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  • * Lodge Bundle Price: Double Occupancy – CAD $2,800.00
  • * Drala Cabin Bundle Price: Double Occupancy – CAD $2,650.00

Date & Time Details: Arrival Monday, October 4th by 5 pm. Departure Wednesday, November 3rd after breakfast.

Location: Dorje Denma Ling

Address: 2280 Balmoral Road Tatamagouche, NS B0K 1V0

Contact: Nancy Huszagh
[email protected]
902-305-1183

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Mahamudra Datun: Cultivating Stillness and Insight

with Elizabeth Callahan, Scott Wellenbach and Nancy Huszagh

October 4 - November 3, 2021

In the mandala of mahamudra
Shines moonlight, pure and all-pervading
All apparent phenomena are the play of the mind.
All qualities are complete within the mind.

     – Chögyam Trungpa: Sadhana of Mahamudra

Please join retreat leaders Elizabeth Callahan, Scott Wellenbach and Nancy Huszagh who are pleased to present a third intensive mahamudra retreat for 2021.

The retreat will follow a traditional three-year retreat format with four practice sessions per day, although the schedule is somewhat more relaxed.

Scott Wellenbach will lead the shamatha mahamudra for one week;  Elizabeth Callahan will teach the vipashyana investigations for one week, and Nancy Huszagh will lead the practice and discussion during the alternating weeks.

Our main practice text is the ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje’s Pointing Out the Dharmakaya, translated by the Vajravairochana Translation Committee. In addition we will use: Crying to the Guru From Afar by Jamgon Kongtrul, Lodro Thaye. You can purchase both texts and commentary for Pointing Out the Dharmakaya from Nalanda Translation.

You can purchase both texts and commentary from Nalanda Translation.

Prerequisites Apply

This is a vajrayana program restricted to tantrikas and sadhakas who have received pointing out instruction.

Questions? Wonder if you qualify? Please contact Nancy Huszagh.

Covid Considerations

The DDL COVID policy is a general policy for all programs. 

  • All DDL visitors, staff and volunteers are required to be fully (two inoculations) vaccinated at least 14 days before your arrival on the land. Be prepared to provide proof of vaccinations and dates received.
  • DDL also provides weekly workplace rapid testing for all staff and volunteers.
  • DDL requires proof of a negative Rapid or PCR test taken within 72 hours of arrival on the land.
  • As directed for religious gatherings by Nova Scotia Health, program participants must be socially distanced and masked when indoors.
  • Upon arrival on the land guests and program staff who are not also DDL staff will:
    • Have their temperature taken
    • Verbally answer the COVID screening questions
    • Show proof of  full vaccination
    • Show proof of a negative PCR or rapid COVID test taken within 72 hours of arrival on the land.
    • Sign the DDL COVID waiver
  • Guests and non-DDL program staff who have an elevated temperature on multiple measurements, answer “No” to any of the screening questions, or who do not sign the COVID waiver, will not be permitted to attend a DDL program.
  • Guests and non-DDL program staff who develop symptoms while on the land will be given a rapid test and required to get a PCR test as soon as possible. While waiting for test results, anyone who has developed symptoms will be asked to isolate from others. With a negative PCR result, program participation may continue. With a positive result, the guest or staff person will be asked to leave the land.

Please review the expanded list of covid policies and guidelines here before you come.

Limited Program Size

Due to limited indoor housing at Dorje Denma Ling, we can accommodate only 28 participants at this retreat. If you are interested, please register early to secure your space. We are accepting registrations for full-attendance.

All-inclusive Tuition

Including Program, Housing and all Meals
$2,800 for Double Occupancy in Gyatso Lodge
$2,650 for Double Occupancy in a Drala Cabin

Repeating participants are entitled to half off the tuition portion of the retreat cost. If you are a repeater, simply let Guest Services know after you register, and a discount of $500.00 will be applied to your Guest Statement.
(Note: the housing portion and food expense portion are not eligible for discounts.)

Interested in a spreading out payments for this retreat? Please contact Suzy Ulrich to set up a Payment Plan.

Early Bird Discount: An Early Bird Discount of $100 will apply if you confirm your registration by August 25, 2021.

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Leaders

Elizabeth Callahan
(Joining Via Zoom) Elizabeth Callahan began her contemplative training and Tibetan studies in 1977, and completed two three-year retreats at Kagyu Thubten Chöling, New York, under the direction of Kalu Rinpoche. She is a student of Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, and has translated key texts of the Karma Kagyu tradition, including Mahamudra: Ocean of Definitive Meaning, Profound Inner Principles, and, most recently, Moonbeams of Mahamudra. She has been a Tsadra Foundation Fellow since 2002 and is the director of the Tsadra Foundation Studies Scholarship Program. Because of the current Covid situation in New York, Elizabeth Callahan won’t be travelling this…
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Scott Wellenbach
Scott Wellenbach has been a member of the Nalanda Translation Committee for over 30 years. He was an early student of Trungpa Rinpoche and is now a member of Ponlop Rinpoche’s Nithartha faculty. Scott is known for his learned and accessible teaching style, with particular emphasis on Mahamudra instructions.
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