Beloved Holiness,
Thank you for everything you have done over many years to support and encourage and energize your worldwide Drikung Kagyu family.
Thank you for your blessings and everything you did to make Chicago Ratna Shri Sangha a reality and to allow us to grow and honor your kindness over all these years.
Thank you for sending Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche to be our revered teacher.
Thank you for your wonderful teachings, your uplifting empowerments and your inspirational presence these last few days.
Thank you for coming to Chicago again and spending this weekend with us to uplift us with your presence.
Thank you,
Your most devoted teachers, students and friends
Thank you for everything you have done over many years to support and encourage and energize your worldwide Drikung Kagyu family.
Thank you for your blessings and everything you did to make Chicago Ratna Shri Sangha a reality and to allow us to grow and honor your kindness over all these years.
Thank you for sending Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche to be our revered teacher.
Thank you for your wonderful teachings, your uplifting empowerments and your inspirational presence these last few days.
Thank you for coming to Chicago again and spending this weekend with us to uplift us with your presence.
Thank you,
Your most devoted teachers, students and friends
Join us in accumulating the sacred Amitayus mantra to support the long life and flourishing activities of our precious teachers.
Please start counting the Amityaus mantra for the long life and excellent health of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and His Holiness the Chetsang Rinpoche. Email your mantra accumulation numbers to [email protected]
By participating, you may also become a Monthly Long-Life Benefactor, dedicating your practice and merit to the continued presence and good health of the Two Great Holinesses. Let us come together with open hearts and sincere aspiration, offering our prayers for the long life of our beloved gurus and for the benefit of all beings. Your practice is a gift that ripples outward beyond measure.
Please Join our weekly Amitayus Sunday Practice at 10/:00AM CST
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By participating, you may also become a Monthly Long-Life Benefactor, dedicating your practice and merit to the continued presence and good health of the Two Great Holinesses. Let us come together with open hearts and sincere aspiration, offering our prayers for the long life of our beloved gurus and for the benefit of all beings. Your practice is a gift that ripples outward beyond measure.
Please Join our weekly Amitayus Sunday Practice at 10/:00AM CST
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Choose Amount & Dharma Activity You Wish to Support Monthly
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"When one comes to the essence of being, the shining wisdom of reality, illumines all like the cloudless sky."
-Jetsün Milarepa
-Jetsün Milarepa
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CRSS 2025 Retreat Event Dates Venerable Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche's Other Events Mahamudra Retreat at Austin Ratna Shri Novemeber 14-16 Kurukulle Empowerment - Friday,11.14.25, 7:00PM The Fivefold Path of Mahamudra,Essence of Tantra - Teachings and Meditation Practice Saturday & Sunday 10:00AM - Noon and 3:00 - 6:00PM For details and registration: https://forms.gle/bX6k9uUVgUYZ67Sk9 Email: [email protected] https://www.dakinisprings.com/austin-ratna-shri November 14th - 16th
Mahamudra Retreat at Austin Ratna Shri Register: https://forms.gle/bX6k9uUVgUYZ67Sk9 Email: [email protected] visit https://www.dakinisprings.com/austin-ratna-shri 
Agenda: • Austin Ratna Shri Dharma Center Friday, Nov 14th, 7:00PM Kurukulle Empowerment Saturday, Nov 15th 10:00 AM - Noon - Mahamudra Teaching & Meditation Sunday, Nov. 16th, 10:00 - Noon & 3:00 - 6:00PM - Mahamudra Teaching & Meditation • Del Sol Yoga & Kung Fu Saturday, Afternoon Only 11.15.25 - Mahamudra Teaching & Meditation 🌟 The Fivefold Path of Mahamudra 🌟A Weekend of Teachings & Meditation with Venerable Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche The Fivefold Path of Mahamudra is a complete and transformative journey of awakening the heart and mind. It guides us through five essential practices — cultivating loving-kindness and compassion, visualizing the enlightened mind, connecting with the guru, resting in the nature of awareness, and dedicating for the benefit of all beings. 🗓️ Dates: November 14–16, 2025 📍 Locations: • Austin Ratna Shri Center • Del Sol Yoga & Kung Fu 🪷 All are welcome — both new and experienced practitioners. ✨ Experience the stillness, warmth, and wisdom of this beautiful tradition. ✨ For details and registration: https://forms.gle/bX6k9uUVgUYZ67Sk9 Email: [email protected] https://www.dakinisprings.com/austin-ratna-shri Thank you for your kind offerings & support of these precious dharma events, offer as you are able, no one turned away for lack of funds (Suggested offering $25 each session; $30 if only attending at Del Sol) You may offer via Paypal, Zelle, or Venmo - please note what it is for if possible https://venmo.com/u/dakini-springs Kurukullē Empowerment – The Goddess of Magnetizing Wisdom Friday, 11.14.25 7:00PM CST Kurukullē is a red, radiant manifestation of enlightened magnetism, embodying the power of love, attraction, and spiritual influence. She is often regarded as a magnetizing aspect of Tara or Vajrayoginī, expressing the dynamic energy that draws beings toward virtue, harmony, and awakening. In iconography, Kurukullē is depicted as red in color, symbolizing passion transformed into wisdom. She dances gracefully within a circle of flames, holding a bow and arrow made of flowers, a hook, and a lasso—symbols of her ability to attract and draw beings into the Dharma. Her appearance is both fierce and beautiful, representing the union of compassion and power. Kurukullē’s blessings are invoked to:
