Join Lama Pema Dorje Rinpoche for a relaxing retreat on the longevity yoga practice called the Chime Palter. This practice combines a meditation on White Tara with a gentle physical training practice that relies on Padampa Sangye. Rinpoche became aware that Buddhists who adopt a meditative lifestyle can become weak, stiff, and unhealthy from prolonged sitting, and often turn to yoga practices from outside our tradition for help. For this reason he prayed that he could develop an outer yoga, suitable for all levels of practitioners, based on the knowledge he has gained from a lifetime of engagement with the secret advanced yogic disciplines of the Nyingma tradition. Based on this aspiration, he composed a concise and easy practice that will not only help with stiffness, but also increase longevity and improve one’s meditation if practiced with regularly. The benefits also include reduced sickness, increased clarity, and purification of hindrances and obscurations. At Lama Tsultrim’s request, Rinpoche will also be teaching on a short White Tara sadhana by HH Dudjom Rinpoche.

Lama Pema Dorje is from a yogi family from a Tibetan area of Nepal, called Dolpo. He was born in 1942, on the banks of the Ganges river in Rishi Kesh, India, and was later recognized as a tulku of an accomplished Indian acharya. Rinpoche received teachings and empowerments from many of the great teachers of his day, such as Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Chatral Rinpoche, and Kunsang Dorje Rinpoche. As a youth he practiced the Throma Nakmo cycle of Dudjom Lingpa extensively, which he received from Golok Sertar Rinpoche of Mt. Kailash. He met his main root teacher, HH Dudjom Rinpoche, at age 17. Rinpoche received the entire Dudjom Tersar from him, and practiced it extensively. Rinpoche is a master of tsa lung and Dzog Chen.

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Double: $1,070 - $735
Queen Double: $1,165 - $830
Queen Single: $1,245 - $910
Camping: $650 - $505
Suggested Dana: $140 - $280

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