Venerable Khen Rinpoche Kunsang Dechen was born in 1962 in the Kham area of Tibet. He came to India in 1982 together with his root guru His Holiness Penor Rinpoche when Holiness returned from his first visit back to Tibet. He then joined the Ngagyur Nyingma Insitute of Namdrolling Monastery in India. He studied for 9 years under the Khenchens of the Institute and graduated with the top rank in his class. He was honored with a Khenpo degree by HH Penor Rinpoche in 1993. While in his fourth year at the Institute, he gave a discourse on the Perfection of Wisdom in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and an assembly of thousands of monks at Sera monastery. He received teachings and instructions from various great lamas including HH the Dalai Lama, HH Penor Rinpoche, HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Khenpo Jigphun, Nyoshul Khenpo, Lama Achoe, Khenpo Sangye Tsering (Khenpo Ngagchung’s reincarnation), Khenpo Petse, Tulku Thubsang, and Sengdrak Tulku. He has also completed retreats on Vajrakilaya, Amitayus and others. He taught at the Nyingma Institute for a total of 15 years including during his student years as an assistant teacher. He also taught at Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s Shechen monastery for four years and at Palyul monastery in Tibet for three years. Khenpo Kunsang is currently based in Namdroling monastery where he teaches in the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute

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Program Details

This meditation retreat will be led by resident teacher Lhoppön Rechungpa Rinpoche and guest teacher Khen Rinpoche Kusang Dechen

All Sessions will be live-streamed on Zoom, through the Member’s Portal.

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Registration Window

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Course Materials

All prayer and sadhana books will be provided.

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Financial Support

The donations to this program support Mipham Shedra Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center, and the teachings of Lhoppön Rechunpa Rinpoche. For those with limited funds, we have work exchange and financial aid options available. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

If you would like to apply for work exchange or financial aid, please see these links:

• For work exchange, go here.
• For financial aid, go here.

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Suggested Donation

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Program Schedule

Times are in Mountain Time (MT)

Saturday, January 11th

• Retreat First Session: 9:00 am-12:00 pm MT
• Lunch Break (off-site): 12:00-1:30 pm MT
• Retreat Second Session: 1:30-4:00 pm MT

Sunday, January 12th

• Retreat Third Session: 9:00 am-12:00 pm MT
• Lunch Break (off-site): 12:00-1:30 pm MT
• Retreat Fourth Session: 1:30-4:00 pm MT

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For questions, please contact: [email protected]

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