalai Lama @ Drikung Dharma Surya Templea
16 – 17 November 2024
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…bestowing White Tara Long Life Empowerment and Vajrakilaya blessing for the local Washington D.C. Mongolian and Western communities at large
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International Buddhist Dharma Talk Program with Three (3) Yana Traditions – 19 Oct 2024 @ 6:30PM
The International Buddhist Dharma Talk Program with 3 Yana Traditions has resumed at DDSC on 19 October 2024, after over 4-year break due to Covid-19 pandemic impact.a
The Dharma talks In-Person and Online ZOOM from monastic representatives of Theravada (Lao and Cambodia), Mahayana (Korea and Japan) and Vajrayana (Tibet – Khenmo Tsechik and Lopön Ani Gamtso of DDSC).
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7th ANNUAL GURU RINPOCHE BHUM TSOK, 04 – 06 Oct 2024, with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche and Monastics of Various Traditions
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@ DDSC In-Person & ZOOM Worldwide
04 – 06 Oct 2024
…Offering of 100,000 recitations to invoke the blessings of Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava.
…Great benefits of vast merit, wisdom, and bodhicitta realization to remove obstacles.
…Dedicated to the long-life of H.H. Dalai Lama and all other holy Masters, as well as all loved ones and beings, and for the benefit of World Peace.
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04 OCT, 7PM – 9PM EDT: GURU RINPOCHE EMPOWERMENT
05 – 06 OCT, 9AM – 5PM EDT: GURU RINPOCHE BHUM TSOK & PRACTICE
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…organized by Capital Area Tibetan Association & Drikung Dharma Surya Center
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to be led by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche with Monastics of Various Traditions
Video Clip of 7th Guru Rinpoche’s Bhum Tsok Retreat @ DDSC – Oct 2024
Registration required at:
- [email protected]
- drikungdharmasurya.org/upcoming-events/
Suggested Donation: $60 / person / 3-day Program
- Any donations are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they will be used to help operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings. Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
- Everyone is welcome to join the pujas, and items of fruit, flowers, and small finger foods will be placed on the altar and offered to all beings at the conclusion of the 3-day puja program.
Request Zoom Login Information
*** For security, please do Not share ZOOM info on social media.
Practice Texts:
- Daily Prayer & Practice Book
- Sadhanas:
Opening and Closing Prayers:
CHAKRASAMVARA RETREAT, 27 – 29 September 2024, @ DDSC IN-PERSON & ONLINE ZOOM (RETREAT COMMITMENT REQUIRED)
@ DDSC Temple IN-PERSON & ONLINE ZOOM
27 – 29 September 2024
to be led by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
with Khenmo Tsechik & Lopön Ani Gamtso
27 SEP, 7PM – 9PM EDT: CHAKRASAMVARA EMPOWERMENT
28 – 29 SEP, 10AM – 5PM EDT: CHAKRASAMVARA TEACHING & PRACTICE
CHAKRASAMVARA MANTRA CHANTING @ DDSC
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- Because there is a large number of sangha who wish to participate in this Restricted Chakrasamvara Retreat but cannot travel to DDSC temple to attend in-person, Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche has decided to add Online ZOOM option to allow those sangha to participate online. Registration for online ZOOM participation can be done in the “Request Zoom Login Information” box below.
- Most importantly, everyone who participates in this Retreat must commit and adhere to the following restricted retreat requirements.
*** RETREAT COMMITMENT REQUIREMENTS:
- Key requirements for participating in this Chakrasamvara Retreat and follow-up practices are your unwavering commitment and sincere motivation to cultivate love and compassion for all others without exception, to abandon hatred, anger and jealousy toward everyone, and to maintain constant mindful awareness in body, speech and mind for the benefit of others.
- You MUST attend and receive the Chakrasamvara empowerment on Friday, 27 September, in order to be able to participate in Chakrasamvara sadhana practices on Saturday and Sunday, 28 – 29 September.
- If you do not receive the Chakrasamvara empowerment, you CANNOT participate in Chakrasamvara sadhana practices on Saturday and Sunday, 28 – 29 September.
- You MUST commit to at least both morning sessions (10AM – 12PM EDT) of the Chakrasamvara sadhana teaching & practice, on Saturday and Sunday, 28 – 29 September.
