Course info
In this retreat we focus on the preliminary practices of accumulating merit, or positive energy, by making mandala offerings and receiving powerful blessings by engaging in the Guru Yoga practice of Je Tsongkhapa. Je Tsongkhapa, whose ordained name was Losang Dragpa, was a great 14th century Tibetan Buddhist Master who promoted and developed the Kadampa Buddhism that Atisha had introduced three centuries earlier. Mandala offering is an offering of the entire universe visualized as a Pure Land, with all its inhabitants as pure beings.
There will be a teaching on the practice of Guru Yoga and mandala offerings on Sunday evening, but the retreat will mostly be unguided and will include chanted prayers and making mandala offerings using a mandala kit or a plate with rice.
Schedule
Guru Yoga and Mandala Retreat
Friday 11 December
7.30-9pm – Introduction to the Retreat
Saturday 12 – Friday 18 December
8-9.30am – retreat session
11am-12.30pm – retreat session
4-5.30pm – retreat session
7-8.30pm – retreat session
(No evening session on Tuesday 15)
