The 1st Chinese language Dzogchen Buddha Path Retreat in America ended on Thursday. It was amazing. Wo ai ni mon; I love my Chinese friends.

:: The 3-Month Dzogchen Lineage Internship retreat successfully concluded today! Sarwa Mangalam!

The nature of all beings is not suffering,
because all beings naturally do not want suffering. We never forget this for one single moment.

:: Peace and happiness are not two things. If you have happiness, you have peace. If you have peace you have happiness.

:: Every day that you understand there is cause and result is a day you can prevent bad things from happening. You can control your future.

:: Many care so about one meal that they will mull over the menu for an hour, but can’t find an hour to to increase their positive thinking.

Three Month Retreat Starting June 28, 2009

I've volunteered to be the organizer for the next Dzogchen Lineage Internship, which will be taking place this summer starting June 28 and ending September 28, 2009. It should be another great retreat held at the Dzogchen Retreat Center USA, where I've helped organize seven retreats since we purchased the property in May 2007. It is on 160 acres in a remote location with no neighbors for miles around. The rolling property has numerous trails running across hills, meadows, forests, and is crisscrossed by a river, two creeks and three ponds. We have surprisingly nice facilities for being so remote.

The 3-month retreat is open to all. You don't need to subscribe to a particular system of beliefs in order to benefit from the experience. If you're interested in exploring the nature of your thinking while receiving wisdom teachings from an authentic Tibetan Buddhist lineage master who was trained by old masters in Tibet, then this will be a fantastic opportunity to dive deeper and come out feeling much happier and better informed about who you are and why you are here.

Hope to see you there!

There are a lot more details here as well as the link to the registration form...
http://www.dzogchenlineage.org/internship/