Registration required at:
- drikungdharmasurya.org/upcoming-events/
- [email protected]
Suggested Donation: $80 / person
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Request Zoom Login Information
*** For security, please do Not share ZOOM info on social media.
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Retreat Commitment:
- RETREAT COMMITMENT is REQUIRED
- Arrangement for overnight in-person retreatant stay can be made by emailing to DDSC
- Please contact DDSC at [email protected] if you are out of town participant for the entire in-person retreat and look for accommodation
SPECIAL PROGRAM: 07 – 08 SEPTEMBER 2024
Sacred Transition: Dying, Death and the Bardo
@ Drikung Dharma Surya Center
3PM – 7PM EDT
…led by KHENTRUL JAMPHEL LODRO RINPOCHE – Rime and Kalachakra Master
SPECIAL PROGRAM: 10 JULY 2024 (Chökhor Düchen)
Celebrating 79th Birthday of His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang – the 37th Throne-Holder of Drikung Kagyua
…IN-PERSON @ DDSC Temple with Khenmo Tsechik and Lopön Ani Gamtso
…ONLINE ZOOM ONLY with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche & International Sangha
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9:30AM – 10:30AM EDT: Lama Chöpa
11AM – 12PM EDT: Long Life Prayers with Smoke Offerings
…Praying for the Long Life of His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang
…Celebrating Buddha Sakyamuni’s First Dharma Teaching
…Praying for Well-Being, Peace and Happiness in the World
SPECIAL PROGRAM: 06 JULY 2024
Celebrating 89th Birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
IN-PERSON ONLY @ Drikung Dharma Surya Center
06 July 2024, 9AM – 12PM EDT
…to be led by KHENMO TSECHIK and LOPÖN ANI GAMTSO
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Long Life White Tara Prayers & Practices w/ Smoke Offerings and Prayers Flags’ Raising Ceremony
…to pray for the long life of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
…to pray for well-being, peace and happiness in the World
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VAJRASATTVA RETREAT – PRACTICE OF PURIFICATION
28 – 30 June 2024
IN-PERSON ONLY @ Drikung Dharma Surya Center
…led by DRUPON TSERING RINPOCHE with KHENMO TSECHIK and LOPÖN ANI GAMTSO
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*** 28 June 2024, 7PM – 9PM EDT: Vajrasattva Empowerment
*** 29 – 30 June 2024, 10AM – 4PM EDT: Vajrasattva Teachings and Practices with Mantra Recitation & Meditation
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*** Registration required at: [email protected]
*** Please contact DDSC at [email protected] if you are out of town participant for the entire in-person retreat and look for accommodation.
VIDEO CLIPS OF VAJRASATTVA RETREAT @ DDSC, 28 – 30 JUNE 2024
Practice Texts:
Opening and Closing Prayers:
Donations are Gratefully Appreciated
We are able to offer these Dharma programs due to the generosity of the Sangha.
Donations of any amount are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they help us to operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings and they benefit the Sangha as a whole.
Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
Please click below to make a secure donation via credit card.
Suggested Donation: $60 / person / Entire Retreat
Use PayPal for Your Donation
Please click below to make your donation via PayPal.
May – August 2024 Online ZOOM Teachings with International Sangha
– led by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
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03-04 & 10-11 & 17-18 & 24-25 Aug 2024: Mahamudra Investigation into Confusion (Morning)
Online with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
* 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT – Mahamudra Teachings & Practice
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Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche has asked that students make a commitment to complete the teachings they attend during the retreat. For example, if joining the morning teachings, please attend every morning session either online via zoom, in-person, or through the online recorded videos, and likewise for the evening teachings.
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* 13-14 July 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT – Ksitigarbha Teachings & Practice
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva the Earth Treasury – The Protector and Symbol of Hope
Online ZOOM with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will offer teachings on the great bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha, who is known for his great vow to rescue all beings, particularly those in the hell realms, and who has a special connection with the earth as symbolized in some forms by a staff he carries.
Through invoking his love and compassion, may all beings find protection from harm and may the natural balance of the Earth be restored.
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*04-05 May 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST – The Four Thoughts
The Foundation of the Path to Enlightenment – The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma
with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche (Online Zoom)
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will present teachings on The Four Thoughts from the Tara Stupa in Tulum, Mexico.
