At Lerab Ling

Dates: from 30 January to 1 February

Participating in a Rigdzin Düpa practice intensive—drupchö—during the Tibetan New Year (Losar) period is the best and fastest way to become familiar with and deepen your practice of this profound sadhana!

All practice sessions will be held and guided by Rigpa Senior Practice Holders and short evocative teachings will be shared to inspire our practice.

Rigdzin Düpa is a sadhana that focuses on the root of all blessings: Guru Rinpoche. It is one of the most important and profound practices of the Longchen Nyingtik tradition that we follow in Rigpa and has the power to awaken, in our experience, the view of the natural state of Dzogpachenpo—the nature of mind. It is also considered to be a profound long-life practice.

The Tibetan New Year (Losar) period is traditionally a very important time for practice in all Tibetan Monasteries. Holding annual drupchös during this period in Lerab Ling was very much initiated by Sogyal Rinpoche, and the Lerab Ling practice team does its utmost to continue this annual tradition of group Vajrayana practice for the benefit of the whole sangha and all beings.

It is said that several days participating in a drupchö or drupchen can yield the same results as years of solitary retreat, and great contemporary masters such as Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche have made a point of encouraging and reviving the practice of drupchen, because of its power of transformation.

WHO THIS EVENT IS FOR

Since a Rigdzin Düpa drupchö is a way for all of us to deepen our practice of guru yoga, it is recommended for established Ngöndro students and Dzogchen Mandala students who have already received a Rigdzin Düpa or Guru Rinpoche empowerment.

WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO JOIN?

Drupchös are most suited for students that:

• Have a firm grounding in the practice of ngöndro, which includes having received all the ngöndro teachings, up to and including guru yoga,
• Have started their ngöndro accumulations;
• Have already received some instructions for sadhana practice, including a basic understanding of the key principles of the Vajrayana. This means you have either followed:
  
  • Rigpa’s study and practice programme of the Vajrayana cycle from the Three-year retreat, Home Retreat or Vajrayana online retreats streamed from Lerab Ling,
  • Or you received these instructions during previous drupchens with Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche,
  • Or you are a student from a sangha other than Rigpa and have received these instructions from a qualified Vajrayana teacher.

To participate in this drupchö, a Rigdzin Düpa or a Guru Rinpoche empowerment is absolutely required.

PREPARING YOURSELF FOR THIS EVENT

You can support your practice by studying the Kyerim section of A Guide to Vajrayana Practice for the Rigpa Sangha which is available at ZAM. This will help make your participation as meaningful as possible.

If you have a Rigdzin Düpa empowerment, you could study the commentaries found in this publication: Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, Khenpo Chemchok, and Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Gathering of Vidyadharas: Text and Commentaries on the Rigdzin Düpa, Translated by Gyurme Avertin (Boulder: Snow Lion, 2017).

Which texts to bring:

• Draft of the new practice book (that we will use in the drupchö): get it here on donation basis
• Daily Sadhana book
  

HOW TO FOLLOW

This drupchö is only onsite in Lerab Ling.

PRACTICAL INFO

START Friday 30 January – 8am
END Sunday 1 February – 8pm

CHECK-IN AND PICK-UP BADGES
Thursday 29 January: 2pm to 6pm
Friday 30 February: 12pm to 2pm 
In case of late arrival, after 6pm on Thursday, please contact registration@rigpa.org

CONTRIBUTION to the event – on donation basis (suggested donation of 21€/day)
(Does not include accommodation, meals or offerings)

LANGUAGES 
Teachings: English
There is no translation for this event

MAKE AN OFFERING TO THE DRUPCHÖS

You can also make a meaningful connection with these practices by making an offering online dedicated to remove obstacles for yourself or a loved one. Your dedication will be included during the practices.

PRACTICE TRAINING EVENTS

Lerab Ling is continuously holding practice training around all practice events, mainly for practice holders in the area of Chöpön, Umdze and Practice Coordination. If you are interested, please contact practice@rigpa.org for more details. We will then submit the registration for you (no need in this case to register for the events yourself).

TEACHERS

This event is held and presided by Lerab Ling’s team of Senior Practice Holders, with the help of the whole Practice and Chopön team. 

PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE

08.00 – 08.30 Riwo Sangchö
08.30 – 10.45 Rigdzin Düpa session 1
short break
11.15 – 12.30 Rigdzin Düpa session 2
lunch break
14.30 – 16.15 Tendrel Nyesel, Additional Practices, Extended Dharmapalas
short break
17.00 – 18.30 Narak Kong Shak, Rigdzin Düpa & Tendrel Nyesel Tsok & Conclusion

Please note that on the last day – for the Drupchö siddhis the schedule may be different and start earlier in the morning.

MORE INFORMATION

• Rigpa’s Study & Practice page on Rigdzin Düpa
• Rigpa Shedra Wiki articles on: drupchö