
Padma Samye Ling
September 1 – 4, 2023
What a wonderful way to conclude an extraordinary summer season overflowing with incredible Dharma retreats and activities!
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Daily cycles of calm abiding meditation and Heart Sutra recitation, yoga, and nature walks.
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Each day of the retreat will offer an energizing morning yoga practice and a gentle late afternoon practice. Diane Avice Du Buisson will guide daily yoga sessions.The yoga sessions will focus on balancing the body’s elements and clearing the channels with fluid movements, postures, and breath awareness. All levels welcome.
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Diane has studied and practiced yoga for 43 years and was the founder of Yoga Source in Nashville, Tennessee. She has been a student of Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche since 1987.
Register for On-Site In-Person retreat:
https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1974127/10315/
PBC members: $214; $71/day
Non-members: $267; $86/day

It’s been such a wonderful, interactive, immersive Tibetan Language class with Prof. Philippe Turenne at Padma Samye Ling!
Two classes a day, group meditations, shared meals, and service to the Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches’ PBC mandala have made this such a rewarding, uplifted, and memorable experience.
Tibetan Language Class – July 31 – August 5, 2023 – Padma Samye Ling Retreat Center
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxBIAZH_qVk&list=PLFhTzZsWmnllpgaD32kvYekiP6sSH2rit&index=8
Day 7
July 28, 2023
Led by Vajrayana Master & Nyingma Scholar Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche at Glorious Padma Samye Ling, New York
Teachings on Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü “The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra” A Pure Vision revealed by the Great Terton Dudjom Lingpa
This is Year Two of a Three-Year teaching by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche on this tantra during the Annual PSL Summer Retreat.
Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü (Tib. ཤེས་རིག་རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣོན་པོའི་རྒྱུད་, shes rig rdo rje rnon po’i rgyud), The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra, is one of the five Dzogchen tantra termas revealed by Dudjom Lingpa through a pure vision. Being part of the Daknang Yeshe Drawa cycle, the Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü’s full name is “The Sharp Vajra of Awareness Tantra, from the Matrix of Pure Appearances and Primordial Consciousness, the Quintessence of the Great Mystery of the Mantrayana, The Primordially Pure Absolute Space of Samantabhadri, the Spontaneously Actualized Treasury of Liberation.” This extraordinary tantra recounts how Dudjom Lingpa experienced Kuntuzangpo directly in a vision, giving teachings and answering questions to his own emanation’s retinue of bodhisattvas.
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche is a holder of the complete Buddhist Nyingma lineage of study and practice. He was enthroned by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche as a Nyingma Abbot. As an accomplished scholar and Vajrayana master, Rinpoche has an amazing ability to convey profound topics simply and directly, making the rich, vast ocean of Dharma accessible and easy to put into practice.

Watch a free video of the first teaching of the 2023 PSL Dzogchen Summer Retreat by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche:
2023 Summer Dzogchen Retreat w/ Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche – Day 1 – July 22, 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOf1V1bfL6s&list=PLFhTzZsWmnllpgaD32kvYekiP6sSH2rit&index=2
“The Sharp Vajra of Awareness Tantra” is a terma revealed by the great terton Dudjom Lingpa that directly points out the nature of mind, and explains how to sustain the fresh, living experience of enlightened awareness.
Register for WEBCAST retreat:
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Register for On-Site In-Person retreat:
https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1974127/10315/
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Learn more:
www.padmasambhava.org/event/2023-summer-dzogchen-retreat-w-ven-khenpo-tsewang-dongyal-rinpoche-july-22-29

Join Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche and the PBC Sangha on this auspicious day of Chokhor Duchen honoring the Buddha’s first teaching in Sarnath, India. Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche will lead meditation practice centered around our Great Kindness Teacher, Buddha Shakyamuni.
For Buddhists, this is one of the most sacred days of the year when karmic effects are naturally multiplied millions of times, so meditation practice and virtuous deeds are strongly encouraged and celebrated!
Register for In-Person Attendance here:
https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1974127/10315/
Join the Live Webcast:
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche is a holder of the complete Buddhist Nyingma lineage of study and practice. He was enthroned by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche as a Nyingma Abbot. As an accomplished scholar and Vajrayana master, Rinpoche has an amazing ability to convey profound topics simply and directly, making the rich, vast ocean of Dharma accessible and easy to put into practice. (A more extensive biography of Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche can be found by clicking here.)
Practice texts to have on hand: (click on titles for more information.)
• Extended Buddha Sadhana (includes the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha and other prayers.)
• Daily Prayers
• Dharmapala Prayers
• Stainless King
• Other supplemental practices – free download
- Practice will include a vegetarian feast offering.
If you would like to contribute to the feast offering, you can make a donation here:
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Dudjom Lingpa’s “Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra“
Day 1 – July 24, 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhh6ctlCVPQ&list=PLFhTzZsWmnlntThuTEoYLJZf4k4rYj7TW&index=1

It’s not too late to register for all or partial attendance, either via webcast or in person.
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Register for WEBCAST retreat:
https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1946413/10315/
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Register for On-Site In-Person retreat:
https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1974127/10315/
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Ven. Khenpo Rinpoche will offer daily teachings on “The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra,” a Dzogchen Pure Vision revealed by the Great Terton Dudjom Lingpa!
There will also be multiple meditation sessions each day.
Full Retreat July 22-29
In-Person Empowerment of Buddha Vajrasattva on Sun, July 23 at Padma Samye Ling in upstate New York.
Learn more:
www.padmasambhava.org/event/2023-summer-dzogchen-retreat-w-ven-khenpo-tsewang-dongyal-rinpoche-july-22-29

www.youtube.com/watch?v=
… filmed at the Padma Samye Ling Retreat Center in upstate New York in honor and celebration of the Birthday of H.H. Dalai Lama.
www.padmasambhava.org/palden-
GANG RI RAWÉ KORWÉ SHYING KHAM SU
In the heavenly realm of Tibet, surrounded by a chain of snow mountains,
PEN DANG DÉWA MALÜ JUNGWÉ NÉ
The source of all happiness and help for beings
CHENREZI WANG TENZIN GYATSO YI
Is Tenzin Gyatso––Chenrezig in person––
SHYAP PÉ KAL GYÉ BAR DU TEN GYUR CHIK
May his life be secure for hundreds of kalpas!


September 23-29, 2023
Every day 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm PST
Orgyen Dorje Den
2244 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, CA 94501
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche has generously offered to bestow the following Dudjom Tersar empowerments:
Tentative Daily Schedule:
Wangs or lungs occur at 3:30-5:30 pm PST every day.
Sat. Sept. 23rd:
Tsokye Tuk Tig
Sun. Sept 24th:
Khandro Tuk Tig
Mon. Sept 25th:
Dorsem Lama Chodpa and possible teaching
Wed. Sept. 27th:
Protector Lungs
Thurs. Sept. 28th:
Protector Lungs and possible teaching
Fri. Sept. 29th:
Putri Reg Pung Vajrakilaya
Ven. Khenpo Rinpoche will return at a later date to bestow the
Troma and Chimed Sok Tig wangs.
@ Orgyen Dorje Den
2244 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, CA 94501