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Three year retreat completed in 2016 +
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. +
I am currently in a three year three month retreat under the guidance of Khentrul Rinpoche, which has eight months to go. As this retreat was described in great detail when I applied for the scholarship from Tsadra, I have not provided more details here. +
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. +
I completed six months of the Milarepa Guru Yoga retreat in Palpung Sherabling, the Indian seat of Ven. Tai Situ Rinpoche followed by six months of the Mahakala retreat and 108 sets of Nyungnes (the thousand armed Chenrezig meditation).
In 1991-1994 I completed a three-year retreat in Kundreul Ling in Le Bost-Laussedat, Auvergne in France under Ven. Gendun Rinpoche.
From 1994 to 2001 I did the individual practice of Dorje Pagmo and the Six Yogas of Naropa under the supervision of Mingyur Rinpoche. During this time I also attended the seven-year Mahamudra program Ocean of Certainty with a 2-hour daily practice commitment from Ven. Tai Situ Rinpoche.
From December 2001 until March 2002 I attended a Yarne Retreat under Ven. Pema Chodroen in Gampo Abbey in Canada.
In 2019 I attended in Gomde Pyrenees France the retreat of the inner Ruchen practice and the Dorje Sempa retreat. +
6-month Ngondro Retreat at KDOL, Saltspring Island, BC led by Lama Drubgyu
3-yr., 3-mo. retreat at KDOL led by Lama Tsangtsing assisted by Lama Tara (Janet Goforth)
I’ve also completed many individual one- and two-month retreats. +
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1990 three months solitary ngundro
yearly drubchen summer retreat new year and Treckcho
1994-98 Sanak Chokur ling Watsonville CA Affiliated with Pema Osel Ling Under the direction of Lama Tsedrub Tharchin Rinpoche and Lama Gyaltsen Rinpoche was our
Drub lama +
Five years in solitary retreat in the Dordogne
See Dharma CV for more details +
Month-long meditation retreats in the tradition of Trungpa Rinpoche- Ukraine 2007, Vermont 2017 +
-January 2020, self retreat, month long at a friend's house, when he was away. Got to do Vajrakilaya practice, as a continuation from the month long vajrakilaya retreat at GBI.
-October 2019 Vajrakilaya retreat at GBI, month long, with Drupon Rinchen Dorje.
-Summer into fall 2019, 4 thoughts that turn the mind 100 day retreat at GBI with Khenpo Tenzin
-Month long solo retreat on the 4 elements at forest refuge retreat center in MA Feb 2017.
-Ordained in theravada forest tradition from to 2014 to 2016, so there was a lot of retreat practice in
There including 3 months in Burma at Shwee Oo Min with Sayadaw Tejaniya, and 6 months at Na
Uyana in Sri Lanka in a solitary hut.
--Month of solitary retreat in Nepal in grass hut in Feb 2014.
-One month at spirit rock retreat center, in March of 2013. +
Longchen Nyingthig Common Ngondro and Uncommon Ngondro/ guide under Tulku Nyima Gyaltshen Rinpoche:
2007- 2011
*Common Ngondro / Solo / Taichung retreat mountain / 4.5 month
*Refuge and Bodhicitta / Solo/ Tibet retreat mountain / 1 month
*Vajrasattva / Solo/ Tucson home / 3 month
*Mandala offering / Solo / Tibet retreat mountain / 1 month
*Mandala offering / Solo / Tucson home / 3 month
* Kusali / Solo / Tucson home / 1.5 month
* Guru yoga / Tibet retreat mountain / Solo / 1 month
* Guru yoga / Tucson home / Solo / 3 month (finished the 100,000 guru yoga accumulations)
2011- 2021
* Guru yoga / Tucson home / Solo / a month or more up to six months at a time, episodically. (I have been keep practicing and accumulated seven million guru yoga till now.) +
1994/95 â 1998 Shorter individual retreats (altogether 6 months) dedicated to Ngöndro,
Guru Yoga, and Lojong (Mind Training)
1999 â 2002 Classical three-year retreat in the Karma KagyuÌ tradition
2003 â 2004 Individual retreat together with Petra in Dedröl Ling (dedicated to deepening
what I have learned in the three-year retreat)
Since 2004 Individual retreat together with Petra in Nehnang Samten Chöling (in the
beginning mainly dedicated to deepening what I have learned in the three-year retreat,
particular since 2006 additional practices of Nyingma traditions, mainly Mindrolling
(but also Dudjom Tersar, Longchen Nyingtik, Yangti Nakpo)) +
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. +
Two Years meditation retreat, cave in India.
Vipashyana retreats, India and Sri Lanka.
Three months long retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village, France.
Several Zen seshins and month or longer individual retreats in USA.
One month individual retreat at Ontul Rinpoche's monastery and retreat centre in
Tso Pema, India.
