Drikung Namgyal Ling

Buddhism 101 - A Deeper Understanding of the Fundamentals.
2016-07-23 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix) | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Khenpo Yeshi
Teacher: Khenpo Yeshi Rinpoche
Suggested Donation: $85 for the weekend
Can you name the 4 thoughts that turn the mind, or describe the outer and inner preliminaries and their importance? Whether a new student or seasoned practitioner, clearly understanding the fundamentals of the path dispels confusion and serves as the basis for all stages of the path to enlightenment.
In the 11th century renowned scholar and practitioner, Atisha, produced The Lam Rim, or Stages of the Path, a summary of thousands of disparate sutras and commentaries into a single root text, A Lamp for the Path of Enlightenment. In the twelfth century, Gampopa integrated Atisha’s Lam Rim tradition with Tilopa’s Mahamudra teachings, thereby giving birth to the famous Buddhist treatise, The Jewel Ornament of Liberation, and the Kagyu school of Buddhism itself.
Our beloved spiritual friend, scholar, and teacher, Khenpo Yeshi, returns to Tucson July 23rd and 24th to take us back to the beginning again, Tibetan Buddhism 101 if you’d like. New students will find his immense wisdom and warmth a true lamp to light the path, and long term students will have a chance to brush up the basics and gain new insights on old knowledge. A highly trained and accomplished professor of Buddhism (Khenpo), and as current doctoral student at UC Berkeley, Khenpo Yeshi teaches in English and embraces western-style classroom principles. Join us for our version of summer school, where not only will we study the book, The Jewel Ornament of Realization, and engage in lively discussions, but there will also be handouts and take-ways for all attendees.
If you have been looking for a way to get into Buddhism, and start at the beginning, this precious opportunity cannot be missed. Seasoned practitioners have the chance to test and reinforce the “study” aspect of the Buddha’s 3-fold instruction to study, to practice and to contemplate. This year, Khenpo’s 12th year visiting Drikung Namgyal Ling, we will celebrate the dharma by distributing copies of all 12 years of his ultra-concise and one-of-a-kind support materials, including:
single page outline of the entire path
charts of the ten Bhumis
famous dharma quotations
extensive bibliographies
The root text, The Jewel Ornament of Realization, will be available in the bookstore, as well as many other texts that will be cited during the teaching. Pre-reading recommended!

Loving Kindness and Natural Meditation
2016-07-13 11:30 - 12:30 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
This event is free and is open to all. There will also be a sack lunch fellowship afterwards.

Consecration Ceremony at Drikung Namgyal Ling
2016-05-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States

Bodhisattva Vow, Refuge and Preliminaries
2016-05-01 10:00 - 17:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Drupon Thinley Ningpo returns the end of April and will teach the next three Sundays, May 1st, 8th, and 15th.
May 1st, Drupon will offer Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows. He will teach on the foundational Ngondro Practices on these three Sundays. These preliminary practices are precious as they help transform us.
It is sometimes said that:

Prostrations remove the obscurations associated with the body,
Recitation of the hundred syllable mantra removes obscurations associated with speech,
Mandala Offering removes obscurations associated with mind, and
Guru Yoga removes the obscurations of all three: body, speech and mind.

Please join us for a great opportunity to renew your familiarity with the most basic of practices and offerings.
Suggested donation is $30 per day, $75 for all three Sundays

Achi Chokyi Drolma Meditation Practice
2016-03-27 10:00 - 12:00, 2016-03-20 10:00 - 12:00, 2016-03-13 10:00 - 12:00, 2016-03-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
About Achi Practice: There are essentially two types of Buddhist meditation practice, Sutra and Tantra. Achi Chokyi Drolma Meditation Practice is a Tantric meditation practice.
Achi is one of the protectors of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage, but she protects all beings from harm. Those who practice her and recite her mantra are sure to be protected from obstacles and hindrances, especially to Dharma practice.
Achi practice we uses visualization and mantra to facilitate concentration. The practice lasts approximately an hour and a half, and consists of opening prayers for setting the motivation to benefit all others, the body of the practice using visualization and mantra, and finally the dedication prayers where we wish to benefit all sentient beings
The prayers, visualization, and dedication are read from a sadhana (traditional practice text). This particular practice was written by Jigten Sumgon, our lineage’s founder, and translated in to English by Khenchen Gyaltsen Rinpoche.
Beginners are welcome at this practice. For those starting out, the visualization is done a little differently and we are happy to go over that with you. Please feel free to come with questions. We will answer them as best we can. For those we can’t answer, we have many excellent teachers to which we can refer.
* After the practice please feel free to spend time at the center, learn more about it, and perhaps join us in merit-earning karma yoga to benefit all beings. *

