Past Schedule
2024 Meditation Retreat and Teachings at the the Wangapeka Retreat Centre
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Mark Webber)
When: February 9 to March 8, 2024
Location: Wangapeka Retreat Centre, Wakefield, New Zealand
- Deepening Our Understanding and Practice of Chenresig—Empowerment and Instructions by Orgyen Patrul Rinpoche
- The Inner Yoga of Anapanasati - recollection of breath - a three-week silent retreat
- February 9: (7-9 pm.) Orientation to the retreat and retreat conduct.
- February 10-15. Deepening our Understanding and Practice of Bodhicitta: 1) Drikung Yangzab Dzogchen Empowerment of the outer, inner and secret natures of Chenresig and group practice of the eight petal mani mantra that is uniquely practiced by the Drikung yogis at the Lho Lungkar Retreat Center in Tibet.
- Transmission & commentary of Orgyen Patrul Rinpoche’s The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones, the practice of view, meditation and action. This remarkable text gives pithy instructions on Chenresig practice and bodhicitta from profound realizations of Great Perfection (Dzogchen).
- February 16 to March 6 (3 weeks). The Inner Yoga practice of Anapanasati -The Recollection of Breath. Lama Gyaltsen shares in detail an ancient way of practicing Anapanasati, taught to him by the Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche. It is a rare and deep purification practice of channels, winds and bindu. It lays the basis for the gradual settling of mind into the natural unity of samatha/vipassana. There will be sessions on physical awareness practices to help balance the winds and channels. It is superb for generation stage practices and unfolding the Mahamudra or Dzogchen without support. Commitment must be made for the full three-weeks of this 2nd part of the retreat. Starting with group instruction that leads into individual guidance. Silent deep retreat. No cell phones or computers.
- March 7: Empowerment and or oral transmission to be announced.
- This retreat is suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners with plenty of opportunities to ask
Further details to be announced. For information and to register interest in attending the retreat, please contact Jonathan - info@openbreath.org
Ten Day silent Retreat, Santa Cruz, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Mark Webber)
When: January 11 -21, 2024
Location: Santa Cruz, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
The Inner Yoga of Anapanasati - Recollection of Breath
We are pleased to announce that Lama Mark Webber will be guiding a retreat in Santa Cruz La Laguna
on Lake Atitlán, Guatemala for ten days in January-February 2023.
Lama Gyaltsen shares in detail an ancient way of practicing Anapanasati, taught to him by the late Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche. It is a straightforward purification practice of channels, winds and bindu. It lays the basis for the gradual settling of mind into the
natural unity of Samatha/Vipassana. There will be sessions on physical awareness practices to help balance the winds and channels. It is superb for generation stage practices and unfolding the Mahamudra or Dzogchen without support. Commitment must be made for the full ten days of the retreat. Starting with group instruction that leads into individual guidance. Silent deep retreat. No cell phones or computers. This retreat is suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners with plenty of opportunities to ask questions.
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Accomodation: Rental houses in Santa Cruz. Single and double accommodation including three meals per day. Early Bird Rates by October 24, 2023: Sliding scale of rates:
Single US $850 to $1,300 double $750 to $950.
Contact: Sandra Drummond: sandradrummondl@gmail.com
The Awakening Mind - Free Public Dharma Classes on Zoom
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Mark Webber)
When: November 25-26, 2023
Location: Antigua Dharma Community of Antigua, Guatemala
Profound Meditations and Contemplations with
Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
We are pleased to announce that Lama Mark Webber will be teaching and giving commentary on a famous Indian Buddhist text by Nagarjuna,
The Bodhicittavivarana—A commentary on the Awakening Mind.
Nagarjuna, a famous Indian Buddhist saint of the 2nd century CE wrote an extraordinarily concise outline for the path of uncovering and familiarizing oneself with the awake and compassionate mind. Though they are very deep instructions, it is gradual, progressive and accessible to all interested practitioners. Within four classes, Lama Mark Webber will bring the text alive and give numerous meditations for discovering or enhancing lucid awakeness—our inherent mind’s nature, the uncontrived and natural meditation.
This is an excellent semi-retreat opportunity; Lama Mark will be available to give personal guidance if requested.
Location:
The classes will be held in an outside setting at Callejon del Burrito #1, Antigua Guatemala.
Dates:
November 25-26, 2023.
Classes:
9:30 am & 4:00 pm each day.
Please arrive 15 minutes before each class begins.
We encourage everyone to attend all classes as the teachings are progressive
Fee:
Dana-donation to the Lama
Contact:
Sandra Drummond: sandradrummondl@gmail.com
Copies of texts used will be made available at the start of classes.
The Awakening Mind - Free Public Dharma Classes on Zoom
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Mark Webber)
When: November 25 & 26, 2023
9:30 am* & 4:00 pm each day
*See Your Time Zone here
Location: Online via Zoom
We are pleased to announce that Lama Mark Webber has accepted our invitation to teach Dharma in Ottawa. He will teach and give guidance with a weekend of five Dharma classes. Lama Webber will give commentary and explanations on a profound text called Instruction on the View of the Mahāyāna: Clarifying the Two Truths. It was written by the great yogi and scholar Patrul Orgyen Rinpoche (1808–1887). Guidance will be given on the two truths, what is to be accomplished, and how to put these instructions into meditation and daily practice. This extraordinary text is lucid and full of direct Dzogchen instructions.
DANA
Suggested donation for a class is $25 - $30, or whatever you can afford. Traditionally in the East, and at Dharma classes, there is no course fee for teachings. Dharma is offered freely. However, by tradition, students offer dana in return for teachings. It is this unique cycle of mutual respectful dependence that has kept the Dharma thriving for almost 2600 years. Each time we receive teachings, it is an opportunity to consciously practice dana (which translates into English as “generosity”). Since the teachings are priceless, one determines the kind and amount of dana according to one's heart. Let your donations reflect not only what you can afford but also the effort, hard work and years of dedication that have been spent in order that you might receive the great benefit of these teachings. A dana bowl for direct contributions to the teacher will be present at all talks and the dana contributed to that bowl goes directly to the teacher.
At these Teachings, there will be a second bowl out for you to support Crystal Staff’s aspiration to provide financial help with visiting teachers’ travel and accommodations. Your dana to the second bowl supports our Dharma community’s ability to bring Teachers to Ottawa.
An Instruction on the View of the Mahāyāna: Clarifying the Two Truths by Patrul Rinpoche
with Lama Mark Webber (Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen)
When: Friday, October 20 at 7:00 pm,
Saturday & Sunday, October 21-22 at 9:00 am and 3:00 pm
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
We are pleased to announce that Lama Mark Webber has accepted our invitation to teach Dharma in Ottawa. He will teach and give guidance with a weekend of five Dharma classes. Lama Webber will give commentary and explanations on a profound text called Instruction on the View of the Mahāyāna: Clarifying the Two Truths. It was written by the great yogi and scholar Patrul Orgyen Rinpoche (1808–1887). Guidance will be given on the two truths, what is to be accomplished, and how to put these instructions into meditation and daily practice. This extraordinary text is lucid and full of direct Dzogchen instructions.
DANA
Suggested donation for a class is $25 - $30, or whatever you can afford. Traditionally in the East, and at Dharma classes, there is no course fee for teachings. Dharma is offered freely. However, by tradition, students offer dana in return for teachings. It is this unique cycle of mutual respectful dependence that has kept the Dharma thriving for almost 2600 years. Each time we receive teachings, it is an opportunity to consciously practice dana (which translates into English as “generosity”). Since the teachings are priceless, one determines the kind and amount of dana according to one's heart. Let your donations reflect not only what you can afford but also the effort, hard work and years of dedication that have been spent in order that you might receive the great benefit of these teachings. A dana bowl for direct contributions to the teacher will be present at all talks and the dana contributed to that bowl goes directly to the teacher.
