Guru Yoga & Mandala Offering Retreat
Sunday 8 September
3 Sessions
Location: Ganden Centre
Fee: No charge
Time to Retreat
Guru Yoga and Mandala Offering Retreat
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 three sessions over the day.
THE RETREAT
During a retreat we reduce our normal worldly activities and concentrate for a period of time on developing spiritual qualities and peaceful minds.
Each session lasts for one and a half hours and consists of prayers sung in English and silent mandala offerings. Sessions are free. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled session to familiarize yourself with the practice. Please bring your mandala kit if you have one.
SESSION TIMES
Session 2 - 11.00am - 12.30pm
Session 3 - 1.30 - 3pm