Friday- Wednesday, September 13th-18th

Chenrezig Empowerment and Mani Drubchen Retreat

with Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche, Lama Dawa Zhuravka, Konchog Tsultrim, and Virginia Blum

The Mani Drubchen is a very special mantra retreat that involves visualizing Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion and reciting the six syllable mantra (OM MANI PADME HUNG) as a method for generating profound love and compassion, purifying obscurations, and benefitting limitless sentient beings. Drubchens (Great Accomplishment Retreats) are said to be exceptionally powerful in assisting spiritual development and can yield the same results as years of solitary retreat.

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During the Mani Drupchen we will have both daytime and nighttime sessions, and chanting of the Mani mantra will be continuous beginning Saturday, September 14th at 9am for the duration of the retreat. Although this will be a 24-hour retreat we encourage you to attend at any time - day or night - as your schedule allows. If you are able to commit to night sessions we will add you to the rotating schedule of night sessions. Night sessions will consist of small groups practicing together in 3 1/2 hour intervals throughout the night.

Schedule

Friday, September 13th 7:00-9:00pm EDT:

1000-Arm Chenrezig Empowerment with Drupon ThinleyNingpo Rinpoche

Saturday, September 14, 9:00am EDT - Wednesday 18th, 5:00pm EDT:
Mani Drupchen Practice Retreat

Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche

Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche was born in 1962 into a nomadic family in the region of Nag-chu in Eastern Tibet at the height of the religious and cultural persecution of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Following the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 and the subsequent Buddhist revival in Tibet, Drupon Rinpoche became inspired to devote his life to the spiritual path. He was thoroughly involved in the work of rebuilding the monastery in his local community, and in 1988 he went on a year-long pilgrimage, visiting holy places throughout Tibet. This journey culminated in his dramatic escape from Tibet, a perilous journey on foot across the Himalayas from Tibet to India. Once safely in India, he entered Janchubling Monastery in Dehradun where he studied Buddhist philosophy and served as a disciplinarian for six years. In 1996, he entered a rigorous period of solitary meditation and contemplation known as the traditional Three-Year Retreat. Soon after, he was given the title “Drupon” which means “master of spiritual attainment.”

Lama Dawa Zhuravka

Lama Dawa Zhuravka is originally from Ukraine. She has been practicing in the Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism for 25 years and successfully completed the first traditional three year retreat under the direction of H.E. Garchen Rinpoche in Arizona. She continued her retreat for a fourth year in order to stabilize her meditation and clarify her understanding after which Garchen Rinpoche named her a Lama and asked her to teach to his sangha. She is the head of his sangha in Ukraine and resides in Toronto.

Konchog Tsultrim

Tsultrim was born into a nomad family in Nakchu, Tibet, and became a monk in Drong Ngur Monastery, where he trained in ritual arts. In 1992, he escaped to India, where he studied Buddhist philosophy, grammar, poetry, and calligraphy for eight years at Drikung Kagyu Institute in Dehra Dun and served as a teaching assistant (kyurpön) for several years. Before emigrating to Canada, he worked as an editor and proofreader at Drikung Publications and Songtsen Library, additionally serving as Tibetan secretary to H.H. the Drikung Kyabgön and assisting with the English translation of A History of the Tibetan Empire. He is an accomplished calligrapher and artist and now lives with his family in Connecticut.

Important Event Information

  • • Entire retreat–including empowerment $300 - $500

    • Entire retreat-not including empowerment $250 - $450

    • Empowerment only $60 - $100

    • Drop-in and online participants $10 - $50 per day

  • Breakfast, snacks, tea, and coffee will be provided for all retreat participants. Lunch and dinner are provided based on registration.

  • One onsite bedroom, indoor camping, and some nearby home stays are available. Please reserve during the registration.

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