Vajra North – Rigdrol Dechen Ling is a Tibetan Buddhist practice group established by Nyingma master Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
Vajra North offers regular meditation practices as well as special teaching events with lamas from Chagdud Gonpa Foundation and other lineage holders.
We host both in-person and online meditation sessions, as well as a new study group.
Whether you are simply curious about starting a meditation practice or already engaged in one, welcome!
We host both in-person and online meditation sessions, as well as a new study group.
Whether you are simply curious about starting a meditation practice or already engaged in one, welcome!
* No weekly session on Mother's Day, May 10, and on Victoria Day weekend, May 17.
SAGA DAWA
The fourth month of the Tibetan year marks the important buddhist holiday period of Saga Dawa which commemorates the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death and paranirvana (beyond the cycle of birth and death). This is considered a powerful time for spiritual practice since the results of our actions (both positive and negative) are said to be greatly multiplied. The first fifteen days of Saga Dawa, starting on May 17 (new moon) and culminating on the full moon of May 31 (Saga Dawa Duchen), are considered particulary powerful and auspicious for positive activities of body, speech, and mind.
SAGA DAWA
The fourth month of the Tibetan year marks the important buddhist holiday period of Saga Dawa which commemorates the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death and paranirvana (beyond the cycle of birth and death). This is considered a powerful time for spiritual practice since the results of our actions (both positive and negative) are said to be greatly multiplied. The first fifteen days of Saga Dawa, starting on May 17 (new moon) and culminating on the full moon of May 31 (Saga Dawa Duchen), are considered particulary powerful and auspicious for positive activities of body, speech, and mind.
Last updated May 6, 2026
SUMMARY OF RECURRING PRACTICES
Weekly In-Person Meditation Sessions
* No weekly session on Mother's Day, May 10, and on Victoria Day weekend, May 17.
Sundays from 10:30 AM to 12 noon.
Yukon University room C1530 – Ayamdigut (main Whitehorse) campus.
No charge. Offer what you can to help towards rental fees. More info here.
Online Concise Red Tara on Zoom
7 PM Yukon/Pacific:
The text will be screen-shared and everyone is welcome to join.
Next: Thursday May 28, 2026
More info and zoom link here.
SUMMARY OF RECURRING PRACTICES
Weekly In-Person Meditation Sessions
* No weekly session on Mother's Day, May 10, and on Victoria Day weekend, May 17.
Sundays from 10:30 AM to 12 noon.
Yukon University room C1530 – Ayamdigut (main Whitehorse) campus.
No charge. Offer what you can to help towards rental fees. More info here.
Online Concise Red Tara on Zoom
7 PM Yukon/Pacific:
The text will be screen-shared and everyone is welcome to join.
Next: Thursday May 28, 2026
More info and zoom link here.
SUMMARY OF IN-PERSON EXTENSIVE PRACTICES:
Deity visualization and mantra recitation are combined with a ritual offering of food and other substances.
Practices NOT requiring empowerment:
Practices requiring empowerment:
For location, directions, and more info: please phone 667-6951.
More info here.
Deity visualization and mantra recitation are combined with a ritual offering of food and other substances.
Practices NOT requiring empowerment:
- Tuesday May 26: Guru Rinpoche Tsok – Shower of Blessings. No group practice this month.
- Saturday May 16, 1:30 to 3:30 pm: New Moon Riwo Sangchod and Red Vajrasattva Fulfillment (new moon practices).
Practices requiring empowerment:
- Friday May 1, Chenrezig Tsok –The Natural Freedom of Samsara. No group practice this month.
- Tuesday May 12, 1;30 to 4 pm: Red Tara - Wish-Fulfilling Essence .
For location, directions, and more info: please phone 667-6951.
More info here.
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The Place of Liberating Awareness and Great Bliss — Rigdrol Dechen Ling
The view of unwavering, self-arising awareness is the foundation.
Meditating by letting the mind rest in its true nature, uncontrived and self-liberated, is the path.
Effortlessly expressing one's true nature is the blissful fruit.
May this precious place of happiness and benefit to self and others expand and increase.
(Written by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche for his students in Whitehorse, Yukon, September 1984.)
Meditating by letting the mind rest in its true nature, uncontrived and self-liberated, is the path.
Effortlessly expressing one's true nature is the blissful fruit.
May this precious place of happiness and benefit to self and others expand and increase.
(Written by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche for his students in Whitehorse, Yukon, September 1984.)
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