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Welcome! Here you will find a variety of resources for your retreat. Use the links above to quickly navigate.

Local Interactive Sessions

Click on your region to reveal the link for that local interactive session.

North America: English

Facilitator: Mitra Mark Power

Time: Jun 27, 2020 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Link: https://zoom.us/j/93626494523?pwd=UkJhOFdjTGdRWS9HOVNCMU8zanBUdz09

Meeting ID: 936 2649 4523

Password: 965687

Session B: (Use the link above to start. Participants will be assigned to teams during the session. Those assigned to Team B will then use the link below. Instructions will be given during the session.)

Time: Jun 27, 2020 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84150974643?pwd=TFRxMm5zbklFeFpna1owdTRSaFZidz09

Meeting ID: 841 5097 4643

Password: 999149

亚洲: 普通话

Facilitators: Tracy Tan, Acharya Jamba, Visakha

Time 时间：2020年6月28日 01:00 下午 北京，上海

Link 点击加入会议:  https://zoom.us/j/99660380498?pwd=NXdGeUhkQUQ1UmdFem81bUc5b1ZlQT09

Meeting ID：996 6038 0498

Password：630719

Europa: Nederlands

Facilitators: Anouk Brack, Fransiscus Kusters

Tijd: Jun 28, 2020 02:00 PM Amsterdam

Link:  https://zoom.us/j/96903620249?pwd=UFVoZlQvbkprVmNROUZodlhyZEJuUT09

Meeting ID: 969 0362 0249

Wachtwoord: 384345

Europe: English (UK)

Time:  Sunday Jun 28, 2020 09:30 AM UK

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83679159361?pwd=dmltNENubUR3QUdpNEVoa3Y0QUh3QT09

Meeting ID:  836 7915 9361

Password:  228576

Europa: Deutsch

Moderatoren/innen : Christian Kiefer, Kristina Bischoff, Veronique Faucheur

Uhrzeit: 28.Jun.2020 02:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rom, Stockholm, Wien

Zoom-Meeting beitreten:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85148548339?pwd=a1VmTUlaRFpTZFlZOFZXVnB3SEtDQT09

Meeting-ID: 851 4854 8339

Passwort: 540560

América Latina: Español

Facilitators: Carlos Ferryeros, Adela Iglesias

Tema: Dinamica de grupo – Español

Hora: 27 jun 2020 04:00 PM Ciudad de México

Unirse a la reunión Zoom:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88622089746

ID de reunión: 886 2208 9746

América Latina: Português

Facilitators: Victor Miranda, Katiana Rangel

Hora: 27 jun 2020 18:00 São Paulo

Entrar na reunião Zoom:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86431552788

ID da reunião: 864 3155 2788

Recorded Teachings

Click on a language to access recordings of the teachings in that language. These recordings will be posted within four hours of the end of the teaching.

English

Friday 26 June 2020

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Be Wise Part I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433049082/153a40e823

Saturday 27 June 2020

• Guided Meditation with Mitra Lee Worley

Link: https://vimeo.com/433195782/09dd872b53

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Go Kind Part I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433191669/0950b50634

• Lama Tenpa Talk 1

Link: https://vimeo.com/433232676/cc1b9d81f3

Sunday 28 June 2020

• Guided Meditation with Mitra Lee Worley

Link: https://vimeo.com/433408566/e4c2dda7d6

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Live Fully Parts I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433411128/fc15319e13

• Lama Tenpa Talk 2

Link: https://vimeo.com/433423989/0dcdd7a0bd

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Q & A Session

Link: https://vimeo.com/433473881/bb3d5d7c51

Chinese

Please click here for all Chinese video and audio recordings.

