Mahamudra Stepping Stones
Thu, Nov 20
|Karmê Chöling
Exploring Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso's Rinpoche's Mahamudra Teachings Further — A Practice Retreat
Time & Location
Nov 20, 2025, 7:00 p.m. EST – Nov 25, 2025, 1:30 p.m. EST
Karmê Chöling, 369 Patneaude Ln, Barnet, VT 05821, USA
About the event
Transforming Confusion into Wisdom
Unlike other spiritual traditions which reject confusion and mental afflictions, trying to find wisdom elsewhere, Mahamudra uses these negative mental states as a pathway to liberation. Mahamudra uniquely points out that the fundamental nature of these negative mental states is the same as all other experiences. (Including the positive experiences we desire and seek)
Tantra Mahamudra
From the beginning of his teachings in the West, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche taught Mahamudra, mostly through sadhana practice — in what is called Tantra Mahamudra.
Essence Mahamudra
In 1991 at RMDC (now Drala Mountain Center) Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche began teaching mahamudra. He continued these teachings at Karmê Chöling in 1993. His method differed in that he taught Mahamudra through shamatha and vipashyana practice, in what is called Essence Mahamudra. His style was experientially accessible to the participants, who were a large group of Trungpa Rinpoche´s students.