Annual Dzogchen Retreat
Annual Dzogchen Retreat
3902 Woodland Park Ave N #7929, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
August 16 - 22, 2026
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Younge Khachab Rinpoche is the spiritual director of Younge Drodul Ling and a highly accomplished master of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. His life and teaching are oriented toward one aim: helping practitioners turn the Dharma into lived experience.
Rinpoche received a traditional monastic education at Ganden Jangtse Monastery, where he earned the Geshe degree, and later served as Khenpo of the Kagyu monastery Thagten Nyingje Ling in Boudhanath. Inspired by the Rime masters of the past, he has studied extensively with accomplished masters across the Kagyu, Nyingma, Gelug, Sakya, and Bön traditions, integrating this breadth of training into a clear and practice-oriented path.
What distinguishes Rinpoche’s teaching style is that he teaches from the immediacy of practice, emphasizing understanding how and why the teachings work. His style is warm, precise, and uncompromisingly practical, meeting students where they are while steadily guiding them toward deeper confidence and continuity on the path.
Rinpoche is known for his accessibility and personal engagement with students. He takes a genuine interest in their progress, offering guidance that is relational and rooted in the long arc of practice rather than short-term experience.
He currently resides in the United States, where he continues to teach, write, and support a growing international sangha committed to keeping the Dharma alive through practice, integrity, and continuity.
Details of this retreat
Join Younge Khachab Rinpoche for the Annual Dzogchen Retreat
Immerse yourself in an extraordinary opportunity to receive teachings and practice with Rinpoche in a serene and intimate setting. Rinpoche invites all his students to partake in the annual Dzogchen retreat, an invaluable chance to deepen your practice and engage profoundly with rare and precious teachings.
At this year’s retreat, Rinpoche will teach on the ground of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. These instructions present the essential basis of practice and serve as the foundation for understanding both the generation and completion stages of Vajrayana training. Approaching practice through the ground is the most practical and direct way to orient ourselves correctly from the beginning.
During the retreat, Rinpoche will also offer a Chenrezig empowerment, followed by teachings connected to completion stage practices of dream yoga and bardo practice, and how these relate to the stages of dissolution at the time of death.
Together, these teachings provide a rare opportunity to receive guidance on how the view of Mahamudra and Dzogchen connects directly with the deeper structure of Vajrayana practice and with the path as it unfolds across this life, dream, and the transition at death.
The retreat will offer a supportive environment to put these teachings into practice as well as ample time for questions and clarification. This retreat presents a rare opportunity to learn these invaluable teachings under Rinpoche's direct instruction.
Retreat Schedule:
Starts: Sunday, August 16, from 4 PM to 6 PM
Continues: Monday to Saturday, 8 AM to 6 PM
Lodging Accommodations:
Onsite Lodging: Not available.
Shared Housing: Options available through AirBNB and other arrangements. Attendees interested in shared housing should opt-in during registration and contact Greg Patenaude as soon as possible at president@youngedrodulling.org.
List of local hotels
Participant Responsibilities:
Participants are responsible for their food, lodging, and travel to the retreat.
Lunch and coffee/tea service will be provided daily and are included in the retreat.
Retreat Cost: $600
Translator: Erik Drew
Immerse yourself in an extraordinary opportunity to receive teachings and practice with Rinpoche in a serene and intimate setting. Rinpoche invites all his students to partake in the annual Dzogchen retreat, an invaluable chance to deepen your practice and engage profoundly with rare and precious teachings.
At this year’s retreat, Rinpoche will teach on the ground of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. These instructions present the essential basis of practice and serve as the foundation for understanding both the generation and completion stages of Vajrayana training. Approaching practice through the ground is the most practical and direct way to orient ourselves correctly from the beginning.
During the retreat, Rinpoche will also offer a Chenrezig empowerment, followed by teachings connected to completion stage practices of dream yoga and bardo practice, and how these relate to the stages of dissolution at the time of death.
Together, these teachings provide a rare opportunity to receive guidance on how the view of Mahamudra and Dzogchen connects directly with the deeper structure of Vajrayana practice and with the path as it unfolds across this life, dream, and the transition at death.
The retreat will offer a supportive environment to put these teachings into practice as well as ample time for questions and clarification. This retreat presents a rare opportunity to learn these invaluable teachings under Rinpoche's direct instruction.
Retreat Schedule:
Starts: Sunday, August 16, from 4 PM to 6 PM
Continues: Monday to Saturday, 8 AM to 6 PM
Lodging Accommodations:
Onsite Lodging: Not available.
Shared Housing: Options available through AirBNB and other arrangements. Attendees interested in shared housing should opt-in during registration and contact Greg Patenaude as soon as possible at president@youngedrodulling.org.
List of local hotels
Participant Responsibilities:
Participants are responsible for their food, lodging, and travel to the retreat.
Lunch and coffee/tea service will be provided daily and are included in the retreat.
Retreat Cost: $600
Translator: Erik Drew
Getting Here
Younge Drodul Ling, 3902 Woodland Park Ave N #7929, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
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