Advice on how to approach the retreat, structure meditation sessions, activities between sessions, and working with afflictions that arise during retreat.
Refuge ngondro retreat: Questions and answers
Tag Archives | preliminary practices (ngöndro)
Refuge Ngondro Retreat instructions
The refuge ngondro practice and tips on how to work with the mind during the month-long retreat
Instructions on the Dorje Khadro practice
Instructions on the Dorje Khadro fire puja.
Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga
Merging our mind with the wisdom mind of the guru.
Dorje Khadro
Offering and praise to Dorje Khadro.
Unloading the garbage mind
A student shares her thoughts on doing purification practice after attending the Vajrasattva retreat at Sravasti Abbey.
Conditions for serenity retreat
Cultivating the conditions needed to gain shamatha. Physical posture and how to structure a meditation session. Explaining the preliminary practices.
The hindrances: Dullness and restlessness
A guided meditation session followed by the continued teaching on the five hindrances to concentration. How to counteract drowsiness and restlessness.
The preliminary practice of taking refuge
A clear guide on doing the ngondro practice of refuge—how to visualize, count mantra, and the benefits of the practice.
La pratica preliminare del prendere rifugio
Guida chiara alla pratica ngondro della presa di rifugio: come visualizzare, contare i mantra, i benefici della pratica.