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Register for the Full Summer Retreat here. To register for individual retreats, see below.
Make offerings for Summer Retreat
“Summer Retreat is our Dharma Party, where we gather together. It makes me happy. It also makes HH Dudjom Rinpoche and Kyabje Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche happy because even though their physical body is not with us, their wisdom mind is always watching from Dharmakaya and their compassion and penetration of wisdom blessings is continuous. With practice, teachings, faith and devotion, their wisdom blessings penetrate deeply so we can truly hit the target. I am encouraging all of you to come to Summer Retreat.”
~Lama Tharchin Rinpoche
Lama Tharchin Rinpoche began Vajrayana Foundation’s annual month-long Summer Retreat over 25 years ago as his main vehicle for passing the Dudjom Tersar practices on to the Sangha. In this, he was tirelessly assisted by resident lamas, Lama Sonam Tsering Rinpoche and Tulku Jamyang Rinpoche, who continue to carry out Rinpoche’s intentions to this day.
This year we will offer the following retreats (please note the date changes for Shitro and Drupchen):
Wrathful Black Hayagriva - May 24th - 31st
Troma Nagmo with Sangye Khandro - June 1st - 9th
Shitro Ngakso and Neydren - June 11th
Namchak Putri Vajrakilaya Drupchen - June 12th - June 23rd
Children's Retreat - June 15th - June 23rd
Summer Retreat is open to everyone. You are welcome to do the entire Summer, a single retreat, a few days or a couple of sessions --- as your schedule allows --- either as a commuter or as a residential guest. Regarding Drupchen, it is open, but Lama Sonam Rinpoche requests that participants attend at least one full day, including all daytime sessions.
For more information on Children's Retreat, or on potential children's activities June 12-14, please contact the office.
We apologize, but we are having temporary difficulties with our Summer Retreat registration. Please check back again.
Make Tsok, Butter Lamp, or Neydren offerings for Summer Retreat
“Shitro is an incredible and powerful accumulation that is dedicated to world peace and brings great benefit to all sentient beings, whether dead or living, and especially those who are directly connected with it through participation and sponsorship. Shitro helps transform impure energy and increases long life for our teachers because it removes obstacles from damaged samaya in the sangha and purifies defilements that cause obstacles to enlightenment.” Lama Tharchin Rinpoche
Click here for Rinpoche’s full words on the importance of Shitro practice.
Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche compiled this 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deity practice, based on a Karma Lingpa treasure, as a method for practitioners to achieve fully enlightened Buddhahood by removing obstacles to the path through restoring all broken precepts, vows and tantric samayas.
We will additionally do a NEYDREN ceremony to help sentient beings who have died and are wandering in the bardo. Through symbols, seed syllables, etc., the dead person's (or animal's) consciousness is drawn in and is transferred to a pure land. This ceremony is not only effective for beings who have recently died but, as Lama Tharchin Rinpoche said, “can even be done many years after a person has died since time only pertains to relative phenomena and is not absolute."
