12/15/2008 update
  • 2009 Tour
Date Venue Contact
Apr 3 - 6 Yongey Peace Prevail Center Phoenix, AZ
www.yongeypeace.org
4/5 Benefit Concert & Reception "Mind meets Music" Laurie Anderson & Lou Reed
Helen Chen
Tel 510-676-1084
hfan64@yahoo.com
Apr 7 - 14 Spirit Rock Meditation Center Woodacre, CA www.spiritrock.org
4/7-14 Mahamudra Retreat (7 nights) (Oriented towards Vipassana students)
Tel 415-488-0164
www.spiritrock.org
Apr 15 - 20 Rime Foundation
Minneapolis, MN www.rimefoundation.org
4/16 Public Teachings
4/17-19 Level 1 Mahamudra Retreat
Cortland Dahl
Tel 651-674-3153
cortland@rimefoundation.org
Apr 21 - 22 Chicago Karma Thegsum Choling
Cicero, IL www.chicagoktc.org
Public Teaching "Tranquility and Insight Meditation"
Mickey Johnson
Tel 708-652-9722
office@chicagoktc.org
Apr 23 - 28 Palpung Dharma Foundation
Lawrence, KS
4/24 7PM Public Lecture at Univ. of Kansas
4/25-28 Level 1 Mahamudra Retreat (1st & 2nd Foundations & Shinay Meditation)
Ling-Lung Chen
Tel 785-843-4656
llchen@sunflower.com
Apr 29 - May 7 Yongey Peace Prevail Center Phoenix, AZ www.yongeypeace.org
Level 1 Mahamudra Retreat
Helen Chen
Tel 510-676-1084
hfan64@yahoo.com
May 8 - 12 Sherab Ling Meditation Center
Houston, TX
5/9 Public Teaching "Heart Sutra"
5/9 Empowerment "Buddha Manjushri"
5/10 Teaching "Buddha Nature (Nature of Mind)"
5/11 Teaching "Bado & 100 Deities"
Sheng Garcia
Tel 713-865-8351
Tel 281-561-5485
sheng.garcia@logixcom.com
May 13 - 21 Yongey Buddhist Center
Milpitas, CA www.yongey.org
5/15 Welcome Banquet "Mayflower Restaurant"
5/16 Empowerment "Thousand Buddha"
5/16 Book Signing "Joyful Wisdom"
5/17 Public Teaching "Joyful Wisdom"
5/18-21 Level 2 Mahamudra Retreat (Hotel)
Mei Yen Ladle
Tel 408-263-2740
Marie Chuang
Tel 650-348-8106
info@yongey.org
May 14
(Evening Talk)
Rigpa Fellowship
San Francisco, CA www.rigpabayarea.org
Public Talk
Joanne Baltad
Tel 619-992-9152
joanne.baltad@rigpa.org
May 22 - 24 Sun Valley Wellness Festival
Sun Valley, ID www.sunvalleywellnes.org
5/23 Talk "Joyful Wisdom Topic"
5/23 Book Signing "Joyful Wisdom"
Mary Ann Chubb
Tel 208-726-7709
m80@cox.net
May 28 - Jun 4 Yongey Buddhist Center
Milpitas, CA www.yongey.org
5/28-31 Level 1 Mahamudra Retreat (Mountain)
5/31-6/3 Senior Level Mahamudra Retreat
6/4 Farewell Potluck - Center
Mei Yen Ladle
Tel 408-263-2740
Tel 650-348-8106 (Marie Chuang)
info@yongey.org
Jun 5 - 11 Palpung Lungtok Choeling
San Jose, CA www.palpung.com
6/6-7 Public Teaching "Shamatha & Vipashyana"
6/6-9 Level 4 Mahamudra Teaching "Guru Yoga"
6/10-11 Level 5 Mahamudra Teaching "Karmapashi"
Martha Lee
Tel 650-823-8183
contact@palpung.com
Jun 12 - 15 Kagyu Dordon Kunchab
San Francisco, CA www.kdk.org
Teaching "Seven Points of Mind Training"
Initiation for Avalokiteshvara
Deborah Janke
Tel 925-228-3999
deborahpricejanke@att.net
Jun 16 - 19 Portland Dharma Group
Portland, OR
6/17 Public Talk "Joyful Wisdom Topic"
6/18 Public Talk "Joyful Wisdom Topic"
6/19 Empowerment "Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara"
Lyle & Diane McQueen-Smith
Tel 503-661-0286
Tel 503-341-7776 (cell)
lylems1@verizon.net
Jun 22
(Evening Talk)
92nd Street Y (Yongey Foundation)
New York, NY www.92Y.org
8:15 PM Public Talk "Joyful Wisdom"
Tim Olmsted
Tel 970-879-5425
tim@zirkel.us
Jun 23 (Evening Talk) Shambhala Meditation Center
New York, NY www.ny.shambhala.org
Public Talk
Katherine Lieberson
Tel 212-675-6544
katherine_lieberson@shambhalanyc.org
June 24 - Jul 6 Garrison Institute (Yongey Foundation)
