Which Way Is North? A Brief Orientation to the Bodhisattva Path

April 11 2026, 9:00 am to 11:00 am

What is a bodhisattva, exactly? What does bodhicitta really mean? And how do the six perfections actually fit into the kinds of practices that we learn at Dawn Mountain? Come for a bird's eye view of the bodhisattva path and its relevance to our own lived experience. Perfect if you're new to Buddhist practice, but always valuable to revisit even if you're a long-time practitioner. Nathaniel Rich/Lama Rigzin Sherab will offer this in-person in Houston with coffee and treats, as well as online for community at a distance. Free to attend, donations welcome to help support our efforts to share the Dharma.

Dawn Mountain Welcome Event

Sunday April 12, 11:00 am to 12:00 am

Please join us Sunday April 12th, 11:00 am- 12:00 pm CT for a complimentary Welcome to Dawn Mountain event via Zoom (or YouTube), or in person at 4803 San Felipe St. Houston Tx 77056.

• This will be a very special welcome session where our Lamas will present our overall Dawn Mountain curriculum

• Dawn Mountain’s founders, Anne Klein (Lama Rigzin Drolma) and Harvey Aronson (Lama Namgyal Dorje), and successor Nathaniel Rich (Lama Rigzin Sherab) will give a short history of Dawn Mountain.

• Some of our sangha members will talk about what Dawn Mountain has meant to them.

• We’ll talk about the programs that we currently offer, and our Lama’s will give us their vision for the future.

• We’ll have a Q&A period where you will have the opportunity to interact with the Lamas and other sangha members and ask any questions you may have.

We hope this event will leave you with a warm heart and a will to nurture the relationship between us.  We ask permission for one of our members to contact you by phone in the week following the event to ask for your feedback.  We’re very interested in what you have to say!

Yeshe Tsogyal The Great Bliss Queen (Yumka Dechen Gyalmo) Teaching Retreat

May 11-17, 2026

Practice text by Jigme Lingpa, arranged for 2022 Portland Teaching by Rinpoche entitled:
Supreme Great Bliss Bestowed: The Distilled Heart Essence of Mother Rigzin’s Pure Vitality

The Great Bliss Queen A two-year sequence: Will continue May 2027

Our Rinpoche, after praying to Jigme Lingpa, distilled his 18 th century text to offer us an easy way to connect with the bliss-filled and passionately compassionate Yeshe Tsogyal the Great Bliss Queen. She is principle Dakini of the Heart Essence Great Expanse Cycle revealed by Jigme Lingpa. Given a continuation of auspicious circumstances, the Great Bliss Queen wang (initiation) will be offered on Dakini Day May 12 th for all attending in person by Lama Rigzin Drolma. Lama Rigzin will also offer formal Jenang (permission to practice) for those live on line (time to be announced). All this prepares us to fully embody her in our May 2027 Great Bliss Queen formal retreat (Drup-chô)

Events with Our Lamas in Other Organizations

The events listed below are not hosted by Dawn Mountain. Please reach out to the host organization for any issues with registration.

Green Tara of Adzom Drukpa in Rosenwaldhof, Groß Kreutz, Germany June 14-18

Dakini Ngondro and Becoming Yeshe Tsogyal from Osel Nyingthig of Rinpoche, (Bodhicharya, Berlin) ] June 19-22.

Chenrezi—The Great Compassionate One –Full Practice Drupchö,  Ganden Chokhor, Switzerland June 23-28  (if you are  new to Chenrezi practice , contact [email protected])

Seeing to Being June 31st and July 1st, 6-8 pm| Rome, Italy, July 3–5, 2026 | Tuscany, Italy, (more to follow) Registration through [email protected]

More information at dawnmountain.de