Program Listings


Winter Retreat Opportunities for the 2020/21 Season

Flexible Dates
Dorje Denma Ling
Dorje Denma Ling is pleased to offer winter retreats during the 2020/21 Season since programs have been suspended due to the Pandemic.

Summer Set Up: Not exactly a party, but it’s fun!

April 24 - 25, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
As is customary at Dorje Denma Ling, we schedule a Saturday and Sunday work gathering in the spring to help us get ready for the program season. All willing workers are welcome - there's more than enough to do, and jobs available that will suit all talents and skills.

Profound Treasury: Entering the Path

With Shastri Steve Gleich and Catherine Neill

May 14 - 16, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
This class will be based on teachings from Volume I of The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, the teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

Shambhala Meditation Weekthün 2021

With Tom Bell, Senior Teacher

May 15 - 22, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
Retreat is a potent way to deepen in the practice of meditation. In this week of group retreat (weekthün), we will explore Shambhala Meditation, the felt personal experience of our humanity. This program will also include gentle physical activity, talks, silence, individual and group instruction and discussion. This weekthün is open to all; […]

Being Tara: Transcending Fear through Song and Dance

With Kristine McCutcheon

May 28 - 30, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
Tara is a Buddhist female deity of compassion. Although she has many manifestations, her most famous are the peaceful White Tara, who brings healing, long life and peace; and the dynamic Green Tara, who overcomes obstacles, grants wishes and saves beings in situations of fear, anxiety and adversity. The practice of Tara is for all of us -- whatever stage of life. This weekend […]

(Online) Four Foundations of Mindfulness

With Christine Heming

June 2 - 30, 2021
Online
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness – Mindfulness of Body, Life, Effort and Mind - are seminal instructions on the practice of mindfulness meditation. […]

Chariot of Mahamudra Weekend Retreat 2021

With Acharya Richard John

June 4 - 6, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
Mahamudra, the "great symbol," is among the most profound traditions of vajrayana Buddhism, but it is also extremely simple and direct. […]

(Online) Chariot of Mahamudra Weekend Retreat 2021

With Acharya Richard John

June 4 - 6, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
Mahamudra, the "great symbol," is among the most profound traditions of vajrayana Buddhism, but it is also extremely simple and direct. […]

Six-Day Ashe Mahamudra Retreat 2021

With Acharya Richard John

June 7 - 12, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
A six-day Ashe Mahamudra retreat based on the liturgy by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, which combines classic mahamudra instructions with the wisdom of Ashe and the Four Dignities. […]

(Online) The Golden Key: June 12, 13 & 19

With Alice Haspray

June 12 - 19, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
The view of this two week retreat is to join all three yanas of our journey together, on the spot. We will practise formless mahamudra shamatha-vipashyana as our main practice, enriched by compassion practices such as tonglen, and a session of the Sadhana of Mahamudra daily. (Qualifies as a half-dathun in the Way of Shambhala curriculum.)

(Online) Krodhikali Weekend

With Mark Nowakowski

June 25 - 27, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling and Online
The prophecy of this terma precisely describes these current dark times of rampant disease, societal injustice and upheaval, and environmental destruction. Its compassionate practice is essential and helpful to all beings. Open to Vajrayogini practitioners who already have the lung, and for those who receive the lung in-person at the weekend.

Krodhikali Weekend

With Mark Nowakowski

June 25 - 27, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling and Online
The prophecy of this terma precisely describes these current dark times of rampant disease, societal injustice and upheaval, and environmental destruction. Its compassionate practice is essential and helpful to all beings. Open to Vajrayogini practitioners who already have the lung, and for those who receive the lung in-person at the weekend.