Garrison, NY www.mingyur.org
6/24-29 Open Retreat "The Heart of Meditation"
6/30-7/5 Level 1 Mahamudra Retreat
Tim Olmsted
Tel 970-879-5425
tim@zirkel.us
Jul 7 - 13 Yongey Buddhist Center - New York
Flushing, NY www.yongey.org
7/7-9 Level 3 Mahamudra Retreat
7/10-13 Level 4 Mahamudra Retreat
7/12 Empowerment "Thousand Buddha"
7/12 Book Signing "Joyful Wisdom"
7/13 Farewell Banquet
Mei Yen Ladle
Tel 408-263-2740
Sue Chang
Tel 917-907-2318
info@yongey.org
Jul 14 - 19 Karma Triyana Dhamachakra
Woodstock, NY www.kagyu.org
7/17-19 Mahamudra Teachings
7/19 Evening Empowerment TBD
Tom Schmidt
Tel 845-679-5906 ext. 15
Tel 845-453-2159 (cell)
external.affairs@kagyu.org
Jul 20 - 24 Kagyu Thuhten Choling Monastery
Wappingers Falls, NY www.kagyu.com
Teaching "Six Paramitas"
Teaching "Seven Points of Mind Training"
Closed Empowerments (3rd Year Retreats)
Ani Jamdron
Tel 845-489-4654
jamdron@yahoo.com
Jul 25 - 28 Palpung Choekyi Gyaltsen Center
Charlottesville, VA
Shamata Meditation Mahamudra Teaching Empowerment "Green Tara"
Bobbi Grant Llewellyn
Tel 434-973-8000
bobbi@robertllewellyn.com
Aug 1 - 3 Boulder Shambhala Center
Boulder, CO
www.boulder.shambhala.org
7/31-8/1 Public Talk "Joyful Wisdom"
8/1 PM -8/2 Teachings of Mahasiddha Saraha Book Signing "Joyful Wisdom"
8/2 6PM Book Signing at Boulder Book Store
Cynthia Kneen
Tel 303-444-0190 ext. 101
Tel 303-449-5894 (cell)
cynthia@boulder.shambhala.org
Aug 4 - 12 Palpung Phende Kunkyab
Vancouver, BC
www.palpungvancouver.org
Level 2 Mahamudra Retreat
Meditation Retreat "The Joy of Wisdom"
1 day Special "Bardo" teaching for senior students
Ping Yau
Tel 604-271-6322
palpungvan@shaw.ca
Aug 13 - 17 Palpung Yeshe Chokhor Dharmacentre
Kitchener, Ontario
www.thopaga.org
Bardo Teachings
Linda Hayes
Tel 226-747-2547
office@thopaga.org
Aug 18 - 20 Karma Sonam Dargye Ling
Toronto, Ontario
www.ksdl.org
Teaching "The Union of Dzochen and Mahamudra"
Empowerment "Yellow Dzambhala"
Valerie White
Tel 416-463-8538
valeriewhite@sympatico.ca
Aug 21 - 22 Rigpe Dorje Centre
Montreal, Quebec
www.centrerigpedorje.org
Public Teaching "Joyful Wisdom"
Book Signing "Joyful Wisdom"
Empowerment "Guru Rinpoche"
Judy Cutler
Tel 514-227-0703
j.cutler@rogers.com
Aug 23 - 26 Phoenix Buddhist Association
Mesa, AZ
Teachings & Activities TBD
Ruey T Chen
Tel 480-898-0243
lanchen@cox.net
Aug 29 - Sep 4 Yongey Buddhist Center - Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil
http://yongeybr.tripod.org
8/29 Empowerment "Thousand Buddha"
8/30-9/2 Level 3 Mahamudra Retreat
9/3-9/4 Public Talk at University
Edson Chang
Tel 5511-9440-6013
echang9@gmail.com
Sep 5 - 8 Karma Theksum Chokhorling
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
www.ktc.org.br
9/5-7 Level 1 Mahamudra Teaching
9/7 Empowerment "Karma Pakshi"
9/8 Empowerment "Guru Rinpoche"
9/8 PM Open Talk
Claudia Carrera
Tel 5521-3418-8122
office@ktc.org.br
claudiacarrera@ig.com.br

Note:
The Mingyur Rinpoche 2009 Tour is being arranged and coordinated by Mei Yen Ladle of the Yongey Buddhist Center. Schedule updates will be periodically released on the Yongey Buddhist Center website www.yongey.org and the Yongey Foundation website www.mingyur.org. Additional details (activities, teaching topics, etc.) will be added to the venue section for each site as information becomes available. Please send update information to meiyen@pacbell.net.

 

 

 

 

 

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