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Mahayoga Sangdrup

Date: August 25–August 31, 2023  |  

Location: Pema Osel  |  

Teacher: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche will lead the Mahayoga Sangdrup at Pema Osel and all eligible students are welcome to attend in person or participate from home via live stream on Zoom. 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 in person or online, you can still share the merit of these feast practices by making an offering and/or a prayer request.

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.

Making Offerings and Prayer Requests
The feast offerings we make every day is a practice of “great giving without holding back” which reverses our habitual self-centered psychology and 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 $30/day contribution. You can make offerings to the tsok or make a prayer request.

 

In-Person Registration & Offerings
Please click each of the bars below to both register and make offerings. Under 'In-Person Registration' select the number of days you plan to attend and click 'add to cart'. Next, under 'Offerings', enter the total amount you would like make for offering.

In-Person Registration

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Mahayoga Sangdrup 2023 In Person – Full Program$140.00

August 25 – 31, 2023

Registration fee: $20 per day

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Mahayoga Sangdrup 2023 In Person – 1 day$20.00

August 25 – 31, 2023

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Mahayoga Sangdrup 2023 In Person – 2 days$40.00

August 25 – 31, 2023

Registration fee: $20 per day

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Mahayoga Sangdrup 2023 In Person – 3 days$60.00

August 25 – 31, 2023

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Mahayoga Sangdrup 2023 In Person – 4 days$80.00

August 25 – 31, 2023

Registration fee: $20 per day

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Mahayoga Sangdrup 2023 In Person – 5 days$100.00

August 25 – 31, 2023

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Mahayoga Sangdrup 2023 In Person – 6 days$120.00

August 25 – 31, 2023

Registration fee: $20 per day

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Offerings

Name PriceSummarySelect
Mahayoga Offering – Pema Osel

Suggested offering: $30 per day

Make a prayer request

These will be read aloud each day before the period of accumulation and offering to the Three Jewels. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and the Mangala Shri Bhuti sangha will hold these prayers in their minds. Please include your name with your prayer. For example, “John Smith: Please pray for my brother Alex, who is sick.” A monetary offering of your choosing usually accompanies these prayer requests. Please submit your request by end of day August 28.  

Make a prayer request

Live Stream – Participate from Home

To participate in the practice at home via the live stream, simply:

  • Register on the streaming website, Lu.ma
  • Make offerings
  • Get the liturgies

To register, and for all the information about how to participate from home, visit the streaming website.

Register for Live Stream

Get the Liturgies

If you are participating in the program, you will need the Chime Pakme Nyingtik (CPN), Rangjung Peme Nyingtik (RPN), and Riwo Sangcho 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.

CPN:
For CPN, there is a white travel pecha that contains CPN and the Riwo Sangcho liturgy. (This travel pecha also includes other liturgies we do not do during this program.)  You can order the white travel pecha here.  Please order this by August 14, 2023 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 Chime Pakme 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. Please order this by August 14, 2023 to receive it before the program begins.

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

Cheat Sheets:
Coming soon…

Other Information

Lunch
Please bring your own lunch and snacks. Water, tea, and coffee are available onsite. There will be a small refrigerator, a microwave, and a toaster oven available. Important: If you would like to bring any kind of beverage into the shrine hall, you must bring a beverage container that can be closed as no cups or open containers will be permitted there.

Frequently Asked Questions

Housing
For help with housing, contact Carol Eggers: 203-377-3919

Orientation Meeting
On August 21 at 8 p.m. EDT, Joey Waxman lead a Zoom meeting to give participants some basic information on how to do these practices. You can join the Zoom meeting by click on this link.

Directions to Pema Osel
For directions, please see the Pema Osel’s Visitor’s Guide (Please see updated directions due to road closure). You can also view Pema Osel’s location on a Google+map.

Daily Schedule

All times below are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT):

  • 9:00 – 11:00 AM – First session
  • 11:00 – 11:25 AM – Break
  • 11:25 – 12:30 PM – Second session
  • 12:30 – 2:30 PM – Lunch break
  • 2:30 – 4:15 PM – Third session
  • 4:15 – 4:45 PM – Break
  • 4:45 – 6:30 PM – Fourth session

This schedule is subject to change. Changes will  be announced by email and on the web stream.
The schedule for Thursday, the final day, is determined the day before and will be announced.

Practices Days

  • Friday 8/25 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik
  • Saturday 8/26 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik
  • Sunday 8/27 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik
  • Monday 8/28 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho
  • Tuesday 8/29 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho
  • Wednesday 8/30 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho
  • Thursday 8/31 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik siddhis

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