UPCOMING EVENTS..........

Jigme Rinpoche's Schedule

Events in the USA and abroad. Please check regularly for updates.

Please email his assistant if you would like to contact Jigme Rinpoche for an interview or to make a teaching request.

Daily (& Sunday) Pujas at Ati Ling / PPI, Cazadero

Sunday Puja in Novato once a month

Everyone is welcome to join the sangha for daily group puja at 6:30am, Mondays through Saturdays and 9.30am on Sunday, except every 4th Sunday when we usually meet in Novato at a sangha member's home.

Call (707) 632 5629 or email if you have any questions.

Teachings on Samaya

Sunday February 28th & March 7th, 2-6pm

Berkeley Shambhala Streetspace

Over two weekends, Jigme Rinpoche will offer teachings on 'samaya', the commitments involved in Vajrayana Buddhism -- how they are defined, and keeping and breaking them. The talks are suitable for anyone who is doing Vajrayana practices or is thinking about doing so.

Every empowerment involves samaya, as do many relationships with teachers and fellow sangha. Samaya is not just about keeping numerical commitments, or being nice and friendly; it relates to how we understand our experiences. When we understand how samaya works, we perceive everything much more clearly -- both our interpersonal relationships, and also phenomena in general -- and thus our view, meditation and conduct can become stable and pure. Maintaining samaya properly means our meditation will be strong, and can be a source of joy and confidence in practice.

All are welcome, including children who are able to play quietly in the front room with adult supervision. The suggested donation is $15-$20, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Address: 2177 Bancroft Avenue, Berkeley. Click for directions and parking.

Teaching on Barched Lamsel

March 28th , 2-6pm

Berkeley Shambhala Streetspace

Why do we make supplications to Guru Rinpoche, and how should we relate to him in the context of prayers such as the Barched Lamsel? --

Guru Rinpoche, embodiment of buddhas of the three times, Guru who is great bliss, lord of all accomplishments;
Guru who is the dynamic and wrathful tamer of maras, dispeller of all hindrances - I pray to you.
Bestow your blessings. Please remove all outer, inner, and secret obstacles,
and grant your blessings that our wishes be spontaneously accomplished.

These are the words spoken by Padmasambhava and revealed as a treasure by Terchen Chogyur Lingpa, and in various forms this supplication is relied upon by many lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. Many people who have done retreats with Chagdud Rinpoche or other lamas will know this prayer from reciting it in preparation for extensive practice, and also may have experienced its benefits when it has been suggested as a focus for their personal practice during difficult times. It is considered a very powerful prayer for the removal of obstacles, and is particularly significant in troubled, degenerating times.

Jigme Tromge Rinpoche will teach on the Barched Lamsel on Sunday March 28th from 2 - 6pm at Berkeley Shambhala Streetspace, explaining its purpose, and also how we can interpret concepts such as hindrances and obstacles.

No previous study or practice experience is necessary -- all are welcome, including children who are able to play quietly in the front room with adult supervision. Suggested donation is $15-20 but nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.

Address: 2177 Bancroft Avenue, Berkeley. Click for directions and parking.

Dispelling Obstacles on the Path (Barchad Lamsel)

DÜ SUM SANG GYAY GU RU RIN PO CHHE
NGÖ DRUB KUN DAG DE WA CHHEN POI ZHAB
BAR CHHAD KUN SEL DUD DUL DRAG PO TZAL
SOL WA DEB SO JIN GYIY LAB TU SOL
KHYI NANG SANG WAI BAR CHHAD ZHI WA DANG
SAM PA LHUN GYIY DRUB PAR JIN GYIY LOB

OM AH HUNG VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUNG

Meditation Practice and Q&A with Jigme Rinpoche

Easter Weekend April 3rd-4th, Saturday April 24th

Padmasambhava Peace Institute, Cazadero

We are delighted to announce that Jigme Rinpoche will lead weekend meditation sessions comprising instruction, practice, and question-answer periods, in the peaceful setting of the PPI shrine-room. These days will be suitable for both experienced meditators and also beginners who wish to have more guidance, and there will be enough room for floor and chair seating. Please note the emphasis will be on actual sitting practice rather than extensive teaching, although there will be time to clarify questions with Rinpoche, and study materials are available from the library. Everyone is welcome to stay on after 5.30pm to make use of the library or simply continue with some more sitting, until 8pm -- please just be sure to bring your own food.

All events are free of charge, although donations are always welcome, and it is traditional to make an offering to the teacher. If retreatants choose to stay overnight there is a charge for meals and dormitory accommodation.

