Guru Yoga Mandala Offering Retreat
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 an Introduction to the Retreat on Saturday afternoon followed by a very special Offering to the Spiritual Guide Retreat celebrating Je Tsongkhapa Day. On Sunday there will be four retreat sessions during which we will use the sadhana, Offering to the Spiritual Guide. The Introduction and 4 sessions of retreat will be guided by Gen Jampel.
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.
It is a more in-depth retreat and previous experience of the practice is advisable should you wish to attend.
“Guru Yoga is a special specific method to receive the blessings of
all the Buddhas and Holy Beings.”
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
Retreat Fees – Whole Retreat (Introduction and 4 sessions)
Non-members | R320
General Membership | R250
Foundation Membership | FREE – included in monthly membership package
Gold Membership | FREE – included in monthly membership package
Retreat Fees – Individual Retreat session
Non-members | R80
General Membership | R60
Foundation Membership | FREE – included in monthly membership package
Gold Membership | FREE – included in monthly membership package
This annual retreat is included within the monthly paying packages of Foundation and Gold Memberships.
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Hourly Schedule
Saturday, 25 October
- 15:00 - 16:30
- Introduction
- 18:00 - 19:45
- Special Offering to the Spiritual Guide Puja
Sunday, 26 October
- 09.00 - 10:30
- Session 1
- 11:30 - 13:00
- Session 2
- 15:00 - 16:30
- Session 3
- 17:30 - 19:00
- Session 4
Speaker
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Gen Kelsang JampelResident TeacherAs the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Centre Durban, Gen Jampel takes joy in helping us discover the innate potential for freedom and peace we carry in our hearts – even in difficult times. An ordained Buddhist monk, he has been practicing Kadampa Buddhism for many years and elucidates the life-changing wisdom of meditation through the lens of everyday life. Loved for his uplifting example and playful humour, he is a relatable teacher and reliable friend to the community.