Tara Drupchod Retreat

Join Khentrul Rinpoche for a Tara Drupchod Practice Retreat

This year, Katog Choling Gön Retreat Center will host its first official drubchod (sadhana offering practice) using Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s terma, a revealed dharma treasure, called Tara who Liberates All Fears.

The purpose of practicing this Tara sadhana in a drubchod is to accomplish both the supreme and common spiritual attainments. Supreme spiritual attainments are swift growth of personal inner realization. Common spiritual attainments are accomplishing the peaceful activity of pacifying fear and suffering. Since Tara is renowned as the deity for most swiftly accomplishing the enlightened activities of all Buddhas, it is a profoundly impactful sadhana practice.

This sadhana is especially relevant for our current times. Wars are spreading, natural disasters are intensifying, human conflict is escalating, and diseases are on the rise. Moreover, our minds are increasingly anxious, fearful, and afflicted. As if these external calamities were not enough, they also fuel our internal suffering. So, now, more than ever is the time to engage in the profound sadhana practices of Tara.

Prerequisites for practitioners wishing to attend this practice retreat depend upon your prior practice background. For practitioners who have already begun Vajrayana practice, you must have upheld samaya purely and have faith and trust in the Secret Mantra approach. If you have not yet entered Vajrayana, then you must have already done in-depth and long term practice of the methods taught in the Mahayana approach and have faith and trust in the Secret Mantra approach.

Please join us for this rare and powerful Tara drubchod, guided by Khentrul Rinpoche. Together, we will engage in profound practice to cultivate inner peace, dispel fear, and benefit all beings in these challenging times.

Full attendance is required. During the first two days, Khentrul Rinpoche will give teachings and transmissions for doing the practice, followed by five days of fully engaged group practice. This in-person retreat begins in the morning of the first day and concludes in the evening of the last day. Travel must take place before and after the retreat as full attendance at all the sessions is required.

Please check back for registration information.

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