His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche – -Terton – –
Under the Auspices of Venerable Lama Chödak Gyatso Nubpa
Ari Bhöd, the American Foundation for Tibetan Cultural Preservation
Is Honored to Present the
Ninth Annual Tagsham Yeshe Tsogyal Retreat & Empowerment
from the Treasures of Tagsham Nuden Dorje
Led By His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche
September 15-19, 2011 at Pema Drawa/Ari Bhöd Tehachapi, California
Retreat Schedule:
September 15th 5:00 pm Empowerment (Required for All Retreatants)
September 16th – 18th Daylong Retreat
September 19th Fire Puja
“The Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal is the mother of all Buddhas– the Wisdom Consort of Guru Padmasambhava. Yeshe Tsogyal possesses inconceivable primordial wisdom, compassion, and the power of protection and manifestation of the enlightened activities. This Tagsham Yeshe Tsogyal Practice helps us to attain these qualities through purifying our two obscurations and perfecting the two accumulations.
From a relative point of view, we undergo this unsurpassable practice to become the rightful recipient of the four empowerments and the empowerment of the dynamic energy of intrinsic awareness, to generate the timeless wisdom of great bliss and emptiness, and to create the interdependence of being taken under the care of the precious Guru. From a historical point of view, it is due to Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal’s compassion, wisdom & power of total recall that we have the entire teachings of Guru Rinpoche intact. These teachings are revealed by treasure revealers from time to time. In sum, the Yeshe Tsogyal Drubchöd is a practice on the manifestation quality of the primordial nature in accordance with the unsurpassable Ati Yoga teachings.
During the Tagsham empowerments in Brazil, our precious master H. E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche emphasized the importance and need for this practice for all the Vajrayana practitioners in general, and his students in particular. Therefore, this is one of those few retreats which we can not afford to miss.”
—Lama Chödak Gyatso Nubpa (1951-2009)
We rejoice in our good fortune to again welcome Treasure Revealer His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche, the custodian and lineage holder of this treasure, as our Vajra Master of the Ninth Annual Tagsham Yeshe Tsogyal Retreat & Empowerment, to be held at Pema Drawa/ Ari Bhöd, Tehachapi, California, September 15- 19th 2011.
This retreat is the Ninth Yeshe Tsogyal retreat being held at Pema Drawa, the retreat land of Ari Bhöd, the American Foundation for Tibetan Cultural Preservation.
- Pema Drawa is a serene, rustic setting on 475 acres in the Tehachapi Mountains. Camping & dormitory lodging will be available. Retreat cost includes empowerment, retreat, fire puja and three meals a day. Absolutely no tobacco, smoking, drugs, matches, lighters, etc. allowed under any circumstances.
Retreat Costs: $475.00
- All retreatants must pre-register by Thursday, September 8th.
- A 50% deposit/cancellation fee due at the time of registration (Thursday, September 8th)
Empowerment Only: $ 75.00
Daily Rate: $135.00
Monday Sleep-over: add $25
- Partial attendance is by permission only.
- All retreatants must pre-register by Thursday, September 8th.
- *No shuttle available for partial retreat attendance:
- you must drive up mountain road, 4X4 recommended.
- A limited number of work-study positions are still available. Call Ari Bhöd now for details!
For additional retreat registration information please call Ari Bhöd at 626-564-0702 or email us at aribhod@yahoo.com