April 24th schedule

The day will run from 9.30am to 5.30pm, with a morning, lunch and afternoon break. Brown-bag lunch please. Note we will NOT serve breakfast or dinner unless retreatants have pre-arranged an overnight stay with the treasurer (see 'FOR ALL EVENTS' below).

Easter Weekend April 3rd-4th schedule

Sat: -- 9.30 - 5.30pm as above plus optional evening sitting.

Sun: -- 6.30-8.30am sitting; 8.30-9am breakfast; 9.30-noon Sunday puja; lunch till 1.00pm followed by Easter Egg Hunt; 2.30-5.30pm sitting. Parents please bring your own Easter Egg goodies -- we will help hide them!

If you wish to stay overnight during the retreat, there is a $30 charge to cover Saturday dinner, dormitory accommodation, and Sunday breakfast and lunch.

FOR ALL EVENTS -- To keep costs down, please bring a brown-bag lunch. Hot and cold drinks will be available in the dining-hall. Parents are welcome to bring children, but please note full-time supervision must be arranged with another adult. Cushions for sitting are available but please bring your own if you are more comfortable with that.

Overnight retreatants: Please bring your own bedding, ie sheets, sleeping bag, pillow etc. Remember that nights at PPI can be cold in early April! For those wishing to stay Friday or Sunday night also, there is a $20 charge for dinner, dormitory accomodation and breakfast.

All overnight retreatants, please call the treasurer on 415 663 9421.

More information about staying at PPI

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Ngondro Practice Days

3rd Saturday of the month

March 20, April 17

These Saturdays, running since May last year, are a chance to do some ngondro practice with others on the same path, in a supportive environment. This kind of intensive focus once a month is invaluable for helping maintain a solid, regular practice at home, and increases the harmony and strength of the sangha. Wherever you are at with your ngondro, come along for as much of the day as you can, and if you wish, stay over for Sunday morning puja. Because of different rates of progress, individuals will proceed at their own pace, rather than doing each part as a group. There will be a chance to clarify any practical questions with students who have already completed ngondro, and Jigme Rinpoche will also be around on some of the Saturdays, and for Sunday puja.

Parents are welcome to bring children, but please note full-time supervision must be arranged with another adult.

To keep costs down, please bring a brown-bag lunch. Hot and cold drinks will be available in the dining-hall.

Day-only retreatants: optional donation

Overnight retreatants: dinner Saturday, dorm bed (pls bring your own bedding), breakfast Sunday -- requested donation of $20.

ADVANCE NOTIFICATION REQUIRED. So that we can plan meals and beds, please call us on 707 632 5629 or email reservations@blackmountaincenter.com

Public Talk

Thursday, April 8th, 7pm

Open Secret Bookstore, San Rafael CA

Rigdzin Dupa 100,000 Tsog Offerings Retreat

June 18-20, 2010, PPI

This annual Rigdzin Dupa ('Gathering of Awareness-Holders') Retreat is based on the sadhana by the great treasure-revealer Jigme Lingpa (1729-1798) and constitutes the lama aspect -- here represented by Guru Rinpoche -- of the Three Roots practice of the Longchen Nyingthig lineage.   This classic Nyingma practice was very important to Chagdud Rinpoche, and Jigme Rinpoche uses it as the basis for the month-long Dzogchen retreat in Brazil every year.   This year Jigme Rinpoche will once again offer empowerment and lead the 100,000 Tsog Offering Rigdzin Dupa Retreat, and everyone is warmly welcomed to join.

Attendance is possible on a per-day basis for those who are unable to attend the whole retreat. Note that empowerment is required for attendance at this retreat, and will be offered on the Saturday morning.

TIME: The retreat will begin on Friday morning at 9.30am and end on Sunday evening around 5pm.

 
COSTS: Per person per day (includes meals, tsog feast, accommodation). Day-only includes just lunch.

All prices go up $10 on June 8th!

To register, or to reserve a room in the Tara House, please call the treasurer on 415-663-9421.

OFFERINGS
During intensive practice retreats we make offerings of tsog and butterlamps. Tsog is a most profound method of purification and for gaining realization. Offering tsog and butterlamps are said to be two of the most effective ways for accumulating merit through generosity, and for occasions where we are doing a practice due to the kindness of great lamas like His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, Khenpo Ngaga or Chagdud Rinpoche, it is particularly beneficial to make such offerings as a way to strengthen present and future connections with true masters. All dedications will be read during the pujas. Those who are unable to attend retreat but would still like to make offerings are also welcome to do so. Butterlamps are $1.50 each; tsog offerings can be in any amount.

