Following the success of the first European Dharma Gar, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche will guide the first North American Dharma Gar, or Dharma camp, starting Losar, February 14, 2010. This 3-year-retreat practice program is designed for practitioners who want to commit themselves to dharma practice and still have a work, family, and social life.
Volunteers are promised hearty meals, good companionship, healthy outdoor exercise, and an opportunity to join the residents of Sea to Sky Retreat Centre in the practice of bringing meditative awareness and aspiration to everyday activities.
A volunteer teacher is required to teach adult monks in Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Institute in Chauntra (HP), India.
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Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche will guide another 3-years-3 months practice curriculum, from 2010 to 2013, near Berlin. It will be a Dharma Gar, a Dharma Camp, where people can commit themselves to the practice without totally giving up their work and their normal social life.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and Lama Choedak Rinpoche gave a teaching on Parting from the Four Attachments at the International Buddhist Academy in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 2-11 June, 2009. MP3 downloads (including Lama Choedak Rinpoche's revision and meditation sessions, and Chinese/Mandarin and Spanish translations of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche teachings) are available here.
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