A Week of Teaching, Practice & Celebration
For seven extraordinary days this October, White Jewel Mountain welcomes the return of our Spiritual Guide, Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche, for teachings, sacred ceremony, intensive Vajrayana practice, and celebration.
The week moves naturally through the path: from the cultivation of bodhicitta, to the consecration of sacred form, to the fierce wisdom activity of Guru Rinpoche. Come for one part of the program, one day, or immerse yourself in the entire seven-day gathering. The Secret Pith Instructions require separate registration.
Written by the fourteenth-century master Gyalsé Ngulchu Tokmé Zangpo, The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (Gyalse Laglen) distills the bodhisattva path into thirty-seven concise verses of compassion, wisdom, and awakening.
Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche will illuminate this classic lojong text through the Heart-Essence view of Atiyoga, revealing relative and ultimate bodhicitta as inseparable, and the bodhisattva path as the natural expression of intrinsic awareness.
These teachings are open to everyone. No previous Buddhist study or practice is required. Bring family and friends. Come as you are.
A Stupa is an architectural representation of the Buddha’s enlightened mind, and from the perspective of our Dzogchen lineage it is the manifestation of primordial awareness itself — a living mirror of our own inherently perfect, luminous nature. Wherever a Stupa arises it transforms the surrounding land into a powerful field of peace, radiating blessings and healing, purifying negativity and protecting against suffering.
In the morning Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche will lead a profound consecration ritual. The afternoon will unfold in the spirit in which the stupa was created: joy and celebration — a sponsored lunch, cham dances, music, offerings, performances, stories, laughter, and community, honoring Noah Abrams, whose vision and inspiration brought the stupa into being.
All are welcome. Lunch included.
The week culminates in three days of intensive Vajrayana practice. Drubchö means “great accomplishment.” Dorje Drolö is the wrathful manifestation of Guru Rinpoche, whose fierce wisdom subdues obstacles and transforms obstructing forces into liberation.
Rinpoche leads this rare drubchö in the living Adzom lineage, using a practice manual that is itself a terma revealed by Adzom Drukpa. Three days of mantra, visualization, offering and ritual invoke and embody Dorje Drolö’s fiercely loving presence for the healing and protection of all sentient beings.
Alongside the Drubchö, Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche continues his transmission of the Secret Pith Instructions of Adzom Drukpa, offering Part 3 for one hour each day. These direct instructions belong to the heart of the Adzom lineage.
New to the series, or need to catch up? Recordings of Parts 1 and 2 are available, so students can receive the earlier teachings before October and then attend Part 3 live.
Completion of Parts 1 and 2 is required. Separate registration required.
We have three levels of tuition: SUSTAINING, SUPPORTIVE and PAY WHAT YOU CAN.
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Includes the Thirty-Seven Practices teachings, Stupa Consecration and Dorje Drolö Drubchö. Secret Pith Instructions are registered separately.
Your presence is everything. All are freely welcome to this celebration, there is no charge! Lunch provided for you. This event is also being Zoom-cast.
Three one-hour sessions. Completion of Parts 1 and 2 required.
Or pay what you can to catch up.
Secret Pith Instructions Part 3 requires completion of Parts 1 and 2. Catch-up recordings are available. Click here
Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche is one of the foremost living masters of the Nyingma tradition and a principal holder of the Adzom Drukpa lineage of Dzogchen. Born in Bhutan in 1980, he was recognized by H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche as the reincarnation of Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje. H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche personally ordained and enthroned him at Shechen Monastery in Nepal.
Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche completed Shechen’s rigorous nine-year philosophical curriculum and was awarded the title of Khenpo in 2010. Today he serves as Shechen’s principal ritual master and guides its monasteries and three-year retreat centers in both Bhutan and Nepal, while maintaining a rigorous international teaching schedule.
As a holder of the Adzom lineage he transmits the Longchen Nyingthig, Chetsun Nyingthig, Nyingma Kama, and numerous terma traditions, and is especially known for his deep understanding of Longchenpa’s Dzogchen writings and his teaching of them.
White Jewel Mountain has limited on-site accommodations. Please call us at 719-458-5271 to ask about availability.
Please note
On-site accommodations are fully booked for the Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche Retreat & Stupa Consecration, October 14–22.
Retreatants are responsible for arranging their own lodging and meals. White Jewel Mountain provides the following information as a helpful reference and does not endorse or guarantee any of the listed accommodations.
Airbnb: Browse available accommodations in Crestone and the surrounding area.
Find Your Bliss Accommodations: Local accommodations for visitors and retreatants. crestonebliss.com
Electrum Amor Rentals: Call 719-588-2114 or email globalspirit13@gmail.com.
Chamma Ling: Offers three cabins for individual occupancy. Please visit the Chamma Ling website for availability and reservation information.
Crestone Mountain Zen Center: Offers several lodging arrangements, including private and shared accommodations. Three meals per day may be included. Call 719-256-4692 for additional information.
Vajra Vidya Retreat Center: Lodging includes three vegetarian meals per day. Call 719-256-5539 or email vajravidyacrestone@gmail.com.
A room may be available in the friendly home of a Buddhist practitioner in a quiet Crestone neighborhood. Contact Sandia at 719-588-4884 for information and availability.
White Jewel Mountain was founded in 2006 by Orgyen Khakhyab Lingpa, the reincarnation of Pema Wangyal, and is guided today by the vast wisdom of Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche. We exist to be a living conduit for the blessings and realization of the precious Adzom lineage. May it be so. Sarva Mangalam!