At these Teachings, there will be a second bowl out for you to support Crystal Staff’s aspiration to provide financial help with visiting teachers’ travel and accommodations. Your dana to the second bowl supports our Dharma community’s ability to bring Teachers to Ottawa.
Online Dharma Classes
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Mark Webber)
When: Saturday, Sept. 30 – Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023
9:30am & 7:30pm EDT Daily (9:30am only on Oct. 4)
Location: Zoom, Broadcast from The Dharma Centre of Canada
Bodhicitta, the Awakening Mind
Mindfulness in the Three Cycles of the
Buddhist Teachings
Bodhicitta, the Awakening Mind: Bodhicitta is the heart of all Mahayana and Vajrayana practices. The unity of compassion and emptiness is the body, speech and mind of awakened ones. Lama Gyaltsen will give a practical orientation to this profound topic based on Khunu Gyaltsen Rinpoche’s “The Jewel Lamp; In Praise of Bodhicitta”
Lama Gyaltsen will also provide a reading transmission of Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, exploring mindfulness unified with Bodhicitta and practice in the Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana vehicles.
Lama Mark will generously share by Zoom
the first nine classes of the DCC Retreat.Daily Classes (see your time zone here)Saturday, Sept. 30 – Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023
9:30 am EDT and 7:30 pm EDT
each day (except Oct. 4 with 9:30 am class)
The classes will be by registration, only
Please stay tuned for registration or check
NYBCC.org
Lama Mark Webber (Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen) has been studying and teaching Buddha-dharma for almost fifty years. For thirty years his main root teacher was the great Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche who taught all three cycles of the Buddha’s teachings, including Abhidhamma, Vipassana in the lineage of Mahāsi Sayādaw, generation and completion stage practices of the Tantrayana and Mahamudra/Dzogchen of many lineages, especially of the Karma Kagyu and Sakya. Under the guidance and transmissions of the late Drikung Lho Ontul Rinpoche and transmissions from H.E. Lho Karma Ratna Rinpoche, Lama Webber has been teaching principally the richness of the Drikung Mahamudra, Drikung Dzogchen Yangzab and Orgyen Nuden Dorje Dzogchen traditions, transmissions of pith texts of Padmasmabhava, Je Gampopa, Jamgön Ju Mipham, Patrul Rinpoche and Shantideva’s Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra a transmission from Amnyi Trulchung Rinpoche.
He has a deep and long-term interest in the sciences and collaborates in marine biology research and the arts which he integrates with the teaching of Buddhism. Lama Webber is a founding board director of the national ecological research institute IMERSS (imerss.org)
Lama Webber’s compassionate activities demonstrate a profound commitment to freeing beings from innumerable suffering states. His emphasis with practitioners and students is on uncovering pure Dharma to reveal its extraordinary benefits and share the great joy of its deep study, meditative practices and integration into all aspects of our lives.
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2023 Meditation Retreat and Teachings at the Dharma Centre of Canada
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Mark Webber)
When: September 29 - October 18, 2023
Location: The Dharma Centre of Canada
Kinmount, ON Canada
Bodhicitta, the Awakening Mind
Mindfulness in the three Cycles of the Buddhist Teachings Retreat
Chapter 5, Shantideva’s Way of the Bodhisattva
The Inner Yoga of Anapanasati - recollection of breath - a 14-day silent retreat
Friday September 29 (7-9 pm.)
Orientation to the retreat and retreat conduct. Bodhicitta, the Awakening Mind: Bodhicitta is the heart of all Mahayana and Vajrayana practices. Bodhicitta is the Mahamudra and Dzogchen. The unity of compassion and emptiness, is the body, speech and mind of awakened ones. Lama Webber will give a practical orientation to this profound topic based on Khunu Gyaltsen Rinpoche’s “The Jewel Lamp; A Praise of Bodhicitta.”
Saturday September 30 to Tuesday October 3.
Chapter 5, Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life. Understanding mindfulness unified with Bodhicitta and practice in Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana views. Conduct and activity as resultant of mindfulness.
Thursday October 5 to October 18.
The Inner Yoga practice of Anapanasati -The Recollection of Breath. Lama Gyaltsen shares in detail an ancient way of practicing Anapanasati, taught to him by the Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche. It is a rare and deep practice of purification and tranquility that lays the basis for the unity of samatha/vipassana. It is also superb for generation stage practices and unfolding the Mahamudra or Dzogchen without support. Commitment must be made for the full 14 days in this 2nd part of the retreat. Started by group instruction then with individual guidance. Silent retreat. No cell phones or computers.
Wednesday morning October 18.
Empowerment to be announced.
For more information please click here.
Meditation and Great Compassion (Bodhicitta) Talks and Guidance
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Mark Webber)
When: Wednesday September 27 & Thursday 28, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: 20A Lavinia Avenue, Bloor West Village, Toronto, ON M6S 3H7
Please contact chrisvonbaeyer@gmail.com to confirm your attendance.
We also ask that you arrive and be seated at least 20 min before scheduled start time out of respect for the teacher.
$25 CAD per Class
Class fees help support the hosting of Lama Mark including travel and accommodation in Toronto. The class fee is separate from Dana to the Teacher.
We kindly request that payment may be made in advance via e transfer or PayPal to namgyalyangzab@gmail.com
NYBCC suggests as a guideline, $30 minimum per class as dana for the Teacher. Your donation may be placed here.
An Introduction to the Mahamudra: From alert concentration to discovering the natural mind of Awakeness & the Empowerment of Manjushri
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Mark Webber)
When: September 18 – September 22, 2023
Location: Bethlehem Centre 2371 Arbot Road, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Please join us for a rich retreat week of teachings and meditations from Lama Mark Webber on the crucial topic and stages of meditations of the Mahamudra. Lama Webber writes: The Mahamudra is the natural unobstructed and non-clinging mode of our minds. Mahamudra is fully compassionate, and though utterly empty of thingness, Mahamudra is also the radiance of enlightened qualities.
Lama Webber will introduce:
- the view, meditation, and activity of the Path of Mahamudra
- the gradual stages of meditation to discover and effortlessly abide in a calm bright thought-free mind
- the penetrative insight meditations for the realization of this mind nature.
He will also give instructions on building strength and capacity—Merit—on the Path of liberation and awakening.
The retreat will end with the empowerment of Manjushri. These teachings are open to all. Those in full retreat will be able to have check-ins with the Lama.
Schedule
- Monday, September 18th Arrive by 9:30 am Classes at 10 am and 7:30 pm
- Tuesday – Thursday, September 19th-21st Classes at 9:30 am and 7:30 pm
- Friday –Manjushri empowerment at 9:30 am, afternoon class ends at 2:30 pm.
In an effort to cover retreat costs incurred by Island Dharma (including Lama Mark’s accommodation, travel and food as well as supplies for the empowerment and any printing costs) there is a registration fee of $200.00. This does not include Dana for Lama Mark.
Registration Details:
This will be a mixed residential and non-residential retreat.
- Lake View Suite (Ensuite) – CAD $1,650.00
- Standard Room (Single or Double Bed; Shared Washroom) – CAD $950.00
- Commuter Option with Meals – CAD $620.00
- Program Only – CAD $270.00
DATE & TIME DETAILS:
Starts Monday, September 18, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Completes Friday, September 22, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Registration Closes, September 13, 2023
ADDRESS: 2371 Arbot Road, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
The Yangzab Dzogchen Liberating Instructions From The Most Profound Intent of the Sublime Dharma
with Lho Karma Ratna Rinpoche
When: Saturday, September 9, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm &
Sunday, September 10, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
and 3:30 to 5:30 pm
Location: 20A Lavinia Avenue, Toronto, ON M6S 3H7
(Runnymede subway stop) Ample street parking available
Please confirm attendance and direct questions to:
Please arrive and be seated at least 20 min before scheduled start time out of respect for the teacher.
