https://gardrolma.org/garchen-rinpoche- ... 8-retreat/
Hit the button that says "Click Here for Live Stream," or simply go to this direct link to the YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... EAccJECIao
May 5th
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Achi Chökyi Drölma teachings & practice (details: https://gardrolma.org/event/achi-chokyi ... -practice/)
May 6th
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Amitabha practice & Jang Chog ritual (details: https://gardrolma.org/event/6700/)
May 10th
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Wrathful Padmasambhava (i.e. Guru Dragpo) empowerment & teachings (details: https://gardrolma.org/event/guru-dragpo-empowerment/)
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: Tsok offering ceremony (details: https://gardrolma.org/event/tsok-offeri ... 018-05-10/)
May 11th
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Pith Instructions (details: https://gardrolma.org/event/pith-instru ... 018-05-11/
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: Tsok offering ceremony
May 12th
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Pith Instructions
May 13th
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Pith Instructions
May 17th
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Pith Instructions
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: Tsok offering ceremony
May 18th
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Pith Instructions
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: Tsok offering ceremony
May 19th
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Pith Instructions
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Jigten Sumgön's Song of Realization, the Fivefold Path of Mahamudra
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.: Refuge ceremony
May 20th
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Jigten Sumgön's Song of Realization, the Fivefold Path of Mahamudra
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Lama Chöpa puja & Khata offering
Insights by Khenpo Samdup on this auspicious event:
Details on the Pith Instructions:In 2018 Garchen Rinpoche will be in Dayton for three weeks and is going to give pith instructions that he has not given before. This program is very special because we have supplicated him to give teachings and practices based upon his own experience.
Usually we create a program based upon a specific text or book but with this program Garchen Rinpoche is going to teach from his own experience in this life, from the deep realization he has developed through his practice. These teachings are coming directly from his realizations of the teachings he received from his teachers. He will share the heart teachings he received from his teachers with his students to transform their minds and create immeasurable benefits.
Khenpo Samdup explains the nature of these teachings as follows:Garchen Rinpoche will teach the pith instructions he received from his root guru Siddhi Chime Dorjee and Khenpo Munsel. These teachings will present the experiential understanding of these special instructions that Rinpoche developed over more than 20 years of rigorous practice while in prison. These teachings will include all aspects of the path including various practices of Dzogchen and Mahamudra.
It is important to understand the definition of pith instructions. Pith instructions are a very special teaching that is given from the root guru to his close students. These instructions are made up of few words but express a profound meaning and can have an immediate, transformative effect on the student’s mind. These teachings are not from a story from 1,000 years ago; they are from the 20th century, from a person alive today sharing his own direct experience and deep accomplishment. I was encouraged to request these teachings for the benefit of many students now and in the future.
After receiving these teachings from Garchen Rinpoche, he will single-pointedly bring them all together thru instructions on the Fivefold Path of Mahamudra based on Jigten Sumgön's Song of Realization. This will provide a path for students to be able to easily practice these instructions in their daily lives.