A Taste of Liberation – Online Stream for Advanced Students

This online stream is for those students who have received the Pointing Out Instructions before from a qualified vajrayana master. If you have not received the Pointing Out Instructions before, then please sign up for the Online Stream for Beginner Students. The Pointing Out Instructions are an essential empowerment and teaching within the Dzogchen tradition that can only be given in person and cannot be streamed. This empowerment will be given during this retreat, but the live stream will stop when this teaching begins, and will start up again for the next teaching session. It is Rinpoche’s direct request that you receive this empowerment before listening to the teachings that come afterwards.

This retreat will work through the Fully Being or Subtle Body practices step by step as an introduction to the calm abiding or “healthy relative” state that is essential to progress in the Dzogchen practices. Rinpoche will then offer the Pointing Out Instructions, and follow that up with teachings on the nature of mind, also referred to as rigpa or trekchö practice.

SCHEDULE

Each session will be live streamed from Garrison, NY. After the first day there are two sessions each day.
Day 1, September 5th: 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT (time and date converter)
Day 2 – 5, September 6 – 9: There will be the same schedule each day
Session 1: 10:00 am – 11:30 am EDT (time and date converter)
Session 2: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT (time and date converter)
Day 6, September 10:
Session 1: 9:30 am – 11:00 am EDT (time and date converter)
Session 2: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT (time and date converter)

PRE- AND POST RETREAT ONLINE GATHERINGS

Hosted by Adam Kane and Scott Tusa, these optional online gatherings will offer an opportunity to get oriented to some of Rinpoche’s teachings before the retreat, ask additional questions after the retreat, and connect with other participants.
Pre-Retreat, August 10th: 3:00 pm  EDT
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Post Retreat, September 14th: 3:00 pm EDT
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RECORDINGS

Video Recordings will be made of all the teachings and posted to the Program Page(access granted after registration) within four hours of each teaching session ending. These recordings will remain available for at least a few months after the teachings end, so you can watch them again or catch up on sessions missed at your own convenience.

PRICING

The regular program price is $180. The Pundarika Foundation is committed to making the dharma accessible to all, and so money should not be a barrier to accessing the teachings. With that in mind, there is also a sliding scale option for you to choose your own price ($40 min) according to what you can afford. We encourage you to offer as much as is feasible to help support Rinpoche’s mission. If you are an ordained Buddhist monastic, you can stream these teachings at no cost, please contact the registrar.

To register for this retreat, click on the Register Now button in the upper right of this screen. Please feel free to email Andy – registrar@pundarika.org – with any questions or concerns you may have.