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Group retreats : About 45 Nyung-Ne. With different Lamas in different centers. Mainly sets of 8 and 16
Nyung Ne.
At Samten Tse retreat center (STRC), India and Lotus Garden, Virginia, USA(January 2006-Nov15,2007)with short breaks for visa renewal. This was mostly retreat to dispel the biggest obstacles in our mind trough different gross and subtle means. (VKR was present)
Mindrolling monasttery : 10-24 Feb 2011 : The Four Noble Truths.
Annual retreat at Chanteloube several times.
Solitary retreats : 3 months of Dorje Naljorma at Kagyu-Ling (K-L) Spring 1998.
Sept. 1998-June1999 : different short practices mainly , Shine and Dorje Naljorma.
Okt.2002-May 2003 : Dorje Naljorma and stabilizing the Vue.
2008-2016 : retreat done as much as possible (have to go out for shopping and sometimes for short jobs). +
I have completed the previous three year retreat at Chanteloube under the direction of Tulku Pema Wangyal Rinpoche. The retreat was extended to last 4 years and 5 months. +
No formal practice retreat but 7 months of studies retreat in Sarah college in Dharamasala, India, under casi monastic discipline. For that period, observance of the 5 lay precepts vows (not to kill, not to steal, not to lie, no intoxicant at all, no sexual misbehaviours). Most of the student there are Tibetans. After a few week, only for of us westerners stayed and pursues their studies there this year.
For part of this time, I shared a room with a tibetan monastic senior practioner nun who became a good friend, Anila Sonam Dekyi from Jamyang Choeling Institute.
Life conditions there where not always easy, we had to be present in the school from sunday night until next saturday afternoon every week, and the study program was very strong, but I remember this time as one of the happier ever ! +
Two Years meditation retreat in cave in India.
Vipassana retreat, India and Sri Lanka.
Three months long retreat in France with Thich Nhat Hanh.
Several seshins and month or longer individual retreats in USA.
One month individual retreat at Ontul Rinpoche's place in Tso Pema, India.
Month long group retreat in USA, Padme Samye Ling, New York state.
Four and a half years group retreat in Dordogne, France.
Strict solitary retreat, March 2013 to present, Dordogne, France. +
I attended yarne at Gampo Abbey in 2001 and 2002. I have also lived in different Buddhist centres, residences, and temples, for a total of about nine of the last thirty years. +
I completed a formal month-long Chetsun Nyinthig preliminaries retreat from 2/21/2023 - 3/21/2023. +
2015 One month private Ngondro Accumulation retreat at POL
2016 Three month private retreat focused on Ngondro +
I completed 1 Full Dathun with Dharma Ocean Winter 2015-2016. I did 3 weeks of solitary Bodhichitta retreat in July 2017 at Earth Journey Center in Questa NM. I have scheduled one month long solitary retreat this fall at home KSK Center Nov-Dec 2020. +
- soon to come October until November 2021, 6 weeks Retreat at Gomde Pyrénées, Sphere of refined gold (Tekkchö) / Dorje Sempa Retreat
- 2018 Gomde Pyrénées, Tara Inner Sadhana Retreat, The Essence of the two Benefits
- 2014 - 2017 several 1 to 3 month long individual retreats at holy sites in Bhutan
- 2006 - 2008 several 1-month long Longchen Nyngtik Ngöndro Retreats, Lerab Ling +
- 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 +
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The following is a list of the retreats that I have completed over the last 14
years.
3 - 10 day vipassana retreats-group
4 day Vajrasattva retreat- group
3 month Vajrasattva retreat- group
1 month Vajrasattva retreat- individual
1 month Migtsema retreat- individual
3- 1 month Vajrayogini retreats- individual
3 month Vajrayogini retreat- individual
10 day Vajrayogini retreat-group
1 month Dorje Depa retreat- individual
1 month Vajrapani retreat- group
I have lead:
1-10 day Death and beyond Death retreat
1-10 Day Migtsema retreat
1-10 Vajrayogini retreat
1-10 day Lam Rim retreat
1-3 week Vajra yogini retreat
1-9 day Vajrasattva retreat. +
KOPAN MONASTERY, ONE MONTH AND ONE WEEK WITH LAM RIM TOPICS
AT D.S.K. 6 MONTH PRELIMINARY RETREAT DEALING NGO DRO, TIBETAN CLASSES AND TIBETAN RITUALS FOR SPECIAL DAYS +
31 days Mahamudra retreat on August 2012 +
In 1998-2001, I completed two month-long retreats and two Yarne retreats (49 days) at Gampo Abbey. In 2008, I completed a three-month silent retreat at Insight Meditation Society. I completed an additonal Yarne at Gampo Abbey in 2012-13. +
Short retreats of shine-lhaktong, Bardo, and different Divinities here at D.S.K. +
December 1998 in DagShangKagyud, Cocluding ngon dro.
April 1 to September 28, 1999 in DagShangKagyud, preparing for 3 years retreat
September 18 to November 17, 2000 in Mirik, with Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche
March 6, 2009 to August 26, 2012 in Dag Shang Kagyud
Notes: previous retreat; half inside half outside (left due to complexity of being in retreat with his son. +
During the two years that I have been living in Dag Shang Kagyu, I have done 15 days retreat in 5 occasions. I have never be able to spend more time in retreat because I had to respond visitants in the secretary office and the center only closed for holidays one month per year: 15 days in January and 15 days in October.
In these retreats I have done the Preliminary Practices guided by V. Lama Drubgyu Tenpa. I have completed more than 50.000 postrations and more than 50.000 Dorje Sempa Mantra. +
*From mid August until mid September of 2011, one month retreat of mahamudra in Spain, with lama Djinpa and sangha
*In may-april of 2012, one month solitary retreat in Jolmo, Nepal. Doing mainly mahamudra, vajrayoguini and bodhichita mediation (I was staying alone in a little retreat hut, but i did have contact with Khenpo Tsultrim«s nuns, that helped me out with the food)
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One month retreat in Sonada Monastery on 2007 +
SIX MONTH PRELIMINARY RETREAT OF NGONDRO, AND WE LEARNED RITUALS FOR SPECIAL DAYS AND DAILY PRACTICE. ALSO WE STUDIED TIBETAN LANGUAGE. LEARNED TO PLAY RITUALS INSTRUMENTS AND MAKING TORMAS +
