ACCELERATION: Move Swiftly Towards Enlightenment
With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
September 7 - 10, 2023
Discovering the Dharma IV
A DHARMAKAYA CENTER RETREAT
Tantra is a core part of Tibetan Vajrayana practice. Learn what tantra is, how it works, and why it is such a powerful way to open your mind. Get a broad overview of the four classes of tantra and learn to work with simple Kriya and/or Charya tantric methods. During this program, we will observe the two-day Nyung-ney fasting-ritual practice.
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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
- Intimate setting with personal access to Rinpoche
- Interactive sessions with question and answer periods
- Optional Refuge ceremony
- Shamatha and guided meditations
- Tsa-Tue yoga practice
- Delicious all-vegetarian meals with locally sourced ingredients
- Option to extend stay on Personal Retreat
- Extensive library of dharma books
- Expansive wooded grounds with beautiful walking paths, flora and fauna
OPEN TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED DISCOVERING THE DHARMA I, II, AND III IN PERSON
You will require a password to register; please write [email protected] to receive it.
If you are pairing Discovering the Dharma III and Discovering the Dharma IV, please use this link for special pricing. REGISTER HERE
SCHEDULE
(subject to change)
| Thursday, September 7 |
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| 3:00 pm | Check in begins (Reception Hall) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner (Dining Room) |
| 7:30 pm | Welcome (Milarepa Hall) |
| 7:40 pm | Rinpoche: Introduction to Tantric Meditation (Milarepa Hall) |
| 10:00 pm | Lights out |
| Friday, September 8 – Saturday, September 9 |
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| 6:00 am | Wake up and prepare |
| 6:30 am | Walking Meditation (Courtyard) |
| 7:00 am | Yoga (Milarepa Hall) |
| 7:30 am | Morning Salutations (Milarepa Hall) |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast (Dining Hall) |
| 9:00 am | Rinpoche Teaching and Q & A (Milarepa Hall) |
| 10:30 am | Guided Sadhana Practice (Milarepa Hall) |
| 11:30 am | Sitting Meditation (Milarepa Hall) |
| 12:00 pm | Break |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch (Dining Hall) |
| 1:30 pm | Walking Meditation (Courtyard) |
| 2:00 pm | Rinpoche Teaching and Q & A (Milarepa Hall) |
| 3:30 pm | Sadhana Practice (Milarepa Hall) |
| 4:30 pm | Sitting Meditation (Milarepa Hall) |
| 5:30 pm | Liquid Refreshments (Dining Room) |
| 6:00 pm | Outdoor Meditation (Pavilion, Courtyard, Patios) |
| 6:30 pm | Yoga (Milarepa Hall) |
| 7:00 pm | Group Discussion (Library and Milarepa Hall) |
| 9:00 pm | Lights out |
| Sunday, September 10 |
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| 6:00 am | Wake up and prepare |
| 6:30 am | Walking Meditation (Courtyard) |
| 7:00 am | Yoga (Milarepa Hall) |
| 7:30 am | Morning Salutations (Milarepa Hall) |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast (Dining Hall) |
| 9:00 am | Rinpoche Teaching and Q & A, Refuge, Gratitude Mandala Offering (Milarepa Hall) |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch (Dining Hall) |
| 1:00 pm | Checkout (Reception Hall) |
Teacher
H.E. Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual director of the Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing. Known as a scholar, teacher and meditation master to thousands of students around the world, Rinpoche is also the first incarnate lama to earn a PhD in the West. He completed his doctoral studies in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism at Harvard University in 2004. He is the head of the Trungram lineage, its monasteries, meditation centers, schools, dharma centers and groups around the world. One of the highest tulkus of the Kagyu lineage, he is a Rime master, having received teachings from the great masters of…
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