Program Listings
In-House Retreats
Flexible Dates
Dorje Denma Ling
Dorje Denma Ling is pleased to host individual and small group, self-organized retreats during our program season based on the availability of accommodations. For 2020, our Program Season opens April 17 and closes December 13.
Parinirvana Day Sadhana of Mahamudra Feast
April 4, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
On our official first day of the 2020 program season, friends and neighbours are welcome to join us to celebrate Parinirvana Day, the anniversary of the passing of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the founder of Shambhala.
Summer Set Up: Not exactly a party, but it’s fun!
April 11 - 12, 2020
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.
Re-awakening the Vision and Practice of KOS
April 17 - 19, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
This weekend will celebrate our shared heritage as Lodge members, and explore our understanding of and commitment to the vision of the Kingdom of Shambhala.
Vajrayogini Weekend of Magnetizing 2020
With Mark Nowakowski
April 24 - 26, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
A special weekend fire offering for magnetizing all good things to Dorje Denma Ling and all beings everywhere.
Being Tara: Transcending Fear through Song and Dance
With Kristine McCutcheon
May 1 - 3, 2020
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 […]
Ecology of the Heart: Exploring Inner and Social Sustainability in a Time of Eco-Anxiety
With Nick Kranz
May 2 - 9, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Mar 15, 2020.
A weethun incorporating Social Meditation with the exploration of inner and outer ecology. Along with many other wisdom traditions, Buddhist teachings have pointed for millennia to our deep connection and interdependence with everything in the biosphere. […]
Profound Treasury: Entering the Path
With Catherine Neill
May 15 - 17, 2020
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.
The Heart of Recovery Retreat: Moving Towards Freedom and Joy
With Scott Perkins
May 23 - 31, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the retreat price. Discount valid until Mar 31, 2020.
From a Buddhist perspective, meditation provides the path that can lead us to end our emotional and mental suffering. The Heart of Recovery retreat is grounded in the view that meditation can show us how to find relief from the suffering […]
Chariot of Mahamudra Weekend Retreat
With Acharya Richard John.
June 5 - 7, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Mar 8, 2020.
Mahamudra, the "great symbol," is among the most profound traditions of vajrayana Buddhism, but it is also extremely simple and direct. […]
Nine-Day Mahamudra Retreat 2020
With Acharya Richard John
June 5 - 14, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Mar 15, 2020.
A nine-day advanced mahamudra retreat following practice text "Pointing Out the Dharmakaya," the classic liturgy by Wangchuk Dorje, the Ninth Karmapa. […]
Shambhala Training Levels IV and V
With Alice Haspray
June 18 - 21, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Shambhala Training: The Heart of Warriorship is a series of five secular meditation retreat weekends that help us develop fearlessness, confidence, openness and gentleness towards ourselves and our world. […]
Primordial Rigden Ngöndro & Werma Practice Intensive
With Acharya Eric Spiegel
June 20 - 26, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Mar 31, 2020.
Join Acharya Eric Spiegel and your cohort Shambhala vajrayana practitioners to accomplish your Primordial Rigden Ngöndro or Werma Sadhana Practice commitments.[…]
Shambhala Queer Dharma Retreat
With Acharya Eric Spiegel and Basia Solarz
June 26 - 28, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Mar 31, 2020.
Shambhala dharma is about gaining confidence in our innate qualities of basic goodness, kindness and intelligence and infusing this confidence into our everyday lives. While this is true for everyone, the LBGTQ community faces particular challenges within society which can be […]
Ways of Seeing and The Way of Nature: Contemplative Photography, Haiku and Deep Ecology
With John McQuade
June 27 - July 2, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Mar 31, 2020.
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.[…]
Five Wisdom Energies: Understanding the Feminine and Masculine of Who We Are
With Irini Rockwell
July 4 - 11, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Apr 1, 2020.
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. […]
Exploring Shambhala Culture: Manifesting our Future
With Druk Sakyong Wangmo Lady Diana Mukpo
July 16 - 20, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the retreat price. Discount valid until Apr 30, 2020.
