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| 30-Day Intensive Mahamudra Retreat |
30-Day Intensive Mahamudra Retreat
led by Gen-la Chokyi Dhakpa
May 1-30, 2008 (tentative)
Location: Phuket, Thailand at the Villa Karuna Center
Retreat Cost: $900 - (Airline + Retreat Costs ~$2,500)
Please call Dave or Tracy at 303-665-2393,
Or email retreats@summitdharmacenter.org
Or use signup sheets at local classes to sign up!
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Mahamudra or "Great Seal" is the cornerstone practice of the Kagyu lineage. This practice has been handed down for hundreds of years from teacher to student in this setting. Sign up for the ultimate jump start on your practice!
The Mahamudra practice requires proper preliminaries to allow for the best possible conditions under which to practice this life-changing meditation technique. The 30-Day retreat is one of the best places with ideal conditions to receive and practice these instructions.
This particular 30-Day retreat will be the first held in Phuket, Thailand--a Buddhist country with Western services. The setting makes this one of the most special and auspicious of 30-Day retreats that have been held by Summit Dharma Center ever! Find a way to take the time out in your life to get away for this important retreat. You won't regret it!
We are also honored to announce that the retreatants will be joined by the Three Year retreatants already in Thailand!
Cost is expected to be approximately $1600 for airfare/travel, $800 for retreat room and board, plus a small donation to Gen-la (but only if your financial situation allows for it!). For more information about travel or logistics, please contact retreats@summitdharmacenter.org.
Please sign up if you have any interest in participating, even if you're not 100% certain you can do it.
A premium housing option for an additional $500 for the month is available, with a swimming pool. For details, please visit the TEFL Phuket school website.
The only prerequisite to this retreat is that practitioners should be able to sit for at least an hour at a time...either in a chair or on a cushion. Each attendee should be prepared to remain silent for the month except for Q&A or functionality with the staff. Vegetarian meals will be served twice per day with a snack in the evening. Retreatants should be prepared to bring or purchase any additional food requirements. Time for sight-seeing should be done before or after the retreat. There will be no time for this during the retreat.
Families are welcome--we can provide housing for families and day care with advance notice. Please ask us about these options as soon as you can!
If you are still not sure whether a 30-Day is right for you or not, why not check out what past attendees have said about the experience?
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