Two weeks teachings and practice with Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche, Tso Pema, India.
Two month long study and group retreat with Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche,
in Padma Samye Ling, New York, USA.
Ten days Drupchen, Padma Samye Ling, New York, USA.
Several public teachings with HH Dalai Lama, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, and Dharamsala, India.
Month long Powa teachings and practice with Ayang Rinpoche, Bodhgaya, India.
Month long Mahamudra teachings with Tai Situ Rinpoche, Bir, India.
Two weeks teachings and practice with Dzigar Kontrul Rinpoche, Bir, India.
Two month retreat with Mingyur Rinpoche, Tergar Institute, Bodhgaya, India.
Two Month Intensive Tibetan Language course, beginner level, Tergar Institute, India.
Month teachings and practice with Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche, Benchen Monastery, Nepal.
Two month personal retreat, Swayambunath, Nepal.
Four and a half years traditional group retreat in Chanteloube, Dordogne, France.
Strict solitary retreat, study, reflection and meditation, March 2013 to present,
Chanteloube (Rinchen Mindrol Ling), Dordogne, France. +
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From the summer of 1967 until spring of 1971 I resided at Tassajara Zen Monastery, with the
exception of 8 months spent caring from a dying sangha member. The program consists of
two 4-month training periods, together with four sesshins (week-long meditation intensives)
per year. During the summer months, students practice and run a guest season in site.
Notes: 4 yr residency at Tassajara Zen Monastery in the late 60s ... 4 weeklong sessins plus two 4month training periods per year +
GROUP RETREATS:
TUSHITA MEDITATION CENTER, McLEOD GANJ, INDIA.
June à September 2009
Vajasattva group retreat (three months)
KOPAN MONASTERY, KATHMANDU, NEPAL
November 2009
Lam Rim meditation course [one month]
INDIVIDUAL RETREATS:
KAGYU TEK CHEN LING, LAVA, INDIA.
May-July 2012 (three months)
Studying Tibetan and preparing for the three retreat.
KAGYU TEK CHEN LING, LAVA, INDIA.
April-June 2011
Individual cloistered Shamatha retreat (three months).
UP COMMING:
VARJA VIDYA CENTER, COLORADO, USA.
October 2012 Ã February 2013
Ngondro practices. +
March 2001: One month contemplative retreat at Thrangu Rinpoche's Namo Buddha Retreat Center, focused primarily on memorizing (in Tibetan) the summary verses from Gampopa's Ornament of Precious Liberation and contemplating Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal's teachings on "The Highest Mahayana Continuum".
March 28- May 28, 2003: Two month private Ngondro refuge and prostrations retreat in Mirik, India. Two to three practice sessions a day.
July 5, 2004 - October 5, 2004: Three month solitary Ngondro retreat in a private retreat cabin in Questa, New Mexico. During this retreat I completed my first set of Karma Kamtsang Ngondro and began a second set, doing four sessions a day, following the instructions I had received from Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche.
June 26- July 31, 2005: One month private Shamatha, Chenrezig and Chod retreat (with Ivonne Prieto Rose) at a private house in Martam, Sikkim. Four sessions daily following the instructions received from Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal.
June 6 - July 27, 2009: Seven week private Mahamudra Shamatha retreat (with Ivonne Prieto Rose) at our house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. During this retreat we did four sessions daily, with a different focal referent each week following the instructions received from Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal.
May 12 - June 10, 2010: One month group retreat on Mahamudra led by Mingyur Rinpoche at St. John's College, Minnesota. Four meditation periods daily with teachings every evening from Mingyur Rinpoche. +
PRIVATE RETREATS
Formal retreats of four daily sessions, one month or more in length:
* Mahamudra Shamatha: Santa Fe, New Mexico, under guidance of Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal, June-July 2009 [seven weeks, with Chris Rose]
* Shamatha and Chenrezig: Martam, Sikkim, under guidance of Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal, June-August 2005 [seven weeks, with Chris Rose]
* White Tara outer practice: El Rito, New Mexico, under guidance of Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche, three months, July-October 2004 [three months, solitary]
* Karma Kamtsang Ngondro: Martam, Sikkim and Mirik, India, under guidance of Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche, March-May2003 [one month solitary, one month with Chris Rose]
GROUP RETREAT
One month or more in length
* Nature of Mind Meditation Program, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Collegeville, Minnesota, May-June 2010 [one month] +
Nyungnes with Wangchen Rinpoche +
I have completed multiple group and individual retreats although most not exceeding two weeks. Regarding those of one month and longer in 2019 I have completed a one-month individual retreat on the Tukdrub Barchel Kunsel Ngondro at Asura Cave Practice center in Parphing in June, and completed a one-month group retreat on the same topic during December 2019 to January 2020. +
