Two-Day Online Dzogchen Retreat Fall 2022

Two-Day Online Dzogchen Retreat

Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 – Sunday, October 23rd, 2022
Online from 10:00am – 4:00pm Pacific Time
Live Streaming and Available On-Demand

Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche will be offering a Two-Day Online Dzogchen Retreat on October 22nd – 23rd for those who are qualified to attend.

The path of the Dzogchen teachings consists of receiving direct introduction to the nature of your own mind and finding enlightenment within you. Through recognizing the nature of your own mind and remaining in the nature of mind through meditation practice, you become free from the limitations of ordinary thoughts and simultaneously reach the innate enlightenment that lies within you.

Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche has been in the United States for many years and had been waiting for the right time and opportunity to share the Dzogchen teachings. Until last year, Rinpoche had not given any Dzogchen retreats, nor had he taught extensively on Dzogchen texts. However, Rinpoche decided the right circumstances have come together to begin to share these teachings. 

Last year was the first time Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche taught from a Dzogchen text publicly in this way and it marked a very special milestone in Rinpoche’s activity. We are very happy to share this announcement that Rinpoche will be continuing to teach Dzogchen this October.

Though this is the second Dzogchen Retreat that Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche is leading, participants do not have to have attended last year’s Dzogchen Retreat in order to attend this one; they just need to fulfill the prerequisites explained below.

“These teachings are designed to transform the human mind. If you do this practice properly, if you study and practice the Ngondro teachings and you study and practice the Dzogchen teachings, then definitely you can transform human consciousness and experience extraordinary consciousness and completely perfect enlightenment.” — Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche

Prerequisites to Attend the Retreat

Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche offered a two-part Ngondro Retreat to provide the necessary foundation for those interested in receiving Dzogchen. Anyone who has participated in these Ngondro Retreats with Rinpoche is qualified to attend this Dzogchen Retreat even if you are still in the process of completing the accumulations Rinpoche requested. The Ngondro Retreat is available as an online on-demand course on our website so you may still participate in it before the Fall Dzogchen Retreat. To learn more about the on-demand Ngondro Retreat, click here.

In addition, just as for last year’s Dzogchen Retreat, Rinpoche has said that people who did not attend our Ngondro Retreats but who have received Ngondro teachings on a Dzogchen Ngondro from the Nyingma Lineage that has Padmasambhava as the focus in the Guru Yoga portion of the Ngondro are also qualified to attend this retreat. This way a connection with the specific Dzogchen lineage that Rinpoche teaches from can be formed. As long as you have received teachings on this type of Ngondro and have either completed or are continuing to do the Ngondro practice, you may attend this Dzogchen retreat.

If you have not done this type of Ngondro or are not currently practicing Ngondro as required in the prerequisites described above for this Dzogchen Retreat, please wait for future opportunities that we plan to hold for teachings like these.

About the Retreat

Rinpoche has not yet selected the specific text or topic for the retreat. We will be sharing more information if and when it becomes available.

This retreat will include live streamed video and access to on-demand audio and video recordings of the 2-day retreat. Participants who join the live stream sessions will have an opportunity to submit questions.

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

After registering, you will receive the link to access the Online Live Stream Sessions when they air in October. In addition, On-Demand Recordings of each session will be sent out to you as soon as possible following the retreat and will be available for viewing for 3 months after the retreat. We will notify you via email as soon as on-demand access to video & audio recordings is available.

Retreat Schedule:

Saturday, October 22nd
Morning Session 10am – 12pm Pacific Time
Lunch Break 12pm – 1:30pm Pacific Time
Afternoon Session 1:30pm – 4pm Pacific Time

Sunday, October 23rd
Morning Session 10am – 12pm Pacific Time
Lunch Break 12pm – 1:30pm Pacific Time
Afternoon Session 1:30pm – 4pm Pacific Time

Pricing Information:

No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please contact us if you need to make special arrangements. Any amount paid above the base rate of $100 is a tax-deductible donation to Pristine Mind Foundation. Your confirmation email is your tax receipt. Your generosity helps us offer scholarships to those who lack the funds to pay the full cost for the retreat and supports us in continuing to develop our online programs.

Please note that since you will receive the live stream link immediately upon registration, we are not able to offer refunds for this program.