We are delighted to announce that H.E. Ratna Rinpoche has accepted our invitation to provide a reading transmission and commentary of the profound Yangzab Gonpo Dzogchen Common and Extraordinary Preliminary Liberating Instructions (Ngondro Foundation Practices).
The Ngondro practices initiate aspiring and fortunate practitioners wishing to transform their lives to be of benefit both for self and all sentient life.
Please join us for a weekend of rare in-person Teaching with Rinpoche in the Bloor West Village area in Toronto. The Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning sessions will focus on the Yangzab Ngondro Foundation practices. Ratna Rinpoche will provide the reading transmission of Vajrasattva including a practice session on Sunday afternoon.
Dana for the Teacher
H.E. Ratna Rinpoche's presence and Teaching in Toronto is a rare and auspicious opportunity. As is traditional, the teachings of Buddha Dharma are offered freely - Rinpoche receives no fee. This is an opportunity for students to express their gratitude and support the teacher. There will be a dana (generosity for the teacher) bowl set out for your generous donations.
Biography
Ratna Rinpoche (Orgyen Drodul Dorje Rinpoche) was born in Mandi (Zahor) India in 1980. Numerous auspicious signs accompanied his birth, and accomplished yogis had clear visions that the son of Lho Ontul Rinpoche and Tashi Dolma was a being of great scope. In 2003 he was officially recognized by H.H. Dalai Lama and H.H. Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche as the ‘Quality Emanation’ of the 4th Lho Drongtrul, the great early 20th century Drikung Treasure revealer Orgyen Lho Nuden Dorje (1835-1902).
Rinpoche studied Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan grammar at Drikung Jangchub Ling Monastery in Dehra Dun, took his monks vows from H.H. Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche, trained at Dzongzsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Institute in Bir, India with great Khenpos, and studied at Sherab Ling Monastery. He has received many important transmissions and empowerments from great masters, such as H.H. the Dalai Lama, H.H. Sakya Trinzin, H.H. Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, H. E. Lho Ontul Rinpoche, H.E. Garchen Rinpoche, and H.E. Tai Situ Rinpoche.
Ratna Rinpoche, now leads the Drikung Kagyu Monastery in Tso Pema India. Rinpoche is actively engaged in establishing an academy and regularly visits his main seat at Lungkar Ogmin Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery in Nangchen, Tibet. He has traveled often supporting his Father throughout North America, Malaysia, and Europe teaching, translating, and giving transmissions of Dharma to students in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. His oral translations and explanations, born of study and meditation, bear the unmistakable stamp of great love, knowledge, and understanding of the Dharma.
Drikung Yangzab Empowerment* for The Outer, Inner and Secret Chenrezig
with Lho Karma Ratna Rinpoche
When: Wednesday, September 6, 2023
10 AM PDT - Empowerment and Ganachakra &
3 PM PDT - Practice Session Led by the Rinpoche
Location: Namgyal Choling Gompa, Galiano Island, B.C., Canada
Please arrive 15 min. early
*The Secret Iron Hook of Compassion –
The Activity Manual for the Sole Syllable Practice of the
Great Compassionate One
Combined with the Outer and Inner Practice
From the Sangwa Nyingjang Marpo Cycle of Teachings
(The Red Guide to the Secret Essence) Of the Damchö Gongpa Yangzab
"The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones" by Patrul Rinpoche Reading Transmission and Commentaries
with Lho Karma Ratna Rinpoche
When: August 26 and 27, 2023
9:30 AM PDT* & 3:30 PM PDT*
(*see your time zone here)
Location: Online Streaming via Zoom
Please place your generous donation (suggested CAD 25.00 per Class) to the Rinpoche and Wogmin Thupten Sherab Ling Monastery Wogmin Thubten Sherab Ling Monastery in Tso Pema, India.
Rinpoche has generously accepted our invitation to record his commentaries. The recording will be shared at a later date on the NYBCC website.
The reading transmission (Tib. lung) will only be accessible by live streaming.
Password: 123456
Download the Preliminary Prayers & Dedication and Aspiration
Requesting the Guru to Turn the Wheel of Dharma
Find the Root Text and Commentary by Dilgo Khyentse here
Supplication for the Swift Return of Kyabje Lho Ontrul Rinpoche
Crystal Mountain Society's 23rd Annual Summer Retreat
with Lho Karma Ratna Rinpoche
and
Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
When: August 2nd - 30th, 2023
Location: Crystal Mountain Society Retreat Centre, Galiano Island, B,C. Canada
The Oral Instructions of Orgyen Chemchog Nuden Dorje Tsal
and
The Nature and Practice of Mindfulness in All Three Cycles of Buddha Dharma
We are overjoyed to announce that Lho Ratna Rinpoche has accepted the heartfelt invitations of Lama Mark Webber, CMS and NYBCC to teach at Crystal Mountain Society's 23rd Annual Summer Retreat in August. Rinpoche and Lama will share the teachings for the month. Lho Karma Ratna Rinpoche has indicated that he would like to give the oral instructions of Orgyen Chemchog Nuden Dorje Tsal, a great saint of the early 20th century. The previously announced teaching schedule will be adjusted to fulfill transmission and teaching opportunities by Rinpoche.
It is unknown whether tenting will be allowed on the Crystal Mountain land this summer. Current Crystal Mountain accommodations are very limited, and anyone interested in attending the retreat is encouraged to acquire their own housing arrangement after registering with Barbara Shields. Space for the teachings is also limited; please register early.
The Practitioner Support Fund is available for those requiring financial assistance.
Zoom Hybrid Classes From Crystal Mountain Annual Summer Retreat 2023
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
When: August 3rd - 8th, 2023
The Nature and Practice of Mindfulness
in All Three Cycles of Buddha Dharma
Lama Gyaltsen will generously share by Zoom the first six classes of the Annual One-month In-person Summer Retreat of Crystal Mountain Society on Galiano Island.
Daily Classes from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PDT (see your time zone here)
From August 3 to 8, 2023
It will be an In-person Zoom Retreat by registration only1.
The schedule will be subject to changes according to the local situation.
An additional Q+A session might be scheduled.
Possible Zoom Classes with Lho Ratna Rinpoche will be announced separately.
For more information, contact Eva Gohl
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1 NYBCC offers online programs, including classes, retreats, and practice sessions, to create auspicious opportunities and supportive conditions conducive to awakening. As a result, NYBCC has categorized its online programs into three categories:
A. Public Online Programs (free access),
B. In-person Online Programs by Registration,
C. In-Person Online Programs by Registration and Application.
The upcoming program will be offered as follows:
In-person Online Program by Registration
- This online program is designed for practitioners who seek or already have a deeper connection to the Dharma, the teacher and lineage and have a strong personal intent in making effort to participate and receive these teachings.
- As an online participant, you need to register as you would for an in-person retreat.
- It is expected that you approach the online program with the same level of personal involvement and respect for the teacher and the teachings as if you would be attending in person. This includes showing your video and full name during the online sessions unless you have received a direct exemption from the teacher.
- The Zoom link provided by the organizer is intended for your personal use only. Please make us aware if you like to share the link and/or screen with a partner or friend, who will then register in his/her own rights.
- You are aware of the tradition of dana * to the teacher. **)
- NYBCC offers Tiered Rates ***)
- In order to help bridge time zones the teachings will be recorded and made available for streaming and /or download depending on your choice of tiered Rate.
* Dana (generosity/support) refers to a voluntary donation (see What is dana?). In this case, it is a donation to Lama Gyaltsen.
** NYBCC suggests a guideline of CAD 25.00 per class as a donation to the Teacher.
*** The tiered rates for 2023 are as follows:
- Access-Level Rate: CAD 15.00 per class.
