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Guru Yoga Mandala Offering Retreat
September 3, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
An event every day that begins at 9:00 am, repeating until September 4, 2017
This retreat unites the two practices of Guru Yoga and Mandala Offering.
The blessings arising from the practice of Guru yoga are rain that nurtures and sustains the seeds of our meditation. Guru Yoga is a special and powerful method that enables us to receive the blessings of all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and holy beings. Receiving this inspiration into our mind bestows inner peace and gives rise to realizations of renunciation, universal compassion, and wisdom realizing emptiness.
While meditation plants the seeds of realizations within our mind, if our mind is devoid of merit, or good karma we will be planting seeds in barren ground. Accumulating merit creates a rich and fertile mental environment within which our meditations will swiftly ripen and transform into realizations. The practice of mandala offering creates vast good fortune and is a method to attain the Pure Land of a Buddha.
Each retreat session is 90 minutes long including prayers.
Session 1 9:00-10:30am
Session 2 11:00am-12:30pm
Session 3 2:00-3:30pm
Session 4 4:00-5:30pm
Each session is $5 or $15 for whole day.
Free for Foundation Program students.