Organizations Filed Purposes:
DEDICATED TO PROVIDE TEACHINGS, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING TO HELP INDIVIDUALS GAIN IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF BUDDHISM. TO PROVIDE REGULAR MEDITATION/YOGA/MINDFULNESS CLASSES, PRAYERS, RITUAL CEREMONIES, RETREATS, GROUP SPIRITUAL PRACTICES, COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WEEKLY AND MONTHLY TEACHING EVENTS AND RETREATS BY VENERABLE KHENPO SAMDUP AND NUMEROUS VISITING LAMAS FROM OTHER TRADITIONS, TO INCLUDE: NYINGNE PURIFICATION PRACTICES FASTING, MANTRA RECITATION, PROSTRATIONS; BUDDHA AMITABHA PRACTICES; NGONDRO TEACHINGS: FOUR INNER PRELIMINARIES OF FIVE-FOLD PATH OF MAHAMUDRA; BUDDHISM 101; GARCHEN CHILDRENS PRACTICE FOR KID AGES 5-12+; INTERNATIONAL VESAK 2018 CELEBRATION: RITUAL CEREMONIES, PUJA, TEACHINGS, MEDITATION & MULTI-CULTURAL PERFORMANCE WITH BUDDHISTS FROM ACROSS WASHINGTON DC METROPOLITAN AREA, REPRESENTING 3 YANA TRADITIONS AND DIFFERENT CULTURES; BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI LHABAB DUCHEN; MEDITATION RETREAT: INSTRUCTIONS AND PRACTICES, CALM-ABIDING MEDITATION, BASIC YOGIC EXERCISES, BREATH CONTROL; GREAT DRIKUNG PHOWA RETREAT WITH PHOWA TRANSMISSION, TEACHING, PRACTICE AND MEDITATION; TEACHING AND MEDITATION ON LOVE; GURU RINPOCHE RETREAT DZOGCHEN TEACHING AND MEDITATION; BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, WHITE DZAMBHALA, & DHARMA PROTECTOR ACHI CHOKYI DROLMA PUJA AND PRACTICES; BODHISATTVA MANJUSHRI PUJA AND SMOKE OFFERING; GURU RINPOCHE BHUM TSOK GANACHAKRA PUJA 100,000 ACCUMULATION MERIT OFFERING CEREMONY FOR WORLD PEACE; BUDDHA VAJRASATTVA EMPOWERMENT, TRANSMISSION AND PRACTICE; TEACHING ON SONG OF REALIZATION OF FIVEFOLD PATH OF MAHAMUDRA BY JIGTEN SUMGN; SIX PARAMITAS (PERFECTIONS) & MEDITATION; TEACHING ON LOJONG TRAINING THE MIND; ESSENCE OF UTTARATANTRA, BUDDHA NATURE KALACHAKRA TANTRA; 35-CONFESSION BUDDHAS RETREAT WITH BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI BLESSING INITIATION; BUDDHA VAJRAKILAYA COMMITMENT WITH VAJRAKILAYA EMPOWERMENT, TRANSMISSION, AND PRACTICE; MEDITATION- SHAMATHA AND VIPASSANA INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE; BODHISATTVA OF COMPASSION CHENREZIG MEDITATION, BUDDHA CHRISTMAS IN THE WEST - CHILDRENS HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS AND TEACHING OF THE GREAT TIBETAN SAINT MILAREPA; END OF YEAR PURIFICATION W/ GURU PADMASAMBHAVA PUJA WITH TSOK & ACHI CHOKYI DROLMA PUJA.
SUBLIME RETREATS WITH HIS EMINENCE GARCHEN RINPOCHE - MAGNIFICENCE OF THE YOGI, APRIL 13 - 29, 2018, LEADING 3 SPECIAL RETREATS: 1) MILAREPA RETREAT WITH THE GREAT YOGI MILAREPA EMPOWERMENT, MILAREPA SONGS OF REALIZATION TEACHINGS AND MEDITATION PRACTICES, THREE JEWEL REFUGE CEREMONY; 2) VAJRAYOGINI RETREAT WITH VAJRAYOGINI EMPOWERMENT, THE GREAT DRIKUNG KAGYU PHOWA PRACTICES, AND BUDDHA AMITABHA PUJA WITH JANG CHOG RITUAL; AND 3) CHAKRASAMVARA RETREAT WITH CHAKRASAMVARA EMPOWERMENT, GANGES MAHAMUDRA TEACHINGS AND LAMA CHOPA PUJA WITH TSOK.
FOURTH ANNUAL MEDICINE BUDDHA RETREAT BY MOST VENERABLE SILING TONGKHOR RINPOCHE WITH MONASTICS OF THE SERA MEY MONASTERY, INDIA, 07 11 NOVEMBER 2018, LEADING SPECIAL 5 DAYS OF MEDICINE BUDDHA RETREAT WITH CONSTRUCTION OF MEDICINE BUDDHA SAND MANDALA, MEDICINE BUDDHA INITIATION/EMPOWERMENT (JE-NANG) HEALING EMPOWERMENT AND PRACTICE WITH RECITATION AND ACCUMULATED MANTRA OF MEDICINE BUDDHA, MEDICINE BUDDHA HEALING AND PURIFICATION BLESSING CEREMONY, PURIFICATION PUJA FOR THE LIVING AND JANG-WA RITUAL PRAYER FOR THE DECEASED, MANDALA VIEWING AND CIRCUMAMBULATION, AND MEDICINE BUDDHA SAND MANDALA DISSOLUTION.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Sam Zin | SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR | 20 | $0 |
| Vu Nguyen | DIRECTOR | 20 | $0 |
| Lance David Bergerson | SERVICES DIRECTOR | 20 | $0 |
| Achi Tsepal | OPERATIONS DIRECTOR | 4 | $0 |
| Deborah Tsepal | SECRETARY | 4 | $0 |
| Phuong Bui | TREASURER | 20 | $0 |
| Tri Bui | VICE PRESIDENT | 20 | $0 |
| Quang Bui | PRESIDENT | 20 | $0 |
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