This rate supports the provision of appropriate infrastructure at the teaching location, as well as the costs of NYBCC as the online/Zoom program manager and host. - Tier 1 Rate: CAD 25.00 per class.
This rate supports the travel and subsistence of the Dharma Teacher and volunteers, infrastructure costs, and NYBCC's online/Zoom program management and hosting. - Tier 2 Rate: CAD 35.00 per class.
This rate supports all the costs mentioned above, as well as general NYBCC operating expenses. - Practitioner Support.
If you have financial constraints, NYBCC can support your attendance. Please note that your application for support should be submitted at least seven days prior to the start of the classes.
Online Dharma Classes with Lama Mark Webber (Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen) – Europe Tour 2023
A Series of Online Dharma Classes with Lama Mark Webber (Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen) during his Teaching Tour in Europe
When: May – June 2023
Lama Gyaltsen’s one-month Europe Tour is enabled by the organizational and financial efforts of local organizers and by the fees of the local in-person participants. The Lama generously gives these online classes in the context of in-person/online Hybrid Dharma Classes. The generous financial support of the online participants will be highly appreciated.
This online program is offered to individually registered participants only. The Zoom link is personal and is not meant to be shared.
Registered participants will receive the links to the recordings shortly after the Teaching for reviewing the class in case they cannot attend the live teaching due to time zone differences and other personal issues.The classes usually last between 1 and 2 hours.
In-person Retreat in Ortisei, Italy
Friday, May 26 to Thursday, June 1, 2023
The teachings will be based on Jamgon Kongtrul’s book
Creation and Completion: Essential Points of Tantric Meditation.
(Transl. by Sarah Harding)
at 9:30 AM CEST and 3:30 PM CEST*
Access-Level Rate: CAD 90.00 (15.00 p. Class)
Tier Rate 1: CAD 150.00 (25.00 p. Class)
Tier Rate 2: CAD 210.00 (35.00 p. Class)
These fees do not include any donations/dana to the Teacher.
Please place your dana2 here.
Weekend-Teachings in Zürich, Switzerland
Saturday/Sunday, June 17/18, 2023, at 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM CEST*
*Times in Central European Standard Time – please check your local time here.
The Four Noble Truths -
Magnifying Compassion and Wisdom
Why meditate?
Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen will present a brief introductory tour of the essence of Buddha Dharma: The view, meditation and conduct.
Magnifying Compassion and Wisdom:
The contemplations of “The Four Noble Truths” through the three cycles of Buddhist Teachings with readings, commentary and instructions from classic texts and with support from Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen’s study guide.
Costs1:
Access-Level Rate: CAD 75.00 (15.00 p. Class)
Tier Rate 1: CAD 125.00 (25.00 p. Class)
Tier Rate 2: CAD 175.00 (35.00 p. Class)
These fees do not include any donations/dana to the Teacher.
Please place your dana2 here.
Click here to learn more about Lama Mark Webber (Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen)
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1 Our Tiered Rates:
With the Access-Level Rate, you support the coverage of the necessary infrastructure at the teaching locality and the travelling expenses and subsistence of the Dharma Teacher and Volunteers.
With Tier Rate 1, you also support covering the costs of the NYBCC Infrastructure for providing online programs, course management and Zoom hosting, the managing of recordings etc.
With Tier Rate 2, you are supporting the above plus the NYBCC General Activities and Operating Costs.
Please read more about how we calculate the admin fees and technical requirements for Online Teaching and Video productions here.
2 Dana / donation to the Teacher:
The suggested dana is a minimum of $15.00 CAD to $25.00 CAD per class. Please read here about our tradition of sustaining the Dharma Teacher’s life through our practice of generosity through dana / generous donations.
Teachings with Lama Mark Webber (Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen) in Europe 2023
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Mark Webber)
Retreat in Ortisei, Italy - Friday, May 26 to Thursday, June 1, 2023 Contact/info: d.unterthurner@gmail.com | 349 375 1747 (Doris)
Weekend-Teachings in Hamburg, Germany - Friday, June 9 to Sunday, June 11, 2023. For more information, please contact Lotus-See Drikung Dharma Zentrum: lotusseehamburg@web.de
Weekend-Teachings in Zürich, Switzerland - Friday, June 16 to Sunday, June 18, 2023. Info/contact: eva.gohl@bluewin.ch (Eva and Michael Gohl)
Link to Lama Mark Webber's Teaching Schedule
Meditations on Illusion and Vast Compassion: The Twelve Examples of Illusion & The Outer, Inner and Secret Practices of Chenresig
6th Annual Dzogchen Retreat at the Wangapeka
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
February 23 – March 12, 2023
Wangapeka Retreat Centre, South Island, New Zealand
Enquiries & Registration:
For all enquiries and to express interest in attending this retreat, please contact the course manager, Jonathan Chambers:
e: info@openbreath.org
p: +64 21 1860 476
Song of Devotion Transmission, Commentary and Chanting with H.E. Lho Karma Ratna Rinpoche
with H.E. Lho Karma Ratna Rinpoche
We are delighted to announce that H.E. Karma Ratna Rinpoche has accepted our invitation to bestow the Song of Devotion with commentary and chanting. The Namthar Prayer, the spiritual or liberating biography of Kyabje Lho Ontul Rinpoche, is deeply inspirational for all of Rinpoche’s followers as a call to follow in his footsteps.
International Schedule
March 7th
Vancouver, Canada (PST) 7 pm - 9 pm
Guatemala 9 pm 11 pm
Toronto, Canada (EST) 10 pm - 12 am
Teaching will be broadcast in English via ZOOM only.
Click here to join via Zoom.
Meeting ID: 831 2710 1271
Passcode: 123456
For those not able to attend the live teaching, the decision to record and publish the recording is pending. Please stay posted here.
Please consider donating to the WTSL Monastery by contacting wtsl1971@gmail.com
Pointing to the Nature of Mind
Meditation Guidance and Teachings with
Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Mark Webber)
Dates: Jan 30 - Feb 9, 2023. There will be two - three sessions a day with the possibility of a Zoom option being offered. Please stay tuned for further announcements.
Location: Rental houses in Santa Cruz. Single and double accommodation
We are pleased to announce that Lama Mark Webber will be guiding a retreat in Santa Cruz La Laguna on Lake Atitlán, Guatemala for ten days in January-February 2023.
Glimpses that the unfabricated and unconfused mind is free and vividly awake, is the most loving natural gift we can give to one self and others. Over 10 days Lama Mark Webber will guide us ever deeper into the vast scope of non-clinging awareness inseparable with compassion, based on the Dzogchen text called the Three Statements of Garab Dorje. The retreat is for beginners to advanced practitioners. He will be available to give personal guidance if requested.
Contact: Sandra Drummond: sandradrummondl@gmail.com
Out of compassion CoVID vaccinations are highly recommended.
Copies of texts used will be made available at the start of classes.
For more information on Lama Mark Webber:
www.markwebber.org
Cremation Ceremony for Lho Ontul Rinpoche
Sunday, January 8, 2023 (no times announced yet)
The Cremation Ceremony for Lho Ontul Rinpoche in Wogmin Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery in Tso Pema, India, on Sunday, January 8, will be live-streamed on Facebook on https://www.facebook.com/wogminthubten. Please stay posted there.
Honouring the Beloved Kyabje Lho Ontul Rinpoche
On November 20, 2022, a great, wondrous being, our beloved Lama Lho Ontul Rinpoche passed away into the clear light of mind for all.
For those with a connection to Ontul Rinpoche, now is an important time to meditate and pray for his swift rebirth. H.H. Chetsang Rinpoche has written a beautiful prayer of rebirth that many of us are reciting. You can hear his son, Lho Ratna Rinpoche chanting this prayer. Also, allow our minds to merge with our Lama’s mind. Let’s all take time to meditate together in his energy of luminous awakeness. Lho Ratna Rinpoche also advised us to especially practice the Seven Line Prayer of Guru Rinpoche and the meditation called A Shower of Blessings
by Ju Mipham Rinpoche.
