Buddha Nature and the Perfection of Wisdom
2016-01-30 10:00 - 2016-01-31 17:00 (America/Phoenix) | 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.

Weekly Meditation Practice
2016-02-03 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-02-10 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-02-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-03-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-03-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-03-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2016-03-23 19:00 - 20:00 | 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
(Click here for a map)

For More Information:
Pati Stein: 465-1882

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.

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”.

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.

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.

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. *

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.

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

Achi Chokyi Drolma Meditation Practice
2016-03-06 10:00 - 12:00, 2016-03-13 10:00 - 12:00, 2016-03-20 10:00 - 12:00, 2016-03-27 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. *

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

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

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.

Buddhism 101 - A Deeper Understanding of the Fundamentals.
2016-07-23 10:00 - 17:00 | 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!

Preliminary Practices - Refuge Practice and It's Benefits
2016-07-30 10:00 - 17:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
With Drupon Thinley Ningpo
Lord Jigten Summon, the father of our lineage, said: “ The Ngondro is even more important than the higher practices.One must truly understand and practice the simple yet profound foundational teachings before one begins the higher teachings.”
One practices the four extraordinary foundations, or the Vajrayana Ngondro, to purify the negative karma and obscurations of the mind, speech and body and to develop virtues.
Taking refuge, the foundation stone of all paths
The inner preliminaries starts with taking refuge, learning to rely on the Buddha, the Dharma(his teachings) , and the Sangha. Taking refuge is the basis of the other preliminaries and of all Buddhist practices.
This will be a teaching and practice weekend. Please bring your questions as this weekend will be helpful for beginners and experienced practitioners.
Suggested Donation: $85 for the weekend,

Preliminary Practices - Vajrasattva and Purification
2016-08-06 10:00 - 17:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Drupon Thinely Ningpo
Teachings with Drupon Thinley Ningpo
Meditating and reciting on the teacher as Vajrasattva to cleanse all obscurations
The main obstacles that prevent all the extraordinary experiences and realizations of the profound path from arising are negative actions, obscurations and habitual tendencies. Just as it is important to clean the surface of a mirror if forms are to be reflected in it, so too it is important to eliminate our obscurations so the realization can appear like a reflection in the mirror of the Ground of All.
The Buddha taught countless methods of purification for this purpose, but the best of them is meditation and recitation related to the teacher as Vajrasattva.
Drupon will give us teachings and instructions for practice, lung transmission ( permission to practice for practitioners who did not have the empowerment) and will lead us into the practice itself , getting us ready to practice Ngondro on our own or together in our new center.
We are planing to add to our Sunday meditation schedule, one day a month as Ngondro day, where we can practice together the 4 accumulations for the benefit of our Dharma practitioners and all sentient beings.
Suggested Donation $85

Ngondro - Preliminary Practices
2016-08-21 10:00 - 15:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Lord Jigten Sumgon, Rigdzin Chodrak (1st Chungtsang Rinpoche), and Konchok Ratna (1st Chetsang Rinpoche)
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!
The five Drikung Kagyu Ngondro preliminary practices are:
1. The Practice of Taking Refuge (prostrations with recitations),
2. Practice of Vajrasattva Meditation and Recitation for Purification,
3. Offering the Noble Mandala the Special Method for Perfecting the Two Accumulations,
4. The Guru Yoga that Brings the Blessings of the Lineage
5. Bodhicitta – the practice of truly wishing for eveyones’ enlightenment, no one left behind.
This Ngondro group will meet every third Sunday of each month. We will offer two sessions, first session 10 am to Noon, second session 1 pm to 3 pm. Each session we will practice Refuge and Vajrasattva. All are welcome to attend one or both sessions.
Bring your own sack lunch

Pure View and the Nature of Reality
2016-11-05 10:00 - 2016-11-06 17:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Pure View is one of the most basic, and yet easily misunderstood concepts in Buddhism. But appreciating it’s true meaning is fundamental to entering the path to enlightenment.
The Buddha taught that the impure view can be experienced as a pure view, that is, confusion can be experienced as pristine wisdom-awareness, where wisdom-awareness is the ascertainment and understanding of the true nature of things.
Drupon Thinley Ningpo will teach us on these and other important concepts to help us gain a greater understanding and experience.

