We cordially invite you to join us for the 32nd Treasury of Knowledge retreat with Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche in Austin, Texas, the weekend of Friday, January 22 – Sunday, January 24, 2027. Rinpoche’s teachings will fall during the closing weeks of the Fire Horse year, in the quiet, reflective season leading into Losar – a fitting time to gather, study and turn inward before the new year of the Fire Sheep begins.
The title of Rinpoche’s program is Mind-Free Awareness: The Vital Points of Dzogchen. This is a continuation of Dzogchen teachings that Rinpoche began at TOK in 2024.
“Mind-free awareness sounds like a paradox. In dzogchen, the ‘great perfection’ of the Nyingma tradition, it’s the heart of the matter: our mind’s pure essence, pristine awareness, goes beyond anything we ordinarily experience as mind. To recognize this awareness, again and again until it becomes familiar, the tradition says we need one special condition: a qualified, lineage-holding teacher.
In this weekend retreat, we have the rare opportunity to receive teachings and experiential guidance directly from Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, a master of this lineage. Through the blessings of Rinpoche’s presence and the illumination of his instructions, we may discover that our practice takes a leap—bringing peace to our awakening hearts and, through that, healing to the world.” — Mitra Tyler Dewar
The program will be hybrid – both online and onsite and this is the ONLINE registration page.
To register for onsite attendance at the Ancient Yoga Center, click here.
There will be simultaneous translation available on Zoom for Spanish, Chinese and German languages. Recordings will be available until March 1, 2027.
Program Cost:
- Sponsor-level: $300
- Regular-level: $225 (discount of $25 applied if you register before Dec 15)
- Discounted: $150
Questions? email help@nalandabodhi.org
Teacher Bios:
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
FOUNDER & SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR, nalandabodhi
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is a widely known Buddhist teacher and the author of Emotional Rescue, Rebel Buddha, and other books. A lover of classic rock music, art, and urban culture, he is a poet, photographer, accomplished calligrapher, and visual artist. Ponlop Rinpoche is our founder, president, and spiritual director.
Rinpoche is one of the foremost scholars and meditation masters of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He is known for his sharp intellect, humor, and easygoing teaching style, for launching the kindness initiative #GoKind, and for his outreach to communities internationally.
Mitra Tyler Dewar
Mitra Tyler was born in Nova Scotia, Canada. He has been engaged in the study and practice of Buddhism since 1996, becoming a student of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche two years later. He began studying the Tibetan language in 1997, and became an oral interpreter and textual translator for Nitartha Institute and Nalandabodhi in 2000.
Tyler joined the faculty of Nitartha Institute in 2003 and was appointed as a senior teacher in Nalandabodhi in 2005. He has served as an oral interpreter for lineage-holding masters of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Tyler is the father of an amazing daughter and lives in Seattle, Washington.
Date/Time
Date(s) - Fri., January 22, 2027 - Sun., January 24, 2027
All Day
Location Ancient Yoga Center (AYC) at Radha Madhav Dham Ashram
