Register for Online

 
Please register for only one of the formats: Online or In-Person.

For In-Person Attendance: Registration closes at 6:00pm Pacific Time on Friday, February 21st. If the available seats fill up early, there will be an option to add your name to a waiting list.

This special daylong retreat is an opportunity for people who have already taken refuge to renew their vows as well as for people who have not had a formal refuge ceremony to take refuge and receive refuge vows for the first time.

Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche has explained that each year taking refuge in a formal way is an important support for our path so regardless of whether you have taken refuge before or not, this daylong retreat is a wonderful way to ground your practice in the foundation of taking refuge.

Rinpoche will present teachings on refuge according to the special Vajrayana and Dzogchen approach to taking refuge. Often when people take refuge, they do so only on an outer level, but there are also inner and secret levels of taking refuge. Rinpoche will teach on and guide us through all 3 levels of taking refuge and will bestow a formal refuge ceremony according to this Dzogchen style of taking refuge.

This retreat is open to everyone interested in taking refuge and receiving refuge vows.

Whether it is your first time taking refuge in a formal way or you are renewing your refuge vows, we hope you will join us either in-person or online for this special daylong retreat on the 3 levels of refuge in Dzogchen.

Schedule:

Saturday, February 22nd
10:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Time: Morning Session
12:00pm – 1:30pm Pacific Time: Lunch
1:30pm – 4:00pm Pacific Time: Afternoon Session

Pricing:

Online
$50 – Program Price
$51 – $250 – Program Price + Donation
$10 – $49 – Scholarship Rate

In-Person
$75 – Program Price
$76 – $500 – Program Price + Donation
$25 – $74 – Scholarship Rate (Limited seats available for in-person scholarship rate. Please contact us if you no longer see this option available upon checkout.)

No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. Please contact us if you need to make special arrangements.

Important Notes:

Prerequisites:

• There are no prerequisites and anyone with an interest in taking refuge and receiving refuge vows is welcome to attend.

Online Participants:

• The Retreat will be live-streamed on Zoom for participants attending Online. Please note that since you will receive the live stream link immediately upon registration, we are not able to offer refunds for this program.
  
• Recordings will be available for all participants (In-Person and Online) approximately one week after the retreat. The recordings will be available for 3 months.

In-Person Participants:

• This is a commuter retreat. If you’re coming from out of town and need local accommodations, here are several hotels within a 20 minute driving distance of the retreat:
  • Inn Marin and Suites Novato
  • Marriott Novato
  • Sheraton Petaluma
  • Hampton Inn Petaluma
• Please bring your lunch as there will not be time to leave during the lunch break. There will be plenty of refrigerator space and a microwave available for your use. We also recommend bringing a bottle or thermos of water if you wish.
• We ask that anyone who is not feeling well or has any recent symptoms of illness prior to the event not attend in-person. If you are no longer able to attend in-person, please let us know by emailing us at [email protected] as far in advance as possible so that we may offer your seat to someone else.

Additional Notes:

• If you have a different time zone, you may convert the time to your local time here.