Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi's schedule

New Zealand

Mahamudra Center: Coromandel Peninsula

27 December - 2 January
Breaking Through Illusion:
Karma, Emptiness, and the 12 Links of
Dependent Origination
6-11 January
Green Tara Retreat
15-17 January
Buddhism in a Nutshell
23-24 January
Practiciing Mindfulness
27 January - 1 February
The Heart of the Path:
Experiential Lamrim Retreat
5-7 February
Emptiness According to the Four Schools

Dorje Chang Institute: Auckland

3 Dec
Why Practice Dharma?:
What does it mean to practice Dharma? and why do it?
15 Feb
Rush hour, e-mail and dirty dishes: Transforming our ordinary life into tasty Dharma practice
18 Feb
Inspiring Practitioners - Part I:
Stories of ancient and modern-day inspiring practitioners
19-21 Feb
Mind and Its Potential
Discovering Buddhism Module 1
22 Feb
Office is empty, emptiness is the office: Emptiness at home, work and on the beach!
25 Feb
Inspiring Practitioners - part II:
Women of Wisdom - ancient and modern day inspiring practitioners
26-28 Feb
How to Meditate:
Discovering Buddhism Module 2
for more information, see
http://www.dci.org.nz/program.shtml

Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi became interested in meditation after reading Be Here Now and Autobiography of a Yogi in the early ’70’s. For the next 20 years, her spiritual path was meandering and haphazard, and included several dead ends, until she bought a one-way ticket to India in early 1991 with the intention of meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She became a student not only of His Holiness, but also of Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche and Lama Zopa Rinpoche during the year she spent studying at Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala and Kopan Monastery. In late 1991, she was asked by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to come back to the US to become the co-director of Vajrapani Institute in California. In 1995, she began working at FPMT International Office, first as co-director and then later as center services coordinator. In early 2000, she began a long, solitary retreat that lasted 6½ years. Tenzin Chogkyi decided to become ordained in the third year of her long retreat, and then left retreat for a quick trip to India in 2004 for novice ordination with His Holiness. When she emerged from retreat in the summer of 2006, she moved to Land of Medicine Buddha in California, where she taught both at LMB and the local community center in Santa Cruz, in addition to teaching in prisons, facilitating a support group for women with chronic illness, and providing spiritual support to hospice patients. In the summer of 2008 she embarked on the “homeless life” and has been teaching at various centers worldwide. As of August 2009, in addition to touring, she is also based part-time at Vajrapani Institute in Boulder Creek, California.