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Schedule

2009 Americas Tour

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May 28 - June 4, 2009

Mei Yen Ladle
Tel 408-263-2740

Marie Chuang
Tel 650-348-8106
info@yongey.orgYongey Buddhist Center
Milpitas, CA
5/28-31 Level 1 Mahamudra Retreat (Mountain)
5/31-6/3 Senior Level Mahamudra Retreat
6/4 Farewell Potluck - Center
www.yongey.org

June 5 - 11, 2009

Martha Lee
Tel 650-823-8183
contact@palpung.comPalpung Lungtok Choeling
San Jose, CA
6/6-7 Public Teaching "Shamatha & Vipashyana"
6/6-9 Level 4 Mahamudra Teaching "Guru Yoga"
6/10-11 Level 5 Mahamudra Teaching "Karmapashi"
www.palpung.com

June 12 - 15, 2009

Deborah Janke
Tel 925-228-3999
deborahpricejanke@att.netKagyu Dordon Kunchab
San Francisco, CA
Teaching "Seven Points of Mind Training"
Initiation for Avalokiteshvara
www.kdk.org

June 16 - 19, 2009

Lyle & Diane McQueen-Smith
Tel 503-661-0286
info@portlanddharmgroup.orgPortland Dharma Group
Portland, OR
6/17 Book Signing @ Powell's 7:30PM
6/17-18 Public Talk "Joyful Wisdom Topic"
6/19 Empowerment "Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara
www.portlanddharmagroup.org

June 22, 2009 - Evening Talk

Tim Olmsted
Tel 970-879-5425
tim@zirkel.us92nd Street Y (Yongey Foundation)
New York, NY
8:15PM Public Talk "Joyful Wisdom"
www.92Y.org

June 23, 2009 - Evening Talk

Katherine Lieberson
Tel 212-675-6544
katherine_lieberson@shambhalanyc.orgShambhala Meditation Center
New York, NY
Public Talk "Joyful Wisdom
www.ny.shambhala.org

June 25 - July 5, 2009

Tim Olmsted
Tel 970-879-5425
tim@zirkel.usGarrison Institute (Yongey Foundation)
Garrison, NY
6/25-30 Open Retreat "The Heart of Meditation"
6/30-7/5 Level 1 Mahamudra Retreat
www.mingyur.org

july 7 - 13, 2009

Mei Yen Ladle
Tel 408-263-2740
Sue Chang
Tel 917-907-2318
info@yongey.orgYongey Buddhist Center - New York
Flushing, NY
7/7-9 Level 3 Mahamudra Retreat
7/10-13 Level 4 Mahamudra Retreat
7/12 Empowerment "Thousand Buddha"
7/12 Book Signing "Joyful Wisdom"
7/13 Farewell Luncheon
www.yongey.org

july 14 - 19, 2009

Tom Schmidt
Tel 845-679-5906 ext. 15
Tel 845-453-2159 (cell)
external.affairs@kagyu.orgKarma Triyana Dhamachakra
Woodstock, NY
7/17-19 Mahamudra Teachings
7/19 Evening Empowerment TBD
www.kagyu.org

july 20 - 24, 2009

Ani Jamdron
Tel 845-489-4654
jamdron@yahoo.comKagyu Thuhten Choling Monastery
Wappingers Falls, NY
Teaching "Five Skandhas"
Teaching "Seven Points of Mind Training"
Closed Empowerments (3 Year Retreats)
www.kagyu.com

july 25 - 28, 2009

Bobbi Grant Llewellyn
Tel 434-973-8000
bobbi@robertllewellyn.comPalpung Choekyi Gyaltsen Center
Charlottesville, VA
Shamata Meditation
Mahamudra Teaching
Empowerment "Green Tara"

July 31 - August 3, 2009

Cynthia Kneen
Tel 303-444-0190 ext. 101
cynthia@boulder.shambhala.orgBoulder Shambhala Center
Boulder, CO
7/31-8/1 Bodhicitta and the Nature of Mind (public)
8/1–8/2 Bodhicitta and the Nature of Mind (restricted)
www.boulder.shambhala.org

August 4 - 12, 2009

Ping Yau
Tel 604-271-6322
palpungvan@shaw.caPalpung Phende Kunkyab
Vancouver, BC
Level 2 Mahamudra Retreat
Meditation Retreat "The Joy of Wisdom"
1 day Special "Bardo" teaching for senior students
www.palpungvancouver.org

August 13 - 17, 2009

Linda Hayes
Tel 226-747-2547
office@thopaga.orgPalpung Yeshe Chokhor Dharmacentre
Kitchener, Ontario
Bardo Teachings
www.thopaga.org

August 18 - 20, 2009

Valerie White
Tel 416-463-8538
valeriewhite@sympatico.caKarma Sonam Dargye Ling
Toronto, Ontario
Public Talk "Joyful Wisdom" and Booksigning
Teaching “The Union of Dzochen and Mahamudra”
Empowerment "Shitro"
Practice "Shitro"
Gala Traditional Tibetan Dinner with Mingyur Rinpoche
www.ksdl.org

August 21 - 22, 2009

Judy Cutler
Tel 514-227-0703
j.cutler@rogers.comRigpe Dorje Centre
Montreal, Quebec
8/21 Public Talk "Joyful Wisdom"
8/22 Teaching "Embracing Change / Finding Freedom"
8/22 Empowerment "Guru Rinpoche"
Both Days - Book Signing "Joyful Wisdom"
www.centrerigpedorje.org

August 24 - 28, 2009

Edson Chang
Tel 5511-9440-6013
echang9@gmail.comYongey Buddhist Center – Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil
8/24-26 Level 3 Mahamudra
8/25 Evening Empowerment "Thousand Buddha"
8/26-27 Evening Teaching "Joyful Wisdom"
8/27 Level 2 Mahamudra
8/28 Evening Public Talk at UNIFESP University
http://yongeybr.tripod.org

August 29 - 31, 2009

Claudia Carrera
Tel 5521-3418-8122
office@ktc.org.br
claudiacarrera@ig.com.brKarma Theksum Chokhorling
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8/29-31 Level 1 Mahamudra Teaching
8/29 Evening Open Talk
8/30 Evening Empowerment "Karm Pakshi"
www.ktc.org.br

Note
The Mingyur Rinpoche 2009 Tour is being arranged and coordinated by Mei Yen Ladle of the Yongey Buddhist Center. Schedule updates will be periodically released on the Yongey Buddhist Center website www.yongey.org and the Yongey Foundation website www.mingyur.org. Additional details (activities, teaching topics, etc.) will be added to the venue section for each site as information becomes available. Please send update information to meiyen@pacbell.net.