Achi is one of the protectors of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage, but she actually protects all beings from harm. Achi was the grandmother of Lod Jigten Sumgon, the founder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. She is like…

Refuge is considered the foundation of the path to liberation, the basis of all vows, the source of all enlightened qualities and the point of differentiation between buddhists and non-buddhists. Together with generating Bodhichitta, it forms the foundation for accomplishing…

Shitro translates as peaceful and wrathful deities and is associated with purification of the skandhas or aggregates of form, perception, feeling, mental formations and consciousness. At the moment of our death these aggregates dissolve into their pure and impure qualities,…

The Prayer of Kungtuzangpo (Tibetan), also known as the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra (Sanskrit) instructs the sincere student about the View, Meditation and Action of the Nature of Mind and how we stray from this Unchanging Goodness in our day to…

Event Day and TimesFriday, 1/22, 7-9pm, and Saturday/Sunday, 1/23-24, 9am-5pm Natural Liberation, Padmasambhava's Teachings on the Six Bardos provide extensive instruction on each of the six transitional processes, or bardos, that make up our experience in samsara. This event continues…

Weekend Teaching Schedule:(You may attend any or all sessions) Friday, 3/19, 1-5pm The Six Paramitas: Walking the Bodhisattva's Path to Enlightenment The 6 paramitas (or perfections) include generosity, moral ethics, patience, perseverance, meditative concentration, and wisdom. function as simple, practical…

Weekend Teaching Schedule:(You may attend any or all sessions) Friday, 3/19, 1-5pm The Six Paramitas: Walking the Bodhisattva's Path to Enlightenment The 6 paramitas (or perfections) include generosity, moral ethics, patience, perseverance, meditative concentration, and wisdom. function as simple, practical…

Weekend Teaching Schedule:(You may attend any or all sessions) Friday, 3/19, 1-5pm The Six Paramitas: Walking the Bodhisattva's Path to Enlightenment The 6 paramitas (or perfections) include generosity, moral ethics, patience, perseverance, meditative concentration, and wisdom. function as simple, practical…

Weekend Teaching Schedule:(You may attend any or all sessions) Friday, 3/19, 1-5pm The Six Paramitas: Walking the Bodhisattva's Path to Enlightenment The 6 paramitas (or perfections) include generosity, moral ethics, patience, perseverance, meditative concentration, and wisdom. function as simple, practical…

Path Mahamudra is associated with the various methods and practices of meditation from the Vajrayana tradition for the realization of awareness-wisdom. This includes the various yidam and inner yoga practices of the anutarayoga tantras, as well as the formless mahamudra…