Please also join us on Sunday, August 31. Click on the link below for details.

Please click on the links below to learn about the new Temple building project and how you can help:






SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008
Please join us for a rare day of teachings and transmissions by two lineage masters:

10:00 am - 12:30 pm:
~ Gyana Vajra Rinpoche:
Manjushri Initiation; Reading Transmission of Parting from the Four Attachments; Guru Padmasambhava Khon Family Lineage Blessing.
~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche: Teaching on Commentary on Parting from the Four Attachments by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Lunch ~ A catered vegetarian lunch will be provided for those who wish to eat under the tent and enjoy the Temple grounds during the break (lunch is included with your registration).

2:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche ~ Teaching on Commentary on Parting from the Four Attachments by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo continues.


REGISTRATION: $100 for the day ($90 Temple Members) includes a catered vegetarian lunch.
Monks and nuns are honored guests and attend free of charge.
CONTACT: email: tklspecialevent@mac.com

LOCATION: Tsechen Kunchab Ling, 12 Edmunds Lane, Walden, New York 12586 (map)

HOUSING: Click here for a listing of hotels, campsites and other housing. See the notice above for special group hotel rates for this weekend only.If you are traveling to the area for Saturday's events, please join us also on Sunday (click on button on the left). For reservations made by July 29, 2008, special group hotel rates are available at Homewood Suites by Hilton at Stewart International Airport, 180 Breunig Road, New Windsor, NY 12553, 845-567-2700; indicate "TKL" to get the group rate for Friday or Saturday night.

TRANSPORTATION: Click below for information on travel by:
  • Bus from NYC
  • Train
  • Plane
  • Car

    VAN TO & FROM NEWBURGH BUS TERMINAL:  Van service will be available at the Newburgh bus terminal, going to the temple at 9:00 am and from the temple to the bus terminal at 5:30 pm. Reservations (one way $5.00) are required to guarantee a seat. (Reserve when you register online or by mail through the green buttons above).



  • H.E. Gyana Vajra Rinpoche is a Senior Sakya Lineage Holder & Younger Son of His Holiness the Sakya Trizin. >click here for more information on Rinpoche and his activities


    Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche is a student of important Tibetan Buddhist lamas including Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Kyabje Sakya Trizin, Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, and the16th Karmapa. He is the head of the renowned Dzongsar Monastery and Dzongsar College. >click here for more information on Rinpoche and his activities