1 September 2024 (Sunday) - 15 September 2024 (Sunday)

2024 Dzogchen Buddha Path
Internet Teaching and Training Program
For Dzogchen Lineage Internships

Embark on a Transformative Journey of Enlightenment and Wisdom from the Comfort of Your Own Home

Discover the gateway to eternal peace and happiness as the Dzogchen Shri Singha Foundation presents the extraordinary 2024 Internet Teaching and Training Program.

In light of the current circumstances preventing our beloved annual Dzogchen Lineage Internship, this groundbreaking program is meticulously designed to perpetuate the profound Dzogchen Buddha Path Lineage and train Dharma teachers in our world.

Are you ready to embark on a life-altering adventure to create happiness for yourself and others? Join us for this exceptional internet teaching and training program, where His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche and esteemed Dzogchen Lineage Dharma Teachers will guide you on an immersive journey fusing cutting-edge technology and ancient Buddhist wisdom, guaranteed to illuminate your heart and mind.

No matter your level of experience, this one-of-a-kind program welcomes you to join students from all walks of life, united by a sincere desire to learn, practice, and teach The Buddha Path. We understand that each student possesses unique capacities, needs, and knowledge in their Dharma journey. That’s why our program offers multiple classes tailored to five levels, ensuring that each student receives practical and profound teachings, real-life Dharma skills, and immeasurable wisdom blessings to fit their life circumstances.

Event Outcomes

In this extraordinary program you will…

Gain Comprehensive Understanding: Delve deep into the profound principles of Buddhism to uncover the timeless wisdom that will guide not only your life but also the lives of those around you.
Gain Transformative Knowledge: Acquire the sacred knowledge and ancient wisdom of Buddhism, empowering you to navigate personal challenges, overcome addictive thought patterns, and improve relationships.
Embrace Inner Strength: Discover the tools and teachings to conquer obstacles, manage chaos with resilience, and face life’s challenges to emerge triumphant.
Attain Clarity and Serenity: Experience a newfound ability to see through the fog of confusion, embrace serenity amidst chaos, and bring peace to your mind and harmony to your relationships.

Internet Dharma Training with
His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche
and Authorized Dzogchen Buddha Path Dharma Teachers

Learn the View, Meditation, and Conduct of The Dzogchen Buddha Path

Join us for an international gathering of the Dzogchen Buddha Path Sangha
for this Internet Teaching and Training Program!

The 2024 Internet Teaching and Training Program dates are
Sunday, September 1st through Sunday, September 15, 2024 (Taiwan dates)

Saturday, August 31st through Sunday, September 15, 2024 (USA dates)

Registration Deadline

Registration for the program will officially close at 11:00 am Taiwan time on August 28, 2024. After that date and time, any new registrants will be required to pay the full price and no discounts will be applied. This means late registrants will pay twice the current discounted price. No registrations will be accepted after 11:00 am Taiwan time on August 31, 2024. No exceptions will be made to this policy so please register right away. *** Please bear in mind: No participant will be allowed to join once the program starts and no one will be able to re-enter once they have left.

Curriculum

We have meticulously adapted our acclaimed annual retreat program to benefit international practitioners on the Internet. From the comfort of your home, you will master the View, Meditation, and Conduct of The Dzogchen Buddha Path—a curriculum that encompasses the very essence of profound Buddhist principles.

Through our Fundamental Curriculum, you will explore the Five Fundamental Buddhist Principles, the Six Outer Preliminary Practices, and the Refuge Vow of the Three Supreme Jewels. You will dive deep into the heart of Buddhism through the Four Noble Truths, the Four Dharma Seals, and the Nine Principles of Shamatha Meditation. You will further expand your understanding with teachings on the Four Immeasurables, the Ten Virtues and Ten Non-virtues, and the profound concepts of Bodhicitta.

For qualified students seeking an even deeper connection, our Advanced Curriculum will illuminate the transformative power of Three Types of Prostrations, the Twelve Powers of Purification, and the art of Self-Healing with Wisdom Power. You will immerse yourself in the Six and Ten Paramitas, the Five Composites, and the Twelve Interdependencies, and traverse the Thirty-Seven Enlightened Paths, the Twenty-Three Enlightened Bhumis, and the Fifty-Eight Samsaric Realms. Finally, you will encounter the glorious principles of the Three Buddhas, a revelation that will reshape your understanding of Mahayana Buddhism.