Many of us are combining a great abundance of these
prayers with the Drikung Yangzab Padmasattva Practice
or with Vajrasattva.
Honouring the Beloved Kyabje Lho Ontul Rinpoche
Led by Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
December 3 and 4, 2022, Online Only
These two Online Dharma Sessions offered by Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber) are for dedicated practitioners with heart connections and strong commitments to Lho Ontul Rinpoche or Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen. They are supporting Rinpoche’s Buddha activities and deepening our connection with our dearly beloved teacher-Lama, who, in whatever form, always radiates an unshakable confidence in the Dharma.
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Dharma Teaching on Samaya (vows) and The Power of Confession
By Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Guatemala, 13:00 - 15:00 (CST), Toronto, 14:00 - 16:00 (EST), Vancouver 11:00 - 13:00 (PST), Europe, 20:00 - 22:00 (CET), New Zealand, Sun, Dec 4, 8:00 - 10:00 (NZDT)
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Honouring the Beloved Kyabje Lho Ontul Rinpoche with
‘A Shower of Blessings’ by Mipham Rinpoche
A Group Practice Session Led by
Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen
Guatemala, 13:00 - 15:00 (CST), Toronto, 14:00 - 16:00 (EST), Vancouver, 11:00 - 13:00 (PST), Europe, 20:00 - 22:00 (CET), New Zealand, Mon, Dec 5, 8:00 - 10:00 (NZDT)
This group practice is a generous offering by Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen, happily sponsored by NYBCC.
Vajrasattva Group Practice for the Longevity and Good Health of H.E. Lho Ontul Rinpoche
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
Sunday, October 30, 2022, on Zoom and In-Person
Namgyal Choling Gompa, Galiano Island, B.C. Canada
11 AM PDT / 2 PM EDT / 7PM CET / 12 PM CST / 7 AM NZDT (Oct. 31)
The Zoom group practice is for dedicated practitioners with heart connections and strong commitments to Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen and/or H.E. Lho Ontul Rinpoche. As stated by H.E. Lho Ratna Rinpoche, ‘May we be able to mend and renew our Samaya (vows) with the Guru and amongst us.’ Please make efforts to create supportive conditions for this purification practice in your place of practice. Also, as a gesture of respect, please show your video, and participate in the same attitude as if you were attending the practice in person. In addition, prepare a food and drink offering for the Ganachakra.
These texts will be used: Namgyal Yangzab Contemplations and Prayers, the ‘Yangzab Vajrasattva Practice’ and Nuden Dorje’s ‘Blessing of Food and Drinks’ found in the above Prayer Book.
If you do not have these texts, and for other questions, please contact namgyalyangzab@gmail.com
This group practice is a generous offering by Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen, happily sponsored by NYBCC.
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Contribute to the Vajrasattva 100-Syllable Mantra Accumulation
This Zoom session is a live-only event.
Meeting ID: 870 5491 5171 / Passcode: Padma108
Billowing Clouds of Compassion Awareness: Deepening Our Explorations of The Vast Expanse and Luminous Nature
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
September 23 - October 12, 2022
Location: The Dharma Centre of Canada
Kinmount, ON Canada
The Dharma Centre of Canada is delighted to announce that Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber) has accepted an invitation from his students to return to the DCC to lead a three-week immersive retreat.
Lama Mark will offer Transmissions and Teachings from the streams of the Drikung Mahamudra and Dzogchen lineages and other precious lines of transmission. In addition to bestowing Transmissions and Empowerments, Lama Mark will offer personal guidance in a deepening practice of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. The exploration of the Vast Expanse and Luminous Nature will take place in a variety of modalities in order to support the unique learning needs of students and practitioners. This will include classes, periods of group practice and also personal practice time. For more information please visit: https://www.dharmacentre.org/dharma-centre-retreat-calendar/retreat-with-lama-mark-webber-1
Public Zoom Classes: Billowing Clouds of Compassion Awareness: Deepening our Explorations of the Vast Expanse and Luminous Nature
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
Saturday, September 24 – Friday, September 30*
Daily Class 1: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast Time
Daily Class 2: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM East Coast Time
*Class times subject to change, and will be posted here. Please check regularly.
Join us for one week of public Zoom classes with Lama Mark Webber (Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen) on “Billowing Clouds of Compassion Awareness”. Teachings are given in the frame of a 3-week in-person retreat hosted by the Dharma Centre of Canada in Kinmount, Ontario.
General Topics:
- Opening the vast gate of Bodhicitta - classic meditations on loving-kindness, compassion and emptiness.
- Deepening our experiences of the Four Noble Truths: meditations through the three Dharma cycles.
- Increasing our sensory awareness and balance to support and enliven all meditations and study.
Fee: $150 CAD. Payment can be made via PayPal or E-Transfer to namgyalyangzab@gmail.com.
The classes will be live-streamed and access will be made available to the (unedited) recordings.
Access to recordings may be delayed due to on-site technical challenges.
Please note, that no one will be turned away from participating in these precious teachings due to lack of funds.
Please contact namgyalyangzab@gmail.com to request a rate within your means.
This fee assists the organizers in covering costs associated with the Teacher's travel, accommodation as well as technical costs for Zoom, equipment, storage and digital access.
Register here or contact namgyalyangzab@gmail.com for more information.
Once registration and payment is received, we will send the Zoom link via email on or before September 22nd.
Lama Mark Webber (Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen) has been studying, practicing and teaching Buddha-dharma for over forty years. For thirty years his main root teacher was the great Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche who taught all three cycles of the Buddha’s teachings, including Abhidhamma, Vipassana in the lineage of Mahāsi Sayādaw, generation and completion stage practices of the Tantrayana and Mahamudra/Dzogchen of many lineages, especially of the Karma Kagyu and Sakya. More recently under the guidance and request of Drikung Lho Ontul Rinpoche, Lama Webber has been teaching principally the richness of the Drikung Mahamudra and Drikung Yangzab Dzogchen traditions.
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Unfolding Oceans of Compassion Awareness: 22nd Annual Summer Retreat at Crystal Mountain
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
August 3rd to August 25th, 2022
Optional Solo Retreat August 25th - 31st
Location: Crystal Mountain Society Retreat and Namgyal Choling Gompa,
Galiano Island, B,C. Canada
Contact: For more information and registration,
Barbara Shields kutenaiwellness@gmail.com
SUBJECT TO PROVINCIAL CoVID-19 PUBLIC MEETING RESTRICTIONS
Crystal Mountain Society is very pleased to announce that for the 22nd year Lama Mark Webber will be teaching, leading meditation and guiding practitioners at the Crystal Mountain Summer Retreat.
Schedule and Topics:
Week 1:
a) Introducing the foundations for the awakening mind (Bodhicitta) supported by meditation
b) Sensory In-touchment and Enlivening
Why Meditate? Four Noble Truths, Compassion and Emptiness: Study, Reflection and Meditation.
Meditation on transience and death.
Progressively deepening awareness of our bodies is a vital part of liberation. Gradually bringing in-touchment and enlivening to our body experience is a major component of this summer’s retreat.
Many sessions of yoga, Feldenkrais and explorations by Lama Mark. (Led by Laurel Jacobson, Lama Mark and others)
Week 2:
The meditation of Chenresig from the Drikung Dzogchen tradition. Outer, Inner and Secret practices of the Chenresig Sole Syllable as taught by Padmasambhava and revealed by Gyalwang Rinchen Phuntsog in the 16th century.
The empowerment of Chenresig. Date to be announced.
Group and individual practice.
Integrating sound, speech, mantra and breath into all our practices (led by Michael Gohl).
Learning vajra recitation.
