Detailed Information​

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Phowa Teaching & Troma Tsok Offering

🗓️ Saturday, September 5th, 2026 

🕙 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 

📍Kunzang Gatshal Foundation, 
80 Kemp Road, Delhi, NY 13753 

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Saturday Schedule ​​

9:00 am – 10:00 am: Park and Make your way to the Lhakhang Temple 

10:00 am – 12:00 pm: Phowa Session 

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Lunch break and preparation for Troma Puja

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Krodhikali / Troma Tsok Offering. Medium Length or Concise Troma Puja

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Appreciation Gifts for retreat helpers.

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Celebratory Song and Dance offerings. 

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Dinner 

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Riwo Sangchod (Mountain Smoke Offering), Jinsek (Fire Puja), and Lungta (Raising Prayer Flags) 

🗓️ Sunday, September 6th, 2026 

🕙 9:00 am – 3:00 pm ​​​​

📍 Kunzang Gatshal Foundation, 

80 Kemp Road, Delhi, NY 13753 

 

Sunday Schedule ​​

9:00 am – 10:00 am: Park and Make your way to the Lhakhang Temple 

10:00 am – 11:00 am: Riwo Sangchod (Mountain Smoke Offering) and Lungta Prayers (Wind Horse). 

11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Concise Khandro Thukthik Mechod (Fire Offering)

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm: Raising Prayer Flags 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch & Program Concludes

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GPS Location and Address 

• Kunzang Gatshal Foundation,
  80 Kemp Road,
  Delhi, NY 13753 

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(Please make sure to double check the address field in your preferred maps app. Google Maps sometimes autofills the incorrect “80 Kemp Road, Delancy, NY” instead of the correct address. We are located just off County Highway 14, approximately 7 miles northwest of the town of Delhi, NY.) 

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Travel Times from Major Cities (by car)

• NYC / NJ: 3 hours 30 minutes

• Albany, NY: 1 hour 30 minutes

• Boston, MA: 4 hours 30 minutes

• Toronto, Canada: 6 hours
   

RSVP

• There is no need to RSVP for this event. It is open to all. 

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Offerings

• Customary Offering: It is customary to prepare a small cash offering (any amount) in an envelope and a ceremonial silk scarf (khatak) to offer to Rinpoche. We have a limited number of these available to purchase at cost. 

• Donation: There is no fee to attend this event, but you may make an offering to Kunzang Gatshal Foundation to help cover the costs. www.kunzanggatshal.org/donate

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Texts​

​A limited number of physical texts are available to purchase on site. Please save PDFs to your device for offline use before arriving. 

• Troma Practices Compilation Book: Troma Ngondro, Four Feasts, Medium Length Troma Sadhana (by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche), Concise Troma Sadhana (Compiled by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche) v2024.07
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• Shortened Intermediate Troma (Compiled by Garab Rinpoche) v2026.03
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• Mountain Smoke Offering རི་བོ་གསང་མཆོད། (Riwo Sangchod), Concise Wind Horse རླུང་རྟ། (Lungta), and A Concise Fire Offering Ritual of the Profound Dakini Khandro Thukthik titled 'Nectar of Peace'  ཟབ་ལམ་མཁའ་འགྲོའི་ཐུགས་ཐིག་གི་མེ་མཆོད་མདོར་བསྡུས་ཞི་བའི་བདུད་རྩི། v2023.08
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Attire

Please wear appropriate attire. Dharma robes, shamtab, drangju, zen, chuba, khira, goh, polo, dress shirt and pants, blazer, or other formal clothing as appropriate for visiting a temple.
The weather in upstate New York is unpredictable, and the temperature is quite cold in the mornings and evenings, so we recommend wearing dressing in layers, and bringing a warm sweater or jacket as the temple is not heated. We anticipate the temperature to be 70°f during the day and 50°f in the evening. (The temperature in Delhi, NY is about 10°f colder than NYC.) 

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Parking

• On-Site Parking: Parking is available on-site. We recommend arriving at least 45 minutes prior to the event start time to allow time for parking and settling in to the Temple. 

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Public Transportation 

• Trailways Bus: Daily buses run from the Port Authority in Manhattan, New York City to Delhi, NY, and Oneonta, NY. 

• Chartered Bus: Our friends at Dudjom Krodhikali Association of NYC (DKANYC) [formerly Dudjom Dharma House New York City (DDHNYC)] usually organize a chartered bus or carpool from Queens, NY, directly to Kunzang Gatshal. For more information regarding this chartered bus, please contact DKANYC/DDHNYC. 

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Cell Service and WiFi

• Limited Connectivity: There is no WiFi at Kunzang Gatshal, and cell service is limited. Generally, there is 1 bar of cell service on all major carriers, enough for SMS texts and phone calls, but other apps may be slow and unreliable.

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Camping and Accommodations 

• Local Accommodation: If you are looking for local accommodation we recommend staying at a hotel in nearby Delhi, NY or Oneonta, NY. There are also several bed and breakfasts, motels, and Airbnb/VRBO locations within a 30 minute area. For a list of nearby accommodations, click here: Accommodation Near Kunzang Gatshal Foundation (PDF)

• On-Site Camping: We do not have public accommodations or a Guest House available for this event. However, the retreatants and family of retreatants are welcome to bring their own tents and camp on the land Saturday evening. We have portable bathrooms, potable water, and simple vegetarian meals during our program. Please bring your own camping gear, including a tent, sleeping bags, warm clothes, and any other necessary items. We apologize for our very basic facilities. 

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Health and Accessibility

• If you are sick or have cold/respiratory symptoms, please stay home. If you must attend, please wear a mask. You are also welcome to wear a mask for any reason. 

• The terrain can be challenging, especially the hill from the parking lot to the temple and the portable restroom area. However, we have several designated cars available to shuttle guests up and down the hill. 

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If you cannot make it upstate to our weekend program, there will be a program in New York City the following weekend organized by Dudjom Krodhikali Association of NYC (DKANYC). Additionally, there will be a program in Toronto, Canada the weekend after the NYC Program, organized by Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple of Toronto. More information can be found on their respective websites.