Nov. 5 and 6: 10am – Noon, 2pm to 5pm – Both days
Teaching Fee: $90 for the entire Weekend for non-members. $65 for Sustaining Members or above.
If you would like to attend and this amount is an obstacle, please contact us. Work study is always available, as well as other options.
Pati Stein 520-465-1882
Membership – In October 2015 we moved into our lovely Sahuarita location. The idea of establishment of property was the wisdom of Drupon Thinley Ningpo, Khenpo Ozer, and Garchen Rinpoche. Our ability to sustain this ourselves is directly dependent on the community of practitioners and attendees. Membership and volunteerism will be essential for us to sustain the DNL Center into the future.
Please consider joining our membership today (click on Membership below):
Membership

Chenrezig Empowerment with Drupon Thinley Ningpo
2016-11-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Drupon Thinley Ningpo will bestow Thousand-Armed Chenrezig Empowerment on Thursday evening, 7pm to 9 pm.
Cost: Free to members, $40 non-members.
Please call Miheala Marin with any questions: 520-400-6541

4-Day Mani Drupchen Practice with Drupon Thinley Ningpo
2016-11-11 08:00 - 2016-11-13 16:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Annual Mani Drupchen, November 11 through 13
Chenrezig is renowned as the embodiment of the compassion of all the Buddhas, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Whenever we are compassionate, or feel love for anyone, or for an animal or some part of the natural world, we experience a taste of our own natural connection with Chenrezig.
Drupchen means vast accomplishment and is a form of intensive group practice. This practice will continue night and day through these three days. Participants will be welcome to practice though the entire 4 days or drop in for sessions. Practitioners of all levels are welcome. Preregistration will be required for overnight stays. Meals will be available for a small donation, or you are welcome to bring your own food.
Empowerment will be help Thursday evening. Empowerment is not required to participate. Session hours will be as follows:
8 to 12,
12 to 4,
4 to 8,
both am and pm.
We also welcome volunteers and helpers for such events. Please let us know if you are interested in helping us organize this Chenrezig Drupchen event. Helping with meals, kitchen and bathroom clean up, signing up for night sessions are amongst some of the items that would be very helpful. Lodging is availabe for those who wish to attend session into the evening.
Drupchen Fee: $150 for entire event including sleeping arrangement, Foundational Members come free, $20/session for non-members, $10/session for Supporting Members or above.
If you would like to attend and the cost is an obstacle please contact us. Work study and other options do exist.
Please contact Miheala 520-400-6541
Membership – In October 2015 we moved into our lovely Sahuarita location. The idea of establishment of property was the wisdom of Drupon Thinley Ningpo, Khenpo Ozer, and Garchen Rinpoche. Our ability to sustain this ourselves is directly dependent on the community of practitioners and attendees. Membership and volunteerism will be essential for us to sustain the DNL Center into the future.
Please consider joining our membership today (click on Membership below):
Membership

2016-11-19 10:00 - 17:00 | Drikung Namgyal Ling Center, 1135 West Twin Buttes Road, Sahuarita, AZ, 85629, United States
Renunciation
Saturday, Nov 19, 10am-5pm
Most broadly, renunciation can be understood as a letting go of whatever binds us to ignorance and suffering. The Buddha taught that genuine renunciation requires thoroughly perceiving how we make ourselves unhappy by grasping and greediness. When we can let go of such things it is liberating. The Buddha said, “If, by forsaking a limited ease, he would see an abundance of ease, the enlightened man would forsake the limited ease for the sake of the abundant.” (Dhammapada, verse 290).
Drupon Thinley Ningpo will provide teachings and advice on attaining renunciation, or liberation from ignorance and confusion. We hope you can join us for this one day event.
Teaching Fee: $50 for this one day teaching, $25 for Sustaining Members and above. Foundational Members may attend for free.
