CHOD stands for cutting through our neuroses and our ego-clinging.

This workshop and retreat, will consist of a detailed teaching and the practice of Chod from the Surmang Tradition. The CHOD lineage was founded by Machig Labdron, an embodiment of Tara and Prajnaparamita, who lived in the 12th century and is part of the Pacification lineage of Padampa Sangye. Participants should have at least started Ngondro practice. Khenpo-la will give the LUNG for this practice as well as detailed instructions. Call 982-4763 for more information.

Participants should plan to attend all four sessions, and the first day is mandatory.
Saturday, Dec. 15 – 10 am – noon and 2 – 4 pm
Sunday, Dec. 16 – 10 am – noon and 2 – 4 pm
$20 per session recommended donation.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Born in 1968 in Bhutan, Khenpo Jigme entered Thrangu Rinpoche’s main monastery, Tashi Choling 
in Boudanath, Nepal in 1983, later receiving full ordination as a monk. He enrolled in Namo Buddha Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies in 1989, where he completed the five-year program of studies as well as traditional Kagyu three-year retreat. Highly skilled in Buddhist philosophy, ritual, and meditation, he was appointed by Thrangu Rinpoche to teach at Namo Buddha and Vajra Vidya Institutes. Rinpoche designated him “Khenpo,” i.e., master of Buddhist philosophy (similar to a PhD. in Theology).
Khenpo Jigme is resident lama at Rinpoche’s Vajra Vidya Institute in Crestone, Colorado. Much admired for his erudition and incisive intellect, he is loved by an increasingly wide number of students in the West for his gentle nature and charming good humor.