
Trungpa Rinpoche studying at a Vajradhatu Seminary
For more than a decade, Trungpa Rinpoche’s students have been joining together to offer his dharma tradition to new generations of practitioners.
Students have organized Profound Treasury Retreats in Maine and Colorado for over a decade. Other groups created The Westchester Meditation Center, The Wisdom Seat, and the Ri-mé Society, which offer regular practice and study opportunities in the Westchester, Philadelphia and Boulder regions.
A group created The Chronicles of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche website, which celebrates Trungpa Rinpoche’s life and legacy, and offers community news, teachings, and the Ocean online learning platform for classes, practice and events.
Students created The Chögyam Trungpa Digital Library that publishes hundreds of audio and video recordings of Chögyam Trungpa online, with captions and searchable transcripts.
People have organized classic Trungpa Rinpoche datuns in India, Nova Scotia and France. Vajrayana transmission has been given to many new tantrikas. A Vajrayogini abhisheka in Halifax introduced 150 tantrikas to sadhana practice, and a new three-year retreat is now underway at Gampo Abbey.
The Three-Yana Retreats grew out of this ethos: students coming together because they were inspired to make Trungpa Rinpoche’s deep study and practice training available to future generations of practitioners.
The organizers of the initial retreat were Adrienne Chang, Andy Karr, Crane Stookey, Derek Kolleeny, Julia Sagebien, Larry Mermelstein, Lynn Friedman, Molly De Shong, Nancy Huszagh, Otto Pichlhoefer, Patty Livingston and Rhea Colmar.

The 2026 Retreat Faculty
Special Guest
Judy Lief
Senior Faculty
Adrienne Chang
Andy Karr
Gene Bobker
Jane Carpenter Cohn
Jane Kolleeny
Larry Mermelstein
Lynn Friedman
Martin Evans
Molly De Shong
Rhea Colmar
Tutorial Faculty
Caroline Leach
Dan Danielsen
Melissa Butler
Renée Cannizzo
Eric Bergstrom
Coordinators
Al San Valentin
Michael Rigby
The 2025 Retreat Faculty
Special Guest
Judy Lief
Core Faculty
Adrienne Chang (not shown)
Andy Karr
Gene Bobker
Larry Mermelstein
Rhea Colmar
Tutorial Instructors
Hazel Bercholz
Ira Rechtshaffer
Joanna Bolek
Jon Barbieri
Kerry Schwartz
Lynn Friedman
Martin Evans
Till Cremer
Coordinators
Dan Danielsen
Heidi Leong

The 2024 Retreat Faculty
Special Guests
Judy Lief
Ani Pema Chödrön
Core Faculty
Adrienne Chang
Andy Karr
June Crow
Larry Mermelstein
Tutorial Instructors
Hazel Bercholz
Jane Carpenter Cohn
Joanna Bolek
Jon Barbieri
Lynn Friedman
Molly DeShong
Otto Pichlhoefer
Patty Livingston
Rhea Colmar
Coordinator
Patty Livingston

