STARTING JANURARY 21ST 2025
TUESDAYS 12 -  2 PM EST | 9 - 11 AM PST


The 16th century Tibetan meditation master known as Jatsön Nyingpo (trans. Rainbow Heart) was a very important tertön, or treasure revealer, dzogchen master, and teacher of very prominent masters of the time including: 10th Karmapa Choying Dorje, the 4th Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche Drakpa Dundrub, the great dzogchenpa Tsele Natsok Rangdrol and the great yogin Lhatsun Namkha Jigme who was an important figure in the propagation and subsequent thriving of dharma in Sikkim.

Jatsön Nyingpo revealed a number of termas written by Yeshe Tsogyal, one of the most important ones being the Könchok Chidü, or The Embodiment of the Precious Ones. This expansive terma cycle is best known for a Guru Rinpoche sadhana that is well known throughout the Tibetan Buddhist world and commonly included within the 3-year retreat curricula within the Karma Kagyu Lineage.

Much less practiced, and included within the larger Könchok Chidü terma cycle is the Dzogchen cycle known as the Khamsum Yongdrol or The Complete Liberation of the Three Realms, compiled and organized by the 19th century master Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye. This cycle is a very important part of the way that the practice of dzogchen entered into the Karma Kagyu tradition and is a powerful guidebook for the practice of the full path of Ati Yoga in a way that supports the practitioner in an even, steady way.

Dzogchen (Sanskrit: Ati Yoga) is the most simple, direct, and profound path to reveal the sky-like nature of our own mind which is clear, vast, and unobstructed by the clouds of afflictive emotions.

During this year-long on-line program we will explore the direct instructions that Jatsön Nyingpo offers on touching into the mind’s true nature in daily life and liberating afflictive emotions so that the rigpa-state is able to be experienced.  This unique lineage, combined with Lama Justin's (Ngakpa Jatsön Rangdrol) clear explanation and practical instructions make this retreat an invaluable support for both beginner and advanced meditators of any lineage.

Join us for this immersion into the heart of Dzogchen meditation from the Könchok Chidü.


  • Experience the unique Dzogchen cycle from Jatsön Nyingpo revealed as a treasure from Yeshe Tsogyal

  • All participants will receive access to limited edition translation of The Complete Liberation of the Three Realms by Jatsön Nyingpo.

  • Receive a 7-day online Trekchö Retreat included with registration for deeper integration and opportunity for intensive practice

  • Additional optional camping style Rushen Retreat at the Yangti Yoga Retreat Center in Buckland, MA.

Lama Justin von Bujdoss

Spiritual Director & Founder

Lama Justin von Bujdoss is an internationally renowned vajrayana Buddhist teacher, writer and chaplain. He is the author of Modern Tantric Buddhism: Authenticity and Embodiment in Dharma Practice published by North Atlantic Books and contributor to Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Reflections published by Lexington Books. He has been a frequent contributor to various Buddhist magazines and journals and has been a collaborator with the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art and other cultural institutions. With over thirty years of Buddhist practice, Justin is ordained as a repa, a lay tantric yogin in the tradition of Milarepa, by His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche, one of the heart sons of His Holiness the 16th Karmapa and is a ngakpa, a lay tantric yogin in the Nyingma tradition of the Yuthok Nyingthik lineage. He has worked professionally as a hospice chaplain, was the head chaplain and Executive Director of Chaplaincy and Staff Wellness for New York City Department of Correction, and the chaplain for Hart Island, New York City’s Potter’s Field. He is currently the chaplain for the Shelburne Falls/Buckland Fire Department. Lama Justin has spoken widely at colleges and universities across the United States and is passionate about helping to create the conditions for authentic embodied tantric Buddhist and Ati Yoga practice in the West.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome Letter

    2. Class Syllabus

    3. Student Walktrough: How to use this course

    4. Zoom Link

    5. Submit Your Questions

    6. Material List

    1. Introduction to the Khamsum Yongdrol, Jatsön Nyingpo, and Ati Yoga | January 21st, 2025

    2. Empowerment for the Konchok Chidu | January 28th, 2025

    3. Anuyoga’s Chandali: Introduction to training with Nadi | February 4th, 2025

    4. Anuyoga’s Chandali: Introduction to training with Prana | February 18th, 2025

    5. Anuyoga’s Chandali: Training with Prana | March 4th, 2025

    6. Anuyoga’s Chandali: Introduction to training with Bindu | March 11th, 2025

    7. Anuyoga’s Chandali: Training with Bindu | March 18th, 2025

    8. Anuyoga’s Chandali: Technique Employing the Lower Gate to Give Rise to Great Bliss via the Body of Another | April 8th, 2025

    9. Seven Ways of Exercising Your Mind in Bodhichitta Anuyoga’s Chandali: Geksel | April 15th, 2025

    10. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Yoga with Characteristics | April 22nd, 2025 (Pre-recorded)

    11. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Yoga with Characteristics | April 29th, 2025

    12. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Yoga without Characteristics | May 6th, 2025

    13. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Yoga without Characteristics | May 13th, 2025

    14. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Cultivating yogic vision of the Infinite Purity of Life’s Appearances | May 20th, 2025

    15. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Cultivating yogic vision of the Infinite Purity of Life’s Appearances | May 27th, 2025

    16. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Yoga pecial Preliminaries: Inner Guru (Pre-recorded) | June 3rd, 2025

    17. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Inner Guru Yoga | June 10th, 2025

    18. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Inner Guru Yoga | June 17th, 2025

    19. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Outer Rushen | June 24th, 2025

    20. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Outer Rushen | July 1st, 2025

    21. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Outer Rushen | July 8th, 2025

    22. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Inner Rushen | July 15th, 2025

    23. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Inner Rushen | July 22nd, 2025

    24. Rushen Retreat *special streaming time* | 9-12 July 29th, 2025

    25. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Purification of Body | August 5th, 2025

    26. *Pre-Recorded* Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Purification of Body | August 12th, 2025

    27. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Purification of Speech | August 18th, 2025

    28. *Pre-Recorded*Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Purification of Speech | August 26th, 2025

    29. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Purification of Mind

    30. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Ati Yoga Special Preliminaries: Settling into the Natural State

    31. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Shamatha with and without Support

    32. Ati Yoga’s Kadak Trekchö - Shamatha: Gazes

    1. RUSHEN KUSALI CAMPING RETREAT: July 26th to August 1st

    2. TREKCHO KUSALI RETREAT ONLINE: September 25th - October 2nd

About this course

  • Tuesday's 12 - 2pm EST Starting Jan 21st 2025
  • $1250 | One Year Program with a 7 Day Retreat & Special Translation of Course Text Included
  • Live Zoom Class with Recordings Provided

Prerequisites & Practice Commitments

Given the advanced nature of this practice cycle, and the year that we will be spending together familiarizing ourselves with the practices herein, this program is restricted to advanced Vajrayana practitioners who can meet the following criteria:

You have received pointing-out instruction once or on numerous occasions.

You will have completed or be very close to completing some ngondro practice of the Kagyu or Nyingma lineages- i.e., a ngondro that is a preliminary to a mahamudra/niruttara-yoga-tantra/Ati Yoga sadhana.

You have received and practiced some mahamudra and/or ati practices.

You will engage in additional ngondro practices associated with the Konchok Chidu and Karma Nyingtik as appropriate based upon additional ngondro programming offered for these classes.

If you have any questions regarding these requirements including if you meet some but not all, please reach out to us to discuss possibilities that may be available to you by emailing [email protected]


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