Tibetan Buddhism in Our Lives
Expand your Wisdom and Refine your Consciousness through Buddhist Practice
At the Mayum Mountain Foundation, we aspire to be a spiritual home for those who want to integrate the practice and study of Buddhism into their lives. Our focus is on the path of personal transformation of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. Everyone is welcome to come to our Sunday programs to meditate with us.
Mayum is a respectful word for mother in the Tibetan language. The 'mother' is our hidden ability to find the open and free aspect of our minds, allowing limitless love and compassion to come forth. The 'mountain' is stability in that. Practice is how we find Mayum Mountain.
We are a tax-exempt non-profit Buddhist church.
Our Regular Happenings
Our new shrine room is under construction in Calaveras County, California, as a wing of a private residence. We will be moving in in November, 2023. Feel free to reach out of you are in the area.
Basic guided practices and classes for the public will start as soon as we catch our breath.
Two hours from Oakland
Less than one hour from Modesto, Stockton, Manteca and Lodi
Upcoming Events
Clearing the Way to Awakening
A Nine-Step Practice from Tibetan Buddhismm
Online, Sundays 3:30 to 5pm Starting Sept 10th!
Buddhism from the Beginning and Our Foundation Practices
On Zoom
with Loppon Yudron Wangmo
Sundays 3:30 to 5 pm PT
(No class on 10/1 and 10/8. Will resume on 10/1)
Currently taking a gradual approach to the Throma Ngondro.
By donation, register below.
Online Weekend Retreat
Orgyen Menla
November 4-5, 2023
In this retreat we will explore the healing ritual of the Oddiyana Guru, a branch practice revealed by Dudjom Jikdral Yeshe Dorje in his cycle Tso Kye Thukthik, the Heart Essence of the Lakeborn. We will also touch upon the lesser known accomplishment practice of Orgyen Menla. This weekend will be a little bit retreat, a little bit practice session time, and there will be a little teaching. On the last day, we will also make a torma offering to the Mahakala protector of medicine, Shanglon Dorje Duddul, specifically directed for our own healing of us and that of our loved ones.
Teacher
Pema Rigdzin has trained in Tibetan Buddhism for thirty years years and completed extensive Vajrayana retreats under Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. He is a lead ritual chanter (umdze), and teacher for Drub Nyiy Döjö Gatsal, a Three-Year Retreat Center. He is also a Chaplain with Stanford Health Care and the Hospice of Santa Cruz County, an acupuncturist with a BA in Physical Therapy and a keen researcher of ancestral forms of healing.
Cost: $40-80 sliding scale. $60 recommended.
Sessions: 10 to 12:30 and 2:30 to 5 on Saturday and Sunday
Necessary Text: PDF for Sale Here
All participants will receive video links to stream the unedited recordings of each session, and these will remain active for 7 days.
To register: scroll down to the Consultations and Classes menu.
Classes and Consultations
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Hold fast to the supreme Dharma for your own good, and help others without arrogance or pride. Through view, meditation, and conduct you will be freed.
Yeshe Tsogyal
About Loppon Yudron Wangmo
Founder and Director
Yudron Wangmo began studying and practicing Tibetan Buddhism in the early 1990's, balancing in-depth practice and service to her Tibetan teachers with her work as a nurse, nurse practitioner, and healer.
Later, she completed lengthy meditation retreats, including the traditional three-year three-month group retreat in California under the guidance of Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. Her main mentors have been Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, Lama Pema Dorje Rinpoche, and Adzom Paylo Rinpoche.
Lama Pema Dorje Rinpoche officially authorized her to teach in 2017. In 2020, Ngakpa Karma Lhundup Rinpoche asked her to teach Vajrayana gradually, starting with the Heart Essence of Dakini, a treasure of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, later Throma Nakmo, and always Guru Rinpoche.