Sunday, August 12th to Saturday, August 18th, 2018
Preliminaries to the Great Sceal
from Sunday evening, August 12th to Saturday afternoon, August 18th.
The Six Sources of Refuge
Wish-fulfilling Tree
This retreat is guided by Lama Tsultrim Gyamtso.
The preliminaries to the Path of the Great Seal (Ngöndro) are a very important aspect of the Path as they establish a steady and certain foundation to progress without any mistake.
They include reflection on the four thoughts which turn the mind away from the appeal of the ordinary activities of the cyclic existence, and are called common preliminaries.
On this basis, the four non common preliminaries are practiced, usually by doing a series of one hundred thousand of each.
This foundation sets up the mind in a very favorable state to be able to receive the grace, which is itself a crucial aspect to the accomplishment of enlightenment
This practice requires some stamina and requests a special investment.
During this retreat, Lama Tsultrim Gyamtso will give a teaching every evening and the other sessions will be devoted to the practice of Preliminaries.