Dzgochen is teachings from Nyingma lineage from APR and lamas Anne and Harvey. Our Dzogchen Cycles is a year-long curriculum of 3 retreats and monthly meetings, created with the intention you will take multiple years to deepen your practice.
UNIQUE FEATURES OF FULL DZOGCHEN CYCLES PROGRAM
We encourage those of you who want to deep your overall practice and understanding of Dzogchen to take our Full Cycles program. Each year is carefully planned so that its retreats support and strengthened each other, and also complement previous years. Your learning is additionally supported because you have access to a mentor, a senior student whom we have trained to help guide you, you are also invited to a peer bi-monthly peer support group, as well as follow-ups to each of our three retreats so as to give you more time to process and received feedback on it. All included in your annual Cycles fee.
- Week- Long retreat in May
- Weekend retreats in fall and following spring
- Peer Support meetings
- Follow Up meetings with lamas to support your practice.
This Year’s Retreats:
Seeing to Being
Friday Sept 29 through Sunday October 1
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Losar Retreat
Friday February 9th through Sunday February 11th, 2024
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The joining process
APPLY
Filling out the application gives our lamas a picture of your practice history and if this program is right for you.
Tuition
Chose to be Full Cycles or A-la Carte
Membership
We ask for dedication & commitment in your support of Dawn Mountain.
Past Programs
2017-2018
Longchenpa’s Seven Trainings
Becoming Guru Rinpoche
Severance Though Offering
2018-2019
Yeshe Tsogyal: Wisdom Dakini Foundations
Secrets of Wisdom
Green Tara Practice Retreat
2019-2020
Yeshe Tsogyal: Accomplishment
Jigme Lingpa Severance: Deep Wisdom
Guru Yoga
2020-2021
Yeshe Tsogyal Practice Retreat
Troma Severance
Troma Practice Retreat
2021-2022
Yeshe Tsogyal 2021
Embodying the Elements
Dakini Element Practice
2022-2023
Avalokiteshvara’s Dzogchen
Avalokiteshvara’s Dzogchen Part II
Liberation Through Hearing
Dzogchen is the crowning jewel of the Nyingma (ancient) Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Its radiance illuminates the entire path from beginning to end. Inspired and guided by Ad.zom Rinpoche, widely praised as perhaps the greatest Dzogchen master in Tibet today, we have created a program that offers students fundamental teachings and practices. We are particularly blessed to provide access to treasure texts (gter ma) recently revealed by Ad.zom Rinpoche. The program has been praised for enhancing personal experiences of wisdom and compassion, and as a portal to direct realization of our true nature.
Dawn Mountain is blessed to hold lineage teachings from Longchen Rabjam, Jigme Lingpa, and their spiritual heirs, including Ad.zom Paylo Rinpoche and the late Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche, our teacher for several decades. Especially destined for our era and conditions, Dzogchen teachings are a further blossoming of the ancient Dzogchen Nyingthig traditions, which we practice in light of wisdom writings by Longchenpa and Jigme Lingpa.
2023- 2024 Fee Schedule for Dzogchen Cycles
Dawn Mountain utilizes a tiered pricing system:
Lowest tier–A below-cost option to embrace the desire to contribute by those who may not be able to meet cost. ♥
Second tier–Supports the operational costs for your attendance at this event.
Third tier–Enhances dawn mountain’s sustainability and build towards growth.
Fourth tier–An offering beyond cost makes our operational policy to never turn anyone away due to financial need possible!
Full Cycles: $1695/$1395/$1095/$795
Monthly Full Cycles: $150/$125/$108/$70
A la Carte May retreat: $900/$750/$600/$450
A la Carte Weekend retreats: $475/$400/$325/$250
*If you are unable to pay the lowest tier, please contact Jerri at [email protected].
At Dawn Mountain we are cognizant of rising prices everywhere, and we are trying to do our part to help combat these while encouraging equalization in our pricing to leave opportunities to participate in our other programs and fundraisers.
Membership is required to join Dzogchen Cycles. We have two levels of membership that can be paid on a recurring monthly or annual basis. If you are participating for the first time, we will waive this requirement, but do expect that you will become a member if you would like to continue.
Basic Membership –$240/yr or $20/mo
Full Membership – $480/yr or $40/mo With this level of membership, you will not be charged for participation in our Teaching Tuesday series and you will receive a 20% discount on all non-tiered programming offered at Dawn Mountain.