Details:
Date: 16th – 22nd November
Retreat Leader: Paula Chichester
Requirements: Open to those with a six session guru yoga practice commitment.
Cost: Generosity Model – Donation only (via the donation form at the bottom of the page).
Format: Onsite and Online (hybrid)
About the Retreat
Six Session Guru Yoga was written by Kyabje Pabonka Rinpoche in the early 20th Century. Since that time, it has become a standard commitment in the Gelug Sect as a daily recitation/meditation after one has taken a highest yoga tantra empowerment. Guru Yoga is said to be the heart of Tibetan Buddhist Practice. In this long weekend, we will practice all three versions of the Six Session and explore the commentary, the vows and learn how “to do it” so it works for us. How can this guru yoga heal our mind/body/spirit and deepen our understanding and experience of enlightenment?—all within the context of the great wish to free all beings from confusion and sorrow and create a world of altruistic joy.
The course is open to those who have the six session commitment. Please bring your copies of the long, medium and short six session guru yoga either on paper or on your tablet. We will follow the usual format of four sessions a day, a discussion and energy moving exercises (variations on chi gong).
A message from Paula: I took my first six session guru yoga commitment from Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 1981 during a month-long Mahamudra course where we did the practice at least 4 times a day. By the end of the month, the long version was memorised effortlessly and has been a favourite meditation ever since then.
Texts
Please bring a copy of the FPMT Retreat Prayer Book. You can find a downloadable version by clicking here
Six-Session Guru Yoga Arranged by Phabongkha Dechen Nyingpo Translated by Joona Repo
Calling the Guru From Afar English pdf
Padmasambhava Prayer pdf
Mahamudra Meditation.pdf
Notes on Five Dhyani Buddhas
Method to transform a suffering life into Happiness
Prayer for blessing the food
Dedication Verses
Transforming Problems Exercise
Thirty Five Confession Buddha Practice
Multiplying Mantras
Hanna Somatics
Retreat Recordings
Day 1 – Friday 17th
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Day 2 – Saturday 18th
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Day 3 – Sunday 19th
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Day 4 – Monday 20th
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Day 5 – Tuesday 21st
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Day 6 – Wednesday 22nd
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About the Teacher
