Offering Our Faith Day Retreat – A Celebration of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Wednesday 4th June
About the Day Retreat
Every day we remember the extraordinary kindness of Venerable Geshe-la, our Root Guru and Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition.
At Kadampa centres around the world, with minds of rejoicing and gratitude, we offer him our faith through using the special prayer ‘Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from his Faithful Disciples’ and collecting our Guru’s name mantra.
In this retreat we will be using the sadhana ‘The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra’ and the special request prayer ‘Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from his Faithful Disciples’. We will also engage in ‘Offering to the Spiritual Guide’ chanted prayers dedicated to the flourishing of everything that Venerable Geshe-la established in our world.
Timetable
Ses 1: 8.00 – 9.30am
Ses 2: 10.30 – 12.00am
4pm – 6pm Offering to the Spiritual Guide Puja
Ses 3: 7.00 – 8.30pm
Cost
The retreat is free of charge, donations welcome
Venue
Kalpa Bhadra Buddhist Centre, 24 Rugby St, Merivale, Christchurch
There is plenty of parking on the street but please do not park on the neighbours driveways.