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August 2019
PSL Philosophical Shedra: The Three Vows
The Three Vows of Foundational, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism by Ngari Panchen with commentary by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche Three-Year Shedra with Certification upon Completion Year 1: Foundational Buddhism Lay Vinaya Vows The three sets of vows (Skt. trisaṃvara; Tib. སྡོམ་གསུམ་, dom sum; Wyl. sdom gsum) are: the vows of pratimoksha or of individual liberation (Tib. སོ་ཐར་གྱི་སྡོམ་པ་, sotar gyi dompa); the bodhisattva vows (Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྡོམ་པ་, changchub sempé dompa); the samayas of the secret mantrayana…
Find out more »Developing Natural Vitality with Calm Abiding Yoga Retreat
20th Anniversary of the Calm Abiding Yoga Retreat at Padma Samye Ling! Daily cycles of calm abiding meditation and Heart Sutra recitation, yoga, and nature walks. 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. Diane has studied and…
Find out more »October 2019
PSL Nyungne Retreat
The living lineage of Nyungne began in India by Jomo Gelongma Palmo, one of the most famous female masters in Buddhist history. It came to Tibet around the 12th century, and the practice continues to flourish today. It is a profound and powerful practice of silence, fasting and purification. The Nyungne retreat is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice based on the Buddha of Compassion known as the Thousand-Armed Chenrezig. It’s designed to purify negative karma and accumulate merit and wisdom…
Find out more »November 2019
Lha Bab Duchen: Buddha’s Descent from the Gods Realm
The Buddha’s main teachings were on nonviolence, love, and compassion, and on how to bring out the good qualities within ourselves and others by exploring our nature and the nature of our environment. He taught about how to live in harmony and peace. In order to do this, one simple teaching is to have a good heart, which is also known as bodhichitta. Bodhichitta is love, kindness, compassion, and wisdom. These qualities are the basic nature of every living being.…
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