Experience the Power of The Dzogchen Buddha Path ITTP

Awaken Your Inner Brilliance: Ignite your wisdom, knowledge, compassion, love, and power as you tap into the profound wisdom of the Omniscient Buddha. Align with your purpose and passions, activating your true potential.
Embrace Joy and Gratitude: Discover a life overflowing with joy and gratitude. Release resentments, fears, and traumas that hinder your success, allowing you to live with renewed energy and appreciation.
Create a Enlightened Life: Clear the clutter from your mind, creating a sacred space where a meaningful life can unfold. Experience real enlightenment in your daily existence, paving the way for true transformation.
Masterful Communication: Develop exceptional communication skills that elevate your relationships to new heights. Experience deeper connections and profound fulfillment, while harmful and unpleasant relationships naturally fade away.
Embrace Conviction and Confidence: Embody realistic conviction and wise confidence, gaining crystal-clear clarity on your goals and strategic planning for your present and future. Bid farewell to empty hopes, confusion, and unrealistic expectations.
Radiate Inner Light: Watch as your inner Dharma light radiates and your natural joy intensifies. Witness a brighter world around you, reflecting the vibrant energy you now embody.
Unveil Your Purpose and Power: Discover your purpose and your rightful place in the world. Release the shackles of weakness, fear, and defeat, embracing a new sense of empowerment and resilience.
Be the Master of Your Destiny: Take control of your future according to Dharma principles. Become the master of yourself, equipped with the confidence to shape your path and manifest your aspirations.
Unleash Undeniable Self-Worth: Recognize your undeniable self-worth, igniting a profound inspiration within yourself and drawing inspiration from the lives of others. Embrace the greatness that resides within you.

Embark on this transformative journey and unlock your true potential. Step into a life filled with purpose, confidence, and limitless possibilities. The time is now to experience the extraordinary.

Teaching and Training Program

All dates and times are for Taiwan – Taipei Standard Time (GMT+8).

Are you ready to embark on this transformative odyssey? Choose the program option that suits your schedule:

You will have at least six classes per week. The duration of each class will be approximately 2 hours.

Language Options

Language will never be a barrier on your path to enlightenment. Our teachings are offered in English, accompanied by translations in Chinese, Russian, German, Spanish, Japanese, and other languages, ensuring a truly immersive experience for all.

Credit Earned

Your dedication to the program will not go unnoticed. Upon completing the Dzogchen Buddha Path Internet Teaching and Training Program, you will be awarded with 1 credit toward your Dzogchen Buddha Path academic standing, acknowledging your commitment to the pursuit of wisdom.

Daily Schedule Commitment

There is at least one recess day/week. Contact your region/language group or local teacher to obtain the schedule for your region and level.

Preliminary Practice for 1 hour. (Attending at least 50% of internet group practice sessions is required.)
Receive live teaching or tutoring for 2 to 4 hours daily on the internet. (Sessions include Q&A.)
Engage in 1 hour of virtuous activity during the day, according to your personal schedule.
Participate in personal tutoring or group discussion for 1 hour. (included in the 2.5 hours above.)
Do self-study, contemplation, and meditation for 1 to 2 hours, according to your personal schedule.
Practice Concluding Practice for 1 hour. (Attending at least 50% of internet group practice sessions is required.)
Rest for 7 to 8 hours while holding the vow of silence.

Even amidst your daily commitments, this Internet Program allows you to seamlessly integrate the teachings into your life. Transform your ordinary activities into extraordinary Dharma activities, and experience the benefits as you balance your responsibilities while immersing yourself in this precious program.

The Dzogchen Buddha Path Internet Teaching and Training Program holds a special attendance requirement to ensure an unforgettable impact for all participants. On the first day of the program, the Opening Ceremony and all subsequent sessions must be attended punctually. The journey begins with unity and reverence, and we invite you to be present from the very start.

Please mark your calendars for the momentous occasion of Sunday, September 1 (Taipei time). Brace yourself for a powerful teaching by Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, along with a program orientation and introduction that will set the stage for an extraordinary journey of self-discovery and transformation.

Special Attendance Requirement

On the first day of the program, all participants must attend all sessions, on time.
Also, the Opening and Concluding Ceremonies must be attended.

