Mind Training of Birwapa

The Mind Training of Virupa (Birwapa) is a profound teaching from the great Indian mahāsiddha Virūpa, who transformed the ordinary mind into the path of awakening through direct experience. In this practical instruction, disturbing emotions themselves become the means to cultivate wisdom and compassion. Lama Jampa Thaye will explain how Virūpa’s radical approach reveals that every challenge can serve as a gateway to enlightenment. Suitable for both new and experienced practitioners, this teaching offers methods that bring the Dharma vividly into everyday life.

Initiation of White Tara from the lineage of Shakya Shribhadra

The goddess Tara is revered in all traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism as the embodiment of the liberating activity of all buddhas. White Tara is one of the three deities of longevity whose practice is renowned for bestowing the blessings of long life and thus increasing the opportunity for spiritual practice. This initiation is from the lineage of the mahasiddha Shakya Shribhadra.