Entries by Buddhist Studies Institute

Finding Rest & Ease Online – Starts Friday!

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Finding Rest & Ease in the Nature of Mind:  Longchenpa’s Guide to Dzogchen with Pema Khandro September 8-10th 2023 Online 8:00am-12:30pm PST 11:00pm -3:30pm EST 4:00pm-8:30pm BST Unplug. Disconnect. Take space for inner silence. Enjoy the soothing sound of chanting meditation. Enjoy deep dharma study. Encounter the profound instructions of the […]

Letter from Pema Khandro

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Letter from Pema Khandro Dear Dharma Friends, I remember one morning listening to a dharma teaching in Tibet. It was an out of the way temple hidden in the mountains. Hundreds of people had finished a ngondro retreat together. There were yogis everywhere, not just men like in a monastery, […]

Module 4 Ngondro Training Begins Today!

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro Training Module 4 Intrinsic Wisdom with Lama Pema Khandro, PhD and Tsalgyur Dorje Starts Monday, August 21st – Online 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern Take your meditation practice to the next level through the classic system of Vajrayana meditation known as Ngondro. Module Four of Ngondro presents […]

Ngondro Training starts next week!

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro Training Module 4 Intrinsic Wisdom with Lama Pema Khandro, PhD and Umdze Tsalgyur Dorje Starts Monday, August 21st – Online 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern Through the Buddhist Studies Institute, Pema Khandro has made your successful practice her top priority.  And perhaps the most seminal of the […]

Intrinsic Wisdom- Ngondro Training Module 4

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro Training Module 4 Intrinsic Wisdom Starts Monday, August 21st – Online 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern It is possible to join Ngondro Training at any time and it can be taken in any order. Join current modules live and take previous modules at your own pace. This […]

The Choying Dzod Retreat is Tomorrow!

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Basic Space of Being Choying Dzod Retreat With Pema Khandro and Khenpo Yeshi August 4-6, 2023 – Online 9am – 12:00pm San Francisco (PDT) 12pm – 3:00pm New York (EDT) Choying Dzod is the meaning of the innate nature of mind, dharmakaya. It elucidates naked primordial wisdom without affirming or […]

Treasury of Basic Space, The Choying Dzod Retreat

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Don’t Miss It, Only 3 days left to register! The Basic Space of Being Choying Dzod Retreat With Pema Khandro and Khenpo Yeshi August 4-6, 2023 – Online 9am – 12:00pm San Francisco (PDT) 12pm – 3:00pm New York (EDT) “I am inalienable sublime knowing. Outer, inner, and secret are perfect […]

The Basic Space of Being

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Basic Space of Being  The profound manual for Dzogchen Meditation With Khenpo Yeshi and Pema Khandro August 4-6, 2023 – Online 9am -12pm San Francisco (PDT) 12pm – 3pm New York (EDT) Khenpo Ngakchung (1879-1941) recalling dialogues with Patrul Rinpoche: “Choying Dzod has also been used as a liturgy […]

Letter from Pema Khandro

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Letter from Dr. Pema Khandro Dear Dharma Friends, I recently taught our first in person retreat at Dakini Mountain since the pandemic. After so much anticipation, it was good news that no one got covid, and instead we had a beautiful, joyous, and deep experience together. It was one of […]

The Choying Dzod

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Basic Space of Being Choying Dzod Retreat With Pema Khandro and Khenpo Yeshi August 4-6, 2023 – Online 9am – 12:00pm San Francisco (PDT) 12pm – 3:00pm New York (EDT) Choying Dzod is the meaning of the innate nature of mind, dharmakaya. It elucidates naked primordial wisdom without affirming or […]

Khenpo Yeshi & Pema Khandro – Online Retreat

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Basic Space of Being Dzogchen Retreat With Pema Khandro and Khenpo Yeshi August 4-6, 2023 – Online 10am – 11:30pm San Francisco (PDT) 1pm – 2:30pm New York (EDT) The Treasury of Basic Space, The Choying Dzod (chos dbyings rin po che’i mdzod), is the quintessential Dzogchen text written by […]

Freedom Retreat

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Basic Space of Being Online Dzogchen TeachingsWith Khenpo Yeshi and Pema Khandro August 4-6, 2023 – Online 10am – 11:30pm San Francisco (PDT) 1pm – 2:30pm New York (EDT) Join us for this once in a lifetime opportunity! The Treasury of Basic Space is a manual for meditation and liberation, […]

Teachings on Karma Starts Today!

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Teachings on Karma for Meditation Teachers with Dr. Pema Khandro, Aruna Rigdzin, and Dr. Satya June 21-July 10, 2023 In its original traditions, meditation is shaped by views of karma. This course takes you beyond stereotypes of karma to understand the vision of mind, karma and transformation that led to […]

Ngondro Module 3 Mountain of Jewels – Starts Today!

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Mountain of Jewels Ngondro Training Module 3 – Online with Pema Khandro Starts Monday, June 19 – Online 5-6:30pm San Francisco (PDT) 8-9:30pm New York (EDT) 10-11:30am Sydney (AEST) Join the community for an experience the perfection of wealth, gratitude, and inner resources. Mountain of Jewels is the course that […]

Teachings on Karma, Dzogchen & Ngondro

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Teaching Meditation in a Multicultural World TODAY with Pema Khandro Mondays 1 – 1:30pm, PDTJune 5, 12, 19, 2023 Multicultural awareness involves appreciating the uniqueness of every student and what they can bring to the class. This series is led by Pema Khandro, Aruna Rig’dzin & Dr. Satya. Pema Khandro […]

Mountain of Jewels + Dzogchen Retreat

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Teaching Meditation in a Multicultural World Mondays 1 – 1:30pm, PDTJune 5, 12, 19, 2023 We are not practicing meditation in a monoculture! This is not the same world that mindfulness was created in, awareness of race, class, and culture absolutely define the context of your meditation classes. Teaching in […]

Saga Dawa Celebration- Buddha’s birthday this weekend!

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Saga Dawa Celebration (Free!) With Pema Khandro June 3, 2023 – Online 10am – 11:30pm San Francisco (PDT) 1pm – 2:30pm New York (EDT) Saga Dawa is the most auspicious day of the Tibetan Buddhist Calendar and a day celebrated by Buddhists all around the world. It is the anniversary […]

May We Meet at Dakini Mountain- Chod Retreat

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dzogchen Chod Retreat with Pema Khandro At Dakini Mountain, Nevada City, CA June 1st – 4th, 2023 Chod is a method of reclaiming the profound inner wisdom of fierce compassion. Chod practice engages every aspect of ones being through prayers, visualizations, meditations, songs, dances and playing instruments. It is famously […]

Letter from Pema Khandro

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Letter from Pema Khandro Dear Dharma Friends, First, I want to thank all of you for your profound and continued support for Dakini Mountain. Every donation made an impact and increased possibilities. Thank you for stepping in with these acts of generosity! The sense of community care and collaboration generated […]

Teaching in a Multicultural World

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Teaching Meditation in a Multicultural World Developing Multicultural Awareness Mondays 1 – 1:30pm, PDTMay 24 & June 5, 12, 19, 2023 Multicultural awareness involves appreciating the uniqueness of every student and what they can bring to the class. If you are not sure how to make your meditation class inclusive, […]