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Online Treasury of Blessings Practice
With Lama Kunzang Drolma
Join our online practice of the Shakyamuni Buddha sadhana from home! This a perfect opportunity to come together and engage in this essential practice, hosted by Ani Kunzang Drolma. SCHEDULE Regular Schedule: Sundays at 8:00 am (Pacific Time) Summer Schedule: Sundays at 7:00 am (Pacific Time) FORMAT Click "Register Now" to enter your information and […]
Personal Retreat at Gomde California
The wild beauty of Rangjung Yeshe Gomde California is an ideal environment for personal meditation practice. The waters of Eel River and Cedar Creek flow through stands of fir and redwood, and ever-changing light pours into the river valley. The natural environment of Gomde California supports a sense of awe and renunciation in our residents. […]
Campground Retreats
During this summer season (June 6–September 30), we are delighted to welcome visitors to our campground. You are welcome to come visit for the day or bring your own camping gear for an overnight visit on our 250-acre property. If you are interested in doing a private retreat in our Retreat Cabin, please sign up […]
Online Awakening Dignity with Lama Bruce Newman
With Lama Bruce Newman
Awakening Dignity The notion of dignity is crucial to the question of how to live a fulfilling life. Phakchok Rinpoche draws from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition to offer an insightful answer to this question. Dignity is the innate purity of our heart that we naturally possess yet often fail to recognize in ourselves. To move […]
On Site Accessing the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of our Buddha Nature with Lama John Makransky
With Lama John Makransky
From a Tibetan Buddhist perspective, our Buddha nature is the basic space of our being undivided from vast capacities of awareness, warmth, love, compassion and wisdom. These capacities are always available below our surface consciousness, but often hidden by our habits of self-clinging thought and reaction. One way that Tibetan practitioners start to access them […]
Online Accessing the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of our Buddha Nature with Lama John Makransky
With Lama John Makransky
From a Tibetan Buddhist perspective, our Buddha nature is the basic space of our being undivided from vast capacities of awareness, warmth, love, compassion and wisdom. These capacities are always available below our surface consciousness, but often hidden by our habits of self-clinging thought and reaction. One way that Tibetan practitioners start to access them […]
Buddhist Studies Summer Program 2024
The Buddhist Studies Summer Program (BSSP) is an intensive residential study and practice program. Students in the BSSP spend four to eight weeks at our remote Northern California center, participating in concentrated daily sessions of Buddhist teaching and meditation led by lamas, teachers, and translators from Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Nepal. This summer, we […]
The Four Truths of the Noble Ones
With Tsangsar Tulku Rinpoche
The Four Truths of the Noble Ones are foundational teachings, articulated by Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha, as the framework for understanding the nature of existence and the path to liberation from suffering. Join us, as we dive deep into these teachings under the guidance of Tsangsar Rinpoche, an authentic Buddhist teacher. Program Highlights: Extensive […]
The Four Seals of the Dharma
With Tsangsar Tulku Rinpoche
The "Four Seals of the Dharma" is perhaps the most foundational and vital teaching for Buddhist practitioners. These statements offer valid insight into the nature of existence and the path to liberation. Join us as we explore these illuminating topics under the guidance of Tsangsar Tulku Rinpoche. Program Highlights In-depth Exploration of the Four Seals […]
Pacifying the Mind: Atisha's Seven Points
With Tsangsar Tulku Rinpoche
Atisha's instructions in Seven Points of Mind Training can make reality more flexible, virtuous, and easy. These instructions also teach us how to cultivate loving-kindness, compassion, and bodhicitta through the special practice of tonglen or "giving and taking." Join us as we delve into these extraordinary topics under the guidance of Tsangsar Tulku Rinpoche. Program […]
Instructions on Fivefold Mahamudra
With Tsangsar Tulku Rinpoche
The Instructions on the Fivefold Mahamudra composed by the Omniscient Chökyi Jungné is a deeply significant teaching for Mahamudra practitioners. It offers a direct and immediate framework for practicing the Kagyu tradition's highest form of meditation in both formal practice sessions and post-meditation. Tsangsar Tulku Rinpoche has taught this text several times at Gomde, with […]