Create the World You Wish For

The Practice of Guru Yoga and Mandala Offering

Friday Oct. 18 – Monday Oct. 21

Introductory Class: Thursday Oct. 17 | 6:00 – 7:30pm

Cost: $25 for entire retreat. $10 per day. $5 per session. Free for All Monthly Members

Guru Yoga Mandala Offering retreat combines two of the four great preliminary guides that we need to practice if we want to gain mahamudra realizations – which is the quick path to enlightenment, where we completely purify the mind. We all wish for spiritual realizations, 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.

The retreat sessions will be done within the sadhana Offering to the Spiritual Guide.

Registration

Please register in advance for planning purposes. Membership discounts are taken at checkout.

Schedule

There will be a Free Introductory Class to this retreat on Thursday, Oct. 17 from 6:00 – 7:30pm, during the regular General Program class time. This class is live-streamed for members.

Friday, Oct. 18
Session 1: 7:30 – 8:45 am
Session 2: 9:30 – 10:45 am
Session 3: 3 – 4:15 pm
Session 4: 6 – 7:30 pm

Saturday, Oct. 19
Session 1: 8 – 9:15 am
Session 2: 11 am – 12:15 pm
Session 3: 3 – 4:15 pm
Session 4: 6 – 7:30 pm

Sunday, Oct. 20
Session 1: 8 am – 9:15am
Sunday GP: 10 – 11:15 am (Teaching on Guru Yoga and Mandala Offering)
Session 2: 2 – 3:15 pm
Session 3: 5 – 6:30 pm

Monday, Oct. 21
Session 1: 8 – 9:15 am
Session 2: 11 am – 12:15 pm
Session 3: 4 – 5:15 pm
Session 4: 6:30 – 8 pm