“Our attachment to samsaric activities and to this life is strong, and we find it difficult to seriously apply ourselves to Dharma practice. In those situations it is essential to constantly contemplate the Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind.”
~ Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
In this way, the Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind become the foundation of the path to enlightenment. These teachings will be based on the book, Learning Buddhism: Source of Temporary & Permanent Happiness.
For information about the Kindle edition, click here.
For information about the Apple Book edition, click here.
Click here for the Deity Yoga Sadhana Practice Book
* Mandarin translation available
Lamp Offerings:
*** If you would like to make Special Lamp Offering (108 lamps) or Crystal Lamp Offering (1 Year) during this Special Teaching for Dedication of Merits to Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/lamp-offerings/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-living/, and provide us with names in request submission.
*** For Pujas for the Deceased Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-deceased/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/donation/ and provide us with names in request submission.
*** Your Donations are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they will be used to help operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings. Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
11TH ANNUAL USA DRIKUNG KAGYU MONLAM – Prayer Festival For World Peace
01 – 02 June 2024, 9AM – 5PM EST (during Saga Dawa)
*** HOSTED BY DRIKUNG DHARMA SURYA CENTER
ON-SITE @ Drikung Dharma Surya Center & Online ZOOM
Join His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche, Monastics and Sangha from far and wide for this rare, authentic and auspicious prayer festival for World Peace
*** WITH IN-PERSON MONASTICS PARTICIPATION OF RINPOCHE, KHENPO, KHENMO, DRUPON, LAMA AND ANI @ DDSC TEMPLE
* PLEASE NOTE UPDATED TIME:
Special Online ZOOM Teachings Bestowed by His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche (from Arizona, USA)
Saturday, June 1st – Sunday, June 2nd, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT (10:30 AM – 12 PM MST/PDT Arizona time).
Click here to convert the program times to your local time zone.
Saga Dawa is the month of merits multiplied by a hundred thousand times, during which Drikung Kagyu Monlam prayers and pujas are performed in order to accumulate greater virtuous merits and to purify negative karmas
- Commemorate the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni as well as the parinirvana of Lord Jigten Sumgon
- Practice and rejoice in the blessings of the lineage and enlightened beings, and reflect and inspire actions that are conducive for all beings to live in harmony
- Pray for the long lives and continued activities of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and all of the Holy Gurus of all traditions and lineages
Pray for World Peace and Welfare
- The three jewels and three roots, Trustworthy source of refuge, and in particular the lord of snow, Avalokiteshvara, Jetsun Tara and Guru Padmasambhava, I supplicate you; please follow your previous pledges! Bestow blessings that this aspiration prayer may be fulfilled most perfectly!
- Due to the degeneration of times when thoughts and deeds of beings are perverted and the inner and outer elements have lost their balance, humans and cattle are seized by epidemic disease previously unheard of;
- Intruding rahus, nagas, powerful demons and dark forces, blight, frost and hail, bad harvest, warfare, and so forth,
- Erratic rainfall, heat, misery and droughts in the world, destruction by the elements such as earthquakes and the threat of fire,
- And in particular barbaric offenses causing harm to the teachings are rampant. May all types of harm and injury around the world be swiftly pacified and overcome!
- May precious and supreme Bodhicitta spontaneously arise in the mindstreams of all beings, human and non-human, and may they be free from destructive thoughts and deeds!
- May all be endowed with a loving mind for one another and may well-being, glory and prosperity prevail throughout the world! May the Buddha’s teachings spread far and wide and ever last!
- By the truthful power of the three roots, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, by any root of virtue existing in samsara and nirvana and by the power of our perfectly pure, highest intention, may the fruition of our supplication and aspiration be attained.
VIDEO CLIPS OF 11th ANNUAL USA Drikung Kagyu Monlam @ DDSC
Practice Texts:
Donations are Gratefully Appreciated
We are able to offer these Dharma programs due to the generosity of the Sangha.
Donations of any amount are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they help us to operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings and they benefit the Sangha as a whole.
Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
Please click below to make a secure donation via credit card.
Suggested Donation: $40 / person to support Monastics and Special Monlam Event
Use PayPal for Your Donation
Please click below to make your donation via PayPal.
