Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche will lead the Mahayoga Sadhana Retreat (previously called Sangdrup) online. Similar to the online tsok practices, formal MSB lineage disciples are welcome to attend the retreat this year through Zoom. The retreat will be broadcast from Pema Osel, where Rinpoche will lead the practice with a small group of essential personnel.

During the 2018 NSS and last summer at Pema Osel, Rinpoche bestowed the empowerment for Chime Pakme Nyingtik, “The Heart Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality.” We will begin this year’s Mahayoga Sadhana Retreat with three days of this practice. The following four days will be similar to the Sangdrup programs we’ve had at Pema Osel since 2009. We will practice the Rangjung Peme Nyingtik sadhana (a terma discovered by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche) along with the Riwo Sangcho (a practice for purifying karmic debts). An important part of these practices is the feast offerings we make every day. This practice of “great giving without holding back” reverses our habitual self-centered psychology and can thus enable practitioners to overcome even our most tenacious obstacles.

This program is open to everyone who has gone through the MSB Lineage Ceremony. It is preferable, but not required, to have received the empowerments for these practices. If you can’t join the online practice, you can still share the merit of these feast practices by making a prayer request and an offering.

To participate in the Mahayoga Sadhana Retreat from home, follow these 3 steps:

1 ) Register here
There is no fee to register for the program but we are encouraged to make offerings. Please register by Aug 23th, 2021.

2 ) Make offerings to the tsok
An important part of these practices is the feast offerings we make every day. This practice of “great giving without holding back” reverses our habitual self-centered psychology and can thus enable practitioners to overcome even our most tenacious obstacles. To cover the costs of hosting the practice from Pema Osel and for the tsok offerings we suggest a $25/day contribution.

3 ) Get the Liturgies
If you are participating in the whole program, you will need the Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik (CPN), Rangjung Peme Nyingtik (RPN), and Riwo Sangchö texts, along with all inserts. These are all available as hard copies and as digital downloads. Please read the following carefully, so you can make the best decision on what liturgies you might need and how to purchase them:

Note: You must be logged in as a Member on the MSB website to make any of the purchases outlined below.

Hard Copies:
On the MSB Store, we have a new travel pecha that contains CPN, as well as two practices we don’t do during this program (Dukngal Rangdrol and Zabtik Drolchok). You can order the travel pecha here. Please order this as soon as possible to receive it before the retreat. If you don’t receive it in time, we can send you a complementary digital version.

If you took part in the Mahayoga Sadhana Retreat in 2019 or 2020, you should already have a CPN pecha. We have made a few small changes for this year’s version, but what you have is 99% up to date. There will be a cheat sheet that explains how to navigate the practices. This will also tell you what the changes are.

For RPN, we are still using the purple book from Celebrating the Return! (Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche’s visit in 2010). You can order this book here. On the RPN practice days, we do the Riwo Sangchö practice; the short liturgy can be ordered here.

Digital Download:
We have a digital pecha that includes CPN, RPN, and all supplementary practices for this program. Order it here.

Cheat Sheets:
We created cheat sheets to explain how to use all of these documents. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the order of the practice before the program starts. 
Download the Chime Pakme Nyingtik (days 1-3) sheet here.
Download the Rangjung Peme Nyingtik (days 4-7) for the digital text here.
Download the Rangjung Peme Nyingtik (days 4-7) for the printed text here.

Other information:

FAQs

How to participate in the practice from home
The best way to participate in this program is to do every session. If that isn’t possible, one can do any number of full days of practice. However, since every day is a complete practice, do not plan on joining for assorted sessions here and there.

On August 23, at 8 p.m. Eastern time, Joey Waxman led a Zoom meeting to give participants some basic information on how to do these practices. The webinar was recorded and can be downloaded here.

Daily Schedule

The below schedule was last updated on August 29 (all times are Eastern daylight):

9:00 – 11:00 First session

11:00 – 11:25 Break

11:25 – 12:30 Second session

12:30 – 2:30 Lunch break

2:30 – 4:15 Third session

4:15 – 4:45 Break

4:45 – 6:30 Fourth session

*** This schedule is subject to change. Changes will appear here and be announced by email and on the stream.

*The schedule for Thursday, the final day, is determined the day before and will be announced.

Practices Days

Friday 8/27 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik

Saturday 8/28 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik

Sunday 8/29 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik

Monday 8/30 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho

Tuesday 8/31 –  Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho

Wednesday 9/1 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho

Thursday 9/2 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik siddhis

For general questions, contact pemaosel@mangalashribhuti.org
For practice questions, contact joseph.waxman@gmail.com