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June 17 - July 27, 2026

Samye Institute Summer Immersion 2026

Explore Buddhism as a Way of Life Six- or three-week immersion at Samye New York, Cooperstown, New York   Samye Institute invites you into a rare educational and spiritual journey, a place where you can step out of habitual life, re-center yourself, and immerse in the Buddhist Arts & Sciences through direct experience.   You will live and learn in a supportive environment that integrates study, meditation, embodiment practices, nature connection, and traditional Himalayan arts, guided by masters, scholars, and experienced practitioners. This is more than a program. It’s a lived experience of the Buddha Dharma that you will take…

July 21 - 27, 2026

Summer Seminar 2026

With Phakchok Rinpoche

Awakening Dignity · Transformation · Realization We warmly welcome our local and international sangha to Phakchok Rinpoche’s annual Summer Seminar at Samye Hermitage New York in Cooperstown. This stand-alone week of teaching and practice marks the culminating seminar of the Samye Institute Summer Immersion, while remaining fully open and complete as an independent program for both new and seasoned practitioners. Over the course of the week, participants are guided through a coherent and integrated path encompassing Awakening Dignity, Transformation, and Realization, offering a full arc of contemplative training grounded in lived experience. The seminar opens on Tuesday evening with a…

Flexible Dates

Mahamudra Practice Retreat

With Tulku Migmar Tsering

This five-day retreat follows directly after Phakchok Rinpoche’s Summer Seminar and offers participants an opportunity to deepen and integrate the Mahamudra and Vajrayana instructions received during the week through sustained meditation and contemplative practice. During the Summer Seminar, participants are introduced to Mahamudra as a path of direct recognition and growing familiarity with awareness itself. This retreat creates the conditions to continue that process through silence, devotional practice, meditation, and continuity of awareness in daily life. Led by Tulku Migmar Tsering, the retreat maintains the practice container established during the seminar, including daily sang offering and protector practices for those…