Many sessions of yoga, Feldenkrais and explorations by Lama Mark. (Led by Laurel Jacobson, Lama Mark and others)
Week 3:
Continuation of Instructions, meditations and teachings of the Chenresig Sole Syllable practice & Mahamudra Instructions of Padmasambhava
The meditation of Chenresig continued with emphasis on inner yoga. Group and individual practice.
Mahamudra Instructions of Padmasambhava: Reading and teachings from an extraordinary texts on the ‘Great Seal’, by Padmasambhava. With commentary from Lho Trinle Namgyal’s and Tashi Namgyal’s texts on Mahamudra.
The meditation of Chenresig continued. Group and individual practice.
Continuing sessions each day of sound, yoga, Feldenkrais and explorations sensory awareness. (led by Laurel Jacobson and others)
Other Empowerments, transmissions and practices to be announced.
The retreat will end with an empowerment and community feast (Tsog).
Lama Mark Webber (Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen) has been studying and teaching Buddha-dharma for over forty-five years. For thirty years his main root teacher was the great Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche who taught all three cycles of the Buddha’s teachings, including Abhi-dhamma, Vipassana in the lineage of Mahāsi Sayādaw, generation and completion stage practic-es of the Tantrayana and Mahamudra/Dzogchen of many lineages, especially of the Karma Ka-gyu and Sakya. More recently under the guidance and request of Drikung Lho Ontul Rinpoche, Lama Webber has been teaching principally the richness of the Drikung Mahamudra and Drikung Yangzab Dzogchen traditions.
He has a deep and long term interest and collaboration in a number of scientific fields and the arts which he integrates with the teaching of Buddhism.
Lama Webber’s compassionate activities demonstrate a profound commitment to freeing beings from innumerable suffering states. His emphasis with practitioners and students is on uncovering pure Dharma to reveal its extraordinary benefits and share the great joy of its deep study, medi-tative practices and integration into all aspects of our lives.
For more information about Lama Mark Webber please see:
http://www.markwebber.org
www.facebook.com/lamamarkwebber/
http://crystalmountain.org
http://www.dharmacentre.org
Public Zoom Classes: Unfolding Oceans of Compassion Awareness
with Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
Participate in one week of public Zoom classes with Lama Mark Webber (Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen) on “Unfolding Oceans of Compassion Awareness”. Teachings are given in the frame of an annual 3-week in-person summer retreat sponsored by Crystal Mountain on Galiano Island.
Schedule and Topics:
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1. Introducing the foundations for the awakening mind (Bodhicitta) supported by meditation.
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2. Four Noble Truths, Loving-Kindness, Compassion, and Emptiness; the heart of Dharma and practice.
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3. Sensory in-touchment and enlivening: Progressively deepening awareness of our bodies is a vital part of liberation. Gradually bringing in-touchment and enlivening to our body experience is a major component of this summer’s retreat.
All are welcome. No registration needed. While financial donations are important, if it’s not possible for you to give at this time, please attend anyway!
Creation & Completion Stages of Deity Yoga
Commentary by Lho Ontul Rinpoche
Eight Online Classes: April 9, 16, 23, 30 & May 7, 14, 21, 28
The generation stage or creation phase, also known as "the phase of imagination" and "the yoga of fabrications" is the first phase of tantric deity yoga in the Unsurpassed Yoga Tantra. Ju Mipham defines the generation stage as follows: 'accessing the purity and equality of appearance and existence through conceptual creations and training in
accord with the view that ascertains the meaning of the natural continuum of the ground'. The completion stage, also known as "the yoga of the natural state," is the second stage of Unsurpassed Yoga Tantra, Ju Mipham, writes that in the completion stage (also known as the "path of the innate" or "path of direct perception"), 'the profound methodical pith instructions actualize the tantra of the ground, the great
purity and equality that dwells within as the mandala of spontaneous presence.
Dates:
April 9, 16, 23 & 30 & May 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2022
Time:
6:00 pm (Delhi)
7:30 pm (Jakarta/Vietnam)
8:30 pm (Singapore/Malaysia)
3:30 pm (Moscow)
2:30 pm (Berlin)
8:30 am (New York)
5:30 am (Vancouver, BC)
8:30 am (Chile)
Join via Zoom:
Zoom ID: 93492976047
Passcode: 123456
Languages: Tibetan, English, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Indonesia, Russian, Spanish, German.
Donations: For details on how to donate to the Monastery and to the Rinpoches, please email: wtsl1971@gmail.com
Organizer: Wogmin International ZOOM Committee & Wogmin Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery
NYBCC, in cooperation with Crystal Mountain Society, announces:
A Two-Month Series of Online Classes starting on March 5, 2022
Je Gampopa’s The Jewel Ornament of Liberation (in-person)
A Commentary and Retreat Guidance by Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
28 to 32 Online Classes from March 5-6 to April 23-24, 2022
each Saturday & Sunday at 9:30 am PST and 4 pm PST
Please note: All classes will be recorded and uploaded on a Dropbox platform asap in order to make it possible for participants in other time zones to listen to the classes at more convenient times.
The classes are given as a Hybrid for the retreatants of a three-month in-person retreat on Galiano Island as well as for the online participants.
Lama Mark Webber will give an in-depth survey of Je Gampopa’s famous Jewel Ornament of Liberation, thereby giving out teachings, contemplations, meditations and life advice. This is designed as a practical retreat course. Gampopa’s text is one of the great masterpieces of the entire Mahayana path; clear, precise and liberating no matter which century we live in.
For those attending by Zoom, depending on their interest and availability, there will be opportunities for group discussions, meditations, questions and answers and individual interviews with the Lama by request. The online participants are encouraged to make an effort towards reserving time for a retreat or semi-retreat for practice and participating in the classes, group discussions, explorations and meditations as much as possible. All classes will be recorded and uploaded on a Dropbox platform asap in order to make it possible for participants in other time zones to listen to the classes at more convenient times.
Texts used are:
Je Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation, translated by Khenpo Gyaltsen Rinpoche, Snow Lion Publications, 1998.
The Precious Garland of the Sublime Path by Je Gampopa, translated by Erik Pema Kunsang, is available at the start of the retreat on the Lama Mark Webber website.
Gongchig, the Single Intent, Jigten Sumgon, Otter Verlag, ISBN 13: 9783933529282.
Registration/application for the online classes, please email Eva Gohl: eva.gohl@bluewin.ch
Crystal Mountain Society, in cooperation with NYBCC, announces:
A Two-Month Series of Teachings and Retreat on Galiano Island starting March 5, 2022
Je Gampopa’s The Jewel Ornament of Liberation (in-person)
A Commentary and Retreat Guidance by Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
Options:
1) In-person classes on Galiano Island
2) In person solo retreat for up to 3 months with or without classes.
The classes can be attended in-person, by zoom, or as part of a solo retreat on Galiano Island. In person classes will be held at Namgyal Choling. Solo in person retreat on Galiano Island supported by Lama Mark for up to three months is also available with or without attending classes. For the in person option, full vaccination is required and current provincial Covid protocols will be followed.
For more information or to register for any in-person options please email Barbara Shields: kutenaiwellness@gmail.com
Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen, in the early 1980’s while on a three-month retreat, was very fortunate to receive detailed teachings and guidance on Gampopa’s entire text by the Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche. More information may be found here.
Two Truths
Commentary by Lho Ontul Rinpoche
Two Online Classes: March 19 & 26
The Buddha's teaching of Dharma is based on Two Truths, a truth of worldly convention and an ultimate truth. Those who do not understand the distinction drawn between these Two Truths do not understand the Buddha's profound Truth. Without a foundation in the conventional truth, the significance of the ultimate truth cannot be taught. Without understanding the significance of the ultimate, liberation is not achieved.