There are several ways to make offerings:
1) with secure credit card donation processing online at www. padmapeace.org
2) by downloading a PDF form and mailing with a check made out to 'Ati Ling'
3) by calling the treasurer on 415-663-9421 to arrange payment by credit card

MORE INFO ABOUT STAYING AT PPI...

 

Lama Tsering Everest

Program TBA

September 3-6 (Labor Day Weekend), PPI

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Awakening the Mind & Softening the Heart

October 1-3, Berkeley Shambhala Center

 

PPI is co-sponsoring this special event with the Mangalam Dharma Study Group and the Berkeley Shambhala Center.   There will be a public talk Friday night followed by the weekend program.   For more information, contact activity@atiling.org.

ATI LING / JIGME RINPOCHE EVENTS ARCHIVE

Click here to read about past events 2007-2009... (see below for 2004-2006)

Vajrakilya Retreat Dec 2009

Puja on Anniversary of Chagdud Rinpoche's Parinirvana, Nov 17 2009

Padma Dakini Drubchod Nov 2009

Teachings on Riwo Sangchod, 1 & 8 Nov 2009

Medicine Buddha Empowerment & Teachings, 25 Oct 2009

Teachings on Bodhicitta and Finding Inspiration to Practice, Oct 2009

P'howa Empowerment and Retreat with Chagdud Khadro, Oct 2009

Four Teachings on Meditation and the Bardos, Sept-Oct 2009

Chagdud Gonpa Daily Practices Empowerments Sept 2009

Rigdzin Dupa 100,000 Tsog Offerings Retreat Sept 5-7 2009

Teachings on Pure View, June 2009

Throma Nagmo Retreat, Memorial Day Weekend 2009

Ngondro Empowerments and Retreat, March 14-20, 2009

Thangka Painting Masterclass, Feb 28-March 1, 2009

Meditation and the Mind Retreat, Feb 7-8, 2009

Vajrakilaya Empowerment and Drubchod, Dec 27-28 2008

Rigdzin Dupa 100,000 Tsog Offerings Retreat, Nov 15-17 2008

Lion-faced Dakini Empowerment and Retreat, 24-26 Oct 2008

Peaceful Manjushri Empowerment and Retreat, 13-14 Sept 2008

Teachings by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, 22-24 Aug 2008

Teachings by Sakya Jetsunma (Jetsun Kushog) 7-9 July 2008

Teachings in Sebastopol May-July 2008

Statue Consecration Spring 2008

Nyung Ne Retreat May 10-11th 2008

Riwo Sangchod Practice Day, May 4th 2008

Saving Lives Ceremony, February 9th, 2008

Losar (Tibetan New Year) Pujas, February 2008

Vajrakilaya Drubchod and New Year's Eve Party, Dec 2007

Padma Dakini Drubchod with Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, Nov 2007

Teachings on 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva / Meditation, fall 2007

Rigdzin Dupa Retreat with H.E. Namkha Drimed Rinpoche, Sept 2007

Meditation Instructions, Santa Rosa, spring/summer 2007

Torma and Choponing Workshops, May 2007

Nyung Ne Retreat, May 2007

Throma Drubchod, March 30th - April 1st 2007

Ngondro Practice and Teachings Weekend, March 2007

Click here to read about events 2004-2006....

Vajrakilaya Retreat and New Year's Party, end Dec 2006

Ngondro Practice Weekend, Dec 2006

Red Tara and Padma Dakini Retreat with Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Nov 2006

Medicine Buddha at Open Secret Bookstore, Nov 2006

Empowerments for Medicine Buddha & Chagdud Gonpa Daily Practices, Sept 2006

Lion-faced Dakini Retreat, Napa Valley, Sept 2006

Rigdzin Dupa Retreat with Getse Rinpoche, Sept 2006

Family Fun Day Aug 2006

Nyung Ne Retreat June 2006

Throma Retreat with Namkha Drimed Rinpoche, May 2006

P'howa Retreat with Chagdud Khadro, March 2006

Vajrakilaya Retreat, Feb 2006

Throma Retreat, Dec 2005

Annual Padma Dakini Drubchod, Nov 2005

Puja with Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Nov 2005

Rigdzin Dupa 100,000 Tsog Offerings Retreat, and Tibetan Lama-dancing, Sept 2005

Public Empowerments, Aug 2005

Lion-Faced Dakini Retreat, Napa Valley, Aug 2005

Hong Kong June 2005

Lord Buddha's Birthday -- Sunday May 15th 2005

H.E. Namkha Drimed Rinpoche Yeshe Tsogyal Retreat -- Spring 2005

Weekend Nyung Ne Retreat -- Feb 2005

Padma Dakini Drubchod -- Nov 2004

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