Living in the Sacred: Pure Vision and Its Liberating Potential (Online)
With Lama Liz Monson, Kathe McKenna, Ron Thomas and Maureen McGee
December 12 - 15, 2024
This is the ONLINE component of the retreat. If you’d like to register for the RESIDENTIAL component, please click here
This long weekend is an opportunity for NDF Vajrayana students to come together mid-year for practice, teachings, and vajra community.
Together we will explore the power of Pure View (dag snang), the central samaya (vow) of the Vajrayana, for entering us into the direct experience of the sacredness of this life, ourselves, and our work in the world.
The retreat will include practice sessions, Dharma talks, and close readings of Padmasambhava’s instructions to Lady Yeshe Tsogyal as found in Treasures From Juniper Ridge.
This retreat is open to NDF Vajrayana practitioners enrolled in the 2024 program.
Typical Retreat Schedule
(All times are Eastern time zone)
First Day — Opening session begins around 7:00 pm.
Full-Day Schedule — Morning meditation 7:00 am (may be self-guided); Breakfast break 8:30-10:00 am; Lunch break 12:00-2:00 pm; Dinner break 5:30-7:00 pm.
Last Day — The closing session typically ends by 12:00 pm.
These times are just for reference. An expanded schedule will be provided in pre-retreat information emailed during the week prior to the event.
Zoom Link
The Zoom link will be sent several days before the retreat to all those registered by then. If you register after that date, you’ll receive the link with your confirmation email shortly after submitting your registration. If you don’t see an email from Natural Dharma Registrar or Wonderwell Mountain Refuge, it may have mistakenly gone to your spam folder or to Promotions or Updates in Gmail.
Important: Please put this email address in your Contact or Safe-Send list to make sure you receive our emails:
- register@naturaldharma.org
Program Cost
It is Natural Dharma Fellowship’s aspiration that no one be turned away from our teachings and retreats because they are unable to pay the full price. In order make our offerings affordable for all who wish to attend, we offer a three-level fee structure:
- May All Beings Benefit! – supporting access for all and assisting with the care and maintenance of Wonderwell Mountain Refuge
- A Middle Way – covering the base cost
- Held in Sangha Loving-kindness – offering ease when financial resources are limiting
Our pricing options are based primarily on the length and type of an event and are intended to give you an idea of the costs involved. The amounts listed are suggestions. You may write in any amount that fits your financial situation. Any amount offered above the Middle Way level will be considered a tax-deductible donation and will be acknowledged as such in writing.
Access to Recordings
NDF offers unlimited access to recordings, which are accessed in your user dashboard (more information about user accounts provided in a pre-retreat letter). If you have a user account, please register with the same email you use to log into your dashboard. If not, an account will be created for you using your registration address.
Availability will vary depending on the type of event and the backlog for our precious resource volunteers. Thank you for your patience.
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About the Teachers
Lama Liz Monson
Lama, Managing Teacher, Spiritual Co-Director Elizabeth Monson, PhD, is the Spiritual Co-Director of Natural Dharma Fellowship and the Managing Teacher at Wonderwell Mountain Refuge in Springfield, NH. Liz was authorized as a dharma teacher and lineage holder in the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism after over 30 years of studying, practicing, and teaching Tibetan Buddhism […]
Learn more about Lama Liz MonsonKathe McKenna
Kathe McKenna currently serves as President of Natural Dharma Fellowship’s Board of Directors. She is deeply engaged in shepherding this unique, collaborative Buddhist dharma vessel. She helped launch the feisty, multi-faceted human service provider, Haley House, and led it through 50 years of organic growth. Kathe’s roles as mother, wife, and grandmother have enriched her vision and sparked […]
Learn more about Kathe McKennaRon Thomas
Ron Thomas, PhD, is the Vajrayana Study Coordinator and a mentor for Natural Dharma Fellowship. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard University, where he received degrees in social anthropology and clinical psychology. He practiced psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy in the Harvard Medical School system. For many years, he has explored the spiritual traditions of contemplatives and […]
Learn more about Ron ThomasMaureen McGee
Maureen McGee has been practicing and studying Buddhism since the late 1990’s when she began attending retreats with Jack Kornfield and Pema Chodron. She began studying with Lama Willa in 2010 and has completed the Margha, Vajrayana and Dzogchen programs. Her practice is inspired by the teachings of Lama Willa, Lama Liz, Lama Bryn Dawson, […]
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