The Druk Sakyong Wangmo, Lady Diana Mukpo invites you to a program where we will explore together the many riches in our Shambhala culture, the good the bad and the ugly.[…]
Family Camp 2020
July 26 - August 2, 2020
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. […]
Scorpion Seal Assembly 10R
With Ashe Acharya John Rockwell
August 7 - 18, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
SSA10 graduates are invited to join us at Dorje Denma Ling for a Scorpion Seal 10 Assembly Retreat with Acharya John Rockwell. […]
Listening Mind – Deepening Presence and Connection
With Roger Guest
August 21 - 28, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the program price. Offer valid until May 23, 2020.
We have become slave to the powerful, seemingly omnipresent master of our personalities, known as the "Thinking Mind." While the experience of being lost in thought is epidemic and untethered discursiveness has become chronic, there are ways we can regain our sanity in the non-conceptual world by connecting to "Listening Mind."[…]
Listening Mind Weekend Retreat – The Freshness of Impermanence
With Roger Guest
August 21 - 23, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until May 24, 2020.
Focusing on the simplicity of Listening Mind, we will explore techniques that allow any situation - work, play, sitting, walking, being alone or with others - to support and deepen our connection to reality, to nature, to others and to ourselves. […]
Mahamudra Retreat: Cultivating Stillness and Insight
With Elizabeth Callahan, Scott Wellenbach, Nancy Huszagh and Kiron Khosla
September 1 - 30, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $150.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Mar 1, 2020.
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[…]
Kyudo: The Way of the Bow 2020
With Sam West, 'Somo' of Kozan Kyudojo
September 11 - 13, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Join us for a weekend Kyudo Intensive. This program is open to both new and experienced Kyudo students. "Through Kyudo one can learn to live beyond hope and fear, how to be" -Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche This program will be taught by Sam West, 'Somo' of Kozan Kyudojo and will be assisted by Dale Hinchey. Kyudo means […]
Chöd Training & Practice: Severing Attachments to Obstacles 2020
With Kristine McCutcheon
September 25 - 27, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Chöd is a powerful Vajrayana practice founded by Machik Lapdron in 11th century Tibet that couples Buddhist philosophy with indigenous Tibetan shamanic traditions. Chöd literally means […]
Celebrating the Vajrayana
With Acharya Christie Cashman
October 2 - 8, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get a CAD $75.00 off the assembly price. Offer valid until Jun 30, 2020.
The vajrayana teachings are renowned for providing the strongest medicine in times of the greatest confusion. But it’s also during these times that practices such as invoking the deity, resting in the nature of mind, or engaging in sacred perception can feel very remote.[…]
Vajrayogini Enriching Weekend 2020
With Mark Nowakowski
October 9 - 11, 2020
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. […]
Thanksgiving Celebration Dinner 2020
October 12, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
You are cordially invited to join us at Dorje Denma Ling for our annual Thanksgiving Celebration Dinner on Monday, October 12. Please register if you plan to come so we can set a place for you!
Shambhala Meditation Weekthün 2020
With Tom Bell, Senior Teacher
October 17 - 25, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the retreat price. Discount valid until Aug 14, 2020.
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; […]
Traditional Chinese Qigong: Levels 1-3
With Acharya Suzann Duquette
October 25 - 29, 2020
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Jun 30, 2020.
Qigong is designed to cultivate strength of body and calmness of mind through Taoist practices that integrate movement, breath, and qi, or internal energy, to promote health and longevity. […]
Atlantic Regional Conference (ARC) and Retreat
Flexible Dates
Dorje Denma Ling
The Atlantic Regional Conference is a longstanding tradition at Dorje Denma Ling. Leaders, members, and friends in the Shambhala community come together to practice, check-in with each other, explore possible areas of collaboration, and celebrate. This year you are invited to come before the weekend for two days of group practice.
Shamatha-Vipashyana Dathün Following the Form Taught by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
With Nancy Huszagh
November 1 - December 1, 2020
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. […]
Vajrayogini Amending the Mantra Fire Offering
With Mark Nowakowski
December 3 - 13, 2020
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.
