Program Listings


Weekend Participation: Radiating the Great Eastern Sun

With John Rockwell, Eve Rosenthal, Barbara Bash and Basia Solarz

August 19 - 21, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
We are so fortunate to have encountered the Shambhala teachings in this lifetime. Given the remarkable challenges facing the world, there is no better moment to embody and radiate the Great Eastern Sun in our heart.

Radiating the Great Eastern Sun

With John Rockwell, Eve Rosenthal, Barbara Bash and Basia Solarz

August 19 - 26, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
We are so fortunate to have encountered the Shambhala teachings in this lifetime. Given the remarkable challenges facing the world, there is no better moment to embody and radiate the Great Eastern Sun in our heart.

Shambhala Meditation Weekthün 2022

With Tom Bell, Senior Teacher

August 26 - September 3, 2022
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. […]

Family Get-Away at DDL

September 2 - 4, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
Join us to enjoy a weekend with your family at Dorje Denma Ling -- the perfect end to a glorious summer. It's also a great time to reconnect before the children go back to school, and you'll still have Labour Day Monday to rest. […]

Kyudo: The Way of the Bow 2022

With Sam West, 'Somo' of Kozan Kyudojo

September 9 - 11, 2022
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.

(Online) The Shape of Awake®: Meditation and the Alexander Technique

With Hope Martin

September 10 - 15, 2022
Online
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.

The Shape of Awake®: Meditation and the Alexander Technique

With Hope Martin

September 10 - 15, 2022
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.

(Online) Embodied Listening®

With Hope Martin

September 16 - 18, 2022
Online
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.

Embodied Listening®

With Hope Martin

September 16 - 18, 2022
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.

(Online) The Kalapa Teachings of the Druk Sakyong: Reflections in the Cosmic Mirror

September 18, 2022 - February 5, 2023
Shambhala Online
Between 1978 and 1984, the Dorje Dradül of Mukpo (Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche) conducted five Kalapa Assemblies -- gatherings for senior students on the Shambhala path. In this course we will explore this treasury of the Shambhala terma teachings with a spirit of open inquiry, good scholarship, and meditative contemplation.

(Online) Chöd Gathering: Celebrating the Song of the Mother

With Kristine McCutcheon

September 30 - October 2, 2022
Online
Chöd is a powerful Vajrayana practice founded by Machik Lapdron in 11th century Tibet. This weekend retreat is for those who have already received the practice.

Chöd Gathering: Celebrating the Song of the Mother

With Kristine McCutcheon

September 30 - October 2, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
Chöd is a powerful Vajrayana practice founded by Machik Lapdron in 11th century Tibet. This weekend retreat is for those who have already received the practice. There is also the option to join online for various practice sessions. […]

Vajrayogini Enriching Weekend 2022

With Mark Nowakowski and Rhea Colmar

October 7 - 9, 2022
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. […]

The Heart of Recovery Retreat: Moving Towards Freedom and Joy

With Scott Perkins

October 9 - 15, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
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 […]

(Online) The Contemplative Art Way and The Dharma Path

With John McQuade

October 15 - November 19, 2022
Online at Dorje Denma Ling
There is a long tradition of interplay between the ways of the contemplative arts and the paths of the Buddhadharma. This is particularly evident with the Chinese/Japanese contemplative arts and the Chan/Zen Buddhadharma schools.

Chakrasamvara or Vajrayogini Practice Opportunity

Flexible Dates
Dorje Denma Ling
During the period when the Vajrakilaya Retreat is underway at Denma Ling, Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini practitioners who wish to practice in a protected retreat container are invited to join us at Dorje Denma Ling.[…]

Vajrakilaya Retreat

With Larry Mermelstein

October 22 - November 25, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
As the wrathful form of the Buddha Vajrasattva, Vajrakilaya embodies the enlightened activity of all the Buddhas. His practice is known to be the most powerful for removing all inner and outer obstacles, especially personal obstacles that affect our Dharma practice.[…]

Mahamudra Datun 2023: Discovering the True Nature of Mind

With Elizabeth Callahan, Scott Wellenbach and Nancy Huszagh

May 19 - June 18, 2023
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Feb 3, 2023.
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[…]

A Month of Meditation: Shamatha-Vipashyana Dathün

August 19 - September 17, 2023
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the tuition price. Discount valid until Jul 6, 2023.
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, which can help us to make friends with ourselves and our circumstances, and re-discover our fundamental awake nature. […]

Vajrayogini Four Karmas Fire Offering 2023

With Brian Callahan

September 23 - October 3, 2023
Dorje Denma Ling
The Vajrayogini Four Karmas Fire Offering is an advanced Vajrayana retreat open to practitioners who have completed the Vajrayogini Amending-the-Mantra Fire Offering.