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Free – Everyone welcome! However, make sure you are comfortable with the requirements of this activity.
* Please note *
• We are offering this retreat in person only. Pre-registration is required. (member login)
• You must attend and take Precepts at 6:30 am to attend any of the subsequent sessions.
(see details below)
Nyungne Purification Retreat: Buddha’s Enlightenment Day Celebration| Precepts (Required) | 6:30 am – 7:15 am |
| Session 1 | 7:30 am – 8:45 am |
| Session 2 | 9:15 am – 10:30 am |
| Session 3 | 11 am – 12:30 pm |
Nyungne is a special fasting and purification practice performed in conjunction with Eleven-faced (or Thousand-armed) Avalokiteshvara. This is a very powerful method for purifying negativity of body, speech, and mind, and for pacifying strong delusions such as desirous attachment and hatred. It is also a special way of receiving blessings and for improving our minds of love, compassion, and bodhichitta. This practice is done annually at Kadampa Buddhist centers throughout the world in a retreat – called the Nyungne Purifying Ritual Practice – to celebrate Buddha’s Enlightenment Day.
• Killing
• Stealing
• Sexual activity
• Lying
• Taking intoxicants
• Eating after lunch (meaning we only eat lunch: no other food before or after, until the next morning)
• Sitting on high or luxurious thrones or seats
• Wearing ornaments, perfume, etc, and singing and dancing, etc.
