Open to current NDF Vajrayana practitioners only.

There is an ancient saying in Tibetan Buddhism that “When the flames of the dark age rage rampantly, the teachings of the vajra vehicle of Secret Mantra will blaze forth like wildfire.”

While the flames of the dark age seem to be raging, now is indeed the time prophesied by this phrase so many hundreds of years ago. Please join the leaders of the NDF Vajrayana Track as we explore the martri (the personal advice) given by the great Mahasiddha Guru Rinpoche to his closest disciples, including the yogini Yeshe Tsogyal. As the conveyer of the Vajrayana teachings to Tibet, Guru Rinpoche stands out in Tibetan Buddhist history as a second Buddha. The practices, teachings, and yogic instructions he imparted to the people of Tibet have been passed down to us today through an unbroken stream of lineage transmissions and connections.

In this retreat, we will explore Guru Rinpoche’s terma instructions for practicing the Vajrayana through a close reading of Advice from the Lotus Born, a collection of secret teachings revealed by different treasure revealers that details the attitudes, approaches, instructions, and insights originally taught by Guru Rinpoche in the seventh and eighth centuries in Tibet. Entering the magical world of this text, we will discover the “timeless time,” the space of openness, clarity, and compassion that continually issues from the words of these teachings, which transcend our concepts of time and space, speaking to us as directly and accurately as if we were present at their original evocation.

This retreat will include substantial time for group and individual practice, both for onsite and online participants.

Required Text: Advice from the Lotus Born: A Collection of Padmasambhava’s Advice to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal and Other Close Disciples, Rangjung Yeshe Publications. This book can be purchased via Amazon and other booksellers. It is also available as an E-book.