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One week Vajrasattva retreat at Nagi Gompa in Nepal in year 2000.
Mahamudra Retreat withTai Situ Rinpoche in 1998 & 1999 at KTD. The retreat duration was two weeks each year with a two hour commitment to practice for the whole year.
Medicine Buddha Retreat with Geshe Tuslga in Vermont in 1996. +
* Two 3 month personal retreats at Sherabling, India.
- first 3 month retreat with the blessing of His Holiness Karmapa & Tai Situ Rinpoche
- second 3 month retreat with the blessing of His Holiness Karmapa, Tai Situ Rinpoche & Mingyur Rinpoche
* Burma (approx October 2010– June 2012) an 18 month retreat
- 1 year at Shwee Oo Min Meditation centre under the guidance of Sayadaw U Tejaniya
- approx. 6 weeks at Panditarma during a special retreat with teaching from Sayadaw U pandita
- approx. 6 weeks at The-engu Monastery under the drirect guidance of meditation master Sayadaw U Sandima
- approx. 6 week shamatha retreat under the direct guidance of Salay Dipankara
- approx. 6 weeks at Chanmay Monastary under the guidance of Sayadaw U Jotika
* 2.5 Month Meditation Retreat Malaysia – Mahasi Sayadaw Tradition
- Malayasian Buddhist Meditation Centre MBMC, Penang
- Retreat under the guidance of Sayadaw U Thuzana
* Goenka Vipassana Meditation
- between the period of March 2007 – October 2010 I completed
- 18 10 Day courses
- 1 20 Day course
- 3 Satipattana Courses
- 1 10 Day special course
- Most of these courses were completed at mediation centres in India and Nepal with the exception of one in the UK and one in Equador.
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I've done over 40 week-long sesshins (silent meditation intensives), on a monthly basis before and while I lived at Zen Mountain Monastery. I've also done a one-week hermitage, and shorter weekend hermitages. +
I completed one three-year retreat at Karme Ling retreat center. It began October 2008 and finished in March 2012. +
I have completed two three-year retreats at Karme Ling, from 2008-2012 and from 2012-2016. +
In Tibet in 1985 I completed a three month Kunchok Chidu group retreat in a cave in the mountains.
Notes: 2 yrs at Sherab Ling; left due to TB sickness +
I completed ten consecutive sets of the Nyugne practice with a group at Karme Ling under the instruction of Lama Karuna Tara. +
3 weeks of solo retreat in Halscheid, Germany in 1999. I had requested to do one month, Lama Tenpa advised to do 3 weeks. +
3-year retreat at Karme Ling from 2012 to 2016 +
3 months Group Retreat at Amaravati Monastery, ENGLAND under the guidence of Ajahn Sumedho
2 months Group Retreat at Gampo Abbey, CANADA under the guidence of Ani Pema Chodron
1 month Solitary Vajrasattva Retreat including 3 days Nunye in Rewalsar / Tso Pema, INDIA, as part of my Ngöndro.
3 months Solitary Retreat in Bir, INDIA; main practises: Chod Lujin and Maha Mudra, instructions & empowerments by HE Tai Situ Rinpoche & The Palpung Sherabling Retreat Master
1 month Lam Rim Group Retreat at Kopan Monastery, NEPAL; main teacher Ven. Döndrup +
In May 2025, I went to Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery in Namo Buddha, Nepal, to join a month-long Lojong retreat under the guidance of Lama Karma Phurbu.
During the retreat, we focused on contemplative meditation with four sessions a day, coupled with daily classes with Lama Karma Phurbu where he taught from Thrangu Rinpoche’s Lojong Commentary, Heart of the Dharma, and daily classes with Khenpo David Karma Choephel, who taught the first five chapters of his commentary, Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva. +
Individual 100-day retreat and 3-year retreat at the Garchen Institute. +
100 day solo at GI
3-year retreat at GI +
Garchen Institute 3 year retreat 2014-2017
Winter 90-day Practice Session at Crestone Mountain Zen Center in 2020
Thubten Choling 3 year retreat 2022-2025 +
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1987 - 1 month Dudjom Tersar group ngondro retreat with Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
1998/1999 - 1 year house retreat in Crestone CO under the guidance of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
2006 - 4 month Longchen Nyingtik individual retreat Longchen Nyngtik Samten Ling
2007 - 5 month individual Rigdzin Dupa sadhana retreat Longchen Nyngtik Samten Ling
2008 - 5 month individual Rigdzin Dupa sadhana retreat Longchen Nyngtik Samten Ling
2009 - 4 month individual Rigdzin Dupa sadhana retreat Longchen Nyngtik Samten Ling
2010 - 4 month individual study and contemplation retreat Longchen Nyngtik Samten Ling
2011 to present - individual Yeshe Lama Dzogchen preliminaries and main practice retreat Longchen Nyngtik Samten Ling +
Individual retreats: at Samten Ling retreat center in US, Crestone Colorado
- Three100-day retreats of Rigdzen Dupa Sadhana
- Two100-day retreats, starting Yeshe Lama (preliminaries)
- One six-month retreat, continuing Yeshe Lama practices +
-One month group retreat (dhatun) at Rocky Mountain Dharma Center in Spring, 1988
-Three month studies and practice retreat (Vajradhatu Seminary) at RMDC, Summer 1988
-One month solitary retreat in Roosevelt National Forest, Summer, 1990
-One month solitary sadhana retreat at Samten Ling Retreat Center in Summer, 1996
-One year solitary retreat, (Ngondro and Sadhana), 1998-99;
-From 2001 until 2009, have been doing a 6 month to one year retreat per year at Samten Ling, focusing on sadhana and, for last 9 years, Dzogchen. This has accumulated to just short of 7 years total in retreat. I am now entering into full time retreat, if I can secure sponsorship. +
-One month group retreat (dhatun) at Rocky Mountain Dharma Center in Spring, 1988
-Three month studies and practice retreat (Vajradhatu Seminary) at RMDC, Summer 1988
-One month solitary retreat in Roosevelt National Forest, Summer, 1990
-One month solitary sadhana retreat at Samten Ling Retreat Center in Summer, 1996
-One year solitary retreat, (Ngondro and Sadhana), 1998-99;
-From 2001 until 2013, have been doing a 6 month to one year retreat per year at Samten Ling, focusing on sadhana and Dzogchen. I've been in full time retreat since 2008. This has accumulated to 9+ years total in retreat as of December, 2013. +
I will have completed four of the Palyul Summer Retreats as laid out by HH Pema Norbu Rinpoche by September 2023. This includes Ngondro, Tsalung and Thogal retreats. After receiving all of the teachings, I completed my ngondro in retreat Boulder Palyul center, living their while the other students came to practice regularly. I did a one week Thogal Rushen retreat below Yanglesho in 2020, and another one in the countryside of Panama in 2023. +
From 1994 to 1997 six months retreat each year
From 1998 to 2001 : 3 years Karma Kagyu retreat
From March 2005 to December 2007 : Shangpa Kagyu retreat with Lama Drupgyu. +
