Vajrayogini Four Karmas Fire Puja with Marybeth Keigher & Lindy King

Ha Ri Ni Sa! Financial assistance is available for those who need it to attend!

This is an advanced Vajrayana practice retreat restricted to practitioners who have completed Vajrayogini Amending the Mantra Fire Puja.

Shambhala Mountain Center is delighted to offer this Vajrayogini Four Karmas Fire Puja in the beautiful and spacious Red Feather Lodge, which has been newly renovated to accommodate Fire Puja programs. Whether you are a veteran of previous Four Karmas Fire Pujas or a first-time participant, please join us for this powerful practice intensive.

Marybeth Keigher has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche since 1970, receiving Vajrayogini abhisheka from him in 1979. Currently a student of both Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Dzigar Kontrul Rinpoche, Marybeth has led over a dozen Vajrayogini Amending the Mantra and Four Karmas Fire Pujas at Shambhala Mountain Center over last twenty years. Marybeth lives in Boulder, Colorado, and has been a practicing acupuncturist and sound healing practitioner since 1992. She is also a singer who enjoys setting mantras and texts to melody.

Lindy King has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche since 1970 and Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche since 1985. Lindy received Vajrayogini abhisheka in 1981, and has led and chopponed many fire pujas. A choppon instructor, Lindy teaches The Sixteen Offering Devi dance. For 14 years she helped coordinate the building of The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya. Lindy continues to help facilitate summer work projects at The Stupa and is also very involved in facilitating the building of the Shedra at Surmang Dhutsi-til.

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Our intent is to encourage and support intensive practice opportunities for Shambhala community members. Therefore we are making this program available to all qualified Vajrayogini practitioners by offering it under Shambhala Mountain's generosity policy. The policy provides the opportunity for participants to pay what they can afford by selecting one of three pricing options. The first option is Shambhala Mountain's regular room and board rates plus the program materials fee of $100.

For those who can not afford to pay our regular room and board rates, our second option is the materials fee plus a flat room and board rate of $75 per night. Your accommodations will be the best we have available (up to single Lodge room with shared bathroom facilities) after accommodating all participants paying our regular rates. Priority for best-available housing will be on a first-come first-served basis. We will not be able to confirm which housing you will be assigned until one week prior to the program start date.

For those requiring substantial financial assistance, our third option is the materials fee plus $45 per night for seasonal dorm accommodations.

We are also able to offer additional financial assistance thanks to the generosity of an anoymous donor for those who may still need more assistance to attend. Please fill out the financial assistance application by clicking the link for the partial scholarship application below.

There will also be an opportunity during the program to offer a teachers gift.

Click below to be directed to the appropriate registration page for your situation:
Full Pay Option
$75/night Option
$45/night Option

Please arrive between 2 and 5pm on Thursday, November 11. Program ends with lunch at 12:30pm on Sunday, November 21. View Detailed Program Information.