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.

The Cycle of the Black Ashe Lectures by Robin Kornman Online

December 6, 2020 - March 7, 2021
Come join us in an exploration of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s terma texts and their relationship to Buddhist teachings such as buddha nature, saddhana practice, terma cycles, Ri-me movement, as well as to Tibetan culture, Bön, Confucianism and Taoism. The course combines Robin Kornman’s seminal lectures given at DDL in 2004 with live commentary and discussion led by well-practiced and studied teachers drawn from the various practice and study communities of our extended Shambhala world.

Earth, Water, Fire, and All the Elements: Reading The Sadhana of Mahamudra as if for The First Time (Online)

With John Rockwell

January 9 - 30, 2021
Chögyam Trungpa received The Sadhana of Mahamudra in 1968 while in retreat at Taktsang cave in Bhutan. This liturgy evokes the highest view of mahamudra and ati, and yet is practiced at our centers by our whole community and newcomers alike. This course will explore four sections of the sadhana: taking refuge and arousing bodhichitta, the three leaps, the outer and inner visualization, and the concluding great empowerment of ultimate simplicity. We will end our fourth and final class with an online chanting of the sadhana and celebration. All are welcome.

Milarepa’s Songs of Realization Retreat (On-land and Online)

With Kristine McCutcheon

February 23 - 28, 2021
On-land at Dorje Denma Ling and online
Milarepa’s songs have inspired meditators for a thousand years. This retreat will bring together the elements of study, singing and meditation to develop ‘prajna’ in order to benefit ourselves and others, and also includes our traditional Milarepa Day celebration.

Milarepa Day (Online)

With Kristine McCutcheon

February 27, 2021
Online
This is one of the annual celebrations of our community held on the full moon following Shambhala Day (or close to it). This opportunity to come together and join our voices in union with the words of others who, like Milarepa, have struggled with disillusionment, worked with renunciation and searched for a path and a teacher. By reading the dohas and stories in The Rain of Wisdom we are connecting to the practice of devotion, courage and insight through our Kagyu lineage holder songs.

The Heart of Recovery (Live Online)

With Scott Perkins

April 3 - 24, 2021
Online
Grounded in meditation, the Buddhist teachings provide a practical means to support our recovery from addictions and compulsive behaviours, as well as help us release the clinging to thoughts and impulses that lead us to suffering, discontent, and harmful actions.

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

April 10 - 11, 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.

Vajrayogini Weekend of Magnetizing 2021

With Mark Nowakowski

April 23 - 25, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
A special weekend fire offering for magnetizing all good things to Dorje Denma Ling and all beings everywhere.

Ecology of the Heart: Exploring Inner and Social Sustainability in a Time of Eco-Anxiety

With Nick Kranz

May 1 - 8, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
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 and Shastri Steve Gleich

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; […]

Krodhikali Weekend (On-land and Online)

With Mark Nowakowski

May 21 - 23, 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.

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 […]

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. […]

Nine-Day Mahamudra Retreat 2021

With Acharya Richard John

June 4 - 13, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
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 (On Land and Online)

With Alice Haspray and Richard Haspray

June 17 - 20, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling and Online
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. […]

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

With John McQuade

June 18 - 23, 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.[…]

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

With Irini Rockwell

June 26 - July 3, 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.

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 Dathun: Cultivating Stillness and Insight

With Elizabeth Callahan, Scott Wellenbach, Nancy Huszagh and Kiron Khosla

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. […]