Purification and Fasting retreat
Saturday April 12 - Sunday, April 13
With Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen
Come celebrate Buddha’s enlightenment day! Nyungne is a beloved practice engaged in every year to honor and remember Buddha’s enlightenment.
This special purification and fasting practice is performed together with prayers and prostrations to the 1000-arm Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion. It is very powerful for purifying negativity and strong delusions such as desirous attachment and anger. It is also a special method for receiving blessings and improving our experience of love, compassion, and bodhichitta.
In order to participate in this retreat, you must take precepts at 6:30 a.m. each morning you participate. You may engage in one or two full days of the retreat.
Day 1: No breakfast, only 1 meal 12 – 1pm, no food after. You can drink water/ tea for the day.
Day 2: You have a choice to do a complete fast on the second day (no food or water) until day 3 at dawn. Or repeat the same as day 1.
Schedule:
Saturday, April 12
Precepts: 6:30 – 7:00am - Must attend to do the retreat
Session 1: 7:15–8:30am (A short introduction will be given by Gen Thekchen before this session.)
Session 2: 10–11:15am
Lunch: 12:30–1:30pm
Session 3: 3:00-4:15pm
Sunday, April 13
Precepts: 6:30–7:00am - Must attend to do the retreat
Session 1: 7:15–8:30am
Session 2: 10–11:15am
Session 3: 3:00-4:15pm
Tuesday April 15
Special Offering to the Spiritual Guide Prayers for Buddha's Enlightenment Day:
2-4pm
Participants will need the Prayer Booklets, A Pure Life and Drop of Essential Nectar. We have copies for you to use during the retreat at our Centre, or you can purchase a copy from our bookshop. Alternatively, e-copies can be downloaded from tharpa.com .
This retreat will be led by Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen, who is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition. He has been a Kadampa Buddhist monk and Teacher under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for more than 25 years. He is well known for his ability to present Buddha's teachings in a simple, profound, practical and often humorous way, making them easy to put into practice in everyday life.
Cost: $25 entire retreat | $15 per day | Free for Gold & Platinum members
Pre-register online or register at the door.
Purification and Fasting Nyungnay Retreat
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