MSB Study & Practice Centers
We have two main study and practice centers in America, Phuntsok Choling in Colorado and Pema Osel in Vermont. Rinpoche teaches the main MSB programs at these two centers. In addition MSB has several city centers or groups where people gather to listen to the LINK teachings and do weekly meditation practice together. We has two private retreat centers, Longchen Jigme Samten Ling in southern Colorado and Guna Norling in Bahia, Brazil. Mangala Shri Bhuti's seat in India is the Guna Institute, where the Guna Shedra takes place. Please click on the center links below for contact information or to find out more about the activities at each individual center.
Phuntsok Choling - Boulder, CO
Located in the mountains outside Boulder, Phuntsok Choling is the central meeting place for our sangha in Colorado. We gather there every Sunday for group sitting, once a month for a nyinthun, or day-long meditation practice, and twice a month for tsok practice. Four retreat rooms provide a supportive, semi-communal environment for retreats from three days to three months in length. In addition to Rinpoche's annual teaching program at this center, in the summer, we set up a large tent over a beautiful platform of local sandstone where we host the Nyingma Summer Seminar.
Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling - Vershire, VT
Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Mangala Shri Bhuti's study and practice center in Vershire, Vermont, sits in a peaceful, secluded area of hills and a valley near the Connecticut River, which forms the border between Vermont and New Hampshire. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche's vision for Pema Osel is that it serve his own students as well as the larger Buddhist community on the East Coast. Kongtrul Rinpoche teaches the Mahayana Seminar, and the Dzogchen Seminar here and the community gathers for Sunday sitting followed by live web streaming of the LINK.
Guna Institute - Bir, India
Guna Institute is a handsome two and three-story structure with picturesque views of the surrounding village, valley and the impressive foothills of the Himalayas. Here students enjoy a rigorous retreat-like schedule. A spacious communal shrine room housing the Kangyur along with other important statues and texts, is where participants gather for class and practice sessions. we are currently in the fifth year of the Translator's Degree Program. The center will begin a teaching schedule that is open to the public in early spring 2013.
City Centers and Groups: Mangalam Dharma Centers
INTERNATIONAL CENTERS
For contact information or to find out more about the activities of MSB in these locations, please click on the link.
MSB Retreat Centers
Longchen Jigme Samten Ling - Crestone, CO
Longchen Jigme Samten Ling has been supporting retreat in our sangha since 1995. A dozen retreat cabins, each sponsored by an individual donor, are occupied year-round by both long-term retreatants and an on-going rotation of students in 100-day retreat. Samten Ling is a self-sufficient world, offering retreatants a balanced mix of solitude and support that facilitates their deep engagement with the practices of this path. Our aspiration is that Samten Ling serve as a fertile ground, on which the essence of the Longchen Nyingtik may ripen in many beings, now, and long into the future. Retreats are open only to formal students of the Mangala Shri Bhuti Lineage.
Guna Norling - Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
Guna Norling is our retreat house overlooking the ocean in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Rinpoche teaches an extended public program once a year during the fall. Four stories high, Guna Norling can accommodate retreatants on three of its levels, each floor with its own kitchen and bath. This retreat house provides a place for practitioners who have already completed three to seven years of retreat at Samten Ling under Rinpoche's close guidance to continue their practice in extended six month sessions.