Teachings on "Aspiration"

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche at PPI

NEW DATES:

Friday 22nd thru Sunday 24th August 2008

We are honored and delighted that Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, renowned Buddhist master and film-maker (The Cup and Travellers and Magicians) and author of 'What Makes You Not a Buddhist', is coming to the Padmasambhava Peace Institute this August and will offer three days of teachings.

NOTE JAN 2008 -- ONLY DORMITORY AND DAY-ONLY SPACES ARE NOW LEFT

REGISTRATION --

NEW REGISTRATIONS -- PLEASE NOTE THAT REMAINING PLACES ARE LIMITED, due to most of the 2007 retreatants not requesting a refund. There are still some spaces left in the dormitories, as well as for day-only.

PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS

If you registered for 2007 and did not request a refund, your registration for 2008 remains in place. At this point, you do not need to contact us to confirm that you wish to attend in 2008.

For the 2008 event, the same daily rates as for the 2007 event apply. However, because the 2008 event will be for three full days, not two-and-a-half as in 2007, and because not everyone was registered for the full 2007 event, some payment adjustments may be required. We will contact retreatants about this later.

If you have any questions about these arrangements, please email atiling@hotmail.com, and allow some days for a response, as we have limited numbers of staff available to work on registration at present. Thank you!

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About Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche (courtesy of The Khyentse Foundation website)

The Khyentse lamas are a lineage of reincarnate lamas who include such exceptional masters as the 19th-century scholar and mystic Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. The present Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (Thubten Chokyi Gyamtso) was born in 1961. He was recognized by His Holiness Sakya Trizin, and received empowerments and teachings from many of the greatest lamas of Tibetan Buddhism, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, H.H. 16th Karmapa and his own grandfather H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche. His main guru was Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and he further studied with more than 25 great lamas from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. While still a teenager, he was responsible for publishing many rare texts that were in danger of being lost entirely, and in the the 1980s, he began the restoration of Dzongsar Monastery in Tibet. He has established several colleges and retreat centers in India and Bhutan. In accordance with the wishes of his teachers, he has travelled and taught throughout the world, establishing dharma centers in Australia, Europe, North America and Asia. His organization Siddhartha's Intent organizes Rinpoche's teachings, while the Khyentse Foundation is dedicated to providing for the needs of Rinpoche's responsibilities.

In this time when the traditional structures of Tibetan Buddhism are facing challenges, and when Buddhism is reaching new audiences, Rinpoche is known for the freedom with which he moves between cultures and people, and his uncompromising dedication to bringing the philosophy and the path of enlightenment to anyone with an open heart. For more details on Rinpoche's activities and his schedule, see www.siddharthasintent.org.

1) REGISTRATION IS BY CHECK/MONEY ORDER plus REGISTRATION FORM SENT THROUGH THE MAIL ONLY – we are not accepting any phone, email, or credit card registrations. If you have any urgent questions regarding registration which are not answered by the information below (please read through carefully), you can email atiling@hotmail.com, and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

2) PAYMENT

To secure your place, please send a check or money order made out to “PPI”, and marked with the appropriate pricing code as in section 4) Pricing Codes. Checks should be mailed to:

Padmasambhava Peace Institute, 23125 Fort Ross Road, Cazadero, CA 95421. Please write “DKR event” on the envelope.

Only full payments will be processed. If See section 8) for cancellation information.

Registrations will be processed by priority of MAILING DATE of Registration Form and check, not by date of receipt at PPI, to ensure fairness for those living outside the Bay Area. Therefore there is no need to send your registration by express mail.

Checks which bounce or which arrive without the Registration Form will be wait-listed for reprocessing –see 3) Contact & Reservation Details.

3) CONTACT AND RESERVATION DETAILS

Please print out and complete the Registration Form. Please note that a separate Registration Form is required for EACH person or couple/family living at the same address. If you are unable to print out the form, please copy the details and send in. The Reservation Form must be mailed TOGETHER with your check.

4) PRICING CODES

Prices below are per person for the whole event (regardless of arrival time) including teachings and three meals a day, EXCEPT for the day-only codes 7 and 8, which includes just lunch.

CGF = Chagdud Gonpa Foundation

CODE 1 and 2 -- NO ROOMS LEFT

CODE 3 and 4 – Beds with mattress and bottom sheet are provided in rooms holding 4 to 16 people. Please bring your own bedding and towels. Families will be assigned to 4-person rooms on a first-come-first-served basis.

CODE 5 and 6 -- NONE LEFT Camping – Indoor and outdoor camping available. Indoor is with your own sleeping mat and bag in a carpeted room. Outdoor camping is with all your own camping equipment, ie tent, mat, sleeping bag etc.

CODE 7 and 8 – For those coming from further afield but not staying onsite, motel/hotel accommodations are available in Cazadero, Monte Rio, Jenner, Guerneville and Santa Rosa. Please remember that hotels in August in the Russian River resorts are very busy, especially weekends, so early reservations would be essential. The drive from Guerneville is about 40 minutes and from Santa Rosa about 1 ¼ hours. From San Francisco the drive takes up to 3 hours depending on traffic, route familiarity etc.

5) CHILDREN

Children are most welcome to attend the event provided their parents on their own or in pre-arranged groups take responsibility for their supervision at all times.

Children aged up to six years who do not require a separate bed can attend this event free of charge. Children aged six to fourteen years attend for half price.

6) ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES

The teachings are for three days, Friday 22nd - Sunday 24th August. Retreatants can arrive from Thursday 21st August 3pm, or on Friday morning. Please do not arrive before 3pm on Thursday 21st August. Note that we will NOT be serving dinner on Thursday night.

The event ends on Sunday evening.

7) REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION

Your registration will be confirmed by phone or email as soon as possible. If your registration is unsuccessful, or there is a problem for some reason, we will also contact you. Please do NOT call or email to check on your registration status – this will only slow down the process!

8) CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS

In case of cancellation, a 50% refund is offered up to August 5th. We regret that no refund can be offered thereafter. To cancel a reservation, please leave a voicemail message on (707) 632 5629 AND also email atiling@hotmail.com with ‘cancellation DKR’ in the subject box.

9) REMINDER about pets – The Padmasambhava Peace Institute is a wildlife preserve – pets are not allowed on the property, even restrained or in cars.