Upstate Retreat Center Temple - photo 2006 Mannie Garcia

His Holiness Penor Rinpoche's Main Seat in the United States:
The Palyul Retreat Center

Getting To the US New York Retreat Center

This section includes information on how to get to the retreat center by bus from New York City or by bus from Toronto as well as driving directions.

If you have driving directions you'd like to submit, use the comments field on the Driving Directions Page (you must join this site and be approved by an administrator to do so) or send to us using contact us.

Retreats in the United States

His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, a teacher renowned for his tremendously compassionate activity, has created exactly the right environment for anyone to work with their hearts, truly a special opportunity for Western people who would like to enter the stream of practice in Buddhist traditions. In 1998 he established a retreat center in upstate New York, far from the distractions of modern life.

Registration

Tue, 01/29/2008 - 17:57 — Admin

The registration form is available as an MS Word file. There is NO online registration for the one-month retreat.

Personal Retreatants (coming during the off-season September 1 to May 15) should utilize the form found on the personal retreat page.

Registration for 2008 opens on March 1, 2008
Those applying for Yumka, Nyungné, or one-month summer retreatants should utilize:
2008_registration_form.doc

Please complete every field and send to:

Palyul Retreat Center
359 Hollow Road
McDonough, NY 13801

Personal Retreats

Mon, 01/28/2008 - 18:36 — Tsewang

Personal Retreats Available During Off-Season
The Palyul Retreat Center is now offering the possibility for practitioners to utilize the retreat center during the off-season for personal retreats. This is in accordance with the wishes of His Holiness Penor Rinpoche who understands the difficulty of maintaining daily practice in the West. It is a source of joy for His Holiness to know that the center is being used for practice and accumulations during the time outside of our formal month-long retreat.

Off-season includes:

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