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May 2019
2019 Raising Wind Horse Energy Retreat: Empowerment of Lion-Faced Dakini
Empowerment and Teachings on Lion-Faced Dakini Lineage of the Great Terton Tsasum Lingpa Bestowed by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche Weekend activities will include raising new prayer flags around all of Padma Samye Ling, as well as performing smoke offering ceremonies with Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche. Tentative Schedule for the 2019 Windhorse Retreat: Saturday, May 25th 7am Group Meditation in Main Temple 8am Breakfast & Registration 10am Prayer Flag Teachings by Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche 12:30 Lunch Late morning and early…
Find out more »Spring Kriya Yoga Work Retreat
Actualize devotion and bodhichitta by glorifying the mandala of the Inconceivable Lotus Land for this and future generations. Join us in beautifying Padma Samye Ling monastery and retreat center. Members, students, and friends with skills they will contribute are invited to share in this week of joyful and intensive activity. Donations are your time and effort. (Single dorms and Patrons' Suites NOT included) In order to facilitate planning and preparations, pre-registration is requested for all events at Padma Samye…
Find out more »June 2019
Saga Dawa Duchen
Special practice will be held at Padma Samye Ling and other Padmasambhava Buddhist Centers in conjunction with this full moon anniversary of Buddha Shakyamuni’s enlightenment and mahaparinirvana. 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! Contact Padma Samye Ling or your local center for further details: jowozegyal@catskill.net (607) 865-8068 www.padmasambhava.org/centers-directory/
Find out more »Anniversary of the Mahaparinirvana of Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
Join us in honoring the life and legacy of our precious Root Teacher, Venerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche. Special ceremonies and practices will occur at Glorious Padma Samye Ling. Times for the practices at PSL are: 10am-noon 3:00-5:00pm 7:30-8:30pm The main sadhanas we will be using: -Concise Sadhana of the Vidyadhara Lama -Shower of Blessings -Gesar Prayers -Offering Prayers to the Dharmapalas -Stainless King -Treasury of Precious Mantras and Prayers of Supplication, Dedication, and Aspiration (“the Green Book”) -Condensed…
Find out more »July 2019
PSL Dzogchen Summer Retreat: Empowerment and Teachings on Hayagriva and Vajravarahi
Empowerment and Teachings on Hayagriva and Vajravarahi According to the Lineage of the Great Terton Tsasum Lingpa Bestowed by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche July 13-21, 2019 Padma Samye Ling, NY The gracious teacher Buddha gave a variety of teachings based on the readiness of practitioners. These teachings are completely based on non-violence, peace, harmony, and respect for all beings, and help us to discover our ultimate goal of peace and happiness. Buddhism became very popular all over Asia, including…
Find out more »Self Development Dzogchen Retreat: H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche’s Heart-to-Heart Nectar Advice to Fortunate Practitioners
Teaching on His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche’s Heart-to-Heart Nectar Advice to Fortunate Practitioners July 22-28, 2019 Padma Samye Ling, NY His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje was born in the early 20th century, and was a renowned body emanation of Drokben Khyechung Lotsawa, speech emanation of Yeshe Tsogyal, and mind emanation of Guru Padmasambhava. In particular, Khyechung Lotsawa emanated as many great tertons and scholar-masters throughout the centuries in Tibet. Guru Padmasambhava predicted the coming of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche,…
Find out more »August 2019
Chokhor Duchen Meditation Practice
Special meditation practices and ceremonies with Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche celebrating Buddha Shakyamuni’s first teaching of the Dharma in Deer Park in Sarnath, India. This anniversary will be honored with practices at Padma Samye Ling, as well as other Padmasambhava Buddhist Centers. The practice will include a special food offering ceremony, so please feel free to bring fresh, unopened food (no meat or alcohol) for the community to enjoy together after the practice. Contact your local sangha for more…
Find out more »Guru Tsokye Dorje Guru Rinpoche PSL Group Meditation Practice 3:00-5:30pm
Guru Rinpoche group meditation practice on Mipham Rinpoche’s Shower of Blessings at Padma Samye Ling on Monday, August 10th from 3:00-5:30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event! The practice will include a tsok feast ceremony, so feel free to bring fresh, unopened food to offer for everyone to enjoy after the practice, like chips, fruit, or dessert. Prayer text sadhanas of the practice will be available to borrow. If you’ve never been to Padma Samye Ling, please plan…
Find out more »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 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 (Tib. གསང་སྔགས་ཀྱི་སྡོམ་པ་, sang ngag kyi dompa). In The Mirror Clearly Showing What to…
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…
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