3-Day Spring Meditation Retreat: Teachings on Chöd Meditation and the Practice of Dakini Laughter

Register for Online

Please register for only one of the formats: Online or In-Person.

For In-Person Attendance: Space is limited. We suggest registering as soon as possible to reserve your seat. If the available seats fill up early, there will be an option to add your name to a waiting list. Registration closes on Thursday, April 9th at 6:00pm Pacific Time.

Teachings on Chöd Meditation and the Practice of Dakini Laughter with Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche

We are pleased to announce that in this year’s 3-Day Spring Meditation Retreat, Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche will be teaching on the profound practice of Chöd for the first time. 

Rinpoche will provide teachings on the meaning and practice of Chöd and will guide us in Chöd meditation based on Dakini Laughter, a powerful Chöd practice by Jigme Lingpa that Rinpoche has translated into English.

Rinpoche will guide us in the practice to introduce how we can obliterate all negative emotions, fear, judgments, and thoughts and achieve a fearless Vajra Mind through the practice of Chöd.

Through Rinpoche’s step-by-step guidance in the meditation and visualization practices of Chöd, we will learn how to cut all delusions, all negative and confusing experiences, all fixation on our body and mind, and thereby the source of all bondage and suffering.

Together we will receive teachings on Jigme Lingpa’s Dakini Laughter, practice Chöd as a group, and learn how this tradition transforms ordinary experience into clarity, confidence, and liberation.

Schedule:

Friday, April 10th – Sunday, April 12th
Daily Schedule TBD

Pricing:

Online
$150 – Program Price
$151 – $750 – Program Price + Donation
$50 – $149 – Scholarship Rate

In-Person
$275 – Program Price
$276 – $1000 – Program Price + Donation
$150 – $274 – Scholarship Rate (Limited seats available for in-person scholarship rate. Please contact us if you no longer see this option available upon checkout.)

No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. Please contact us if you need to make special arrangements.

Important Notes:

Prerequisites:

• Anyone with exposure to Vajrayana teachings or practices will find it easy to understand the teachings and practices introduced in this retreat and will find these instructions accessible and enriching. Having completed Ngöndro or other Vajrayana practices can be a helpful support for this retreat, but there are no formal prerequisites. All those sincerely interested in this practice and in Vajrayana meditation methods involving visualization and mantra recitation are welcome to attend.

Live Stream and Recording:

• The Retreat will be live-streamed on Zoom for participants attending Online.
• Video recordings will be available for all participants (In-Person and Online) approximately one week after the retreat. The recordings will be available for 1 month.

In-Person Attendees:

• This is a commuter retreat. If you’re coming from out of town and need local accommodations, here are several hotels within a 20 minute driving distance of the retreat:
  • • Novato Oaks Inn (Best Western) Discount available after registering.
    • Marriott Novato Discount available after registering.
    • Sheraton Petaluma
    • Hampton Inn Petaluma
• Please bring your lunch each day as there will not be time to leave during the lunch break. There will be plenty of refrigerator space and a microwave available for your use. We also recommend bringing a bottle or thermos of water if you wish.
• We ask that anyone who is not feeling well or has any recent symptoms of illness prior to the event – or who has been in close contact with anyone who does – not attend in-person. If you are no longer able to attend in-person, please let us know by emailing us at info@pristinemind.org and we will be happy to assist you in getting set up to attend remotely via the live stream. Please let us know as far in advance as possible so that we may offer your seat to someone else.

Additional Notes:

• If you have a different time zone, you may convert the time to your local time here.