August 4-8, 2024

Camp Colton, OR

june 29th and 30th 10-1pm

Awakening Winds

345 Rio Vista Dr White Salmon Wa 98672

Gyalten Khen Rinpoche Kungka, Spiritual Director, Awakening Vajra International and abbot of Lama Gaun Tashi Rabten monastery in Nepal. Geshe Gyalten became a monk in 1990, receiving ordination from H. E. Choden Rinpoche who took him as a close personal student. He is often referred to as Rinpcohe’s “Heart Son.” Under Rinpoche’s guidance and instruction at Sera Monastery, Geshe Gyalten learned the Five Great Classical Treaties of Buddhist Philosophy: The Perfection of Wisdom, Middle Way, Logic and Reason, Treasury of Knowledge and Vinaya (monastic discipline) as well as Lam Rim, Mind Training, Tibetan Medicine and Tantra. In 2005, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Gyalten received the Geshe Degree (equivalent to a PhD in Buddhism). For more than a decade, Geshe la (a term of endearment and utmost respect given by his students) traveled with Rinpoche worldwide assisting Rinpoche and helping to share his extensive knowledge of Buddhist philosophy, meditation, Tibetan medicine, and yoga. Gyalten Khen Rinpoche speaks five languages: Tibetan, English, Hindi, Chinese and Italian. He is, according to his thousands of students from many countries, modest, kind, patient, sincere, funny and filled with divine energy, a true and devoted disciple of H. E. Choden Rinpoche. As his heart son, Geshe la has taken on the joyous task of spreading the vision and mission of H. E. Choden Rinpoche. Gyalten Khen Rinpoche is the Spiritual Director of Awakening Vajra International and guide for various centers throughout the world. He is the author of, Immovable, Like a Mountain: The Mind of Calm Abiding. His teachings, pilgrimages and retreats are profound and life changing, and he is deeply loved by his students. After Rinpoche passed, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Gyalten met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, asking for his advice about continuing Rinpoche’s projects, such as Awakening Vajra and many related activities including publishing, advancing the Five Branches of Study and many other activities envisioned by Rinpoche, and the Dalai Lama advised Gyalten Khen Rinpoche to continue these activities as Rinpoche instructed.

May 11th 11-6pm

at Moon Mountain Highway

113 Steuben Street Bingen, Wa

Enjoy a day of pampering, pretty things, and mind body spirit enrichment. Full line up to be posted soon.

Artisan market, mini workshops, healers, photobooth and more