The Palyul Retreat Center is located in McDonough, New York in the United States. It was established in 1998 by Dzogchen Master, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, to provide Westerners with the opportunity to study and practice Buddhism. To learn about the center, visit this link...

2012 Volunteer Weekend - Memorial Day

We need your help!

Come up Memorial Weekend 2012, May 25 - 28, and help the monks-in-residence prepare the center for the summer retreat.

Van transportation from New York City, food, and accommodations provided as a thanks for your help.

Activities will include gardening, planting flowers, dorm cleaning, kitchen set-up and more. If we're lucky, it won't rain and we'll be able to enjoy beautiful weather! Even if it does rain, we'll have plenty to do indoors. Do be sure to bring warm clothes for the evening as it can cool down this time of year to the low 40s at night.

Announcing 2012 Retreat

To all our beloved Palyul students and Dharma friends.
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Our annual summer retreat will be conducted this yeaIr, as always, from July 10th through August 10th. We are happy to announce that His Holiness’ Heart Sons, His Eminence Gyangkhang Rinpoche and His Eminence Mugsang Kuchen Rinpoche will be present to lead the retreat. Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche, Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche and Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche will also be present to give teachings. Regrettably, His Holiness Karma Kuchen Rinpoche will not be able to attend the retreat this summer in person. However, his blessings will be with us.

Registration and Flier - Visit Here to Download

2012 Registration is open! You can use the forms below.

Trouble Accessing?
Call the center at 607-656-4645 and ask them to mail you a copy.

2012 Nyungne Retreat - June 29 - July 2 Weekend Retreat

This year's arrival date is Friday, June 29; depart Monday, July 2.

Nyungne is the most effective course of practices to purify both environmental pollution and our own faults. The practice was revealed by Bhikshuni Phalmo, a practitioner who suffered from leprosy. She performed this practice for 12 years in conjunction with Chenresig (Avalokitesvara) practice and become a great siddhi, attaining the Celestial Body. The retreat course involves powerful practices of purification such as periods of fasting, prostrations, and silence. Practitioners will also recite the six syllable Mani Mantra (Om Mani Peme Hung). This mantra purifies the six seeds of the six realms within oneself and, furthermore, has the effect of pacifying the suffering of all beings. In this way, the practice brings peace to the entire world and can be a cause for World Peace, very appropriate to these degenerate times. The purification practices increase positive energies and so in and of themselves are causes for happiness and harmony.

Cups and Mugs for the Retreat Center

Wed, 07/06/2011 - 06:47 — admin

Please bring gently-used cups or mugs you no longer want to retreat for coffee and hot drinks (not glass tumblers, please! :) )

Only few days left until retreat starts!

Watch Out for Deer!

Deer, Skunk, Rabbits, Coyotes, Fox - all call the center home while we are away. When driving to the center, be sure to exercise extreme caution, especially at night! There is a deer family at the stone house and a family that lives between the Dzogchen huts and the field to the left of the temple drive.


Center Skype

Our Skype ID during retreat is "Palyul" - please feel free to contact us that way if it is easier for you!

Webcasts from the Retreat Center 2010

We'd like to invite you to join in the daily practice at the retreat center. This is a great opportunity to carry through the basic practices of the retreat from your own home. If you are in the office, bring a headset and you can listen as you work, while keeping in mind the sacredness of the chants you hear.

Webcasts from the retreat center are done daily at 7 AM and 9 AM. When "live," you can view these here:
http://www.palyul.org/broadcast.htm

Or visit any of these previously recorded webcasts:

2010

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