Drubpon Pema Rigdzin has trained in Tibetan Buddhism for thirty years and completed extensive Vajrayana retreats under Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. Drubpon is a lead ritual chanter (umdze) at the Vajrayna Foundation, and teacher for Drub Nyiy Döjö Gatsal, our Three-Year Retreat Center. He is also a Chaplain with Stanford Health Care and the Hospice of Santa Cruz County, an acupuncturist with a BA in Physical Therapy and a keen researcher of ancestral forms of healing.
Kagö | Giving Commands
Protection and Healing Ceremony
with Pema Rigdzin
Thursday, July 17, 2025 6-8 pm pacific
Location: Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz. In-person and online
Kagö or Giving Commands is a profound protection and healing ceremony. The ritual will be performed from the Namchak Putri cycle of the Dudjom Tersar, invoking the wisdom deity of Vajrakīlāya to give protection from harmful forces, physical ailments, mental and emotional distress, averting inner misfortune, and purifying negativities.
Drubpon Pema Rigdzin will give explanations and lead a guided meditation concluding with the Kagö blessings.
May the hosts of malicious provocations be conquered all at once! Jayantu!
Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje
Drubpon Pema Rigdzin will give explanations and lead a guided meditation concluding with the Kagö blessings.
May the hosts of malicious provocations be conquered all at once! Jayantu!
Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje
Registration: $40 regular donation; $20 low income