Ways of Seeing and The Way of Nature: Contemplative Photography, Haiku and Deep Ecology

With John McQuade

July 1 - 6, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
This program engages the contemplative arts of Nalanda Miksang photography and haiku. Haiku is a short contemplative poetic form that contains references to Nature. Nalanda Miksang photography is based on the Dharma Art teachings of Chogyam Trungpa.[…]

(Online) Ways of Seeing and The Way of Nature: Contemplative Photography, Haiku and Deep Ecology

With John McQuade

July 1 - 6, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
This program engages the contemplative arts of Nalanda Miksang photography and haiku. Haiku is a short contemplative poetic form that contains references to Nature. Nalanda Miksang photography is based on the Dharma Art teachings of Chogyam Trungpa.[…]

Family Camp 2021

July 11 - 17, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
Family Camp is a magical week for parents and children to spend together with friends old and new at Dorje Denma Ling. […]

(Online) Three Yanas of the Great Eastern Sun

With John Rockwell

July 31 - August 14, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
The view of this two week retreat is to join all three yanas of our journey together, on the spot. We will practise formless mahamudra shamatha-vipashyana as our main practice, enriched by compassion practices such as tonglen, and a session of the Sadhana of Mahamudra daily. (Qualifies as a half-dathun in the Way of Shambhala curriculum.)

Three Yanas of the Great Eastern Sun

With John Rockwell

July 31 - August 14, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
The view of this two week retreat is to join all three yanas of our journey together, on the spot. We will practise formless mahamudra shamatha-vipashyana as our main practice, enriched by compassion practices such as tonglen, and a session of the Sadhana of Mahamudra daily. (Qualifies as a half-dathun in the Way of Shambhala curriculum.)

Five Wisdom Energies: Understanding the Feminine and Masculine of Who We Are

With Irini Rockwell

August 21 - 28, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
The Five Wisdoms, also referred to as the Five Buddha Families, are traditional Tibetan Buddhist teachings relevant to these challenging times. The energies are a vehicle for self-discovery and a tool for working with others in everyday life, both personally and professionally. […]

(Online) Five Wisdom Energies: Understanding the Feminine and Masculine of Who We Are

With Irini Rockwell

August 21 - 28, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
The Five Wisdoms, also referred to as the Five Buddha Families, are traditional Tibetan Buddhist teachings relevant to these challenging times. The energies are a vehicle for self-discovery and a tool for working with others in everyday life, both personally and professionally. […]

Vajrayogini Amending the Mantra Fire Offering

With Mark Nowakowski

September 2 - 12, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
A fire offering to correct any mistakes that we have made during the mantra recitation of sadhana practice, so that we are more open to receiving ultimate siddhi.

The Shape of Awake®: Meditation and the Alexander Technique

With Hope Martin

September 25 - 30, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
Being upright is not just an arbitrary shape, it’s a perfect expression of meditation itself. In this 5 day meditation retreat, Hope Martin, a Master Teacher of the Alexander Technique, will help you establish ease, non-striving, and a friendly relationship to yourself in meditation and everyday activities.

Embodied Listening®

With Hope Martin

October 1 - 3, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
Embodied Listening® offers a way to move through blockages, challenges and uncertainty by tuning into your most reliable source for guidance — the wisdom of your body.

Vajrayogini Enriching Weekend 2021

With Mark Nowakowski

October 1 - 3, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
Join us at Dorje Denma Ling for a truly enriching experience. Together we can increase all of our life, merit, prosperity, intellect, confidence, and wisdom of complete liberation. […]

Mahamudra Datun: Cultivating Stillness and Insight

With Elizabeth Callahan, Scott Wellenbach and Nancy Huszagh

October 4 - November 3, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
When mind is without reference point, that is mahàmudrà. When you are accustomed to and familiar with this, unsurpassable awakening is attained. - Tilopa; Mahàmudrà: The Ocean of Definitive Meaning[…]

Shamatha-Vipashyana Dathün Following the Form Taught by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

November 6 - December 5, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
Retreat is a potent way to deepen in the practice of meditation. In this month-long group retreat (dathün), students will develop a deep familiarity with shamatha-vipashyana meditation taught by Shakyamuni Buddha. Shamatha-vipashyana meditation helps us to make friends with ourselves and our circumstances, and re-discover our fundamental awake nature. […]