The Lama Chöpa (Offering to the Guru) combines methods of guru devotion with Vajrayana practices and meditations on the graduated path to enlightenment in the Tsongkhapa tradition. Demo Rinpoche is in a long line of Tibetan masters able to transmit this precious teaching.
This online vajrayana retreat is offered over two 3-day weekends, March 12 – 14 and 19 – 21, plus two evening sessions, Tuesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 18.
Previous highest yoga tantra initiation is a requirement to attend this retreat. To confirm eligibility or if you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
DATES/TIMES (All Eastern Time)
Friday – Saturday, March 12 – 13 – 8:30am – 8:00pm
Sunday, March 14 – 8:30am – 5:00pm
Tuesday evening, March 16 – 7:00 – 8: 30pm
Thursday evening, March 18 – 7:00 – 8: 30pm
Friday – Saturday, March 19 – 20 – 8:30am – 8:00pm
Sunday, March 21 – 8:30am – 5:00pm
RETREAT ELEMENTS
- Online participation via Zoom Registration Link
- White Tara guided healing meditation sessions each morning
- Two daily teachings sessions by Demo Rinpoche on the first and second weekends
- Optional virtual brown bag lunch or dinner gatherings
- Group discussions on the retreat teachings, facilitated by senior students on the weekends
- Evening teachings on Tuesday and Thursday between the weekends
- Registrants have access to the session recordings via a personal Jewel Heart Login account. Please allow a day or two for the recordings to be posted.
- Schedule: Friday – Sunday, March 12 – 14, Tuesday evening, March 16, Thursday evening, March 18, Friday – Sunday, March 19 – 21
- The retreat will close on Sunday, March 21 with Lama Chopa & Tsoh
- A Jewel Heart auction is open from March 12 – 20th. Click to open and bid!
Fee: $400 / Give What You Can
TRANSCRIPT FOR PURCHASE:
Guru Devotion: How to Integrate the Primordial Mind – Uncommon Teachings – Transcript by Gelek Rimpoche.
SUPPORTIVE READING MATERIALS:
The Union of Bliss and Emptiness: Teachings on the Practice of Guru Yoga by the Dalai Lama and Thupten Jinpa
Lama Chopa by Rob Preece (Author), Geshe Thubten Jinpa Langri (Preface), Zasep Tulku Rinpoche (Foreword)
Manjushri’s Innermost Secret: A Profound Commentary of Oral Instructions on the Practice of Lama Chöpa (The Dechen Ling Practice Series) by Kachen Yeshe Gyaltsen (Author), David Gonsalez (Translator), Ganden Tripa Lobsang Tenzin (Foreword)