Internet Teaching and Training Program Schedule

Important Note: Once the Internet Program commences on September 1st at 11 am (Taipei time), late-arriving participants and new participants will not be permitted to enter the program. We encourage you to visit thetimezoneconverter.com to ensure you understand the registration deadline and internet program start time for your local area. Secure your place in this life-altering experience today!

Unlock the boundless wisdom of the Dzogchen Buddha Path. Join the Internet Teaching and Training Program now and embark on a voyage of enlightenment that will shape your destiny forever.

Please Consider Sponsoring Others to Attend

Supporting others to study, contemplate and meditate on Dharma who would not otherwise be able to do so is joining the activities of all Buddhas and enlightened beings. One simple act of generosity could bring great benefit to many beings now and in the future. There are two ways to offer generosity to other participants:

Scholarships provide financial support for qualified Dzogchen Buddha Path Sangha who have genuine need.
Subsidies provide financial support to encourage those who are new to the Dzogchen Buddha Path.

To make a contribution to the scholarship/subsidy fund, please visit the payments page and scroll down to “Donation:” [coming soon]

Program Fees

Fees include all teaching and tutoring classes, as well as practice sessions, question and answer sessions, yoga instructions, and administrative fees. They do not include personal offerings to Dharma teachers or Sangha.

The program fee is $425 USD if received by the end of the day Pacific time, August 30th, 2024.

Additional Discount

To honor those who joined the entire 2024 Dzogchen Buddha Path Great Miracle Event or 2024 Saga Dawa Event
such practitioners will receive an additional discount for each event. If you attended one of these events, you can get a discount of $15, and if you attended both of these events, you can get a discount of $30.

Those who participated in the 2024 Dzogchen Buddha Path Meditation Retreat and Pilgrimage Tour in Taiwan or the Drupchen in Nepal will receive an additional $65 discount if they attended one of these events, and if they attended both of these events, they can receive a $85 discount.

If you are from the Americas region, click on the button below for your payment portal. If you are from another region, then contact your regional director for payment instructions

Paymentpractitioners will receive an additional 5% discount for each event, upon request.

(ts discount can be combined with the above discount, which will be a total of $7

Contact Information

2024 Dzogchen Buddha Path Internet Teaching and Training Program Email Contacts:

English speakers: English@thebuddhapath.org
Chinese speakers: Chinese@thebuddhapath.org
Russian speakers: Russian@thebuddhapath.org
Spanish speakers: Spanish@thebuddhapath.org
Japanese speakers: Japan@thebuddhapath.org
German speakers: German@thebuddhapath.org
French speakers: French@thebuddhapath.org

For all other languages: ittp.international@thebuddhapath.org
+1-541-255-2903 (USA)

Registration is currently open!

The Buddha Path

The Dzogchen Lineage curriculum comprises teachings and commentary on The Buddha Path written by Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche. The Buddha Path is a concise practice text that provides the key to all of the Sutrayana, Vajrayana, and Dzogchen teachings of Buddha. This accessible and effective book offers clear practice instructions for the beginning student as well as a lifetime’s wealth of profound instructions for the advanced practitioner.

The Buddha Path is also a core text for the Dzogchen Buddha Path Internet Teaching and Training Program. This program’s comprehensive approach balances scholarly study, group practice, and powerful meditation techniques.

Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche unites ancient wisdom with modern techniques, directly applying Buddha’s teachings to the challenges of today’s world. Rinpoche mainly teaches courses in English, drawing upon his knowledge of Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese when appropriate. This program will be led by Khenpo Choga Rinpoche and authorized Dzogchen Buddha Path Bodhi Lamas and Dharma Acharyas who will teach, tutor, and facilitate group discussion. The Dzogchen Buddha Path Internet Teaching and Training Program provides all students with a firm grounding in Buddhist fundamentals, so they can help themselves and others increase personal happiness, create social harmony, and establish the roots of world peace.

The power of the Dzogchen Lineage lies in the unbroken succession of practitioners who have trained their minds by repeatedly applying Buddha’s teachings in their daily lives. It is for students who have faith in Buddha, and who understand that progress in Dharma requires comprehensive training and diligence in the three techniques: learning, contemplation, and meditation. If this describes your intentions and heartfelt aspirations, please join us in perpetuating the Dzogchen teachings.