SPECIAL PROGRAM: THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024, 10 AM – 11AM EST
SAGA DAWA DÜCHEN PRAYERS – Celebrating Birth, Enlightenment, and Parinirvāna of the Buddhaa
…IN-PERSON @ DDSC Temple with Khenmo Tsechik and Lopön Ani Gamtso
…ONLINE ZOOM ONLY with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche & International Sangha
January – April 2024 Online ZOOM Teachings with International Sangha
– led by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
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April 27th – 28th, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST – Vipassana Meditation
with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche at Tibet House Brazil (Online ZOOM)
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will explain how to use traditional techniques of Vipassana, analytical or discursive meditation, and non-conceptual meditation or resting the mind, to come to understand and directly experience the fundamental nature of mind and phenomena.
These teachings will be based on the book, Stages of Meditation. For information about the Kindle edition, click here.
For information about the Apple Book edition, click here.
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13 -14 April 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST – Mahamudra Retreat in Brazil
with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche (Online ZOOM)
Jigten Sumgon’s Song of the Realization of the Five Limbs of Mahāmudrā & Ganges Mahāmudrā by Tilopa – Commentary by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
Mahāmudrā is a collection of teachings and meditation methods that allow practitioners to discover and gradually stabilize the recognition of the fundamental nature of mind.
** Mandarin & Spanish translation available
Click here for the Deity Yoga Sadhana Practice Book
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30 – 31 March 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST – Tsik Sum Né Dek, The 3 Statements that Strike the Vital Point
with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche (Online ZOOM)
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will continue with teachings on Garab Dorje’s brief and profound instructions that embody the essence of the Dzogchen path.
* Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche has requested that we commit to listen to every teaching in this Dzogchen series (about 3 weekends). Students are encouraged to join online during each teaching session.
Click here for Patrul Rinpoche Teaching: Three Statements Strike the Vital Point
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03 – 04 February 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST – Buddha Amitabha Teaching & Practice
*In-person at DDSC Temple & online with International Sangha
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will lead this profound practice to invoke the blessings of Buddha Amitabha and perform the Jangchok ritual.
The Buddha Amitabha Jangchok ritual connects those who have died with the blessings of Buddha Amitabha, creating the causes for a positive rebirth and the removal of obstacles.
TEXTS:
*** To submit names of the deceased for the Jangchok Puja, please click here.
To submit names of the deceased for the Jangchok Puja, please click here.
*** If you would like to make an offering for the Buddha Amitabha & Jangchok Puja, please click here.
If you would like to make an offering for the Buddha Amitabha & Jangchok Puja, please click here.
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20 -21 January 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST – Preliminary Practices (Ngondro) of the Profound Five-fold Path of Mahamudra
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will give the transmission and instructions for the preliminary practices (Ngondro) of the Five-fold Mahamudra. Engaging in this suite of practices purifies the mind of negativity and gathers the accumulations of merit and wisdom.
This purification process creates receptivity to the more subtle methods of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.
* Online with Mandarin translation available
Click here for the Deity Yoga Sadhana Practice Book
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Lamp Offerings:
*** If you would like to make Special Lamp Offering (108 lamps) or Crystal Lamp Offering (1 Year) during this Special Teaching for Dedication of Merits to Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/lamp-offerings/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-living/, and provide us with names in request submission.
*** For Pujas for the Deceased Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-deceased/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/donation/ and provide us with names in request submission.
*** Your Donations are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they will be used to help operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings. Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
2nd Annual Traditional 4-Nyungne (8 Days) Retreats
27 February – 06 March 2024 (Month of Miracles)
In-Person @ DDSC Temple & On-Line ZOOM with Worldwide Sangha
…led by Lama Bunima with Khenmo Tsechik and Lopön Ani Gamtso
This Nyungne Retreat will be held after Losar (the Tibetan New Year) during the auspicious Month of Miracles. The Nyungne practice is a profound kriya tantra meditation ritual based on loving-kindness and compassion in the form of Thousand-Armed Chenrezig.
