27 April 2024 (Saturday) - 5 May 2024 (Sunday)
The Dzogchen Shri Singha Foundation is pleased to announce our annual 2024 Dzogchen Buddha Path Spring Retreat & Internet Teaching Program. This program will be held online via Zoom with a limited in-person retreat option, and presents an ideal opportunity to deepen your understanding and experience of the teachings of the Dzogchen Lineage and practice the Dzogchen Buddha Path.
The Online 2024 Spring Teaching Program will commence on Saturday, April 27, 2024, 3 PM PDT and conclude on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 8:30 PM PDT.
The In-Person 2024 Spring Retreat will commence on Saturday, April 27, 2024, 3 PM PDT and conclude on Sunday, May 5, 2024, 3 PM PDT.
In person retreatants must arrive before 1 pm PDT on Saturday, April 27, 2024 to allow for time to settle.
This year’s teaching and training will include in-depth and direct teachings on the sacred text The Buddha Path, the Buddhist fundamentals, and will include many practices such as reciting sacred texts, mantra recitations, personal thuns (practice sessions), etc.
Please register here.
Retreat Pricing
- The fee for the internet teaching program is $250.
- The fee for the in-person retreat is $560.
- Please send your program fee and any pledges to https://paypal.me/
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Schedule
The specific schedule will be determined soon. Please check back later for more details.
About the Program
What to Expect on a Spring Retreat & Internet Teaching Program
“Retreat” means withdrawing your body, speech, and mind away from busy, meaningless, and negative activities, freeing yourself to focus on helping all beings. Away from worldly distractions, you can wholeheartedly train your mind in the Way of True Happiness. Retreat takes on even more importance during this time when most of us are already confined to our homes. It is therefore the perfect circumstance for the Five Excellent Gathered Perfections, and to learn the sacred practices of personal retreat. You will practice Dharma with more joy, depth, and intensity than you have likely experienced before and the results may surprise you. By training your mind using the skillful means of the Dzogchen Lineage you will not only take steps toward your own awakening, but be the healing condition for the entire world in this time of crisis.
The Spring Retreat & Internet Teaching Program includes learning, contemplation, meditation, and prayer. It is a unique opportunity to increase your love, compassion, and wisdom, while greatly increasing your merit by practicing Dharma. You will learn how to increase your happiness, causes of happiness, and the happiness of all beings, while decreasing the suffering and causes of suffering of all beings. By committing to spend this time practicing to this end, your mind will be transformed and you will have a more positive effect on your loved ones and all beings.
Please register here.
Attendance
To accumulate group power, students – without exception – will be required to attend all sessions in order to participate in the program. In other words, retreatants cannot miss any of the sessions and then continue to participate in the remainder of the program without special permission. There are only a limited number of sangha that we can accommodate for the in-person retreat option, so please register as soon as possible if you are interested.
Daily Retreat Schedule and Sessions
Participants will be given ample time to cook, eat, exercise and maintain their precious human bodies. As part of your daily practice, from about 10:30 PM to 6:30 AM, you will be required to maintain a vow of silence and not engage in any normal waking activities except using the bathroom. These times may vary from day to day, but the idea is that you will be laying down resting your body for 8 hours every night and not unnecessarily disturbing other people.
Typical Daily Schedule for Internet Teaching Program
Please note that the schedule presented below is for a typical may need to be adjusted as needed. All times PDT.
Morning Schedule
7:00 am: morning practice: The Buddha Path: Preliminary Practice
9:00am: Breakfast, ensure an elaborate morning Feast Offering Practice
10:30-11:45am: First Dharma Teaching Session
11:45am-12:00pm: recess
12:00-1:00pm: Second Dharma Teaching Session
Afternoon Schedule
1:00pm: Lunch, ensure an elaborate midday Feast Offering Practice
2:00-3:30pm: The Buddha Path: Dharma Activity Practice
3:30-4:15pm: tutoring or Dharma discussion
4:30-5:15pm: Q&A on Learning Practice
5:30-6:30pm: The Buddha Path: Sutra Practice
Evening Schedule
6:30-7:30pm: Dinner
7:30-8:45pm: The Buddha Path: Concluding Practice
8:45-9:15pm: those on Dharma duty clean the Dharma shrine room.
9:30pm-6:30am: maintain Virtuous Silence Vow of The Buddha Path
10:00pm-6am: maintain vow of rest: practice The Buddha Path Sleeping Yoga,
which includes peacefully sleeping until joyfully waking up
Please register here.
Q&A
If you have any questions, or are just wondering if this event is for you, you should contact us in advance to discuss. This page will be updated with some of the answers to questions posed, so questions are very much welcomed.
If you have any questions about anything, don’t hesitate to contact the event committee at Spring.Event.USA@thebuddhapath.org
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