
Nyungnay Retreat
April 14-16 | * see schedule below
Friday - Saturday: Free
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Registration is requested for the in-person event
Summary:
This special fasting and purification practice is traditionally done by Kadampa Centers worldwide on Buddha’s Enlightenment day, which is celebrated on April 15.
We can spend two days with Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara, the nature of our Spiritual Guide’s great compassion, making exquisite offerings, praises, and prostrations and thereby accumulate huge merit, purify vast negativity for ourselves and others and receive the most powerful blessing to propel ourself swiftly along our path to enlightenment.
Wrapped within the practice of Mahayana Precepts, it involves fasting and making three sessions of prostrations, with the sadhana “Drop of Essential Nectar,” over two days. Usually, the second day is accompanied by a full fast, although strongly recommended, this is not compulsory. Everyone is welcome to join us for this special retreat.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the ritual aspect of this retreat, all of the sessions for this retreat will only be available live and not for replay. If you are in a different time zone, please attend Nyungnay at your nearest center.
In order to engage in the sessions each day, you must take precepts in the morning on both Friday and Saturday. If you haven’t taken precepts before, please click here to learn about the commitments of precepts.
Retreat Schedule:
Thursday, April 14th
Introduction to Nyungnay: 7:00-8:15pm
Friday, April 15th
Precepts: 6:30 – 7:00am
Session 1: 7:30 – 8:45am
Session 2: 11:00am – 12:15pm
Session 3: 2:00-3:15pm
Saturday, April 16th
Precepts: 6:30 – 7:00am
Session 1: 7:30 8:45am
Session 2: 11am - 12:15pm
Session 3: 2:00 - 3:15pm

ABOUT the teacher
Gen Kelsang Tabkay is a Kadampa Buddhist monk and the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Phoenix. He has been a student of contemporary Buddhist Master Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for many years. Gen Tabkay presents Buddhism and meditation in an accessible and clear way, dedicating himself to bringing peace into the hearts of others.