Discovering the Buddha within is a new experimental learning program of the Buddha Dharma created as part of the vast vision of Guru Vajradhara His Holiness the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa. Since the Palpung Institution was continued in Northern India 1976, monasteries, temples, centers and study groups were volontarily established, dedicated to the Palpung lineage. For many years resident lamas and students of Palpung Dharma Centers worldwide have been requesting His Holiness the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa to create a step-by­ step Dharma study curriculum adapted to foreign students that can be taught and practiced in all Palpung Dharma Centers.

The aim of this curriculum is to explain the essence of the Buddha's teachings in an easy and understandable yet comprehensive way. The Buddha Shakyamuni has shown the nature of beings' minds and phenomena on three different levels, each consecutive level being deeper and wider than the former one.

This three-year curriculum follows the Buddha's teachings on the Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma, followed by the sacred transmission of four tantras that correspond to three gradual levels of discovering the ultimate nature of the mind and phenomena. The best way for a foreign audience to be able to acquire a proper understanding of these basic three levels of the Buddha Dharma is to approach it through one's own direct experience of various meditations connected to each of the three levels.

For each level, the teacher will explain the view (intellectual understanding), meditation (experiential understanding), and application (applying this understanding to change one's daily habits) of the topics according to Shravakayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.

Meditations that form the core part of each level are divided into two sections:

Shamatha (Abiding peacefully) and Vipashyana (Superior insight).

Through these three aspects - view, meditation, and action - one will discover the Buddha within oneself.

The retreat will last for five days with three teaching, and three meditation sessions per day. It lasts the entire day, from 8:30 - 21:00 hrs.

Registration for year 2 is August 14, at 13:00 hrs, the program starts with the afternoon session August 14.

Please do not leave the center during the retreat and understand its nature being a retreat clearly.

The contribution for the retreat, lunch and dinner included, is 500€.





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You can NOT stay overnight in the center. Upon your registration you will receive a list with nearby B&Bs, reachable within few minutes on foot. If you prefer to stay in Vienna directly, we are situated right on the outskirts of Vienna and are therefore connected to a great public transport network.

Your contribution consists of
• three teachings and three meditation sessions daily, for five days
• around the year, regular mentoring and meditations sessions via zoom
• the empowerment conferred on Sunday
• catering: breakfast beverages, two meals, a range of snacks for in-between as well as beverages
• meals and leisurely program for our guests
• the contribution for the translator
• the pro rata cost of Rinpoche’s and his attendant’s travelling expenses
• an offering to Rinpoche at the beginning and the end of the program
• possible remainders go into helping to cover our running costs

This program is open to everyone For Year 2, see prerequesits for Year 2 .

For those new to Buddhism, practice at least 10 minutes every day for a minimum of 30 consecutive days.
For those who are already practicing the Buddha Dharma, their actual practice will work in place.

His Eminence Mingyur Rinpoche, His Eminence Chungpo Gyalton Rinpoche, and chosen Khenpos will travel the four regions of the world to teach this sacred transmission in cooperation with the lamas in residence.

This program will be taught in three consecutive years in chosen Palpung centers. For the entire German speaking countries Chöje Lama Palmo will continuously oversee and supervise the disciples' practice progress. Rinpoche will teach in English, Lamala will lead the meditations.

During the meetings, Chöje Lama Palmo will go through Rinpoche's teachings one by one and clarify students' questions with regard to view, meditation and post meditation.

Additionally, she will meditate with us online and will give meditation instructions for each teaching.

Chöje Lama Palmo has the distinct quality to condense deep topics into easy to remember bits and pieces and assist disciples from her own deep practice.

She facilitates practitioners' experience of the dharma to become a living truth, pervading their daily lives; a pillar in students' thinking, practicing and applying it.

Participants of year 1, from long-time disciples to beginners, considered it tremendously helpful to be offered this precious opportunity.

Prerequisites for participation year 1

• For those new to Buddhism, practice at least 10 minutes every day for a minimum of 30 consecutive days.
• For those who are already practicing the Buddha Dharma, their actual practice will work in place.

Prerequisites for participation year 2

• Anyone who attended Discovering the Buddha Within 1 WORLDWIDE
• Students who completed Joy of Living 1 and 50 hours of practices
• Students of Mahamudra Ocean of Definitive Meaning