Dawn Mountain Europe
Rooted in the blessings of the Tibetan Dzogchen lineage,
offered with clarity for today
Intensive Green Tara Practice – A Message from Lama Rigzin Drolma (July 14, 2026)
Sangha Wide Call to Practice
We invite you to join us in a week of focused Green Tara practice.
If you are able, please make Green Tara practice a special focus this week and join us. There will be sessions originating in both the United States and Europe.
On the 24th of July 2026, members of our sanghas in Europe and the United States will be leading practice sessions throughout the day. Whether you join online or practice from home, we warmly invite you to take part.
Many of us have felt that this is an important time to deepen our prayers for the benefit of all beings. As we witness increasing fear, uncertainty, conflict, and suffering throughout the world, we are reminded to respond as our tradition has always responded: by practicing together with compassion, courage, and unwavering aspiration.
We especially dedicate these prayers to healing throughout the world, including any known or unknown circumstances affecting our own teachers. Through their own reflections, the leadership of Tara Mandala and Dawn Mountain have unanimously felt that this is an important time to gather in collective Green Tara practice.
In short, everyone is invited to join these Green Tara practices, whether practicing individually or with a sangha, you are warmly and wholeheartedly invited to join us in praying that all beings may be free from fear and suffering. May our collective practice help make this so.
May our collective prayers help remove obstacles, ease suffering, and bring benefit to all beings.
With Dharma heartfulness,
Lama Tsultrim Allione, Tulku Ösel Dorje, Lama Rigzin Drolma, Lama Namgyal Dorje, Lama Rigzin Sherab, Lama Chönyi Wangmo
Green Tara Practice Schedule
Everyone connected with our sanghas is warmly welcome to join any of these practice sessions.
Thursday, July 23 | 11:00 AM–12:30 PM Central (US) | 6:00 – 7:30 PM CEST (Europe)
Led by Lama Rigzin Drolma
One continuous Green Tara practice. Please join for whatever portion you are able.
If you join after the practice has begun, please complete the opening section through the mantra before joining the group. If you need to leave early, please continue on your own with the vowels, consonants, and dedication prayers.
https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/93475786969?pwd=2sLgm2biPBRo6IAPnrG0AN7v21r4kb.1#success
Password 121869
NEW! Thursday, July 23 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CDT • 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM CEST (Europe)
Janet Montes-Diaz is offering an additional practice!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88304911267
24-hour Green Tara practice on July 24
Here you find all information for the 24-hour Green Tara practice on Friday, July 24 – for all information please click here: Green Tara Call to Practice
The Zoom -Link for the 24-hour practice, starting at 1:00 AM (Europe CEST) / 6:00 PM (US Central Time) on the 24th of July and ends at 6:00 AM (Europe CEST)/11:00PM (US Central Time) on the 25th of July, is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86047919801?pwd=5UXUoylayVQqkaaNvqNIbKW2uYTZ65.1
Meeting ID: 860 4791 9801
Passcode: 668232 (not required)
Lama Rigzin, Tulku Ösel and Lama Tsültrim Allione will lead the following sessions:
Thursday, July 23 | 7:00 -8:00 PM Central Time (US) • Friday, July 24 | 2:00 -3:00 AM CEST (Europe) (Lama Tsültrim Allione)
Thursday, July 23 | 8:00 PM–9:00 PM Central Time (US) •Friday, July 24 | 3:00–4:00 AM CEST (Europe)(Lama Rigzin Drolma)
Thursday, July 23 | 9:00 PM–10:00 PM Central Time (US) • Friday, July 24 | 4:00–5:00 AM CEST (Europe) (Lama Rigzin Drolma)
Thursday, July 23 | 11:00 PM–12:00 PM Central Time (US) • Friday, 5:00–6:00 AM CEST (Europe) (Tulku Ösel)
Friday, July 24 | 11:00 AM- 12.30 PM Central Time (US) • 6:00–7:30 PM CEST (Europe) (Lama Rigzin Drolma)
Friday, July 24 | 1:30 PM- 4:00 PM Central Time (US) • 8:30–11:00 PM CEST (Europe) (Lama Rigzin Drolma)
Friday, July 24 | 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM Central Time (US) • Saturday, July 25 | 2:00–3:00 AM CEST (Europe) (Lama Tsültrim Allione)
Friday, July 24 | 10:00 PM- 11:00 PM Central Time (US) • Saturday, July 25 | 5:00–6:00 AM CEST (Europe) (Tulku Ösel)
For all other sessions of the 24-hour practice with various practice leaders from Tara Mandala and Dawn Mountain, please visit the link above.
With great aspirations to be of benefit during these troubled times, we offer these practices with the heartfelt wish that all beings may be protected, free from fear, and swiftly liberated from suffering.
Counting Mantras
Please count your short Green Tara mantras (Om Tare Tam Soha), including the ones you accumulate in private sessions:
DAWN MOUNTAIN EUROPE: A Wonderful and Rare Opportunity to Study and Practice Dzogchen with Authentic Teachers
New! Save the Date – Green Tara Drub Chö
Green Tara Drub Chö, a weeklong practice retreat offered from Sunday, October 11 through Saturday, October 17, 2026, at Dawn Mountain (US) and online in Germany!