Weekly Meditation Practice
2016-03-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-03-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-03-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-03-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-02-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-02-10 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-02-03 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-01-27 10:00 - 17:00 | Laura Greenlaw Residence, 4051 E. Paseo Grande, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Tara Embodies the female wisdom activity of the mind. She is often called the mother of all the Buddhas. White Tara offers peace, prosperity, health and long life through her enlightened activities. In reciting her mantra and making a connection to her, we draw closer to developing her enlightened qualities in ourselves.
This event is free and beginners are welcome.
4051 E. Paseo Grande
Tucson, Arizona 85711
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For More Information:
Pati Stein: 465-1882

Weekly Meditation Practice
2016-02-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Laura GreenLaw’s, 4051 E. Paseo Grande, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Tara Embodies the female wisdom activity of the mind. She is often called the mother of all the Buddhas. White Tara offers peace, prosperity, health and long life through her enlightened activities. In reciting her mantra and making a connection to her, we draw closer to developing her enlightened qualities in ourselves.
This event is free and beginners are welcome.
4051 E. Paseo Grande
Tucson, Arizona 85711

For More Information:
Pati Stein: 465-1882

Quiet Sit
2016-02-21 11:00 - 11:30 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Please join us for a quiet sit in our new center. Take a moment to quiet the mind thru vipassana, calm abiding, following the breath, or your favorite method. This practice will directly follow Achi Practice.

Sunday Mornings at the Center
2016-02-21 09:30 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
By popular request we will practice Ngondro every Sunday. Our schedule will be as follows:
-Refuge 10 am – recitations and prostrations
-Vajrasattva 11am – recitation, meditation, and purification
In samsara, there are three types of suffering – suffering in the making, the suffering of change, and the suffering of suffering. Ones should meditate with fierce renunciation in the knowledge that the intrinsic nature of these three is like a building blazing with fire. Having established the difficulty of obtaining the freedoms and advantages, ones should train in the ordinary preliminaries, and then undertake them.
The founder to the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, Lord Jigten Sumgon stated, “Ngondro is even more important than the higher practices.” It has also been said that sincerely practicing only Ngondro will lead to enlightenment since all mind training techniques leading to enlightenment are included within it!
If you have always wanted to complete the preliminaries, but needed the support of a group, or are new and want to deepen your understanding and commitment this Sunday practice is for you.
Beginners are very welcome at this practice.
* After the practice we will have an optional pot luck lunch for those who wish to enjoy the good company and quietude of the Sahuarita location. *

A Guru Yoga that Brings The Dharmakaya onto The Path (Practice Instruction)
2016-02-14 10:00 - 17:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
This is a truly unique opportunity to learn an original practice personally written by His Eminence Khenchen Rinpoche. This is a practice of profound meaning and rich with blessing. It is a wonderful daily practice for the modern practitioner with limited time.

Lama Chopa Practice & Tsok
2016-02-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
The effectiveness of some practices is increased when undertaken together as a group – as Guru Rinpoche said, “While it might be difficult for one man to move a boulder, twenty pairs of hands can shift it with ease.” Gathering our energy in this way and directing it towards a specific objective can create positive results for all beings.

How to Live in Happiness (Dharma Talk)
2016-02-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Khenchen will provide commentary on How to Live in Happiness, excerpted from his book, “The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”.

Losar Celebration (Lunch)
2016-02-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Please join us for a Losar celebration (Year of the Fire Monkey) and meal with Khenchen Rinpoche. We will share in a Western/Tibetan vegetarian meal to celebrate our good fortune now and in the new year. Please RSVP for this event. We are asking for a $10 donation per person to cover costs.

Buddha Nature and the Perfection of Wisdom
2016-01-30 10:00 - 2016-01-31 17:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Buddha Nature and the Perfection of Wisdom
H.E. Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche
“According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of their own destiny. And all living beings are believed to possess the nature of the Primordial Being Samatabadra, the potential or seed of enlightenment, within them. So the future is in our own hands. What greater Freedom do we need?”
— H.H. the Dalai Lama
Patience is defined as forbearance under stress. It is the ability to abide with things the way they are. This weekend Khenchen Rinpoche will explain Buddha Nature and Patience within the context of one’s practice and within one’s day-to-day life.

Achi Chokyi Drolma Meditation Practice
2016-01-24 10:00 - 11:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
About Achi Practice: There are essentially two types of Buddhist meditation practice, Sutra and Tantra. Achi Chokyi Drolma Meditation Practice is a Tantric meditation practice.
Achi is one of the protectors of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage, but she protects all beings from harm. Those who practice her and recite her mantra are sure to be protected from obstacles and hindrances, especially to Dharma practice.
Achi practice we uses visualization and mantra to facilitate concentration. The practice lasts approximately an hour and a half, and consists of opening prayers for setting the motivation to benefit all others, the body of the practice using visualization and mantra, and finally the dedication prayers where we wish to benefit all sentient beings
The prayers, visualization, and dedication are read from a sadhana (traditional practice text). This particular practice was written by Jigten Sumgon, our lineage’s founder, and translated in to English by Khenchen Gyaltsen Rinpoche.
Beginners are welcome at this practice. For those starting out, the visualization is done a little differently and we are happy to go over that with you. Please feel free to come with questions. We will answer them as best we can. For those we can’t answer, we have many excellent teachers to which we can refer.
* After the practice we will have a quiet sit followed by a pot luck lunch for those who wish to stay and enjoy the fine company and quietude of the Sahaurita location. *

