Ngöndro Practice Retreat

Join us for a week-long practice intensive for Ngöndro practitioners. We welcome individuals practicing Ngöndro in any lineage of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche – Kagyu, Nyingma and/or Shambhala Ngöndros. Drawing from the Vajrayana teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and other Tibetan Buddhist masters, this retreat will explore important topics and questions that arise throughout the Ngöndro process: Now that I have received Vajrayana transmission, what is the ground, path, and fruition of the Vajrayana? What is the role of Ngöndro within this framework? What is the guru? How do I understand this principle? How do I work with deceased and living masters and the lineages they represent? What is the role of devotion and surrendering, and what does this mean to me? How does the pain in our everyday life and our understanding of emptiness find expression through Ngöndro? What am I actually doing when I practice visualization and formless meditation? This retreat is an opportunity to deepen one’s Ngöndro practice, to engage in the traditional accumulations of wisdom and merit, and to connect with tantrikas from all branches of the Vidyadhara’s spiritual lineage. The schedule will include group practice sessions, Vajrayana talks, discussion groups, and opportunities to connect with the beautiful setting of Karmê Chöling. Sangha members who have completed Ngöndro and wish to revisit the practice are also warmly invited. Arrival & Departure Friday, please arrive 3:00 - 6:00pm for registration. Dinner will be served at 6:30pm. The program will officially begin at 7:30pm. The program will finish the next Friday by 1:30pm after lunch. Getting Here Visit our Directions and Transportation page to see different options for traveling to Karmê Chöling.