Austin Ratna Shri is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Mahamudra Weekend Events Time: Nov 14, 2025 06:45 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84989731387?pwd=stX52lawLNBlb13mzeknMr3WPyuEI7.1 
Join us Friday Evenings Zoom & YouTube Translation in English, Chinese & Spanish! ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89269915700 Thank you Special Teachings Benefactors Karen Zielke Alisha Cartwright Domagoj Miskovic Lynn Dean To Become a Dharma Benefactor Select Monthly Recurring Donation on PayPal Choose Amount & Dharma Activity You Wish to Support Monthly Monthly Dakini Day Tsok
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Mondays - Saturdays 9:30AM CST/UTC-6 A Rainfall of Benefit & Happiness 
Join our Morning Practice Group: A Rainfall of Benefit and Happiness
9:30-11:00AM CST This gracious offering includes: Riwo Sang Cho Smoke Offering & White Zambhala - Summoning of Good Fortune, Concise Vajrayogini & Concise Achi Chokyi Drolma Serkyem & Torma Offering Please join us in this most auspicious daily purification and generosity practice. May this be a cause and condition to come together to remove obstacles and generate merit for the benefit of our Precious Guru, Chicago Ratna Shri & All Beings in All Realms Without Exception. Please send any prayer requests to [email protected] A RAINFALL OF BENEFIT AND HAPPINESS
Mondays - Fridays Daily 9:30 - 11:00AM CST Join us on Zoom! Click the link to join Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86051515462?pwd=TUZWbTlCZXdUN3dRclM4TlBIT25KZz09 Click HERE for A Rainfall of Benefit and Happiness text Click HERE for Daily Prayers text Click HERE for the Concise Achi Chökyi Drölma text Thank You Rainfall of Benefit & Happiness Benefactors Alisha Cartwright Molly Jones Carolyn Lewis Wangmo To Become a Dharma Benefactor Select Monthly Recurring Donation on PayPal Choose Amount & Dharma Activity You Wish to Support Monthly 
Tashi Delek Vajra Family!
May Your Life be Overflowing with Blessings, Dharma Activities & Abundance! Offering Opportunities Monthly Benefactors of Chicago Ratna Shri 
Please Consider Becoming a Monthly Benefactor of the Dharma! Support our Precious Guru Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, our Resident Nun Ani Stanzin Chorol & Auspicious Dharma Activities at Chicago Ratna Shri On our PayPal menu you may now find the Offering Options:
Thank You for Supporting our Precious Teacher Druponla and His Incredible Dharma Activities and center Chicago Ratna Shri! If you would like to be one of our Monthly Benefactors Please Join us in this Meritorious Opportunity Select Monthly Recurring Donation on PayPal Choose Amount & Dharma Activity You Wish to Support Monthly ***No Minimum to Become a Benefactor*** Chicago Ratna Shri Monthly Benefactors Will be Listed with the Dharma Activity they are Sponsoring May All Beings Benefit contact [email protected] with any questions Monthly Benefactors of the Dharma
Lama Meals Karen Zielke Dhyana Wilde Yuval Ahlfeld Karmen Lääne Bolortsetseg Ayush Jain Chöd Alina Peftieva Takiko Larson Joseph Alexis Weekly Teachings Karen Zielke Alisha Cartwright Domagoj Miskovic Lynn Dean A Rainfall of Benefit and Happiness Alisha Cartwright Carolyn Lewis Medicine Buddha Lou Farley Munkhtsetseg Bondoo Vajrayogini Elizabeth & Patrick Gergaud Crystal James Wendy Hung Nathalie Gareau Chiasson White Tara Claire Higham William Evans 100 Lamp Prayer Khorolsuren Jantsan General Supporters of Ven. Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche & Chicago Ratna Shri Bill Evans Unurtsetseg Erdenebat Elizabeth Gergaud Emily Webber Molly Jones Lisa Lam Paula Macali Javier Garcia Andrei Gheorghe Jonathan Martin Karen Smith Heather Lindquist Emily Kohl Jay Halverstadht Przemyslaw Lukacz Iwona Lippert Kind Anonymous Donors Chicago Ratna Shri is Deeply Appreciative of your Generous Offerings Thank you for Supporting our Kind & Precious Lama Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche & Chicago Ratna Shri ***no monthly offering too small, please join us and become a monthly benefactor!*** contact [email protected] May the Dharma Flourish & May the Benefactors be Abundantly Blessed May Peace & Goodness Prevail Everywhere & May All Dharma Wishes Be Achieved 
Please visit Friends of Lapchi website friendsoflapchi.org/ Find out about the beautfiul projects they are supporting to uphold this holy site beloved of Milarepa.
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1038 Woodlawn Ave. Des Plaines, IL 60016 info@chicagoratnashri.com [email protected] With your support- May the fruits of loving-kindness, compassion and wisdom be fully blossomed into the hearts of every sentient being! We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your donation helps support and preserve the teachings of the Drikung Kagyu lineage |
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We are so thankful for your support.
May all beings benefit!
May all beings benefit!
