2014 Dzogchen San Diego
Summer Urban Retreat Series
Teachings, Trainings, and Music of The Buddha Path
Friday, June 20 through Sunday, June 29, 2014
Last updated: June 4, 2014
The Dzogchen Shri Singha Foundation is pleased to announce our 2014 Dzogchen Urban Summer Retreat Series in San Diego under the guidance of Hazlitt and Tina, each authorized as Dharma Teacher of The Buddha Path by His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche. This nine-day retreat series will be held at the Dharma Bum Temple in downtown San Diego, during the second half of June. This series of four daylong urban retreats, one five-day retreat, and an evening fire puja are all offered entirely FREE of charge. These events present an ideal opportunity to deepen your understanding and experience of the teachings of Buddha as preserved within the authentic Dzogchen Lineage.
The Dzogchen Urban Summer Retreat Series in San Diego will commence on Friday, June 20, 2014 and conclude on Sunday, June 29, 2014. This year’s teaching and training will include in-depth teachings and practice instructions on the sacred text The Buddha Path. Many foundational Buddhist principles will be reviewed and explored, and the retreat will include many practices including mantra recitation, reciting sacred text, visualizations, music making, light offerings, and food offerings.
The retreat is free, and seating is limited at the Temple, so please register early.
About the Retreat Series
You may attend any one or more of the following six events in the series. You are encouraged to attend all six events, but attendance at one event is not a prerequisite to attend another event. Note that within each event, you need to commit to attending the entire event. The reason for this is so that students will not receive incomplete teachings and therefore hold broken messages.
You are permitted to leave early from an event if you have an emergency, but unless you have advance permission to do so from the retreat director and teachers, you cannot miss part of a session and then return to the same event. However, you can join the next event in the series.
When making your travel plans, please plan your schedule so that you arrive on site before the starting time of the event(s) you plan to attend. You are encouraged to come earlier or stay after the retreat to help us with preparations and clean-up of the Temple.
For the four daylong retreats, there will be a few short breaks but no full meal break. Please bring snacks for yourself or to share. For the five-day retreat, lunch will not be provided, but you may bring your lunch or go out to lunch nearby.
Please join us for these joyful Dharma teachings and invite your friends and family!
Retreat Series Schedule
First Evening: Generosity Fire Puja
Location: Public Beach, San Diego County, California (Contact Us for directions)
June 20, 2014 (Fri)
6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Generosity Fire Puja for World Peace: An evening Buddhist fire ceremony for practicing generosity and dedicated to world peace. If you cannot attend this joyful ceremony, you can share in the merit by pledging or donating in advance to support the necessary materials for the ceremony.
First Weekend: Two Daylong Urban Retreats
Location: Dharma Bum Temple, 541 2nd Ave., Suite A, San Diego, CA 92101
June 21, 2014 (Sat)
12:00 noon to 6:00 pm
Righteous Relationships: How to build healthy, happy, and harmonious relationships by practicing the wisdom of Buddha.
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June 22, 2014 (Sun)
12:00 noon to 6:00 pm
Creating A Selfless Confident Life: How to apply the 12 Wisdoms to develop your confidence, discipline, glory, and enlightenment.
During the Week: Five-Day Urban Retreat
Location: Dharma Bum Temple, 541 2nd Ave., Suite A, San Diego, CA 92101
June 23 (Mon) through June 27 (Fri)
8:30 am to 6:30 pm (each day)
You’re Better Than This: You are naturally pure, but you still have work to do on yourself. You must continuously improve your good qualities. Join this fun retreat to find out how learning, contemplation, meditation, and music are key methods on your path to true happiness. Learn many practical tools for applying Buddha’s teachings to your every moment in order to generate peace and happiness for yourself and others.
Second Weekend: Two Daylong Urban Retreats
June 28, 2014 (Sat)
12:00 noon to 6:00 pm
True Protection From The Storm: Understanding the true meaning of taking refuge means knowing who you truly are, knowing where you are going, and knowing who to choose as your supportive companions on the path.
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June 29, 2014 (Sun)
12:00 noon to 6:00 pm
Humanity's Highest Intention: Buddha clearly defined the highest possible intention, and to this day, no one has been able to point out a higher goal. Bodhicitta is not merely a good intention, it is the enlightened wisdom that wishes for all beings to attain true happiness, as swiftly as possible.
About the Teachers
The Dzogchen Urban Summer Retreat Series in San Diego will be taught by Hazlitt and Tina, each authorized as Dharma Teacher of The Buddha Path by His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche.
