Milarepa Retreat: Guru Yoga & Oral Transmission

Lama Dudjom Dorjee Rinpoche will bestow a lung (oral transmission) and provide instructions on the Guru practice of Milarepa.

Retreat Date & Location

📅 Date: Saturday, March 29th
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 In-Person and Online Zoom Attendance Options Available (You will receive LOCATION address and unique ZOOM info upon registering.)
📌Register for the Milarepa Retreat by contacting TMC at tmcdallastx@gmail.com.

Retreat Schedule 

• Start Time: Saturday at 10:00 AM
• Lunch Break: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
• Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Registration & Donation

• Registration and payment are required in advance.
• Free for TMC members and $50 for non-members.
• After covering modest costs, all donations will be offered to our precious Lama D Dorjee Rinpoche and his attendant, Karma Tsedrup.
• No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Practice Text & Materials

• The retreat will center on the practice written by Jamgon (Kongtrul The Great) Lodro Thaye, titled: “Splendidly Blazing Wisdom: A Guru Yoga and Feast Offering of the Great Lord Repa.”
• TMC will lend copies of the text for in-person attendees.
• If you wish to continue the practice at home, you can purchase your own text from Namse Bangzo Bookstore’s website.
• For registered online attendees, a digital scan of the practice text will be available on TMC’s Google Drive.

Tsok Offering & Lunch

• Milarepa practice includes a ritual feast offering (Ganachakra/Tsok). Please bring:
  • Finger foods (fruit, nuts, chips, crackers, cheese, candy).
  • Drinks (juices, teas, or sparkling water).
  • No meat or meat products, please.
• Lunch will be a vegetarian potluck.
  • Please coordinate your dish with Ashwini at ashwini372010@gmail.com.
  • For online participants, keep a plate of fruit or cookies on your altar, so you can participate in the tsok offering feast.

Retreat Essentials

• Musical Instruments: Bring a bell and dorje, dhamaru (if you have them).
• Text & Offerings Setup:
  • Bring a pecha table to hold your text, instruments, and tsok (a cardboard box with a cloth cover will do).
  • Chairs and cushions will be available, but you may bring your own zafu and zabuton.
• Practice Rituals:
  • The retreat includes torma offering and kapala vase cleansing. These will be handled by Lama, the Umdze, and the Chöpön.
  • Attendees are encouraged to take notes during the Retreat (such as where verses are repeated, when to play music, how shrine offerings are handled, etc.) so that you can confidently practice this Sadhana later on your own.

Payment Information

• Pay before the event through the same routing/way you would pay for your TMC membership
• Pay via Zelle or PayPal: TMC75060@gmail.com
• If mailing a check, make it payable to Stuart Harris and write “Milarepa Retreat” in the memo.
  • Mail to:
    Stuart Harris
    814 National Dr.
    Irving, TX 75060

Post-Retreat Practice

• Following the retreat, we will continue this practice every Sunday evening until the next retreat with Lama Rinpoche.
• TMC is taking this approach that allows members to focus on the latest practice for which Lama has given us a lung — it works toward completing practice commitments, learning technical aspects of the practice more thoroughly, and providing an opportunity to connect in a shared learning space with our TMC dharma brothers and sisters.