Calendar | Garchen Buddhist Institute

Intro to Dharma

Apr 7 @ 10:00 am – 11:45 am

Khenpo Tenzin offers a series of Dharma talks – an excellent introduction to learning more about your natural state of wisdom and compassion and why things happen. Valuable tools will be shared to help create more peace and happiness. Stay for the whole day! Bring a lunch, and after the talk eat on our veranda. Stay for Khenpo Tenzin’s free mediation class at 1pm, followed by our profound practice of White Tara at 2pm.

Categories: Classes

Meditation Class –

Tickets

Apr 7 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Learn and practice meditation. Khenpo Tenzin will skillfully guide you through the stages of meditation, showing you how to focus and gentle your mind to reach the state of calm abiding.

Categories: Sunday

White Tara –

Tickets

Apr 7 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

White Tara is a female buddha of compassion, protection, long life; sometimes called the Mother of all Buddhas, the Mother of Liberation. In this practice we embody, invoke and bestow her blessings to all beings.

Categories: Sunday

Apr

13

Sat

Guru Rinpoche Retreat

Tickets

Apr 13 @ 9:00 am – Apr 14 @ 5:00 pm

Our Annual Guru Rinpoche Accumulation practice is held at the request of H.E. Garchen Rinpoche and Drubwang Konchog Norbu Rinpoche. The profound practice of Guru Rinpoche can transform and purify afflictive emotions, thus removing outer, inner and secret obstacles. The ultimate result will be the two-fold attainment of ordinary and supreme siddhis. This weekend retreat will be led by Ven. Khenpo Tenzin.

Tuition includes two meals per day: lunch and dinner on 4/13, as well as breakfast and lunch on the 4/14.

$100 – Entire Weekend; $50 – One Full Day with meals; $25 – Half Day with meal; $15 – Half Day, no meals

Apr

16

Tue

Mahamudra Month-Long Sealed Retreat

Tickets

Apr 16 @ 4:00 pm – May 16 @ 4:00 pm

This retreat is by application only. Contact the office for more information. Fees include tuition, accommodation and meals.

Categories: Long Retreat

Apr

19

Fri

Refuge/Prostrations Ngondro Sealed Retreat

Tickets

Apr 19 – May 29 all-day

The Refuge & Prostrations portion of the Ngondro retreat is by application only. The goal of the retreat is to fulfill the Refuge/Prostrations portion of the Ngondro. If you are interested in participating, please email us for an application. May all beings benefit!

Categories: Ngondro &Pre-Ngondro

Meditation Class –

Apr 21 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Learn and practice meditation. Khenpo Tenzin will skillfully guide you through the stages of meditation, showing you how to focus and gentle your mind to reach the state of calm abiding.

Categories: Sunday

White Tara –

Tickets

Apr 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

White Tara is a female buddha of compassion, protection, long life; sometimes called the Mother of all Buddhas, the Mother of Liberation. In this practice we embody, invoke and bestow her blessings to all beings.

Categories: Sunday

Intro to Dharma

Apr 28 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Khenpo Tenzin offers a series of Dharma talks – an excellent introduction to learning more about your natural state of wisdom and compassion and why things happen. Valuable tools will be shared to help create more peace and happiness. Stay for the whole day! Bring a lunch, and after the talk eat on our veranda. Stay for Khenpo Tenzin’s free mediation class at 1pm, followed by our profound practice of White Tara at 2pm.

Categories: Classes

Meditation Class –

Tickets

Apr 28 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Learn and practice meditation. Khenpo Tenzin will skillfully guide you through the stages of meditation, showing you how to focus and gentle your mind to reach the state of calm abiding.

Categories: Sunday