Dzogchen Retreat Project

NAMO BUDDHAYA may all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness. may all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. Your suppor t During the recent years that H.E. Dzogchen NAMO BUDDHAYA Khenpo Choga Rinpoche has been teaching for the sake of world peace is needed to build in the United States many students have ex- and for the benefit of all sentient beings, ]To provide a holy place for Dharma perienced the wealth of his teachings and the may we establish the excellent dharma base, practitioners of the Dzogchen Lineage. revelation and benefi t of the Dharma in their dzogchen retreat center usa. ]To create world peace and happiness. lives. Many of us are aware of Rinpoche’s may the dzogchen retreat project be spontaneously successful D z o g c h e n Let Us Build constant travel and his heroic and tireless and swiftly accomplished. Dzogchen Retreat Center USA efforts to spread the Dharma. We know of his personal integrity, his love and faultless Aspiration of R e t re a t This retreat center will provide the perfect kind intention. In his person, we have come Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche environment for groups and individuals to to recognize the vast treasury of wisdom and C e n t e r practice Buddhist meditation according to the knowledge that is the lineage of the utmost If you would like to make a living traditions of the Dzogchen Lineage. profound Buddhist teachings of Dzogchen. contribution or learn more about USA The center will provide housing and support Now it is time for us to work together to help facilities for retreats lasting from three days to provide the world with a key to open the door the Dzogchen Retreat Project, three years or more. to this treasury. We need a place where students contact us at: These retreats will be conducted under the and volunteers can come together to assist in Dzogchen Retreat Center USA guidance and supervision of a Vajra Master this effort, and especially where we and future of the Dzogchen Lineage, and will focus on students can receive, practice and realize the No. 11, 1430 Willamette St. the authentic teachings of The Buddha Path of teachings in a proper environment. Eugene, Oregon 97401 Love & Compassion this lineage. + In this way, we will actually fulfi ll our aspiration USA Awareness & Wisdom The center will welcome people of all faiths, and commitment to benefi t all beings. Tel: 702-526-0108 and will offer on a regular basis special retreat = The Lineage of Dzogchen programs and introductory programs to allow This is Rinpoche’s vision for Email: [email protected] visitors and families with children a chance Dzogchen Retreat Center USA www.dzogchenlineage.org to start and learn the practice of Buddhist meditation in a relaxing environment. Dzogchen Retreat Center USA Your Contribution will not be the fi rst Dharma center that Rinpoche has built, nor is it likely to be the We are now soliciting all types of contributions last. In 1985, as the young preceptor of to this project. In particular, we need to secure cash sponsorship or sponsorship in kind for the following items: Land We are looking for improved or unimproved land in a natural setting and with its own pure water source, either in a secluded valley or upon a secluded elevation. Economically buildable and appropriately zoned for use as retreat land. H.E. Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, a Within two hours travel of an international air- port. thirth-third generation holder of the Buddhist Why Is A Retreat Center Needed? lineage of Dzogchen, was born and raised in historic Dzogchen Shri Singha University Buildings Tibet. He is recognized as the reincarnation in Tibet, Rinpoche oversaw the three-hun- As Rinpoche has taught, correct Dharma train- One shrine temple, one teacher’s residence, of Tibetan Buddhist master Gedun Chopel. dred forty-four room rebuilding of that ing involves a progression from learning to con- one offi ce, one mess kitchen, one storage facil- university, offering residence and study templation, and from contemplation to medita- ity, single retreat cabin accommodation for 25 Beginning his formal study of Buddhism facilities to thousands of students. tion. Th e goal of training, the actual realization long-term residents and multi-bed cabins for 75 at the age of fi ve, Rinpoche graduated of the Dharma teachings in the mind of the short-term residents. Since that time, Rinpoche has since built from Dzogchen Shri Singha Five Sciences practitioner, is accomplished through medi- Work University with the doctoral degree of two more retreat centers, namely: tation. By reducing worldy distractions, the “Khenpo” at the unprecedentedly young peaceful and positive retreat center environment Voluntary labor and professional expertise as age of twenty-two. provides the necessary support and condition needed at various stages to complete the proj- for successful practice. For this reason, countless ect. Rinpoche received the complete transmis- Dzogchen Masters have emphasized the need to Budget sions and empowerments of the Dzogchen practice within the auspicious setting of a retreat Lineage from his main teachers Khenchen With the sincerest intention to keep the cost of environment. this facility to a minimum, we are budgeting the Pema Tsewang Rinpoche and Chatral Cho- the Dzogchen Retreat Center acquisition of land with improvements as fol- chyab Rinpoche. in Dehradun, India and the Rinpoche strongly believes that the retreat en- lows: vironment is not only the best place for us to Renowned author of more than thirty books practice, but also the best place for him to teach. Budget for Land: $800,000 on the Buddhist sciences, Rinpoche is also For this reason, over the past three years he has Budget for Improvements: $800,000 a master of Dzogchen meditation, having been in the USA Rinpoche has led 11 separate practiced a total of seven years secluded retreats in temporary locations ranging from pri- While any size contribution is important and vate homes to rented retreat facilities. In many needed, contributions of set amounts will secure cave meditation in the Holy Dzogchen area permanent dedication in the name of the donor of Tibet, and having led countless Buddhist cases, organization and logistics have been diffi - cult, time-consuming, and occasionally trouble- for diff erent items, for example: retreats around the world. Dzogchen Shri Singha Retreat Institute in Godavari, Nepal. some. With the growth of the Sangha, we need $12,000 donor plaque, single-cabin residence Founder of hundreds of Dzogchen Dhar- to address the logistical issues of multiple re- These institutions are now complete and treats; our own needs as practitioners increas- For more donor options and opportunities for ma centers in Asia, Europe and the Unit- open to visit and use, but through the spe- ingly requiring a retreat environment to deepen dedication, as well as the latest news about the ed States, Rinpoche teaches constantly cial teaching efforts of Rinpoche in the our practice; the needs of a larger organization; retreat project, please see our website at: from The Buddha Path, the Lineage of United States, the need for a local retreat and the needs of generations of students and of Dzogchen. center has become clear. activities still to come. www.dzogchenlineage.org/retreat