A TRI DZOCHEN TEACHING
His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin Rinpoche
July 27-28, 2019.
For the very first time in California, we will be blessed with a teaching from His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin Rinpoche. His Holiness has very graciously agreed to give us a teaching on Atri Dzogchen. The visit of His Holiness to the San Francisco Bay Area is part of the first international tour undertaken since his selection as Abbot of Menri Monastery in 2018.
The Atri, one of the most important spiritual traditions of Yungdrung Bon, guides the practitioner through fifteen step-by-step sessions to stabilize the realization of the awakened awareness of primordial wisdom. Based on teachings by Meu Ritro Chenpo in the eleventh century, and organized into a succinct practice manual by Drugyalwa Yungdrung in the thirteenth century, the Atri tradition has become one of the three principle traditions of Yungdrung Bon Dzogchen.
The Atri system concisely presents an approach to Dzogchen practice that begins with the most basic practices of disciplining the mind, continues with the direct introduction to the natural state, and then explains practices for sustaining the natural state itself. Through sustaining the natural state, one gains confidence that the three enlightened bodies are nothing other than the essence, nature and clarity of one’s own mind. All this is concisely and systematically explained in Atri.
Please take this rare opportunity to dive deeply into the Bon spiritual tradition.
Click HERE To Register for the teaching
This is a non-residential retreat. $170 includes teachings on Saturday 7/27 and Sunday 7/28 from 10:00 am to 3:00pm plus lunch on both days and the Medicine Buddha Empowerment on Sunday from 3-5pm. If you are only able to come to the Medicine Buddha Empowerment, separate registration and a fee of $50 for those 18 and over is required. To learn more about the Medicine Buddha Empowerment by His Holiness and to register just for the Empowerment, click here.
Greet H.H. at the airport
To sign up to greet His Holiness at the airport on Friday, July 19th, please click here.
To Help set up the retreat space
We need your assistance in providing housing for out of town registrants and and volunteers to help set up the retreat space on Friday 7/26 at 3:30 pm. To help with either of these activities, please sign up by clicking here.
Registration and check in begins
Registration and check in begins at 9am and closes at 9:30 am, on Saturday July 27th. Please arrive early. No later than 9am. From 9:30-10:00 am, we will be preparing to greet His Holiness. The teaching begins at 10 am. We ask that you bring your own cushion for the teachings.
Details regarding a meal with His Holiness for those who have donated $500 or more will be sent to those donors just prior to the beginning of the retreat. If you would like to join the donor group, please contact us at info@gyalshen.org
LOCATION:
The teachings will be in:
Lower Alexander Hall
40 Kensington Road
San Anselmo, CA 94960. Map
REGISTRATION FOR THE TEACHINGS OPENS AT 9:AM SATURDAY JULY 27TH.
Some chairs are available. Please bring your own meditation cushions for sitting on the floor.
For Retreat Questions, including accommodations, please e-mail: info@gyalshen.org.