German

Friday 26 June 2020

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Be Wise Part I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433066363/69686a97eb

Caption: German Translation

Saturday 27 June 2020

• Guided Meditation with Mitra Lee Worley

Link:https://vimeo.com/433210857/55a97d7d15

Caption: German Translation

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Go Kind Part I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433212953/2725534ab0

Caption: German Translation

• Lama Tenpa Talk 1

Link: https://vimeo.com/433247682/660fe0e7a0

Caption: German Translation

Sunday 28 June 2020

• Guided Meditation with Mitra Lee Worley

Link: https://vimeo.com/433465861/d79088c4ea

Caption: German Translation

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Live Fully Parts I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433453708/e670cdc29c

Caption: German Translation

• Lama Tenpa Talk 2

Link: https://vimeo.com/433469481/f184f7e715

Caption: German Translation

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Q & A Session

Link: https://vimeo.com/433476987/7e8ad19d51

Caption: German Translation

Spanish

Friday 26 June 2020

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Be Wise Part I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433060439/41b7eade5b

Caption: Spanish Translation

Saturday 27 June 2020

• Guided Meditation with Mitra Lee Worley

Link: https://vimeo.com/433205561/1f250acf97

Caption: Spanish Translation

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Go Kind Part I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433207607/4f61870d5d

Caption: Spanish Translation

• Lama Tenpa Talk 1

Link: https://vimeo.com/433244677/e7d86d0223

Caption: Spanish Translation

Sunday 28 June 2020

• Guided Meditation with Mitra Lee Worley

Link: https://vimeo.com/433467138/3e6ab44fc8

Caption: Spanish Translation

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Live Fully Parts I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433463914/bdc443df99

Caption: Spanish Translation

• Lama Tenpa Talk 2

Link: https://vimeo.com/433467883/c39bd28dbb

Caption: Spanish Translation

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Q & A Session

Link: https://vimeo.com/433485960/981816c2b7

Caption: Spanish Translation

Portuguese

Friday 26 June 2020

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Be Wise Part I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433064110/08db7355fe

Caption: Portuguese Translation

Saturday 27 June 2020

• Guided Meditation with Mitra Lee Worley

Link: https://vimeo.com/433250720/59343a9026

Caption: Portugese Translation

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Go Kind Part I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433251752/a6d1ffc041

Caption: Portugese Translation

• Lama Tenpa Talk 1

Link: https://vimeo.com/433246088/6655d70729

Caption: Portugese Translation

Sunday 28 June 2020

• Guided Meditation with Mitra Lee Worley

Link: https://vimeo.com/433465115/e1d194bdf2

Caption: Portugese Translation

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Live Fully Parts I and II with Reflective Interlude by Mitra Dean Mark

Link: https://vimeo.com/433507680/243642d3e5

Caption: Portuguese Translation

• Lama Tenpa Talk 2

Link: https://vimeo.com/433471321/3c98379ee3

Caption: Portugese Translation

• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Q & A Session

Link: https://vimeo.com/433482120/acc9b124ed

Caption: Portuguese Translation

Local Viewing Schedules

Click on a region to see schedules for that region’s time zone. The schedules here include the time in Seattle, the time in the selected region, and a recommended viewing time for that region.

Europe Schedule

China Schedule

Brazil Schedule

Mexico Schedule

UK Schedule

Seattle Schedule

Questions from Contemplative Interludes with Mitra Mark Power

Here you will find the questions posed during the contemplative interludes for review.

Friday 26 June 2020

What is in our way of becoming wiser?
To overcome the stumbling blocks. How do I exaggerate or understate my qualities so I don’t see the wisdom? How do I exaggerate? How do I diminish so that I  don’t experience and express wisdom?

How can I be wiser?
Look at the question from the point of view of immediacy. How do I learn from my experience? How can I learn how not to fall into the hole? What else can I learn about how I get in my own way? In the sense of exaggerating and in the sense of minimizing?

What is in my way?
How do I express myself in ways that I am not proud of? How do I get caught in patterns that get in my way?

Saturday 27 June 2020

“We can choose to go beyond our usual anxieties and negativities by bringing kindness to ourselves and others.” Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

These are guidelines to “open the experience”. The beginning of an exploration.

