Great Accumulation of Vajrasattva Mantras Alongside the Three-Year Pre-Retreat

Gomde Pyrénées is delighted to invite practitioners to join us onsite for a great accumulation of Vajrasattva mantras in coordination with the pre-retreat of the new cohort of the three-year retreat. The retreatants will accumulate 100,000 100-syllable Vajrasattva mantras in the 3 year retreat compound, and we wish to make this opportunity available in the Gomde main house to practitioners who feel inspired to do the same. 

 This is an amazing opportunity to purify an immense amount of obstacles and karma, get a taste of the start of the three-year retreat, and to make an auspicious connection with that retreat. We can gather to practice purification of the karma of ourselves and all sentient beings, and help ensure an excellent beginning for the next retreat.

This unique retreat will be held from May 31 — August 20. Those who wish to participate in the entire three months and to do all sessions would have the opportunity to complete the individual accumulations of 100,000 Vajrasattva mantras.

If you are unable to commit to the entire three-month period, and if we have space available, you are welcome to participate for a shorter period of time to form a connection to the practice. 

Program Description

Drubpon Lama Tenzin will be in residence at the three-year retreat, and we will be streaming his teachings to the Gomde main house. Lama-la has asked that all participants commit to do TWO formal sessions per day of Vajrasattva accumulation.

The teaching sessions will be recorded for those who are unable to attend live - although Drubpon Lama Tenzin encourages everyone to join live whenever possible. The practice sessions will be live streamed only and no recordings of those will be offered. 

The morning group practice session will be the regular  Gomde daily practice of Treasury of Blessings, Concise Daily Practice, and White Sur.

The afternoon group session will be a 3 hour and 15 minute session of Vajrasattva Tsok (Sangtik Dorsem) . We will also practice the Narak Kong Shak confession practice during this session. 

TENTATIVE SUGGESTED SCHEDULE (All times are CET)

4:00 Wakeup practice 

4:30-6:00 First Session Vajrasattva Individual accumulation 

Tea Break

7 am Morning Group Practice: Buddha Shakyamuni, Concise Daily Practice, Sang & White Sur (Will also be live-streamed) 

8:00  Breakfast 

9:00 Teaching session with Lama Tenzin Streamed to the Gomde Shrine Room ( not every day —this will be announced).

12.00 Lunch and personal time

14:00-17:15  Afternoon Group Practice: Vajrasattva Tsok and  Narak Kong Shak main shrine room (Will also be live-streamed) 

17:30 Dinner 

18:30 Room session Vajrasattva Individual accumulation

21.00: Sleeping practice and bedtime 

Prerequisites: 

1. Sangtik Dorsem empowerment, the gateway into the profound sadhana of Vajrasattva.

2. Participants should also have received the Lung (oral reading transmission) of the profound confession and purification practice, the Narak Kong Shak, Emptying the Hells from Their Very Depths.

The retreat will be held from May 31-August 30. We encourage you to register as early as possible to ensure a space. Priority will be given to those who elect to do the full 3 months of the retreat. 

ONLINE PARTICIPATION

We are very pleased to inform you that our upcoming Vajrasattva retreat will be offered online as well!  If you decide to become an online retreatant for these three months, Lama Tenzin has asked that each online participant make the following commitments:

• Take part in the group practices for at least 7 days during the 3 month period.

• Recite the Vajrasattva practice individually at least 7 days during the 3 month period

• Pledge to recite a specific number of Vajrasattva mantras during these three months.

• Join the retreat WhatsApp group where we will post answers to any questions you may have.