Lama Rigzin has encouraged those of us in the European Sangha to gather at Petra Sloan’s small center in Steinen near Lörrach in Southern Germany, and to participate in the event together. We will connect with the Dawn Mountain US Sangha online for this event. (More details soon!)
Last May, Rinpoche encouraged our community to follow a custom he once initiated by holding formal practice retreats (Drub Chö or Drub Chen) at different centers each year. As Dawn Mountain (US) celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2026, we would like to take this occasion to honor Rinpoche’s request, and to offer the first of what we hope will be a moveable feast of Sangha practices among us through the years.
As many of you know, the first deity practice Rinpoche shared with us was Green Tara from Adzom Drukpa’s Secret Treasure of the Luminous Vajra. Most of us are familiar with this beautiful practice. With his encouragement, we will practice Adzom Drukpa’s full version of this practice, which has only been done once before in the US, at Tara Mandala in 2005. A quarter of a century later, let us gather to do this again.
Everyone in our community is warmly invited to join.
More details will follow, so please save the date now.
Teaching Tour 2027
Rooted in the blessing stream of Tibetan Dzogchen and inspired by the luminous presence of Yeshe Tsogyal, Lama Rigzin Drölma and Lama Namgyal Dorje will return to Europe in June and July 2027, offering teachings and retreats in countries including Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. The program will include The Great Bliss Queen, Guru Rinpoche Drub Thab, Chenrezi, Seeing to Being and more….
The program for 2027 will be published as soon as it is all set.
This year’s (2026) teaching program included Longchenpa’s Sevenfold Mind Training, Green Tara, Becoming Yeshe Tsogyal, Chenrezig, and the Dzogchen introduction Seeing to Being — a journey into wisdom, compassion, and the nature of mind.
The Blessings of the Lineage
These teachings arise from the living Nyingma lineage of Adzom Drukpa and Ad.zom Rinpoche, rooted in the blessings of Guru Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyal, whose profound guidance continues to inspire the Lamas’ practice and teaching. The retreats offer not only instruction, but also the warmth, clarity, and embodied presence through which the living essence of the Dzogchen tradition is directly transmitted.
Past Events 2026
June 12–13, 2026
University of Leipzig, Germany
DZOGCHEN IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
June 14–18, 2026
Rosenwaldhof, Groß Kreutz, Germany
GREEN TARA (with Empowerment)
June 19–22, 2026
Bodhicharya, Berlin, Germany
BECOMING YESHE TSOGYAL
June 23–28, 2026
Ganden Chökhor, Switzerland
CHENREZIG
June 30 –July 1, 2026
TBC, Rome, Italy
BEYOND ORDINARY MIND: PARTS I & II
July 3–5, 2026
Tuscany, Italy
SEEING TO BEING
ABOUT THE TEACHERS
Founders of Dawn Mountain, scholars and long-time Dzogchen practitioners, offering buddhist teachings worldwide with warmth, depth, and clarity.
Lama Rigzin Drölma (Anne Carolyn Klein)
Lama Rigzin brings over forty years of practice in multiple Tibetan traditions, with special emphasis on Nyingma Dzogchen, offering full transmission and rare teachings through Dawn Mountain’s Dzogchen Cycles program.
Professor, Former Chair of Religious Studies at Rice University, and Founding Director and Resident Lama of Dawn Mountain Tibetan Temple and Community Center. A Dorje Lopön since 2009, she is a renowned scholar-practitioner whose work bridges academic precision and deep contemplative experience: Her influential writings and translations cover topics such as Dzogchen, Heart Essence traditions, and embodied wisdom. Her new book Lamplight on Your Path: A Personal Guide to Dzogchen’s Foundational Practices will be published in fall 2026.
Lama Namgyal Dorje (Harvey Aronson)
Recognized in 2010 as a Dorje Lopön by Nyingma Dzogchen masters, he co-founded Dawn Mountain in 1994 with Anne Klein (Lama Rigzin Drölma) to support the transmission of Tibetan Buddhist wisdom in modern Western contexts.
Lama Namgyal holds a BS in Chemistry, an MSW, and a PhD in Buddhist Studies. He is a scholar-practitioner and psychotherapist with over 35 years of clinical experience. Trained in the Gelugpa, Dzogchen, and Theravada traditions, he is the author of Buddhist Practice on Western Ground and Love and Sympathy in Theravada Buddhism, focusing on the integration of Buddhist practice with Western psychotherapy. He has been recognized in 2010 as a Dorje Lopön by Nyingma Dzogchen masters. He co-founded Dawn Mountain in 1994 with Anne Klein (Lama Rigzin Drölma) to support the transmission of Tibetan Buddhist wisdom in modern Western contexts.
ABOUT DAWN MOUNTAIN EUROPE
We are a growing sangha dedicated to supporting the teachings of Lama Rigzin and Lama Namgyal across Europe. Our aim is to help authentic Tibetan Buddhist practice, especially Dzogchen, flourish in a grounded, accessible, and welcoming way.
We invite you to join us in 2027
May these teachings bring clarity, compassion, and spaciousness to all who encounter them.