Four Kayas Guru Yoga
2015-11-07 10:00 - 2015-11-08 17:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Four Kayas Guru Yoga
Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche
Saturday/Sunday, November 7/8
Drupon Rinchen Dorjee oers teachings on The Four Kayas Guru Yoga, his next installment of his series of practice instructions from the four thoughts on through to the instruction on Mahamudra and pointing out instructions. Here is a description of The Four Kayas from H.E. Garchen Rinpoche:
“In your personal practice, you see your own body as the yidam. You see your mind as the guru. The mind of the guru is the union of emptiness and compassion; we are connected to the guru like the beads of a mala string.
From the perspective of our own practice: the mind is guru, the body is yidam, and speech is the dakini. The Guru is the embodiment of 3 kayas: Body = Nirmanakaya, Speech = Sambhogakaya and Mind = Dharmakaya. Lastly, the fourth kaya, Svabhavikakaya signies the inseparablity of the other three kayas.
At first, the guru is the embodiment of outer refuge, The Three Jewels. Later, the guru is the embodiment of inner refuge, The Three Roots. Finally, the ultimate result is the attainment of The Three Kayas.”
Drupon Rinchen Dorjee is currently the resident Lama for Chicago Ratna Shri and is the 3 year retreat master for Garchen Institute in Chino Valley. He is known for his wisdom, patience, and stable kindness.

Tummo Closed Practice Retreat
2015-10-28 19:00 - 2015-11-01 15:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Tummo Closed Practice Retreat
With Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche
Wednesday, Oct. 28th – Sunday, Nov. 1st
This will be our 10th Closed Practice Retreat. You must pre-register to attend this event.
Tummo is one of the 6 Yogas of Naropa. It focuses on controlling the bodies’ energies and transforming them into bliss. The purpose of Tummo is to gain control over bodily processes during the completion stage of “highest yoga practices” thus furthering one’s goal towards enlightenment. Though having basic yogic training is helpful, this retreat is open to everyone.
Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche will instruct us in the practice of Tummo (a completion stage practice) using Vajrayogini as a support. Pre-registration is required as well as attendance to the entire retreat. Please call with any questions or if you would like to register.
Attendance will be limited, please let us know of your intention to join us no later than October 25th.

Vajrayogini Empowerment and Teaching
2015-10-25 10:00 - 17:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Vajrayogini Empowerment and Teaching
Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche
Saturday, Oct 25th, 10am-Noon, 2-5pm
Drupon Thinley Ningpo will oer this Vajrayogini Empowerment and Teaching in preparation for the upcoming Tummo Retreat, but all are welcome.
Vajrayogini is a female Buddha who embodies one’s innermost essence and is associated with the mother tantras of anutaratantra yoga.
According to Tsongkapa, her practice includes methods for preventing ordinary death, awareness in the intermediate state or bardo and rebirth by transforming these into paths, including the transformation of mundane daily activities into the enlightened state of mind. Through Vajrayogini’s mantra we accomplish the activity of the Dakini, the 2 accumulations, and the 4 activities.

Opening Ceremony for Drikung Namgyal Ling Center
2015-10-24 10:00 - 17:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Opening Ceremony for Drikung Namgyal Ling Center
Saturday, October 24th
We will now have an address and a home for our teachings and retreats. Drupon will officiate our opening Ceremony on Oct 24 which will begin at 10am with prayers and smoke offering to be followed by a pot luck lunch. Afterwards we will have music and share stories. Please bring an instrument if you have one. Our Center location will be at 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, Arizona 85629, just a short drive south of Tucson.

Preliminaries to Buddhist Tantric Practice
2015-08-15 09:00 - 2015-08-16 17:00 | Stein Ranch, 1871 N. King St, Tucson, 85749, United States
Teachings by Drupon Thinley Ningpo

Buddhist Tantra is also known as Vajrayana, Tantrayana, the Third Turning of the Wheel, and the Two Truths Doctrine.
Experiencing ultimate truth is said to be the purpose of all the various tantric practices in the Vajrayana. All practices are aimed in some way at purifying the impure perception of the practitioner to allow ultimate truth to be seen. These may be ‘preliminary practices” or the more advanced techniques of the tantric sadhana.
This weekend’s teaching will be in preparation for Drupon’s next visit in October 2015, when DNL will offer Vajrasattva and Vajrayogini empowerments, and Tummo Practice retreat.
Drupon Thinley Ningpo will once again share his knowledge and perspective with us by providing commentary on this very precious Dharma.
Suggested Donation: $85
For more information please contact:
Pati Stein 520-465-1882
pati.c.stein@gmail.com
