Buddhist Meditation Retreats
Coming Home: A Retreat for Young Adults 18 – 30s
Loden Nyima
The Pema Chödrön Foundation in partnership with Drala Mountain Center is happy to offer a Retreat for Young Adults. The cost of lodging for this retreat is sponsored by the Pema Chödrön Foundation. This retreat for young adults is designed to give participants an experience of contemplative life. Our true nature is sacred and shared […]
Mahayana Summer Seminar: Prajnaparamita and Chöd
Holly Gayley, Loden Nyima, Dr. Lama Alta Brown and David Soucy
Ineffable Prajnaparamita, beyond thought and words, Unborn, unceasing, the very essence of space, The domain of discriminating awareness wisdom, Mother of all buddhas, we pay homage to you. The true nature of our minds and hearts is the perfection of wisdom, known as prajnaparamita—the boundless, spacious, and wise love and compassion within all beings and […]
Mahayana Summer Seminar: Prajnaparamita
Holly Gayley and Loden Nyima
Ineffable Prajnaparamita, beyond thought and words, Unborn, unceasing, the very essence of space, The domain of discriminating awareness wisdom, Mother of all buddhas, we pay homage to you. The true nature of our minds and hearts is the perfection of wisdom, known as prajnaparamita—the boundless, spacious, and wise love and compassion within all beings and […]
Chöd
Dr. Lama Alta Brown and David Soucy
lThe English Version of the Surmang Chöd Chöd is a practice of compassion. As Vajrayogini, meditators offer the visualization of their body to the beings they invite to three feasts. The feasts are the activity of the Buddha Vajrayogini. Through her activity, the energies of the “god-demons” are transmuted. The demons, whether negative emotions, illness, […]
LAND • Death and the Art of Dying: Deep Dive into the Luminous Bardo
Andrew Holecek
From a spiritual perspective, death is the crowning moment of life. The karma that brought you into this life is exhausted, and the karma (habits) that will propel you into the next one hasn’t yet formed. This gap (bardo) provides a golden opportunity for rapid spiritual progress – if you are prepared. This week-long program […]
Blessings: Celebrating the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya
Judith Simmer-Brown
Whatever your connection is to the Great Stupa and Drala Mountain Center, we invite you to come together to practice and deepen our connection to community. This land is full of the blessings of generations of dharma practitioners practicing together, invoking the magic of the ancestral and lineage dralas in our high mountain valley. The […]