FREE EVENT—Opening to Your True Nature, Part 1
Rooted in the essence of dzogchen, the Prayer of Secret Refuge guides us to connect deeply with our greatest source of protection: spacious awareness inseparable from our deepest nature. Join senior meditation teacher Marcy Vaughn for a three-part series of live online broadcasts exploring this simple yet profound prayer, recently introduced by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche to his students. Across the series, Marcy will offer clear instruction and guided meditation to help participants connect directly with the vast sky of being, the clear light of awareness, and their union. Each session builds gently and experientially: beginning with recognizing inner openness and awareness, deepening into the release of limiting identities and the natural arising of compassion, and culminating in integrating the full prayer as a path from inner refuge to compassionate action in the world.
Fridays, June 5, 12, and 19, 2026 | 12–12:45 p.m. (New York time)
June 5: Part 1 — the vast sky, clear light, and their union
June 12: Part 2 — opening beyond the pain identity
June 19: Part 3 — from openness to compassionate action
Prayer of Secret Refuge
I take refuge in the vast sky of being.
I take refuge in awareness, clear light.
I take refuge in the union of being and awareness.
From this union, may compassion spontaneously arise.
May all obstacles be cleared in service to others,
And in service to others, may I come home.