1. Be Fresh – have a beginner’s mind, fresh and open. A mind of positive uncertainty, perhaps a little vulnerable and innocent. “What is kindness like?”
2. Be Inquisitive – How does it feel to be inquisitive and kind? What is my mind like when I’m kind. How do I see the world when I’m inquisitive and kind?
3. Be Calm – Settle into your body. Feel the sensations of being alive. Settle into a feeling of kindness. Calm is kind.
4. Be Aware – let your awareness shine. Awareness with kindness is like the light of the sun and the moon – warming and cooling as needed. Without boundary…
5. Be Reflective – carry this learning and insight into your life. How will I keep this learning alive in my life? What will I do today to keep this learning alive? How will I apply it – one small step?

Sunday 28 June 2020

Living Fully – creating a portable practice to Be Wise and Go Kind in my life

Paraphrasing from Rinpoche’s first talk: We need to have Wisdom, kindness, and skill in balance, then we can overcome barriers and succeed in living fully.

This balance helps us overcome our stumbling blocks and build wisdom and kindness by applying them in a way that’s personal and relevant to our lives. One way of doing that is by creating a portable practice.

Preparation – Remembering our motivation

1. When I wake in the morning I’ll reflect on one way I can “Be wise” and “Go kind”

– Start small – no matter your level of experience

– One small action or word that you can build on

– Today I’ll experiment with “Just drop it”

2. I’ll apply the practice (3x – or many more) during the day – and especially when I feel like I’m about to not be wise or kind.

Portable practice to “Live Fully” in the moment

1. Be wise – “Just drop it”

– Allow yourself to settle/feel and observe your experience / breathe

– Just drop it – hold an object that represents a habit (of exaggeration or minimizing) / feel what it’s like to let it go/breathe

– On the spot you may not have an object – imagine it – see it in your mind – feel it in your body / feel what it’s like to “just drop it” (the concepts that want to make a big deal in this moment) / you might tense and relax your fists / breathe

2. Go kind – “Make kindness into a habit”

– Continuing to breathe and release – nourish a sense of openness

– Let your awareness expand to include your heart

– What does it mean to be kind to myself / to others in this moment?

– Breathe in kindness – Breathe out kindness – imagine there’s no barrier

– “There’s no limit to loving kindness. If you can be kind to one thing, you can find all things and beings there. Everything is present.” Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

3. Live fully – Apply these commitments in my life

– Appreciate this moment of pausing – “I’ve remembered to apply my practice!”

– Commit to returning to this wise-kind practice

– Carry the imprint forward

o Opening the question: “How, in this very moment, might I express any amount of     being wise and going kind…?”  the question is an invitation.

o Feel the commitment in your body as well as your mind – let it settle in

o Now, Go Kind….

* You can find more tools and resources for working wisely and kindly with emotions in Rinpoche’s book Emotional Rescue.

Nitartha Institute – for higher buddhist studies

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche founded Nitartha Institute in 1996, under the guidance of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche

Originally established as the first English shedra in the West, Nitartha Institute was modeled after the Tibetan monastic universities (Tibetan བཤད་ grw bshad grva meaning ‘place of learning’.)

Today it is a unique program combining study and mediation based on a genuine and authentic lineage and is available in its various forms in North America, Europe, and online.

Join us online this year for Nitartha’s Summer Institute!

Nitartha’s Summer Institute is a month-long program divided into three 9-day sessions, with courses continuing from one session to another. You are welcome to join us for one, two, or all three sessions!

This year, the Summer Institute will be held online rather than in person. It is our wish that these opportunities to study and practice the dharma will be helpful during these difficult times, wherever you are in the world.

Click here for more info

Kindness in action: setting your intention (66 days)

What can you do to go deeper into your heart and wider into the world?

Soon we will send you an invitation to share your intentions on this website and start sharing them on our different social media channels. So, stay tuned! 

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