PPI in association with Ati Ling is delighted to host the twenty-fourth annual Padma Dakini Retreat with Tromge Jigme Rinpoche as Vajra Master. Empowerment will be offered for in-person retreatants, and online participation is also possible for anyone who already has this lineage empowerment.
This event is held annually to commemorate the November 17th 2002 date of the parinirvana of His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, our beloved teacher who established the Chagdud Gonpa Foundation in the West.
The retreat is based on a Dharma treasure (terma) of the late Chokgyur Lingpa, a contemporary and spiritual brother of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Chokgyur Lingpa is regarded as the last of the one hundred major tertons (treasure revealers) and the universal monarch of all Tertons.
Chokgyur Lingpa (1829-1870) displayed many amazing miracles throughout his life and worked alongside Jamyang Khyentse, Jamyang Kongtrul, Mipham Gyatso and Patrul Rinpoche in developing the Rime Movement, a non-sectarian approach to integrating all major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Chokgyur Lingpa’s fourth incarnation, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, bestowed the Padma Dakini empowerment when he visited Ati Ling in 2000 and 2004, and we are privileged to maintain the practice of this treasure under the guidance of Tromge Jigme Rinpoche, who was recognised early in life as being the reincarnation of Tsewang Norbu, the son of Chokgyur Lingpa and regarded as an Avalokiteshvara emanation.
Empowerment and email registration is required to participate in this practice in-person or online. (The empowerment will NOT be offered online.)
Please note that the empowerment for the Padma Dakini that was offered as part of Chagdud Rinpoche’s Treasures is not the same as the Chokling Padma Dakini.
REGISTRATION: Registration for online livestream or in-person participation is required. Registration and in-person rates (starting from $55/day including event, all meals and dorm accommodation). REGISTRATION IS OPEN, please click appropriate link below to register.
IMPORTANT — DON’T OVERPAY! Before check-out, when you see “Help keep Zeffy free for Chagdud Gonpa Ati Ling” and are asked to contribute, avoid default high percentages! Select ‘Other’ from the pull-down options, then type in the amount you want to tip. We invite you to consider a 3% donation for the service — on $200 that is $6, on $350 that’s $10.50, or for larger amounts, maybe a tip of $15. Thank you!
Click Here to Register for Livestream Participation
Click Here to Register for In-Person Participation
TEXTS required for the drubchod are: Padma Dakini, Galaxy of Heartdrops and Protectors, and are available for sale, and in some cases we may be able to provide loaner texts.
PDF of additional texts for this retreat:
OFFERINGS:
Whether or not you are able to participate in this event, it is possible to make an offering for the tsog or butterlamps, with prayers that auspicious conditions prevail for the flourishing of this practice and for the benefit of all beings. Butterlamps are $1.50 each; tsog offerings can be in any amount. There are two ways to make offerings:
- To make an online offering by credit card, follow the links below. IMPORTANT — DON’T OVERPAY! Before check-out, when you see “Help keep Zeffy free for Chagdud Gonpa Ati Ling” and are asked to contribute, avoid default high percentages! Select ‘Other’ from the pull-down options, then type in the amount you want to tip. We invite you to consider a 3% donation for the service — on $200 that is $6, on $350 that’s $10.50, or for larger amounts, maybe a tip of $15. Thank you!
2. You can mail us a check made out to ‘Ati Ling’, with the offering designation in the memo line.
Schedule
Starting Friday 9.30am (with 9am starts Sat and Sun) and ending Sunday 5.30pm (all times Pacific Time Zone). Lunch is 12.30pm Fri and Sat, and 12pm Sunday.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE and WORK-STUDY
PPI / Ati Ling has long been committed to making its events as accessible as possible to all. Online participation and our in-person events are priced very low, and charges are essentially to cover room and board. We try to work with what people can afford, trusting that people understand the importance of making whatever offering they can afford when they benefit from learning and practicing the precious dharma. Scholarships may be available for people in receipt of SSI or with other valid needs for requesting financial assistance.
Dharma centers like Ati Ling take an enormous amount of work and long-term commitment to maintain, and we welcome practitioners who wish to support this effort. Work-study is therefore possible for some events. Our approach is to maximize the time work-study participants have in the shrine-room by requesting people to arrive before the event start in order to complete most of their hours. This means either arriving three days before the event start, to get oriented and help with preparation as much as possible, or arriving one or two days early and committing to extra help during the event. With both options, during the event you will have a standard retreat support assignment like everyone else.
Please write to events@atiling.org if you would like to attend an event but have limited funds. All information will be handled as strictly confidential — if you are new to this center, please explain your background in dharma, your interest in this practice, and the reasons for requesting financial assistance or work study Thank you!
Questions?
Please email us at events@atiling.org.