Nyungnay Purification Retreat
Monday, April 14th

Tuesday, April 15th

Cost : $15.00

with Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Chenma

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Come celebrate Buddha’s enlightenment day! Nyungnay is a beloved practice engaged in every year to honor and remember Buddha’s enlightenment. This special purification and fasting practice is performed together with prayers and prostrations to the Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion. It is very powerful for purifying negativity and strong delusions such as desirous attachment and anger. It is also a special method for receiving blessings and improving our experience of love, compassion, and bodhichitta.

 

We begin each day with taking the Mahayana Precepts at 6:30am, which are 24 hour vows. You can find out more here. Then we engage in the prayers Drop of Essential Nectar for 3 sessions each day. Everyone engaging in this retreat needs to take the Mahayana Precepts each day.

Day 1 Guidelines: No breakfast, only 1 meal 12 - 1pm, no food after. You can drink water/tea for the day.

Day 2 Guidelines: You have a choice to do a complete fast on the second day (no food or water) until day 3 at dawn. Or repeat the same as Day 1.

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Monday, April 14
Session 1: 6:30 – 8:30am - includes Precepts Vows
Session 2: 10:30am – 12pm
Session 3 :3-4:30pm
 

Tuesday, April 15
Session 1: 6:30 – 8:30am - includes Precepts Vows
Session 2: 10:30am – 12pm
Session 3: 3 - 4:30pm