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.

Please note – 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:

• Rigdzin Düpa book 2008 — english, german, french
• Or, those familiar with the practice may download a draft of the new Rigdzin Düpa practice book on donation basis 
• Daily Sadhana book 

Read more information: How to access Vajrayana materials on ZAM.

HOW TO FOLLOW

• The best of course is to follow onsite in Lerab Ling. 

• However, you can also follow this drupchö online via Prajna live [link: https://prajnaonline.org/live ] (there is no need to register). This live streaming is offered on a donation basis. We suggest 21€ per day as a contribution to the offerings, the running of the event and to make the streaming possible. You can donate here.

TEACHERS

This event is held and presided by Lerab Ling’s team of Senior Practice Holders, with the help of the whole Practice and Chöpön 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 – 16.00 Tendrel Nyesel, Additional Practices, Extended Dharmapalas, 
short break
16.45 – 18.30 Narak Kong Shak, Rigdzin Düpa & Tendrel Nyesel
Tsok and Conclusion

Please note that on the last day – for the Drupchö siddhis the schedule may be different.

MORE INFORMATION

• Rigpa’s Study & Practice page on Rigdzin Düpa

• Rigpa Shedra Wiki articles on: drupchö 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

START Sunday 17 January at 8am
END Saturday 23 January at 7pm

REGISTRATION AND BADGE/KEY COLLECTION
Saturday 16 January: 2pm – 6pm
Sunday 17 January: 12pm – 2pm
If arriving after 6pm on Saturday, please notify registration@rigpa.org