Upcoming Retreats

Fees
  • Commuting – $180.00
  • Women's Dorm – $274.00
  • Men's Dorm – $274.00
  • Women's Quad 1 – $380.00
  • Women's Quad 2 – $380.00
  • Private Room- Twin Bed – $484.00
  • Private Room- Double bed – $484.00
  • Private Cabin #1 - "Vajrapani" – $536.00
  • Private Cabin #2 - "Chenrezig" – $536.00
  • Private Cabin #3 - "Vajrayogini" – $536.00
  • Private Cabin #4 - "Chakrasamvara" – $536.00
  • Private Cabin #5 - "Tara" – $536.00
  • Private Cabin #6 - "Yamantaka" – $536.00

Green Tara and White Tara Initiation Weekend

Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa

December 12 - 14, 2025

Add yourself to the Waitlist, Registration will be open soon!

 

Tara Initiation Weekend Retreat with Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa
December 12–14 | Vajrapani Institute

 

Join us for a rare and precious opportunity to receive teachings and initiations from Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, one of the last Tibetan Buddhist scholars educated in Tibet before the Chinese invasion. Renowned for his deep wisdom and compassion, Rinpoche has played a key role in preserving the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and bringing it to the West.

 

We are honored to welcome Rinpoche back to Vajrapani Institute for a special Tara Weekend Retreat, featuring the profound practices of Tara, including both Green and White Tara initiations.  These initiations are rarely offered in the U.S. — don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity.

 

Weekend Schedule:

  • Friday, Dec 12 (Evening): Public talk on Tara practice
  • Saturday, Dec 13: Green Tara Initiation + commentary
  • Sunday, Dec 14: White Tara Initiation + Tsog offering

 

 

Whether you’re new to Tara or deepening your practice, this is a rare opportunity to receive direct blessings and guidance from a highly respected lineage master. No previous Initiations are necessary to participate.

 

More details to come, join the waitlist now to get an email when registration opens!

 

Teacher

Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa
Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa is one of the last generations of Tibetan Buddhist scholars to begin their educational careers in Tibet prior to the Chinese invasion. He has played an instrumental role in the reestablishment and preservation of Tibetan Buddhist traditions in exile, and in the spread of Tibetan Buddhism to the Western world. Highly regarded for his scholarship and depth of religious practice, Rinpoche has taught around the US, including  in New York, Washington D.C., Bay Area FPMT Centers in California, and at Do Ngak Kunphen Ling (DNKL), a Tibetan Buddhist center in Connecticut, where he hosted a…
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