Healing and Clarity Weekend Retreat
A special practice of compassion, purification and fasting
Friday, April 11th –Sunday, April 13th
Nyungnay is one of our most precious Kadampa Dharma jewels, taught at our Center once a year, around Buddha’s Enlightenment Day.
This in-depth, advanced two-day special fasting and purification practice is performed in conjunction with Eleven Faced Thousand Armed Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion. It is very powerful for purifying negative karma of body, speech and mind, and for pacifying strong delusions such as strong attachment and anger. It is a special method for receiving blessings and improving our experience of love, compassion and bodhichitta.
This retreat is done within the context of the Eight Mahayana Precepts. Precepts are special promise to be mindful of our actions of body, speech and mind for the day, including a promise to fast. Although, fasting is not required to participate.
Our retreat begins on Friday with an introduction and special instructions for the retreat. On Saturday, it is customary to abstain from all meals apart from lunch. On Sunday, we engage in a complete fast, abstaining from all food and drink for twenty-four hours. On both Saturday and Sunday, we do three sessions of prayers and prostrations using the sadhana Drop of Essential Nectar.
Those who are unable to engage in a complete fast can participate in the prayers on the second day, provided they take the eight Mahayana precepts on that day at 6:30a.m. You must take Precepts to engage in the retreat sessions for that day.
Everyone is welcome to join us for this special retreat.
Session times:
On Saturday and Sunday, participants must attend Mahayana Precepts at 6:30 a.m. in order to participate in the remaining retreat sessions that day.
Friday, April 11
6:30 - 8:00p.m. Healing and Clarity: Introduction to a special practice of compassion, purification and fasting
Saturday, April 12
6:30-7:15a.m. - Mahayana Precepts
7:30-8:45a.m.- Session 1
11:00a.m.-12.15p.m. - Session 2
12:30-1:30p.m. Lunch
3:00-4:15p.m. - Session 3
Sunday, April 13
6:30-7:15a.m. - Mahayana Precepts
7:30-8:45a.m. - Session 1
10:30-11:45a.m. - Advice for a Happy Life General Program Class
1:30-2:45p.m. - Session 2
3:15-4:30p.m. - Session 3
5:00-6:00p.m. - Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja with Tsog
Tuesday, April 15 - Buddha’s Enlightenment Day
4:30-6:30p.m. - Offering to the Spiritual Guide Prayers
About the Teachers
Kelsang Dechok is a Kadampa Buddhist nun and the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Georgia. She has been studying and practicing Kadampa Buddhism for 20 years under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. During this time, she has worked in many roles within the organization including administration, artwork and Director of Tharpa Publications US. She enjoys sharing her experience and understanding of Modern Buddhism so that others can also reap benefit from Buddha’s teachings. Kelsang Dechok has studied and taught in both the US and the UK for many years. She was ordained in 2006 by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, and was requested to be the Resident Teacher of KMC Georgia in 2023. Whether it be through guided retreats or classes, her playfulness and sincerity allow students to see how the teachings can benefit them in their busy modern lives.
| FEE | |
| Friday Talk | $15 |
| Friday Talk FREE for members | FREE | Saturday & Sunday Retreat | FREE |
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When
April 11 – April 13
Where
Kadampa Meditation Center Georgia
741 Edgewood Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30307