Mahayoga Sangdrup

Date: August 30th – September 5th |  

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 formal disciples of Kongtrul Rinpoche who have 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. Offering  is a practice of “great giving without holding back,” which reverses our habitual self-centered psychology and thus enables practitioners to overcome even their most tenacious obstacles.

Registration Options

To cover the costs of hosting the practice from Pema Osel and for the tsok offerings, we suggest a $35 per day contribution. You will have opportunity to contribute to the feast offerings with your registration

You can make offerings to the tsok or make a prayer request anytime.

IN-PERSON

Please complete a separate  registration for each person attending. Registration includes making offerings and requesting chair or table seating.

In-Person registration - Full Program
In-Person registration - single day(s)

LIVE STREAM

Participate at home via the live stream. After registering, you will be sent an email with information about how to participate from home.

Live stream registration

Connect from Afar & Share in the Merit

If you can’t make it to the program, you can still share the merit of these feast practices by making an offering to the tsok. Another auspicious way to connect to the practice for you and your loved ones is to make a prayer request which are read aloud daily.

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 12 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 12 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.

Reference Sheets:
Click here for a Google doc with links to all the resourses you will need to follow along with the practices.

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

Orientation Meeting
On August 26 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):

CPN (First 3 days)

  • 9:00 – 11:00 AM – First session
  • 11:00 – 11:30 AM – Break
  • 11:30 – 12:45 PM – Second session
  • 12:45 – 2:45 PM – Lunch break
  • 2:45 – 4:20 PM – Third session
  • 4:20 – 4:50 PM – Break
  • 4:50 – 6:30 PM – Fourth session

RPN & Riwo Sangcho (Day 3–6)

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

The schedule for Thursday, the final day, is determined the day before and will be announced on Wednesday, September 4.

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

Practices Days

  • Friday 8/30 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik
  • Saturday 8/31 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik
  • Sunday 9/1 – Chime Pakme Nyingtik
  • Monday 9/2 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho
  • Tuesday 9/3 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho
  • Wednesday 9/4 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik / Riwo Sangcho
  • Thursday 9/5 – Rangjung Peme Nyingtik siddhis

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