Mayum Mountain Foundation

07/21/2026

New Dudjom Troma Ngondro Group

Starting September 6, 2026

Once again this summer and fall, we will be offering an opportunity to practice the Troma Ngondro with group support. Learn a traditional system of doing the accumulations with dedicated teachers and fellow practitioners.

Teachers: Loppon Yudron Wangmo and Dr. Yeshe Dronmar

Time: Sundays, 3:00 - 4:30 PM PST (Sept 6 onwards)
Format: Online with camera on, active participation in discussions and breakout rooms
What we cover: Lineage teachings, ngondro accumulations, other practices from the cycle, and discussion

Prerequisites

1. Several years of involvement with Vajrayana Buddhism (can arrange online refuge ceremony if needed)
2. Received a Dudjom Troma Empowerment, or pledge to do so within one year
3. Have received ngondro teachings before
4. Ready to practice Troma Ngondro for one hour, five to seven days a week
5. If you have not yet formally gone for refuge, we can set up that ceremony for you.

Texts: We have our own Troma Ngondro text available in our online store. General ngondro teachings are in Loppon Yudron's book, audiobook, and workbook: Clearing the Way to Awakening.

How to register: Registration is done on a session-by-session basis (like signing up for a yoga class session, not a course at a university). If you are interested, register for the session on Sept 6. There are various levels from $5 to $40 a session. You can buy a package of 10 sessions for $200, but you still have to register for each session you plan to come to.

www.MayumMountain.org
Video recording: Only those who register will receive a video of the class.

Context: The Mayum Mountain Foundation has an established sangha who are practicing ngondro, Troma sadhana, and offering practices.

Unsure?: Sign up for a Dharma consultation with Loppon Yudron at www.mayummountain.org to discuss it.

05/27/2026

Loppon Yudron here. Our non-profit is doing quite well. By that, I don’t mean that we have paid staff, a big dharma center with enormous gold statues, or anything like that. That’s not how we roll.

Our emphasis is on developing Vajrayana Buddhist practitioners who deeply understand what they are doing and how, and are being deeply transformed by their personal practice.

That’s going great!

Most people are focused on completing their foundaitonal practice. But, recently, they have been learning about sadhana, the practice of wisdom deity. We had a nine-day retreat where it looked to me like people really got a taste of what such practices can do.

On my Substack, I reframe the teachings for a public setting. Today, I wrote about Jin Beb, the sadhana section on the descent of transformative power. I learned a lot from our board member, Dr. Collin Eyre, who wrote his doctoral dissertation on the concept of Transformative Power in Buddhism.

A Key Moment in Vajrayana Buddhist Deity Yoga Practice

04/02/2026

Here is our latest newsletter:

Cost: $250 for full-time in-person. It is this low thanks to two donors who are covering the food for meals. A traditional offering to the Vajra Master will be in addition to this base amount that goes to the Foundation for expenses such as porta-potty, tsok, jinsek, and texts.

03/30/2026

Want to get away for a full nine days and practice Dudjom Troma Nakmo eight hours a day with a great group of folks? We have a formal shrine room inside the house, and we put up popup tents and cots for people in the yard. All meals provided. Prerequisites: A formal refuge ceremony and a good heart.

03/16/2026

This lovely guru yoga of Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche has been reposted by the Kunsang Gatshal Foundation.

Remembering Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche - Calling the Guru From Afar. Prayer composed by Dungse Garab Rinpoche. (Click show more / expand below.) Vocals by...

03/12/2026

Troma Nakmo Retreat
Medium Length Sadhana Intensive
Registration is Now Open at www.mayummountain.org
May 9 - 17, 2026
Loppon Yudron Wangmo
1996 Quiver Street
Copperopolis, CA 95228
and Online

Prerequisites: Refuge and Dudjom Troma Nakmo empowerment. Khentrul Thadrel Rinpoche will be giving it at Pema Osel Ling in April.
Cost: $250 for full time in-person. It is this low thanks to two donors who are covering the food for meals. A traditional offering to the Vajra Master will be in addition to this base amount that goes to the Foundation for expenses such as portapotty, tsok, jinsek, and texts.
Accommodations: Most people will be in tents. We will set up a number of popup tents and cots for our guests. Thank you to Facebook donors to the tent fund for this. There are two indoor beds for older people or folks with health conditions. There will be an outdoor portapotty with a handwashing sink.
Rules: Partial attendance is allowed.
Food: Karma Choying will be the volunteer cook again this year. Serious deliciousness is inevitable. He will prepare lunch and dinner with help from attendees. A variety of breakfast foods will be available for participants to
Text: Because the text will be in “beta” we will not sell them. We will have a loaner text for in-person attendees. Online participants will get a temporary PDF, with a built in self-destruct device that will trigger on May 18th.
Directions: We are 1:45 from the Sacramento airport. Amtrak comes to Stockton, 45 minutes away. We can discuss possible pickups, but let us know well ahead of the retreat.
Atmosphere: Everyone helps. This is not a spectator retreat. Dishwashing, making tormas, helping the chef, running the tech, assisting the chopon, etc.
Fire Puja: A pacifying Troma jinsek and tsok will be done on May 17.
Schedule: TBA We are aiming for four two-hour sessions.
Questions: [email protected]

02/04/2026

Loppon Yudron Wangmo publishes an article a week on Substack.

The Hero’s Journey of the Vajrayana Yogin (Part One)

01/27/2026

https://mailchi.mp/mayummountain.org/dakini-day-troma-tsok-6428764

There will be a hybrid in-person and online retreat in our Copperopolis shrine room this May. Everyone who has received a Dudjom Troma Nakmo empowerment is welcome. The retreat is practice-centered (there will be no teachings). We can pop up a tent and a cot for you before you arrive if you wish. Lu...

12/30/2025

Hello,

Loppon Yudron here with a little end-of-year update for you.

Our Troma Group

Our steadfast Troma Ngondro students are doing great. I've consolidated the three classes a week I usually offer into one Sunday class that combines a group ngondro session with gradual in-depth instruction on the Middle-length Troma sadhana. Because of the merit of these fabulous practitioners, I feel comfortable passing on the training I received.

Steadily, piece by piece, we will put the building blocks in place so that folks will feel 100% confident in the future when they finish their ngondro and Troma Deity practice commences in earnest.

In the mean time, we will be offering a hybrid in-person and online retreat on this sadhana in May. Dates TBA soon.

Troma Ngondro

We will start a new Troma Ngondro group this summer if there are folks out there who have already been involved with Vajrayana Buddhism for some years and have already accomplished a general ngondro or, at minimum, received general ngondro education.

Troma ngondro is not a beginner's ngondro. And it takes more time and dedication to do it on a daily basis than a concise ngondro. If you are thinking about it, and have not received the empowerment, keep an eye on the Vajrayana Foundation website because Khentrul Thadrel Rinpoche usually offers one in the spring/early summer.

Happy New Years everyone!

12/04/2025

A public talk by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche in 2011. He had a unique approach to talking with new people about Vajrayana Buddhism and Dzogchen. He painted a picture of awakening with story-telling and humor that magnetized everyone. He did it without talking about himself, but you could feel how different his baseline state was compared to your own.

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