Weekend Retreats
We also held two short weekend retreats. Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche taught The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life , a text by Santideva, in April. The retreat was attended by a small group of hardy retreatants who wrapped themselves in thick blankets and bore the icy cold of the upstate retreat center in this frigid time of year. Khenpo Tenzin Norgey lead a Nyungne retreat over Memorial Day weekend. The retreat was carried out in the Tsa Lung hut as the main temple was under renovation in preparation for the Kalachakra empowerments.

Public Programs
During the retreat, the center offered a very well attended public talk by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche. This talk was web cast and attended by over 70 online participants as well. We also held a series of live web broadcasts of the t e a c h i n g program dur- ing the weekends of 2007. With very little publicity these broadcasts were attended by an audience that included some students who were unable to attend retreat this year—and some who have not been able to attend for many years!

You can find recordings of many of the web casts at the official site for Palyul Ling: www.palyul.org/ broadcast.htm.