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Payment Options: Mahamudra Retreat with Yangsi Rinpoche

NOTE: This page is only for those who have received acceptance and instructions regarding the upcoming Mahamudra Retreat.  Please select from the following options to make your retreat payment: Payment Options for Retreat Lodgers Pay full amount now: $1,280 Pay Deposit (due by April 1): $640 Pay balance (due [...]

Planned Giving: Legacy Gifts

One simple, flexible way to ensure that you are able to make an impact is to designate a gift to Maitripa College in your will or living trust, known as a charitable bequest. By including a bequest to Maitripa College in your will or living trust, you are ensuring that we can continue to impact [...]

Education of the Heart

Education of the Heart at Maitripa College is based on the aspiration to educate individuals in principles that develop integrity, virtue, and character in addition to intellectual knowledge.  In the words of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from Beyond Religion: “Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the [...]

Guru Puja Resources

About Guru Puja (Lama Chöpa) at Maitripa College Traditionally, the Guru Puja is celebrated on the 10th and 25th days of the Tibetan calendar.  This puja lasts around 2 hours and consists of the recitation of a sadhana, visualizations, and prayers, including taking refuge and generating bodhicitta. Mantras, praises and requests are also usually [...]

Summer 2023 Update and Appeal

Among other extraordinary accomplishments of Maitripa College, just in past few months of Summer 2023, we invite you to rejoice with us in the following: Creating the Conditions for Our Teacher’s Swift Return: A Weekend of Practice in Community and Teachings by Khandro-la ~ June 24-26, 2023 In order to create auspicious conditions for [...]

Buddhist Spiritual Care Grief Support Group

View the Community Calendar for Upcoming Dates for This Group In these times, grief is common, but rarely spoken. Our hearts may feel disconnected from others we know, from our dharma practice, and from our daily lives. When gathering for sharing and listening in sacred space and in relationships built on dharma, we [...]

Long Life Prayers Are Offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Maitripa College Participates in Long Life Prayers and Offerings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by FPMT (May 24, 2023) Yangsi Rinpoche and Maitripa College participated in the FPMT’s offering of a glorious Long Life ceremony for His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Thekchen Choling, the main temple in Dharamsala, India, on May 24, [...]

Children at Maitripa College

Children at Maitripa College:  Our Policy and Plans We plan to open the Tara School at Maitripa College in 2024, which will house a preschool program in a prepared environment. Before Covid, we offered programming for children on Sundays during Community Events at Maitripa, but we have not yet been able to reinstate this [...]

Special 2023-2024 Course Series: The Three Jewels

In many traditions, taking refuge is the beginning of the Buddhist path, and the first step in identifying as a Buddhist, and committing to ethical guidelines by which one will engage with the world. This series of three courses, given over the course of two years, will explore each of the three jewels with [...]

Lama Zopa Rinpoche Prayers and Practices

Prayer for the Swift Return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche by His Holiness the Dalai Lama with additional prayers by other distinguished lamas (download PDF booklet here) View video message from Yangsi Rinpoche to the Maitripa College Community View all news updates from the FPMT International Office, including video [...]