Guru Yoga and Mandala offering retreat combines two of the four great preliminary guides that we need to practice if we want to gain mahamudra realisations – the quick path to enlightenment.
We all wish for spiritual realisations, but these depend upon creating certain inner conditions such as purifying negativity, accumulating merit, and receiving blessings.
In this retreat we focus on the preliminary practices of accumulating merit and receiving blessings. Making mandala offerings is the gateway to accumulating the collection of merit and attaining an enlightened pure land and Guru yoga is the gateway to receiving powerful blessings of all the Buddhas of the ten directions through our Spiritual Guide.
There will be four sessions a day and the practice is accomplished within the sadhana, Offering to the Spiritual Guide. All sessions of retreat will be self guided.
“Guru Yoga is a special specific method to receive the blessings of
all the Buddhas and Holy Beings.”
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
Saturday – All sessions un-guided (self guided)
Session 1 | 9:00 – 10:30am
Session 2 | 11:30 – 1:00pm
Session 3 | 3:00 – 4:30pm
Session 4 | 6:30 – 8:00pm
Sunday – All sessions un-guided (self guided)
Session 1 | 9:00 – 10:30am
Session 2 | 11:30 – 1:00pm
Session 3 | 3:00 – 4:30pm
Session 4 | 6:30 – 8:00pm
This retreat is FREE to attend. It is a more indepth retreat and previous of the practice is advisable should you wish to attend.