Essential Abhidharma
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
Abhidharma systematically examines the factors that make up our experience: the body, consciousness, feelings, perceptions, intentions, afflictions, and qualities cultivated on the path. We will explore how these factors arise and work together, connecting the teachings directly to meditation and daily life.
This course will give returning students an opportunity to deepen their understanding of mind and experience within the broader framework of Abhidharma. It will also offer newer students an accessible introduction to how Buddhist teachings examine experience, the causes of suffering, and the path to liberation.
Through this study, we develop precise discernment. What is happening in this experience? What causes suffering? What supports freedom? By learning to distinguish these processes, we become better able to recognize confusion, understand our reactions, and cultivate the qualities that support liberation.
Course Schedule
🗓️ November 14-15🗓️ December 19-20
Live Lectures: Saturdays and Sundays at 10 AM Pacific Time (12 PM CT)
All sessions will be recorded. Students will have ongoing access to lecture recordings and course materials throughout the program.
Course Fee
The full course fee is $108, which includes access to all live and recorded teachings.
Getting Here
Younge Drodul Ling, 3213 W Wheeler St #28, Seattle, WA 98199, USA
