Guru Yoga& Mandala Offering Retreat 

Guru Yoga& Mandala Offering Retreat 
Friday, Oct 23rd Intro • Saturday, Oct 24th & Sunday, Oct 25th •
$45 whole retreat (includes Sunday GP), $5 a session
with Resident Teacher, John Baker
Everyone Welcome • No Experience Necessary
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.

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.

Mandala offering is an offering of the entire universe visualized as a Pure Land, with all its inhabitants as pure beings. By making mandala offerings we create the cause to be reborn in such a pure world.

Through receiving Wisdom Buddha’s powerful blessings, we can easily and swiftly make progress in and complete our practice of the stages of the path of both Sutra and Tantra. Through this we can fulfill our own and others’ wishes.In each session we recite Offering to the Spiritual Guide prayers with a pause to make mandala offerings.
 
Friday night Intro: 7pm - 8pm

Saturday:
Session 1 10-11:30
Session 2 12-1:30
Lunch Break 
Session 3 2:30-4

Sunday:
Session 1 8:30-10
Sunday Morning GP 10:30-11:45
Lunch Break 
Session 2 1-2:30
Offering to the Spiritual Guide 3-4:30Pm