Guru Yoga And Mandala Offering Retreat
June 5 – 12, 2024
Including an Introduction and some guidance, most sessions of the retreat will be unguided.
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.
Timetable
JUL 5
Friday
7:30 - 8.30pm
Introduction
JUL 6
Saturday
7.00 - 8.30am
Session 1
10.30am - 12.00pm
Session 2
4.30 - 6.00pm
Session 3
7.30 - 8.45pm
Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja with Tsog
JUL 7
Sunday
7.00 - 8.30am
Session 1
10.30am - 12.00pm
Session 2
4.30 - 6.00pm
Session 3
7.30 - 9.00pm
Session 4
JUL 8 - JUL 12
Monday - Friday
The rest of the retreat will follow the same session times as Sunday.