Hazlitt met His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche in 2002 and immediately recognized Rinpoche as his root teacher. He subsequently attended over 30 residential retreats taught by Rinpoche, spending over three years in retreat together. Over the years Hazlitt has attended many additional months of editing sessions with Rinpoche helping to compose and edit various editions of The Buddha Path and other sacred texts as well as accompanying him on pilgrimages and teaching tours. In 2008 Hazlitt acquired authorization from Rinpoche to teach the fundamentals of Buddhist philosophy, including view, meditation techniques, and conduct. Rinpoche granted Hazlitt the Dharma title, Upasaka Bodhisattva Pema Bhadra Dorje, Dharma Teacher Of The Buddha Path.
Tina met Khenpo Choga Rinpoche in 2005 and was awed by the clarity and authenticity of Rinpoche’s precious Dharma teachings. Starting in 2010, Tina has spent each summer receiving teaching transmissions from Rinpoche accumulating many months in retreat with him. Tina acquired authorization from Rinpoche to teach the fundamentals of Buddhist philosophy, including view, meditation techniques, and conduct. Rinpoche granted Tina the Dharma title Upasika Bodhisattva Padma Nyam Ning Tso, Dharma Teacher Of The Buddha Path.
Since the spring of 2013 Hazlitt and Tina have teamed-up to offer Dharma teachings and perform Dharma music together in the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. Hazlitt and Tina are known for their warm and informal teaching style, incorporating guided meditations, insightful teachings, spontaneous activities, dialog, and Dharma music. Hazlitt and Tina's aspiration is to integrate Dharma teachings with music and media in ways that inspire all beings to practice Dharma and to thereby realize Awakened Omniscience, as swiftly as possible.
Hazlitt and Tina are also singer songwriters who pen Dharma-inspired music. This retreat will feature extensive commentary on, and practice of, The Buddha Path. There will also be many group activities including joyous singing, playing musical instruments, as well as time for personal practice.
About Our Dzogchen Lineage Vajra Holder Master
A vibrant and dynamic teacher, His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche is a 33rd-generation lineage holder of the Buddhist wisdom lineage of Dzogchen, a lama of Dzogchen Monastery, and professor of the Dzogchen Shri Singha University. Khen Rinpoche has more than seven years of solitary cave meditation experience in the high Tibetan holy mountains and embodies the qualities of a realized practitioner and yogi. He is a published author of numerous Tibetan and English books, including The Buddha Path, a practice book that encompasses all of Buddha's teachings, and which is now available in English, Chinese, Russian, and German. It is soon to be released in Nepali, Japanese, and Spanish.
More about Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche »
Retreat Pricing
ALL EVENTS IN THIS SERIES ARE FREE
There are no admission fees or required payments.
No one will be turned away for financial reasons.
Donations to the teachers and the venue are voluntary, welcomed, and appreciated.
As is commonly practiced by most Buddhist traditions, Dharma teachings and ceremonies are offered free of charge.
At the request of our host, the Dharma Bum Temple, there will be no fees collected or pressure to give donations to either the Dharma center or the teachers. The Dharma Bum Temple has generously offered the use of their facility at no charge. You may voluntarily make offerings to the Temple or the teachers anytime. Your support of Dharma centers and Dharma teachers is both welcomed and needed so that Dharma teachings, Dharma practices, and Dharma activities can be facilitated in the future.
Please Read About the Details
We have a separate page with all of the details about the retreat that you should read prior to applying. Please carefully review the Retreat Details, Conditions and Policies before registering.
If you have any questions about anything, don’t hesitate to Contact Us.
How to Register
Everyone is welcome to apply by clicking here
Because the retreat is free and space is limited, we may have to decline some applicants, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Once you apply, we will contact you to confirm your registration.
Please carefully review the Retreat Details, Conditions and Policies before registering.
Everyone is welcome to apply by clicking here
The Great Merit of Supporting Retreats
Even if you will not be able to attend this retreat, you or anyone else you know may earn tremendous merit by supporting those in retreat. If you would like to contribute financially or with your time as a volunteer, contact us immediately.
There are three ways you can help:
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Come to the Temple prior to the Retreat to help prepare the sacred retreat mandala.
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Offer donations for retreat food, supplies, or the materials for the opening night fire puja.
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Come to the Temple immediately after the Retreat to help pack up the sacred retreat mandala.
If you would like to help or would like more information, please contact the retreat director.
Join the Circle of Compassion
Support the Dzogchen Shri Singha Foundation
For the peace and happiness of all beings, the Dzogchen Shri Singha Foundation USA is asking for your support to ensure the future of the Dzogchen Retreat Center USA, under the spiritual guidance of Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche.
Your help is urgently needed to ensure the preservation, practice, and transmission of the unbroken Dzogchen Lineage tradition for increasing personal happiness and creating lasting world peace. Please visit our website where you can donate online and join our ongoing giving program, the Circle of Compassion, or make a one-time donation to the Dzogchen Retreat Center USA. "Generosity is the root of wealth and prosperity."
Learn more at: www.dzogchenlineage.org/giving
The Dzogchen Shri Singha Foundation USA is an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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