Chodpa Training
With Tulku Pema Khandro
The Month-Long Chodpa Training is an optional extension of the Dzogchen Chod retreat, for those who want to fully integrate the practices into their lives. This will take place online.
The 4-day Chod Retreat is a prerequisite. Those who have missed the 4-day live retreat can still take the Chodpa Training by registering for and taking the retreat post hoc and synchronously with this training.
This month-long chodpa training will take place from June 9th-June 29th, 9am-12:30, M-F.
It will include:
- Historical foundations of Chod
- Philosophical Foundations of Chod
- Chod’s relationship to Vajrayana Buddhism and non-dual wisdom
- Understanding emptiness through engaging with fictive bad self and fictive good self within Chod meditation
- Understanding the difference in Dzogchen interpretations on emptiness vs Sutra & Mahayana perspectives
- Theories of one’s demons as manifestations of one’s own mind
- Working with outer obstacles through Chod
- Setting the boundaries of the Chod practice and in application of Chod in one’s life
- Deity yoga of black Vajrayogini, Troma Nagmo
- Phowa, Consciousness Transference at the time of death
- How to use the Damaru drum and bell (drilbu)
- Symbolism of the Damaru druma and bell
- How to properly select the drum and bell
- How to care for and decorate the chod drum and bell
- Jigme Lingpa’s instructions on how to decorate and store the druma and bell
- The multiple types of Chod drums and ideal for intensive practice
- How to do the Chod dances to mark the beginning of a Chod retreat
- The symbolism and different types of Kangling, how to use it
- The ritual melodies of the Dzogchen nyingthig lineage
- Tibetan language pronunciation and english versions of the prayers and mantras and prayers
- The concise Rinchen Trengwa Chod including the purification practice of Prajnaparamita, the mangetizing practice of Red Vajrayogini and the transforming obstacles practice of Troma Nagmo
- The Laughter of the Dakinis concise Chod including Troma Nagmo Chod in English
- The Laughter of Dakinis long Chod in Tibetan
- The Secret Chod a very direct way of working with fears and arousing intrinsic courage
- The Four Feasts and when to offer them including the White Feast, Red Feast, Black Feast and Striped feast
- Dance of the Phurbas, the Five Wisdom Dakinis and Five Elements practices
- Ideal practice environments for Chod and how to accomplish the 108 Charnel Ground Chod practice
- Modern adaptations of Chod for contemporary settings
- Solo retreat practice schedule
- Transmission and guidance from an authentic lineage holder
- Receiving the oral initiations (lung) and permission to practice
- Praciting the Healing Chod for ill and dying persons
- Funerary Chod for the deceased
Retreat and Training
Early Enrollment closes XX – $XXX
General Registration closes XX – $XXX
Last-minute Registration through XXXX– $XXX
Financial Aid Considerations: The course costs are set at a minimum fee already, with financial aid built into all tuition rates. Because we are a non-profit organization, the costs of all activities and overhead of our organization must be covered by the participants of the courses or donations and all courses are offered at below cost. For those who are experiencing genuine financial hardship and wish to enroll in the course for the online version, Scholarship applications are available. Applications must be received in advance. Programs are always free for monastics. Financial Aid Application: https://forms.gle/xwYaTamt2autMLKa
