Upcoming Events

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Asynchronous Recording

Seeing to Being III: Elemental Dakinis

Friday September 18- Sunday September 20

Pricing for a la carte: $475/$400/$325/$250*

This practice is another passage to wisdom, and to furthering connection with the dakini already in you. The earth element diking, for example is a steadfast support to us, glowing brownish-gold. Learning see, seek, sense, and be her, valuable in its own right, also accustoms us to the process of becoming a wisdom being, such as we will emphasize in our Great Bliss Queen II retreat in May.

Green Tara Drup Chö

Sunday October 11- Saturday October 17

Last May, Rinpoche encouraged our community to follow the custom he once initiated, or having different formal practice retreats (Drub Cho or Drub Chen) at different centers each year. 

2026 is Dawn Mountain’s 30th anniversary, and we would like to take this occasion to honor Rinpoche’s request, and to offer the first of what we hope will be a moveable feast of Sangha Practices among us through the years.  

As many of you know, the first deity practice Rinpoche shared with us was Green Tara from Adzom Drukpa’s Secret Treasure of the Luminous Vajra. Most of us are familiar with the beautiful practice Rinpoche shared with us at that time.  On this occasion. With his encouragement, we will Adzom Drupe’s full version of this practice, which was only done once in the US, at Tara Mandala in 2005. A quarter of a century later, let us gather to do this again. Everyone in our community is invited. More details to come, please save the date NOW.

Dawn Mountain (US) – We practice online together in Germany!

Lama Rigzin has encouraged those of us in the European Sangha to gather at a small center in Steinen near Lörrach in Southern Germany, and to participate in the event together. We will connect with the Dawn Mountain US Sangha online for this event. Please read more about it at dawnmountain.de

Gendlin's Dyadic Focusing for Dzogchen Practitioners

Saturday, September 26 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST

Online and In-Person at 4803 San Felipe Street, Houston TX 77056

Focusing is a practice of listening to the wisdom of the body. It can be practiced alone or with a partner. We offered an introduction to Focusing at Dawn Mountain last Fall. This coming Fall, we will provide a careful introduction to focusing with a partner, and in this way to see for yourselves how beneficial it can be to sit with a caring, attentive dharma friend as a support for diving deeper into the nature of your own experience.

Focusing, which originated in professional psychotherapeutic circles, has since proven to be very valuable in a wide variety of circumstances-- in creative ventures, decision-making, and, especially relevant for us, in overall spiritual development. It is a process which simply and easily helps us relax and know ourselves better. It therefore promises to be very helpful to us as Dzogchen practitioners.

This is open to all Dzogchen practitioners and those interested or oriented toward Dzogchen. There will be a basic introduction to Focusing, and then we will move into dyadic Focusing.

Events with Our Lamas in Other Organizations

The events listed below are not hosted by Dawn Mountain. Please reach out to the host organization for any issues with registration.