Dates:
March 19 & 26, 2022
Time:
6:00 pm (Delhi)
7:30 pm (Jakarta/Vietnam)
8:30 pm (Singapore/Malaysia)
3:30 pm (Moscow)
1:30 pm (Berlin)
8:30 am (New York)
5:30 am (Vancouver, BC)
9:30 am (Chile)
Join via Zoom:
Zoom ID: 93492976047
Passcode: 123456
Languages: Tibetan, English, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Indonesia, Russian, Spanish, German.
Donations: For details on how to donate to the Monastery and to the Rinpoches, please email: wtsl1971@gmail.com
Organizer: Wogmin International ZOOM Committee & Wogmin Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery
NYBCC, in cooperation with Crystal Mountain Society:
Introduction to Je Gampopa’s The Jewel Ornament of Liberation
By Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
Public Online Class on March 5th, 2022 at 9:30 AM PST / 12:30 PM EST / 6:30 PM Central European Time / March 6th, 6:30 AM New Zealand NZDT
Je Gampopa’s famous Jewel Ornament of Liberation is one of the great masterpieces of the entire Mahayana path; clear, precise and liberating no matter which century we live in.
The Translator, Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche, says: “Khunu Lama Rinpoche said that this was the first Lam Rim text written in Tibet and that all the later great Lam Rim texts were based on the Jewel Ornament of Liberation.” And H.H. the Dalai Lama writes in the foreword: “I would like to remind the reader that it is not enough simply to know the meaning of the Dharma—we must always make an effort to implement it in our day-to-day life and to sincerely follow the way of practice that Milarepa and Gampopa have shown us.”
Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen will give a pithy introduction to this fundamental text, thereby laying out the benefits of putting such ancient teaching into practice in our challenging times of the 21st Century.
This class is the opening class of both a Two Month Series of Online Classes and a Three Month In-person Retreat on Galiano Island, held in the Namgyal Choling Gompa on Galiano Island, B.C.
Free Access:
Zoom Meeting ID: 811 4098 5905
Passcode: 108
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Lojong, Seven Points Mind Training
Commentary by Lho Ontul Rinpoche
Four Online Classes: January 29, February 12, 19 & 26
The original Lojong practice consists of 59 slogans. These slogans are further organized into seven groupings, called the ‘Seven Points Mind Training’. These teachings, were introduced to Tibet by Lord Atiśha in the eleventh century.
Dates:
January 29, February, 12, 19 & 26, 2022
Time:
6:00 pm (Delhi)
7:30 pm (Jakarta/Vietnam)
8:30 pm (Singapore/Malaysia)
1:30 pm (Berlin)
7:30 am (New York)
4:30 am (Vancouver, BC)
9:30 am (Chile)
Join via Zoom:
Zoom ID: 93492976047
Passcode: 123456
Languages: Tibetan, English, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia.
Donations: For details on how to donate to the Monastery and to the Rinpoches, please email: wtsl1971@gmail.com
Organizer: Wogmin International ZOOM Committee & Wogmin Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery
The Infinite Space of Loving-kindness: exploring the scope and meditations of loving-kindness, compassion and wisdom
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
Two Weekends of Classes: January 15-16 & 22-23, 2022
Location: Antigua, Guatemala
We are pleased to announce that Lama Mark Webber will be teaching in Antigua, Guatemala for two weekends.
The unity of loving-kindness, compassion and wisdom are the kernel of an awake and illuminated mind. Over two weekends Lama Mark Webber, based on original and timeless Buddhist texts will unfold the vast scope of these teachings and meditations, for beginners to advanced practitioners. This is an excellent semi-retreat opportunity; he will be available to give personal guidance if requested.
Location: Callejon el Burrito #1, Antigua, Guatemala
Times: 9:30 am & 3:30 pm
Contact: Laurel Jacobson: laurel.jacobson@gmail.com
Out of compassion, two CoVID vaccinations and medical grade masks are required to attend classes. Boosters are highly recommended.
Extracts of texts used are: 1) Vimuttimagga, The Path Of Freedom, by Arahant Upatissa, Pali Text Society, Columbo, Sri Lanka, 1961, and 2) Je Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation, translated by Khenpo Gyaltsen Rinpoche, Snow Lion Publications, 1998. Copies of some texts used will be made available at the start of classes.
Deepening Dzogchen Retreat
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
October 2nd - 24th, 2021
Location: Dharma Centre of Canada
Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber) has accepted an invitation on behalf of his students to lead a 3 week 'Great Perfection' Retreat at the Dharma Centre of Canada this fall. It will rely on the richness of the Drikung Dzogchen from the Yangzab Terma teachings of Tertӧn Rinchen Phuntsok (16th century), as well as, the teachings of 19th century saint Lho Nüden Dorje. The retreat will include instructions, empowerments and personal guidance in a deepening practice of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, as Lama Mark began to bestow at the DCC in 2020.
Go here for the more information and to register.
21st Annual Summer Retreat at Crystal Mountain Society Bodies of Awareness: Meditations on Our Vital yet Illusory Bodies
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
July 31st to August 29th, 2021
Location: Crystal Mountain Society Retreat and Namgyal Choling Gompa,
Galiano Island, B,C. Canada
SUBJECT TO PROVINCIAL CoVID-19 PUBLIC MEETING RESTRICTIONS
Crystal Mountain Society is very pleased to announce that for the 21st year Lama Mark Webber will be teaching, leading meditation and guiding practitioners at the Crystal Mountain Summer Retreat.
Go here for the full schedule and topics.
Online Participation
Crystal Mountain Society and NYBCC are very pleased to announce that Lama Mark Webber will offer parts of this Summer Retreat for online participants.
Go here for Registration/Application.
Go here for the full schedule and topics.
For more information contact Eva Gohl at eva.gohl@bluewin.ch.
The Twelve Examples of Illusion: profound supports to realize awakeness
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
Zoom Teachings on Saturday & Sunday, May 22-23 & June 5-6 & June 12-13 at 11:30 am PST
Lama Mark Webber will give teachings and meditation practices based on the classic twelve examples of illusion from the Mahayana and Theravadin traditions; e.g., bubbles, rainbows, echos, lightning and mirror. Contemplation on these examples allows an easier access to meditating on emptiness. Through traditional Asian examples, western science, pithy instructions and contemplations, Lama Webber shows that all of our perception and experience is illusory. To not know the extent of fabrication in all that we experience is a primary source of suffering. Insight into illusory phenomena, called completion stage with support, leads to a great wakefulness.
Text used:
Twelve Examples of Illusion, Jan Westerhoff, Oxford, 2010. The text is available as a kindle or hardcopy from Amazon. PDF copies are also to be found online
Password: 108
The Single Sufficient Path of Mahamudra - Teachings and Meditations on Gampopa’s essence text
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
Zoom Teachings on Saturday & Sunday, May 8-9 at 11:30 am PST
Part II on Saturday & Sunday, May 15-16 at 11:30 am PST
Mahamudra, or 'great seal’, is the view of all experience as it is. The great seal is also the meditation and the fruition—total awakeness and compassion. It describes the preparations, graduated steps we take and the natural mode of mind free of all obscurations.
We are pleased to announce that Lama Mark Webber will be giving a commentary and instructions on Je Gampopa’s (11th cent.) essence text: The Single Sufficient Path of Mahamudra. This is an elegant and direct instruction of the essence-ground of mind, the meditations and path we need to follow and the result; the inseparable unity of wisdom and compassion. Je Gampopa was one of Tibet’s greatest masters.
