Introduction to Mahayana, Vajrayana and Dzogchen

This course is open for everyone. These teachings are especially useful for new dharma practitioners.

Sign up by making the advance payment of €100 using PayPal/bank transfer: Read more and register here.

1st  year: from 2nd of July to 8th of July 2026.
Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche will kindly give teaching on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness by the Omniscient Jigme Lingpa and The Bodhisattva’s Thirty-Seven Practices by Ngulchu Thogme (Gyalse Thogme Zangpo).
Everyone who wishes to attain real happiness and full bliss through the Buddhist religion it’s very important to know how these methods are actually practiced and used. There are many different methods for beings with different faculties. The great bodhisattva master Gyalse Thokme Zangpo and the Omniscient Jigme Lingpa gave this very useful teachings for beings with three different kinds of faculties about how to practice Buddhadharma and especially Mahayana. This teaching is especially useful for new dharma practitioners.

2nd year:
Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche will kindly give teaching on The Words of My Perfect Teacher – Part One, by Dzogchen Paltrül Rinpoche.
‘The Words of My Perfect Teacher ‘is a classical commentary on the preliminary practices of the Longchen Nyingthig. The book was written down by the famous Dzogchen master Dza Patrul Rinpoche in the 19th century near the Dzogchen monastery, and it quickly became the most important textbook for all those who want to advance quickly on their Buddhist path towards complete enlightenment.

3rd year:
Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche will kindly give teaching on the Words of My Perfect Teacher – completion of the second half.

Coming years:
The coming years’ teachings will be a few days longer (10 days instead of 7 days) and roughly be on the same dates. Please be aware of the possibility of slight changes (1 – 2 days different) in coming years.

Location
Teaching is given locally at Danakosha Ling, Jokioinen, Finland, but participation online via Zoom is also possible. However, we wish that in the third-year people would join locally, but in special cases, we can allow online participation via Zoom in the third year also.

About Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche
Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche is a renowned teacher in the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism (also called the Early Translation Tradition). He has graduated from the Mindrolling Monastery’s University of Tibetan Buddhism as a certified lineage holder of both sutra and tantra.
A detailed biography is available at https://tdr.bio/biography

Practical details
Teaching fee: 
€220, or a reduced price of €170 for Danakosha Ling members, students, and unemployed persons.

Accommodation: 
Shared-room accommodation at Danakosha Ling costs €32 / night, or €24 / night for Danakosha members, students, and unemployed persons.You can also bring your own tent and camp on Danakosha Ling grounds for €60.

Meals: 
Meals cost €15 / day.

Total cost:
€220/ €170 (teaching fee)
€224 / €168(accomodation in shared room)
€105 (meals)

Total: €549 / €443 (full price / discounted price).

If you stay in a tent the total is €385/ €335 (full price / discounted price).

You can also choose to have meals and accommodation outside our premises.

Registration:
Sign up by making the advance payment of €100 using PayPal/bank transfer: Read more and register here.

Daily schedule:
The schedule will include morning and afternoon teaching sessions.