Dudjom Ngondro Retreat
A 3-Day Retreat with Dungse Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche

Friday, May 2 through Sunday, May 4, 2025
3 full days: Daily Schedule US Pacific Time (PDT)
10 am to 12:30 pm Teaching and Practice
3 pm to 5:30 pm Teaching and Practice

Longsal Ling, 1833 Arlington Blvd, El Cerrito, CA 94530 (Google maps)
Attend in person (commuter) or online

Ngondro is an indispensable and necessary practice for anyone who truly wishes to become a pure Dharma practitioner. There are many different ngondro practice texts of varying lengths. This Ngondro text is compiled by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje from the revelations of Dudjom Lingpa. It is very special because it carries the profound power and blessings of the lineage. It is a perfect length, not too long and not too short, and especially fitting for the present day. It contains the blessing-filled words of the former and later Dudjom.

To tame your mind, make this life meaningful, and follow the lama, then you must have ngondro practice.

How to Participate

You are warmly invited to attend in person or online via Zoom. This retreat is open to all with a sincere interest. No prior background is necessary; this retreat is suitable for experienced practitioners too.

All participants are requested to make a whole-hearted commitment to attend the retreat in full. Please contact the volunteers at retreats@abhayafellowship.org if you are no longer able to participate during all teaching times. Recordings and delayed broadcast will not be available.

When registering, you may choose to attend online via Zoom or in person at Longsal Ling, Abhaya Fellowship's non-residential dharma center in El Cerrito, CA (Google maps).

No one turned away due to lack of funds. While registering, use the sliding scale access codes: ONLINE-SLIDING and INPERSON-SLIDING or contact the volunteers at retreats@abhayafellowship.org

If you have any questions, contact the volunteers at retreats@abhayafellowship.org

About the Teacher

Dungse Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche was born in the Golok region of Eastern Tibet as a fourth generation descendant of the great Tibetan master Dudjom Lingpa – one of the foremost spiritual masters of 19th Century Tibet. At the age of 15 he was recognized as the reincarnation of Rigdzin Longsal Nyingpo by Choktrul Tamdrin Wangyal. He attended Larung Gar Monastery and studied Buddhist teachings in great depth, including Sutra and Tantra as well as Dzogchen pith instructions and empowerments with His Holiness Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok, who formally requested for Rinpoche to teach and preserve the lineage of Dudjom Lingpa.

In addition to his training at Larung Gar, Rinpoche received teachings from a well known female teacher and descendant of Dudjom Lingpa, Dakini Kunzang Wangmo, who also encouraged him to teach and preserve the Dudjom lineage.

While in Tibet, Rinpoche was responsible for the publication of many revelatory writings from Dudjom Lingpa and produced an original woodblock edition of the Nyingma Gyudbum, The 100,000 Tantras of the Nyingma Lineage, published at the Derge Printing House. Since 2011, Rinpoche has lived primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area and teaches to a number of Buddhist communities. In 2024, Rinpoche published his first book in English, Loving Life as It Is.

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