Entries by Buddhist Studies Institute

Buddhist Practices for Death & Dying

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Bardo Retreat: Buddhist practices for death & dying November 3-5 Online with Pema Khandro 5pm PT San Francisco | 8pm ET New York | 11am AET Sydney Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in […]

Starts Tomorrow – Dakini’s Secret Tantra

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Black Wrathful Dakini’s Secret Tantra With Lama Pema Khandro, Ph.D. October 6-8th, 2023Online 9:00am-12:00pm San Francisco PT 12:00pm -3:00pm New York ET 5:00pm-8:00pm London BT The meditation practice of the black wrathful Dakini, Troma Nagmo, unlocks the innermost wisdom mind. Troma Nagmo is the fiercely compassionate form of Vajrayogini. […]

Dakini’s Secret Tantra Starts Friday!

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Black Wrathful Dakini’s Secret Tantra With Lama Pema Khandro, Ph.D. October 6-8th, 2023Online 9:00am-12:00pm San Francisco PT 12:00pm -3:00pm New York ET 5:00pm-8:00pm London BT This is a rare opportunity to study excerpts from the Troma text held within the original Dzogchen tantras known as the seventeen tantras, the […]

Members Only Class this Wednesday

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Members Only Class with Pema Khandro, Janak and Aruna Buddhism & Sexuality: Clarifying Consent Wednesday September 27th, 2023 5pm PT / 8pm ET A conversation with Pema Khandro, Janak, and Aruna on creating a safe community for non-celibate practitioners.   For Members and Participants of the Buddhism & Sexuality Series […]

Fierce Compassion & Primordial Knowing – Dakini’s Secret Tantra

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Black Wrathful Dakini’s Secret Tantra With Lama Pema Khandro, Ph.D. Online: October 6-8th, 2023 9am -12pm San Francisco PDT 12pm – 3pm New York EDT 11am – 2pm Sydney AEDT Tantra and Dzogchen with their themes of transformation and being exactly we as are can sometimes seem contradictory. Yet […]

The Black Wrathful Dakini’s Secret Tantra

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Black Wrathful Dakini’s Secret Tantra With Lama Pema Khandro, Ph.D. October 6-8th, 2023 Online 9:00am-12:00pm PST 12:00pm -3:00pm EST 5:00pm-8:00pm BST Tantra and Dzogchen with their themes of transformation and being exactly we as are can sometimes seem contradictory. Yet they represent two profound paths to contemplative realization that […]

Starts Tomorrow – Retreat with Pema Khandro

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Finding Rest & Ease in the Nature of Mind:  Longchenpa’s Guide with Pema KhandroSeptember 8-10th 2023 Online 8:00am-12:30pm PST San Francisco 11:00pm -3:30pm EST New York 4:00pm-8:30pm BST London Why online Buddhist Study? This retreat is led entirely online. We believe that online dharma study provides access for in depth practice […]

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 […]