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Program begins: August 8, 2025
Program ends: August 13, 2025
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Address: Cortes Island, Strathcona, BC, Canada

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Dzogchen: The Three Statements that Strike the Crucial Point

With Lama Tsultrim Allione

August 8 - 13, 2025

“I gained so much for my meditation practice and feel so supported and somehow I feel different in the world since then. What I experienced cannot be put into words.” – past participant

The Three Statements were the final teaching of Garab Dorje, after he passed away, when he appeared in the rainbow body to his close disciple Manjusrimitra.

We all have an awakened presence within us that can never be stained or tainted, but it can be hidden, like clouds covering the sun. Therefore, it needs to be pointed out to be directly experienced. This is the first statement.  Once it is pointed out it is important to go beyond doubt,  gaining certainty through personal experience, this is the second statement. This awareness is ultimately stabilized, and we gain confidence in this state of liberation. This is the third statement.

Drawing from over 50 years of training and practice in Tibetan Buddhism particularly in the Dzogchen tradition, Lama Tsultrim will guide us in identification of this natural state of self-cognizing awareness through traditional teachings, stories, experiential exercises and meditations in nature. Although this teaching is grounded deeply in the Tibetan tradition, because it is our true condition it is beyond any cultural constraint.

Identifying the non-dual state, ‘as it is’ and resting in it, going beyond effortful mindfulness to find  the freedom of effortless open awareness. 

Daily Schedule

A detailed schedule will be emailed to you about 30 days prior to your program. Click here to view a sample program schedule.

 

Presenter

Lama Tsultrim Allione
Lama Tsultrim Allione is the bestselling author of Women of Wisdom, Feeding Your Demons and Wisdom Rising Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine. She was the first American to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 1970 in India and Nepal. She later disrobed and became a widely known…
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