KTD Practice and Teaching Schedule for April 2009

Karma Triyana Dharmachakra

KTD Practice and Teaching Schedule for April 2009

April 9


Full-Moon Chenrezik


7 PM

April 10-12


Four Sakya Oral Instructions on Freedom from Attachment


Lama Tashi Dondup


Translator: Jigme Nyima

Cost of the teaching: $120/96 members.


Accommodation and meals are available.


Preregistration and deposit required.


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According to Buddhist teachings, attachment is one of the principal causes of -suffering. Training the mind in freedom from attachment, is therefore a cause for future happiness. Lama Tashi Dondup will use a text from the Sakya tradition to - present mind training teachings that one can use to successfully free oneself from suffering.

April 17-24


Karma Pakshi Intensive


Lama Kathy Wesley

Donations gratefully accepted.


Accommodation and meals are available only


for those who preregister and make a deposit.


This intensive week of practice is restricted to practitioners who have completed or are practicing ngondro, and have received the Karma Pakshi empowerment.


Karma Pakshi (1203-1283), the Second Karmapa, was particularly known for his miraculous powers. His guruyoga, the sadhana of Karma Pakshi, has become one the principal practices done within the Karma Kagyu tradition upon completion of ngondro practice.

All are welcome to join the retreatants at the final tsok on April 24th at 9:00 a.m. (Please contact the front office to confirm the time: 845-679-59-6, ext. 10 or office@kagyu.org).

April 19


Karma Pakshi Tsok Puja


6 PM


Time of the puja may change.


Please call 845-679-5706, ext. 37, to confirm.

April 26


Meditation Day 10am-noon & 2-4pm


Naomi Schmidt

Donations for the retreat are gratefully accepted.


Accommodation and meals are available


only for those who preregister and make a deposit.


This one-day meditation retreat is an opportunity to spend a day cultivating peace of mind in a very special environment, at the North American seat of His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa.


Meditation instruction is provided at the beginning of the morning session and is followed by periods of sitting and walking meditation. The afternoon session consists only of meditation practice.

March 2-3


Refuge Vow, Lay Precepts, and Bodhisattva Vow


with Bardor Tulku Rinpoche


Translator: Lama Yeshe Gyamtso

Cost of the program: $120/96 members


Accommodation and meals are available.


Preregistration and deposit required.


1 scholarship available. Learn more or click for application.

Buddhism has a long-standing tradition of vows and precepts. It is accepted that a certain degree of discipline is required for an individual to progress on the spiritual path. The purpose of offering vows and precepts is to assist practitioners in maintaining the level of discipline suitable for their personal situation. The refuge vow will be explained and offered on Saturday morning (please note: there will not be a separate refuge ceremony before the empowerment on Saturday evening). On Saturday afternoon Rinpoche will explain lay precepts, which will be given on Sunday morning. Also on Sunday morning an explanation of the bodhisattva vow will be offered. The bodhisattva vow will be bestowed on Sunday afternoon.


For the complete KTD schedule until the July of 2009, please visit our web site




For more information and registration, please contact the front office at office@kagyu.org or call 845.679.5906 ext. 10.


KARMA TRIYANA DHARMACHAKRA is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery beautifully situated in the heart of the Catskill Mountains above Woodstock, New York. It is the North American seat of His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.


Karma Triyana Dharmachakra


335 Meads Mountain Road


Woodstock NY 12498


www.kagyu.org