Video Clips of Sangha Practices during 2nd Annual Traditional 4-Nyungne (8 Days) Retreats
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1st Nyungne, starts Feb 27, ends Feb 29: 9AM – 6:30PM EST (1st Day); 9AM – 6:30PM EST (2nd Day)
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End of 1st Nyungne, Feb 29: 7AM – 7:30AM EST
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2nd Nyungne, starts Feb 29, ends Mar 02: 9AM – 6:30PM EST (1st Day); 9AM – 6:30PM EST (2nd Day)
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End of 2nd Nyungne, Mar 02: 7AM – 7:30AM EST
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3rd Nyungne, starts Mar 02, ends Mar 04: 9AM – 6:30PM EST (1st Day); 9AM – 6:30PM EST (2nd Day)
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End of 3rd Nyungne, Mar 04: 7AM – 7:30AM EST
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4th Nyungne, starts Mar 04, ends Mar 06: 9AM – 6:30PM EST (1st Day); 9AM – 6:30PM EST (2nd Day)
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Retreat Conclusion, Mar 06: 7AM – 9AM EST
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Each Nyungne session is a complete whole. Participants can take part in one, several or eight Nyungne sessions. In each Nyungne session, Lunch @12:30 – 2PM EST on 1st day; Fasting on 2nd day ’till 7AM on following day.
The practice involves maintaining strict 8 Mahayana Precepts vow and meditating while reciting mantras and prayers, and performing prostrations and visualizations. Undertaken in sets of two days, the first day includes one vegetarian meal at noon, drinking water throughout the day as needed. The second day is a complete fast performed in noble silence.
First time practitioners are encouraged to choose the first Nyungne because the explanations for the meditation will be given then.
The Nyungne is renowned as a superior means to purify negative karma and accumulate great merit. It is said that completing even one Nyungne prevents rebirth in the lower realms, and the practice of eight consecutive Nyungne leads to birth in Buddha Amitabha’s Pure Land of Dewachen.
H.E. Garchen Rinpoche has given this specific message regarding the Nyungne practice series: “Geshe Ngawang Phuntsok Rinpoche said: ‘The Nyungne ritual is simple but has great benefits.’ As said in The Benefits of the Mahayana Sojong Vows, ‘Completing this practice even just once, one could take rebirth in the human or god realm; one could gain a precious human body that leads to temporary happiness and, ultimately, to enlightenment.’ Lama Bu Nima attended the first Nyungne I led in Gargon in 1982, and he has done many more since. He continues to conduct this practice in the traditional way. And now he is responsible for leading this monthly Nyungne retreat.”
Suggested Donation: $40 / person / each Nyungne session OR $160 / person / all 4 Nyungne sessions
- Any donations are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they will be used to help operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings. Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
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Please specify which Nyungne #, 1 or several, or all 4 sessions that you register to attend. The temple can also then plan for vegetarian lunch for everyone.
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Please contact DDSC at [email protected] if you are out of town participant for the entire in-person retreat and look for accommodation.
Registration required at:
- drikungdharmasurya.org/upcoming-events/
- [email protected]
Click here for Registration for Zoom link:
Lamp Offerings:
*** If you would like to make Special Lamp Offering (108 lamps) or Crystal Lamp Offering (1 Year) during this Special Teaching for Dedication of Merits to Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/lamp-offerings/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-living/, and provide us with names in request submission.
*** For Pujas for the Deceased Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-deceased/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/donation/ and provide us with names in request submission.
Event Details:
Practice Texts
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Opening / Closing & Long Life / Dedication Prayers / Blissful Dewachen Prayer: Deity Yoga Sadhana Practice Book
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NYUNGNE INDIVIDUAL DAILY SESSION PRACTICE SCHEDULE (FEB 2024)
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Ship of Liberation – Avalokiteshravara Nyungne Sadhana of Gelongma Palmo Practice (Tibetan – English)
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Nyungne Sadhana (Chinese – English – Tibetan)
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Nyungne Closing Mantra
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Calling-the-Gurus-From-Afar-by-Jamgön-Kongtrul-Rinpoche
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In Praise Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
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The Aspiration-of-Sukhavati
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A White Sur Offering called the Pervading All Pure Lands Nyungne
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Avalokiteshrava Photo
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DRIKUNG KAGYU PRAYER BOOK (BLUE BOOK)
- King of Aspiration Prayers, Aspiration for Noble Excellent Conduct
- Dedication – From Shantideva’s “The Way of the Bodhisattva”
- Your Donations are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they will be used to help operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings. Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
New Year Celebration with Green Tara Blessings
bestowed by
8th Arjia Rinpoche
In-Person @ DDSC Temple with Mongolian and DDSC Monastics
…for the Washington D.C. Mongolian Buddhist Community and Public Sangha
25 February 2024 @ 2PM EST
Video Clips of New Year Celebration & Green Tara Blessings by 8th Arjia Rinpoche @ DDSC, 25 Feb 2024
Lamp Offerings:
*** If you would like to make Special Lamp Offering (108 lamps) or Crystal Lamp Offering (1 Year) during this Special Teaching for Dedication of Merits to Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/lamp-offerings/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-living/, and provide us with names in request submission.
