Full Moon Riwo Sangchö
2025-09-07 10:00 - 11:00 UTC, 2026-04-01 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States
Riwo Sangchö, also known as the “Mountain of Burnt Offerings,” is a profound Tantric Buddhist practice of offering fragrant smoke to purify negative energy, remove obstacles, cultivate generosity, and create positive conditions for all beings.

Dakini Tsok
2025-09-16 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States
Dakini Tsok is offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, honoring the feminine energy of wisdom and compassion. Join us at Chöying Dzong at the Yeshe Khorlo Retreat Center for a Tsok feast, including food, singing, and a group sadhana full of sound and celebration.

New Moon Riwo Sangchö
2025-09-21 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States

Guru Rinpoche Tsok
2025-10-02 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States
Guru Tsok is offered and celebrated on the 10th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, honoring the guru and the practice lineage of Padmasambhava. Join us at Chöying Dzong at the Yeshe Khorlo Retreat Center for a Tsok feast, including food, singing, and a group sadhana full of sound and celebration.

Full Moon Riwo Sangchö
2025-11-05 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States
Riwo Sangchö, also known as the “Mountain of Burnt Offerings,” is a profound Tantric Buddhist practice of offering fragrant smoke to purify negative energy, remove obstacles, cultivate generosity, and create positive conditions for all beings. All are welcome to join us for this outdoor practice.

Dzogchen Ngöndro Practice
2025-11-05 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-11-12 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-11-19 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-11-26 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States
Students practicing the Kunzang Gongdu Ngöndro are welcome to join us for group practice each week. If you would like to receive the lung for this Dzogchen ngöndro from Khenchen Wangchuk, please contact the temple.
Completing the requisite 10,000 accumulations of each section of the Kunzang Gongdu ngöndro will allow students to receive instruction in Dzogchen meditation, including trekchö and tögyal, from H. H. Gangteng Tulku Rinpoche.

Chöd Practice
2025-11-08 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-11-10 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-11-15 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-11-17 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-11-22 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-11-24 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-11-29 10:00 - 11:30 UTC | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States
Join us in learning the melodies, drum, and bell for Jigme Lingpa’s chöd from Khenchen Wangchuk. All are welcome to these practices, though the lung is required. Please arrive early to receive the lung or contact the temple to schedule a time to meet with Khenchen prior to our practice days. No previous experience with chöd is necessary.

Lhabab Duchen Stupa Consecration Ceremony
2025-11-11 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States
Join us for Riwo Sangchö, Tsok, and a special ceremony to consecrate the new stupa at Chöying Dzong. We will also celebrate Lhabab Duchen, the day the Buddha returned to the human realm after teaching his mother, Mayadevi, for three months in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three.

Kurukulle Dakini Tsok
2025-11-14 18:00 - 20:00 UTC, 2026-03-13 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States
Dakini Tsok is offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, honoring the feminine energy of wisdom and compassion. Please bring food or beverage to share.

Mantra Recitation through Song
2025-11-16 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States
Join Khenchen Wangchuk for the lung, melodies, and meaning of many different beloved Vajrayana mantras, including:
Nama Amitabha: Dharmakaya
Chenrezig: Sambhogakaya
Vajra Guru: Nirmanakaya
Medicine Buddha
Tara
Vajrasattva
Amitayus
Khenchen will offer other mantras as well. No prior experience is necessary. All are welcome to attend.

New Moon Riwo Sangchö
2025-11-20 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States

Guru Tsok
2025-11-30 18:00 - 20:00 UTC, 2026-03-28 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States
Celebrate Guru Day with us on the 10th day of the lunar month with a Vajrayana tsok feast, including food, singing, and a group sadhana full of sound and celebration, in honor of Guru Rinpoche. Please bring food or beverage to share.

New Moon Riwo Sangchö & Green Tara Practice
2026-03-18 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Chöying Dzong, 2281-A Happy Day OL, Crestone, CO, 81131, United States
Riwo Sangchö, also known as the “Mountain of Burnt Offerings,” is a profound Tantric Buddhist practice of offering fragrant smoke to purify negative energy, remove obstacles, cultivate generosity, and create positive conditions for all beings. Afterwards, we invite you to stay for Green Tara practice. The Green Tara sadhana uses visualization and mantra to help transform fear, build inner confidence, and cultivate compassion for ourselves and others. For centuries, practitioners have turned to Green Tara meditation as a way to calm the mind, overcome obstacles, and awaken the natural qualities of courage, wisdom, and care within. No prior Buddhist background is needed. All are welcome to attend.

Dakini Tsok
2026-04-12 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | CO
Dakini Tsok is offered and celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, honoring the feminine energy of wisdom and compassion. Tsok is a ritual feast offering involving the offering of food, beverages, and other sensory pleasures to enlightened beings as a means of accumulating merit and wisdom. It is a powerful Vajrayana practice of actualizing pure perception that is intended to restore commitments and remove obstacles on the path of awakening. Please bring an offering to share.

New Moon Riwo Sangchö & Green Tara Practice
2026-04-17 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | CO

Guru Tsok
2026-04-26 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | CO
Celebrate Guru Day with us on the 10th day of the lunar month with a a group sadhana full of sound and celebration in honor of Guru Rinpoche. Tsok is a ritual feast offering involving the offering of food, beverages, and other sensory pleasures to enlightened beings as a means of accumulating merit and wisdom. It is a powerful Vajrayana practice of actualizing pure perception that is intended to restore commitments and remove obstacles on the path of awakening. Please bring an offering to share.