To order The Buddha Path, visit
tinyurl.com/BuddhaPath2ndEdition

For The Buddha Path Concise Edition,
download The Buddha Path app:
www.thebuddhapath.org/buddhapathapp/

DZOGCHEN KHENPO CHOGA RINPOCHE

Great Perfection of Wisdom Holder, His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, was born and raised in Tibet. He began studying Buddhism at Dzogchen Monastery in Kham, Tibet at the age of five. He has received transmissions and teachings of the Buddhist Sutras, Tantras, and Shastras from forty-two different Buddhist masters, as well as specific instructions in the Dzogchen Tantras from his Root Masters — Khenchen Padma Tsewang, Drubchen Chatral Chochyab, Guru Dechen Namdrol, and Great Lama Athu.

Rinpoche spent ten years at the Dzogchen Shri Singha Five Sciences University, first studying and later teaching the five major sciences: art, medicine, linguistics, philosophy, and Buddhadharma, and the five minor sciences: poetics, semiotics, prosody, drama, and astrology.

Under difficult conditions, Rinpoche also spent a total of seven years of secluded meditation in caves located in the Siltrom Mountain range in the Holy Dzogchen area of Tibet. In addition to the concise practice text, The Buddha Path, Rinpoche has authored more than thirty books in Tibetan and currently is translating and writing Buddhist texts in English. Rinpoche conducts teacher training programs at The Dzogchen Retreat Center USA every year. Hundreds of Rinpoche’s students have been authorized as Dzogchen Buddha Path Dharma Teachers and are teaching and training thousands of students around the world.

Biography of His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche

To support to the activities of Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche send your donation to https://www.paypal.me/TDBP

Power of the Dzogchen Buddha Path Lineage

The Inaugural Dzogchen Buddha Path Commencement Ceremony on August 11, 2014

Establishing All Beings In True Happiness

Although humankind has made unprecedented scientific advances, our inner well-being has not kept pace. Our focus on technological and material gain alone does not address the root of physical and mental suffering being experienced.

Negative thinking and negative karma are the causes of ill health and mental suffering, as well as pandemics, disharmony, social strife, violence, and war. The methods of the Dzogchen Buddha Path Lineage eliminate these causes of suffering and increase positive thinking, which leads to peace, happiness, and wisdom and decreases fear and worry. Studying and practicing under the guidance of a qualified teacher, Dzogchen Buddha Path students clarify confusion and awaken, step by step, to their true nature: Buddha, True Happiness.

The Dzogchen Buddha Path Lineage

The Dzogchen Buddha Path Lineage is known for its synthesis of the entirety of Buddha’s teachings. In northern India 2,948 years ago, an enlightened human being named Bodhisattva Siddhartha attained Awakened Omniscience, and was thereafter renowned as Buddha Shakyamuni. For the next 47 years, Buddha taught Dharma, the path of enlightenment, to countless students in this world. Since that time, this unbroken lineage has been passed down from teacher to student for generations in India and Tibet. The teachings of Buddha have been continuously studied, practiced, transmitted, and protected up to the present day by the enlightened Dzogchen Lineage Masters.

SUPPORT DZOGCHEN LINEAGE ACTIVITIES

The Mission of the Dzogchen Shri Singha Foundation

Dzogchen Shri Singha Foundation’s mission is to support the preservation, practice, and transmission of the ancient and unbroken Dzogchen tradition in the modern world. The Dzogchen Wisdom Lineage—Buddha’s entire authentic teaching—is a time-tested tradition of practice with specific techniques to achieve both the immediate goal of individual happiness and the ultimate goal of Vast Awakening.

How You Can Support Our Activities

Join our donation program, the Dzogchen Buddha Path Generosity Campaign. You may sign up for a recurring donation or make a one-time contribution. You donation will used as you designate in the campaign options. Every portion of your donation will be used to support the Dharma activities of the Foundation. Your donations help us to accomplish our goals to benefit the world.
Make a donation via PayPal. It’s fast and secure: http://tinyurl.com/DSSFpaypal
Contact our development chair Bodhi Lama Zangshod for other ways to participate: development@thebuddhapath.org

Any amount is greatly appreciated. May we all remember that generosity is the root of wealth!

“On one cushion, one person at one time
can practice all of Buddha’s teachings.”
—Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche

Dzogchen Lineage

Tibetan Buddhism