*** For Pujas for the Deceased Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-deceased/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/donation/ and provide us with names in request submission.
Avalokiteshvara Empowerment
bestowed by
His Holiness the 37th Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang
In-Person @ DDSC Temple with His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang & On-line ZOOM with Worldwide Sangha
24 February 2024, Full Moon @ 10AM EST
…24 February 2024 is the Full Moon known as Chötrul Düchen, “Great Day of Miraculous Manifestations”. It is believed that the effects of both positive and negative actions are multiplied ten million times.
Video Clips of Avalokiteshvara Empowerment Event by HH Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang @ DDSC, 24 Feb 2024
Registration required at:
- drikungdharmasurya.org/upcoming-events/
- [email protected]
Click here for Registration for Zoom link:
Lamp Offerings:
*** If you would like to make Special Lamp Offering (108 lamps) or Crystal Lamp Offering (1 Year) during this Special Teaching for Dedication of Merits to Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/lamp-offerings/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-living/, and provide us with names in request submission.
*** For Pujas for the Deceased Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-deceased/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/donation/ and provide us with names in request submission.
Event Details:
Practice Texts
- Opening and Closing Prayers: Deity Yoga Sadhana Practice Book
- Your Donations are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they will be used to help operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings. Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
1 MILLION CHENREZIG MANDALA PRACTICE
…accumulation Merit Offerings For World Peace
FEB 16 (Friday) – FEB 19, 2024 (Monday)
In-Person @ DDSC Temple & On-line ZOOM with Worldwide Sangha
…led by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche with Khenpo Tashi Nyima, Lama Bunima, Khenmo Tsechik and Lopön Ani Gamtso
FEB 16 (Friday) – FEB 19, 2024 (Monday): 10AM – 12PM & 2PM – 4PM EST
…Accumulation Merit Offerings For World Peace
…The Days of Miracles – beginning on 1st day of Tibetan New Year Losar on 10 Feb 2024 – commemorate the special time when Buddha Shakyamuni showed miraculous powers, and culminate on Chötrul Düchen, 24 Feb 2024.
…The Mani Retreat is centered on the boundless love, compassion, and wisdom of Avalokiteshvara, whose mantra is OM MANI PADME HUNG HRIH. When we recite OM MANI PADME HUNG with the mind to benefit all beings, we are engaging in a profound method that transforms our impure body, speech, and mind to a pure state of body, speech, and mind. Reciting each syllable of the Mani mantra with a mind of bodhicitta closes the doors to the six realms of samsara and frees sentient beings from suffering.
Video Clips of 1 Million Chenrezig Mandala Practices @ DDSC, 16 – 19 February 2024
Suggested Donation: $60 / person
- Any donations are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they will be used to help operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings. Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
Registration required at:
- drikungdharmasurya.org/upcoming-events/
- [email protected]
Click here for Registration for Zoom link:
Lamp Offerings:
*** If you would like to make Special Lamp Offering (108 lamps) or Crystal Lamp Offering (1 Year) during this Special Teaching for Dedication of Merits to Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/lamp-offerings/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-living/, and provide us with names in request submission.
*** For Pujas for the Deceased Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-deceased/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/donation/ and provide us with names in request submission.
Event Details:
Practice Texts
- Opening and Closing Prayers: Deity Yoga Sadhana Practice Book
- MANI Text: PRACTICE OF THE EXALTED AVALOKITESHVARA
- Practice books will be provided.
- You are welcome to attend the retreat as your schedule allows.
