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Three-year-retreat at Dag Shang Kagyü (2013-2017)
1 one-month solitary retreat on mahamudra after the three year retreat (2017)
3 one-month shine-lhaktong in relation to mahamudra (2011-2012-2013)
1 three-month shine-lhaktong in relation to mahamudra (2017) +
Nyungnes with Wangchen Rinpoche +
Individual retreats from 1-3 months practicing Semdzins, Rushens, Other practices from dzogchen in Romania
Here where I stay most of the time in Palpung Sherabling Monastery, the practices for 3, 4th year of Mahamudra +
2016 pre-retreat 2 month 2 weeks +
3 mahamudra one-month reatreats
4 mahamudra three-month retreats
1 mahamudra one-month and a half retreat
1 year retreat at Caneto meditation house +
- In 2011 I did a 2 year retreat in a remote hermitage (which I explain in my Dharma CV archive) where I practiced the preliminaries, shiné, a one-million chenresig mantra accumulation, mahakala, mahamudra, and vajrayogini), all under the guide of Lama Djinpa Tarchin.
- A one-month group retreat on mahamudra with Lama Tsultrim Dorje.
- 10 months at the Meditation House of Caneto +
Individual 100-day retreat and 3-year retreat at the Garchen Institute. +
I have attended 5 full length dathuns 2006 - 2011; group retreat.
I attended 2 Vajrayana Intensives full-months; 2009, 2011, group retreat.
I have attended I have attended 5 full month long solitary retreats; throughout 2011 - 2019.
I also attended a long year-and-a-half solitary retreat Jan 2016 - June 2017. +
3 months individual retreat, Ngondro Nyintig, 2019, Pharphing, Nepal
4 months individual retreat, Shamatha meditation, 2019 Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, Padiarkhar, India
2 months group retreat, Four Elements Meditation , 2016 Pa auk Monastery , Myanmar +
2013-2017 3-year retreat (2 years out) Sopa Choling, Gampo Abbey, Nova Scotia Canada
2015 solitary Chakrasamvara retreat (3 months) Gampo Abbey, Nova Scotia Canada
2013 solitary Chakrasamvara retreat (3 months) Gampo Abbey, Nova Scotia Canada
2002 Vajrayana Seminary (1 month) Shambhala Mountain Center, Colorado
2002 Sutrayana Seminary and Boddhisattva vow (1 month) Karme Choling, Vermont
2001 Dathun (1 month) Karme Choling, Vermont +
From 2010 to 2014, Four Year Retreat at Kagyu Samye Ling in Scotland under the direction of Choje Akong Rinpoche and Drupon Rinpoche Khenpo Lhabu.
During my whole life as Dharma practitioner since 2001 I have done between 15 and 30 days of solitary retreat nearly every year. +
30-day Group Retreat led by Lama Drimed Norbu on Chetsün Nyingthik, Ojai, California. January 2015.
30-day Individual Retreat, on Chetsün Nyingthik; Rigdzin Gatsal, Williams, Oregon. May-June 2016.
6-month (and counting) Individual Retreat on Chetsün Nyingthik; Junction City, California. January 2019-Present. +
5-month Longchen Nyingtig Ngondro individual retreat in Dzogchen Monastery, Tibet.
1-month Tsalung (Energy and Channels) group retreat in Namdroling Monastery, India.
1-month Dzogchen group retreat in Namdroling Monastery, India.
One year of personal retreat in Asura Cave, Pharping, Nepal. +
Feb. 2014: one-month of practical retreat on ngöndro in Namdrolling monastery, South India. This group retreat was led by Gyang Khang Rinpoche.
2015-16: 12 months solitary retreat on ngöndro and shamatha in Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche’s retreat center in Pharping, Nepal. This retreat was done with instructions from Khenpo Sangpo Rinpoche. +
2015 One month private Ngondro Accumulation retreat at POL
2016 Three month private retreat focused on Ngondro +
I have done retreats of different lengths, the longest was the intended 3 year retreat but as I was forced out prematurely due to visa problems I completed only 2 years.
Apart from this the one year stay at Bukkokuji monastery in Japan was like a solid one year retreat with strict practice. And I have been doing shorter retreats in groups and solitary over the many years of practice. +
I completed a one month retreat at my home here at Katog Rithrod in winter 2018 and a 100 day solitary retreat in my home in winter 2019. +
April 2019, one month, Drupon Rinchen Dorje, Mahamudra, schedule:
5am-7am, 9am-12pm, 2pm-5pm, 7pm-9pm
July 9-August 10th 2019, one month, His Holiness Jangkan Tulku Rinpoche, preliminary practice for togal, schedule:
7am-8pm, 9am-10am, 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm, 6pm-9pm
August 10-November 12th, 2019 100 days,Khenpo Tenzin, four thoughts turning the mind, schedule: 5am-7am, 9am-12pm, 2pm-5pm, 7pm-9pm
November 26, 2019-December 22nd, 2019, Drupon Rinchen Dorje, Vajrakilaya One Month Retreat, schedule: 5am-7am, 9am-12pm, 2pm-5pm, 7pm-9pm +
2016: 1 month solitary retreat Sa-Vi
2017: 1 month solitary retreat Sa-Vi
2018: 1 month solitary retreat Sa-Vi and Lodjong (Tonglen)
2018: 1 month retreat Lodjong (Tonglen)
2020: 9 month solitary retreat, practices of Sa-Vi, Tonglen and 100 000 prosternation, 100 000 bodhicita, 100 000 Vajrasattva completed.
I am on the way for the other Preliminary Practices... +
Five years in solitary retreat in the Dordogne
See Dharma CV for more details +
