9-Day Ngondro Retreat - April 4-12, 2020

Retreat fees included. Total value $425 

Does not include housing or meals, or optional offerings to the teachers.

Shared cabin $25 per person per night

Meals: Breakfast $10; Lunch $15; Dinner $13

Ngöndro, the preliminary or foundational practices of Vajrayana Buddhism, is a profound and powerful means of affecting transformation through purification and the vast accumulation of merit. 

"If there are any wise persons who desire to be completely freed
From the hot torments of the fire pit of samsara, they should
Rely on this supreme path, Ngöndro, which, like the king of trees, 
Will revive one in its cool, dense shade, enlightenment."
-His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche

This Ngondro Retreat, April 4-12, 2020, will be a multi-faceted intensive for those wishing to start, resume or continue with Ngöndro. It will feature teachings on Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche's extraordinary Ngöndro Commentary, A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar, and practical instruction on how to accumulate the various components of the Ngöndro practice.

New students who have an interest in Vajrayana Buddhism are welcome and encouraged to attend the retreat.

The Vajrayana Foundation is a Tibetan Buddhist retreat and teaching center founded by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. It is a Nyingma center in the Dudjom Tersar tradition. A non-profit organization, it was created by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche to establish the Buddha Dharma in the West. The main retreat center for the Vajrayana Foundation is Pema Osel Ling (Lotus Land of Clear Light), located in Santa Cruz, California.