Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche will lead the Mahayoga 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  group of essential personnel.

During the 2018 NSS and at Pema Osel the summer of 2019, Rinpoche bestowed the empowerment for Chime Pakme Nyingtik, “The Heart Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality.” We will begin this year’s Mahayoga Sangdrup 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 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 22nd, 2022.

2 ) Make offerings to the tsok here
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. You can also make a prayer request here.

3 ) Get the Liturgies
If you are participating in the 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 to order as hard copies. 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.

Digital Pechas: The digital pechas for this program can be purchased and downloaded online here.

CPN:
For CPN, we have a new travel pecha that contains CPN, as well as other practice liturgies we don’t do during this program and the Riwo Sangcho practice. You can order the white travel pecha here.  Please order this by August 15, 2022 to receive it before the program begins.

Note: If you took part in the Mahayoga Sadhana Retreat in 2019 through 2021, you should buy the new white travel pecha containing the Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik and all the inserts that go with that practice. Rinpoche would like everyone to have the white travel pecha and no longer use the temporary ones we made for the last few years of this program.

RPN:
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. The RPN practice will include certain sections of the CPN that are in the white travel pecha, so be sure to have a copy of that as well.

Riwo Sangchö:
On the RPN practice days, we do the Riwo Sangchö practice; the short liturgy is included in the white travel pecha.

Cheat Sheets:
The following cheat sheets can help you follow along with the practice. Click the links below to download.
CNP 12pt text
CPN 10pt text
RPN 12 pt text
RPN 10 pt text

Other information

FAQs

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

Orientation Meeting
On August 22, at 8 p.m. Eastern time, Joey Waxman lead a Zoom meeting to give participants some basic information on how to do these practices. You can view the recorded Zoom session by clicking this link.

Daily Schedule

All times below are Eastern daylight time:

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 8/26 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik

Saturday 8/27 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik

Sunday 8/28 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik

Monday 8/29 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho

Tuesday 8/30 –  Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho

Wednesday 8/31 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho

Thursday 9/1 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik siddhis

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