Text used:
The Single Sufficient Path by Je Gampopa
Password: 108
Unfolding Confidence in Dharma: The Path of Freedom
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
Zoom Teachings requested by Queenstown Dharma Centre, New Zealand
March 19 at 2 pm PDT/ 5 pm EDT, New Zealand: 10 am one day later. April 9 & 10, April 16 & 17, April 30 & May 1 at 3 pm PDT / 6 pm EDT, New Zealand: 10 am one day later
Since everything we experience and think about is formed in our mind, if we want lasting freedom, we need to come to know mind: innate freedom and luminous compassion. This is the Dharma. Over a two month period, Lama Mark will be giving teachings and directing meditations for practitioners at the Queenstown Dharma Centre. He will begin with exploring what is Buddha Dharma and how we generally unfold through many paths, levels, understandings and liberative experiences. The Dharma has over two thousand years of tradition, including the Buddha and hundreds of thousands of practitioner’s awakening experiences, teachings and meditations for every type of person. That can be confusing! Here, we are going to explore the essential threads or the core of the Dharma, both through understanding, then meditative practice. Lama Mark will use as a guide, one of the most extraordinary and authoritative texts; Nagarjuna’s Bodhicittavivarana - A commentary on the Awakening Mind. The sessions are for all levels of understanding and meditative experience.
March session
What is the Dharma?
• What are the differences between tranquility, insight, meditative experiences and realization?
• How to relax our mind but be awake, bright and compassionate?
• What is liberation and awakening?
• Why we need to combine study, contemplation and meditation?
• How and why we move through levels and paths?
April Sessions
Teachings and Meditations on Emptiness and Great Love.
• The importance of understanding emptiness and unfolding compassion: Bodhicitta
• What is essential to gather and accomplish to awaken? Merit and Wisdom
• We will continue to use Nagarjuna’s famous text: the Bodhicittavivarana—A commentary on the Awakening Mind.
ZOOM LINK
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Texts used:
Nagarjuna’s famous text: the Bodhicittavivarana - A commentary on the Awakening Mind
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Gampopa’s Precious Garland of the Sublime Path
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
2 Weekends of Zoom Teachings: March 27-28 and April 3-4 at 11:30 am PST
Lama Mark will give commentary and explanations on Je Gampopa’s extraordinary collection of advise for all practitioner’s of Dharma.
Gampopa, living in the 12 century, was one of Tibet’s most accomplished and gifted teachers. His personal words of counsel and instruction are still perfectly direct and vital. Please join Lama Mark in opening this precious treasury for all.
Texts Used:
The Precious Garland of the Sublime Path - The Oral Instructions of Lord Gampopa.
Namgyal Yangzab Contemplations and Prayers.
Dedication and Aspiration expressing the Three Cycles of the Buddha’s teachings.
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Mahamudra/Dzogchen and Mindfulness continued: Integrating with Visualization and Mantra
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
A Weekend of Zoom Teachings: March 13-14 at 11:30 am PST
Further guidance on the necessity of mindfulness in Mahamudra/Dzogchen practice. And the discernment between mindfulness, awareness and luminous awareness. Moreover, Lama Mark will give instructions on developing the seamless integration of visualization and mantra with the unsupported completion stage; bringing about a unity of generation and completion stage practices.
And how to relax and stay awake!
Texts Used:
MahaSatipatthana Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness,
Long Discourses of the Buddha, Digha Nikaya 22. p. 335.
Translated by Marine Walshe, (2005). Wisdom Publications. Boston. p. 335.
Also available in PDF format.
Anapanasati- Mindfulness of In-and-out Breathing (from the Ónåpånasati Sutta, a discourse by Sakyamuni Buddha, Majjhima Nikaya 118)
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Four Foundations of Mindfulness and the Path of Mahamudra
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
Two Weekends of Zoom Teachings: January 2-3
and 16-17, 2021 at 11:30 am PST
Please join us in classes on the importance and methods of the Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness as an essential component of the path of Mahamudra. Lama Mark will emphasize the essentiality of us continuing to develop the three main qualities of mindfulness—recollection, attentiveness and memory—as a key component of the whole path of awakening.
Text Used: MahaSatipatthana Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness,
Long Discourses of the Buddha, Digha Nikaya 22. p. 335.
Translated by Marine Walshe, (2005). Wisdom Publications. Boston. p. 335.
Also available in PDF format.
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White Tara
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
A Two Weekend Zoom Retreat December 5-6
and 19-20, 2020 at 11:30 am PST
Please join us in a wonderful meditation and prayer of compassion and wisdom awareness: collectively reciting White Tara mantras.
* Reading Transmission of the Practice Text*
* Teachings and Explanations
* Group Practice
* Individual Practice — suggested goal 100,000 mantras each
Registration: Ludo Hardy (Namgyal Choling Gompa): hardyludovick@gmail.com
Please click here to record your weekly tallies.
Totals will be posted at the end of the week on: https://www.markwebber.org/
* Practice Text available by registration.
The Unique Dharma teachings of the Single Intention (Gongchik)
with Khenchen Nyima Gyaltsen
A weekend of online Dharma Teachings, December 26 & 27, 2020 at 6:00 am PST
It is said in the Great Overview of the Single Intention: For example, the four great rivers of Jambudvipa with their five hundred subordinate rivers, streams, ponds, springs, water-falls, and so forth – all the different kinds of water – have distinct colors, smells, functions, and potentials, but when they have gone into the great ocean, they all have the same salty taste. Likewise, all [the teachings that the buddhas] taught considering the different dispositions, faculties, and interests of sentient beings – the eighty-four thousand groups of Dharma teachings, the three collections, the four classes of tantras, the twelve branches of teachings, the different approaches through the vehicles and paths – there are none that are not included in the great ocean of the absolute nature, the meaning of the ultimate, single, unborn mahamudra. Therefore, it is a single intention.
Find more information about Khenchen Nyima Gyaltsen.
Live on Facebook: facebook.com/wogminthubten
Live on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85350239285?pwd=dTMrYUpsUFZmalhqeHZGV1pHdHJRdz09
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Refining Emotions: A Teaching on Mind Training
with Drikung Lho Ontül Rinpoche
Online Dharma Teachings on Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15 at 7.30pm (GMT+5.30)
Delhi - 7:30 pm (GMT+5:30)
Germany and Switzerland - 3:00 pm (GMT+1)
Guatemala - 8:00 am (CST:GMT-6)
New Zealand - 3 am (GMT+13) (Friday and Saturday)
Toronto - 9:00 am (EDT: GMT-5)
United Kingdom - 2:00 pm (GMT)
Vancouver/Galiano - 6:00 am (PDT: GMT-8)
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Zoom Meeting ID: 898 4513 1275
Text and documents related to the Teachings:
Preliminaries and Long Life Prayers
Chenresig—Avalokiteśvara
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
A Two Weekend Zoom Retreat November 7-8
and 21-22, 2020 at 11:30 am PST
Please join us in a wonderful meditation and prayer of compassion and wisdom awareness: collectively reciting Chenresig mantras.
* Reading Transmission of the Practice Text*
* Explanation and Teachings
* Group Practice
* Individual Practice — suggested goal 100,000 mantras each
Registration: Ludo Hardy (Namgyal Choling Gompa): hardyludovick@gmail.com
Please click here to record your weekly tallies.
Totals will be posted at the end of the week on: https://www.markwebber.org/
* Practice Text available by registration: A concise sadhana by Orgyen Lho Nuden Dorje
with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
September 22 to October 13, 2020, Dharma Centre of Canada
We are delighted to announce that Lama Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber) has accepted an invitation on behalf of his students from the Dzogchen Community of Canada to lead and teach 3 weeks (Sept 22 – Oct. 13, 2020) of a 12-week Great Perfection Retreat – at the Dharma Centre of Canada. The intent of this retreat is to have a community of practitioners start with instructions, empowerments, personal guidance and then continue on through for a two -three-months or more in-depth retreat…
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with Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen (Lama Mark Webber)
September 12-13, 2020, in Nanaimo
Please join us for a rich weekend of teachings and meditations from Lama Mark Webber on the crucial topic of building strength and capacity—Merit—in the Path of Liberation and Awakening. These teachings are open to all. Three classes will be offered...
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