- Your Donations are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they will be used to help operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings. Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
| “The more Mani mantras we recite, the more love will increase in the minds of sentient beings, the more hatred will decrease. The minds of beings will become peaceful and happy, which will also help one’s country. If the minds of humans become peaceful and happy, then also the minds of spirits will become peaceful and happy. The Mani mantra practice is supreme in order to bring about peace and happiness.”
H.E. Garchen Rinpoche |
2024 LOSAR New Year of the Dragon CELEBRATION with Blessings and Gifts
10 – 11 February 2024
In-Person @ DDSC Temple with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche & On-Line ZOOM with Worldwide Sangha
…to be led by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
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Saturday, February 10, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST: Fortune Buddha Dzambhala Empowerment with New Year Blessings
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Sunday, February 11, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST: Bodhicitta Teaching with Buddha Shakyamuni, Fortune Dzambhala, Achi Chökyi Drolma Smoke Offerings and Prayer Flag Raising Ceremony & Wei Sang Smoke Offering
CLICK HERE for ZOOM LINK
Meeting ID: 892 1520 3598
Passcode: 623864
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTO GALLERY OF 2024 LOSAR CELEBRATION @ DDSC
CLICK VIDEO CLIPS BELOW TO WATCH
Lamp Offerings:
*** If you would like to make Special Lamp Offering (108 lamps) or Crystal Lamp Offering (1 Year) during this Special Teaching for Dedication of Merits to Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/lamp-offerings/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-living/, and provide us with names in request submission.
*** For Pujas for the Deceased Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-deceased/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/donation/ and provide us with names in request submission.
Event Details:
Practice Texts
- Opening and Closing Prayers: Deity Yoga Sadhana Practice Book
- Your Donations are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they will be used to help operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings. Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
HEART SUTRA PURIFICATION PUJA
04 FEBUARY 2024, 1PM – 5PM EST
…Ritual Purification Puja with Nepalese Tamang Society of Greater Washington (TSGW) for LOSAR 2024 Year of the Dragon
In-Person @ DDSC Temple
…led by Nepalese Monastics and Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche 
Video Clips of Heart Sutra Purification Puja
SPECIAL INTERRELIGIOUS COMMUNITY EVENT
28 JANUARY 2024, 7PM – 10PM EST
…with Representatives from Six (6) Other Religious Faiths
…to collaborate and explore sacred architecture, get to know one another, heal divides, deepen understanding of self and others, create community, and build an inspiring future.
In-Person @ DDSC Temple
…with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche & Representatives from Wiccan, Judaism, Muslim, Hindu, Catholic, and Baptist religions
- 37 Bodhisattva Practices Recitation
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Explanation of DDSC’s sacred Shrine Hall & Drikung Kagyu and its Practices
- Informal Dialogue / Discussion with Q & A
- Spiritual Journey to Buddhism by Sangha Members
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTO GALLERY OF 2024 Interreligious Community Event @ DDSC
Video Clips of Informal Group Dialogue / Discussion
Vipassana (Special Insight) Guided Meditation Retreat
06 – 07 January 2024
@ DDSC In-Person and Virtual ZOOM
…to be led by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche with Khenmo Tsechik and Lopön Ani Gamtso
06 – 07 January 2024: 10AM – 12PM & 2PM – 4PM EST
…offered to General Public of All Levels from All Walks of Life
Boy Scout of America Fairfax Virginia Team & Families visiting DDSC During Lunch Break of Vipassana Retreat
Suggested Donation: $40 / person
- Any donations are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they will be used to help operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings. Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
Registration required at:
- drikungdharmasurya.org/upcoming-events/
- [email protected]
Click here for Registration for Zoom link:
Lamp Offerings:
*** If you would like to make Special Lamp Offering (108 lamps) or Crystal Lamp Offering (1 Year) during this Special Teaching for Dedication of Merits to Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/lamp-offerings/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-living/, and provide us with names in request submission.
*** For Pujas for the Deceased Parents or Loved Ones, please proceed on DDSC webpage at https://drikungdharmasurya.org/pujas-for-the-deceased/ OR https://drikungdharmasurya.org/donation/ and provide us with names in request submission.
Event Details:
Practice Texts
- Opening and Closing Prayers: Deity Yoga Sadhana Practice Book
- Your Donations are deeply and gratefully appreciated, as they will be used to help operate and sustain the Center for the benefit of all beings. Anyone with a wish to participate is welcome to attend, and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds.
