April 11th & 12 Drop of Essential Nectar - Fasting Retreat

1,000 Armed Avalokiteshvara (Drop of Essential Nectar)
Session times for both days: Precepts 6:30am; Sessions 7am, 11:30am & 3:30pm

This special fasting and purification practice is a very powerful for purifying negative karma of body, speech, and mind, and for pacifying strong delusions such as desirous attachment and hatred. It is also a special method for receiving blessings and improving our experience of love, compassion, and bodhichitta.

Each day we take the Mahayana precepts and engage in the practice of 1,000 Armed Avalokiteshvara with prostrations. On the first day we take the Mahayana precepts and abstain from all meals apart from lunch. On the second day we celebrate Buddha’s Enlightenment Day and engage in a complete fast, abstaining from all food and drink for twenty-four hours.