On-Land Programs & Events

Volunteer Tracking

Flexible Dates

Thank you for volunteering at Dorje Denma Ling! We appreciate your dedication and time. Please register for the dates you are going to be volunteering at DDL. This helps us with housing, tracking, and meals. Below is a list of our volunteering needs, please indicate on the registration question asking for skills/work experience, which of […]

Uplifting Dorje Denma Ling -- July Volunteering

Flexible Dates
Dorje Denma Ling
[June 15 - July 13] As is customary at Dorje Denma Ling, we schedule a work gatherings to help us uplift the spaces for the summer program season. All willing workers are welcome -- there's more than enough to do, and jobs available that will suit all talents and skills.

Personal Retreat

Flexible Dates
Dorje Denma Ling

Dorje Denma Ling offers space for individual and small group retreats during the program season, as accommodations allow. In 2025, the season runs from May 1 to December 15.

Embodied Listening®

with Hope Martin

September 5 - 7, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Embodied Listening® offers a way to move through blockages, challenges and uncertainty by tuning into your most reliable source for guidance — the wisdom of your body.

Mahamudra Retreat 2025: Discovering the Nature of Mind

with Nancy Huszagh, Andy Karr and Scott Wellenbach

September 12 - October 3, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling

When mind is without reference point, that is mahàmudrà. When you are accustomed to and familiar with this, unsurpassable awakening is attained. - Tilopa; Mahàmudrà: The Ocean of Definitive Meaning[…]

Kyudo: The Way of the Bow 2025

with Kanjuro Shibata Sensei XXI

September 18 - 21, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling

Join us for a 3-day weekend of Kyudo Intensive. This program is open to experienced Kyudo students. "Through Kyudo one can learn to live beyond hope and fear, how to be" -Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche This program will be taught by Kanjuro Shibata Sensei, kyudo master and the XXIst heir to the title of onyumishi, the emperor’s bowmaker.

The Sun of Wisdom: Pith Instructions of Chögyam Trungpa

with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

October 10 - 13, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, a dharma brother of the Vidyadhara, will be teaching from The Sun of Wisdom, a newly translated autobiography of the Vidyadhara, based on Khenpo Gangshar's transmissions to him. The retreat concludes with a Thanksgiving celebration dinner with Rinpoche.

[In Person] The Kalapa Conference: Terma, Transmissions and Command

October 17 - 26, 2025
Join this Immersive Retreat of Kalapa Warriors Dedicated to: Revisiting the Kingdom of Shambhala teachings of the Dorje Dradul, Practicing together as a sangha, and Contemplating how these teachings can guide us in preserving human dignity during times of global strife.

[Hybrid] The Kalapa Conference: Terma, Transmissions and Command

October 17 - 26, 2025
Join this Immersive Retreat of Kalapa Warriors Dedicated to: Revisiting the Kingdom of Shambhala teachings of the Dorje Dradul, Practicing together as a sangha Contemplating how these teachings can guide us in preserving human dignity during times of global strife.

The Three Pillars of Self-Care: An Enhanced Qigong Retreat (Level 1-2) with Taoist Meditation & Lifestyle Practices | Special Talk with Eva Wong on Zoom

with Donna MacKenzie

October 26 - 31, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Sep 10, 2025.

When body is relaxed and peaceful, energy will flow. When mind is still, it will embrace qi and strengthen the body. In the Chinese arts of health and longevity, qigong simultaneously cultivates a peaceful body and a peaceful mind.…]

Qigong 3 - The Gourd and Cauldron: Chinese Medicine and Qigong

with Donna MacKenzie

October 31 - November 2, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $35.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Sep 10, 2025.

Chinese Medicine and Qigong enjoy a long history of relationship, mutually influencing each other in their approach to health and longevity. The Gourd is the symbol of Chinese medicine, and the cauldron is the symbol of the Taoist arts of health and longevity…]

The Wisdom Weapon of Compassion: A Vajrakilaya Retreat

with Loppon Lodro Dorje and Karen Porterfield

November 6 - 23, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Book now and get $100 off program fees. Early Bird Discount valid until Sep 6, 2025.
The wrathful deity Vajrakilaya embodies the enlightened activity of all the buddhas, and his practice is known for being the most powerful for removing obstacles, destroying the forces opposing compassion and purifying the spiritual pollution so prevalent in this age.

Finding Refuge in the Mandala of the Five Wisdoms

with Susan Lorraine

November 20 - 23, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $40.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Sep 20, 2025.

Like a beam of light passing through a prism, our true nature expresses itself as a magical display of colours, emotions, qualities and wisdoms. The mandala is a symbol, an archetype, inviting us to return to the wholeness within separation, and the wisdom within confusion. It invites us into healing, playfulness and joy. Please join us for a feast of practice and community, as we deepen our shared understanding and experience of refuge.