2026 June Dzogchen Meditation Retreat: Clear Light, Natural Mind ~ The Direct Path of Dzogchen (Week 1)

Dzogchen Meditation Retreat
June 26 – July 4, 2026 | Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, Virginia

Deepen your Dzogchen practice at a rare summer retreat with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. Explore the nature of mind, clear obstacles to meditation, and cultivate lasting clarity, awareness, and compassion in a supportive and immersive retreat environment. New and seasoned meditators are warmly invited.

His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin Rinpoche, spiritual head of the Bon tradition, will join us from Menri Monastery in India for two special online teachings on the mornings of June 27 & 28. 

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche graciously accepted our request to give the Rigpa Tsal Wang (empowerment of the dynamic energy of awareness) empowerment from the Zhang Zhung Nyengyü Bon Dzogchen tradition (The Oral tradition of Zhang Zhung). This empowerment will take place on July 4. 

What You Will Learn and Practice:

• Dzogchen – Direct Introduction to Natural Mind: Experience the innate state of awareness and clarity beyond effort or conceptual thinking.
• Clearing Obstacles to Practice: Learn methods to recognize and release inner and outer hindrances that obscure your presence in meditation and daily life.
• Trekchöd (Cutting Through): Instructions to cut through confusion and conceptual thoughts to rest directly in primordial purity.
• Tögal (Direct Crossing): Practices to directly encounter the mind’s own luminosity.

Benefits of the Retreat:

• Deepened clarity and confidence in meditation practice
• Reduced inner obstacles such as doubt, distraction, and effortful striving
• Strengthened recognition of awareness in everyday life
• Renewed connection to the living, ancient Dzogchen lineage
• A lasting sense of openness, grounding, and integration that will carry into daily life

This is a unique opportunity to receive these special teachings and to have time for integrating and stabilizing one’s meditation. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will offer guidance from the words of accomplished masters and his own experience. Supporting both immediate insight and lasting transformation, this retreat will prove transformative for those new to meditation and for those with more extensive experience with Dzogchen and meditation practice in a retreat setting.

Additional registration option for Sunday, July 5:

On July 5, the first day of the second week of our summer retreat, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will offer Pointing-Out Instructions on the Nature of Mind. We warmly invite you to join for the full second week, or to attend on July 5 only, to receive these precious teachings.

On July 5, the first day of the second week of our summer retreat, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will offer Pointing-Out Instructions on the Nature of Mind. We warmly invite you to join for the full second week, or to attend on July 5 only, to receive these precious teachings. To register for this addtional day with the Pointing-Out Instructions, choose the ‘Additional Event’. The cost is $108.

Please note that accommodations at Serenity Ridge on the night of July 4 are reserved for those attending the full two-week retreat or the full second week. If you are joining only for the first week, we will be happy to share a list of nearby hotels and inns for your stay on July 4.

Note: In keeping with sacred tradition, the Rigpa Tsal Wang and Pointing Out Instructions will be offered to in-person participants, and are not available via Zoom.

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