Nyungnay Purifying Ritual Practice
13 – 14 Apr | Various Sessions | £10 per day
This wonderful two day retreat is a special fasting and purification practice, Nyungnay, based on the sadhana ‘Drop of Essential Nectar’ and includes the practice of taking the eight Mahayana precepts.
This practice is a very powerful method for purifying our body, speech and mind, and for pacifying delusions. It is also a special method for receiving blessings and improving our experience of love, compassion and the supreme good heart of bodhichitta.
We can spend two days with Thousand-Armed (eleven-faced) Avalokiteshvara – “Mahakaruna” – the nature of our Guru’s great compassion, making exquisite offerings, praises, and prostrations and thereby accumulate huge merit, purify vast negativity for ourselves and others and receive the most powerful blessing to propel ourself swiftly along our path to enlightenment.
The Practice
Both days will begin with the Mahayana precepts, where we take vows to abstain from certain actions for 24 hours (everyone attending the retreat will need to attend this morning session). On the first day it is customary to abstain from all meals apart from lunch. On the second day we engage in a complete fast, abstaining from all food and drink for 24 hours. On both days, we will do three sessions of meditation, combining prostrations with chanted meditation. Those who are unable to engage in a complete fast can still participate in the sessions on the second day, by abstaining from all meals apart from lunch.
For each session, we will engage in the Drop of Essential Nectar, with time for visualizations and mantra recitation as explained in the sadhana. You will need a copy of the sadhana which is available to order and download from Tharpa UK.
Saturday Schedule
Saturday Schedule
- Mahayana Precepts - 6.30am - 7.00am
- Session 1 - 8.00am - 9.15am
- Session 2 - 10.15am – 11.30am
- Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja - 11.45am – 12.30pm
- Session 3 - 3.00pm - 4.15pm
Sunday Schedule
- Mahayana Precepts - 6.30am - 7.00am
- Session 1 - 8.00am - 9.15am
- Session 2 - 10.15am – 11.30am
- Offering to the Spiritual Guide - 11.45am – 1.30pm
- Session 3 - 3.00pm - 4.15pm
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Date & Time
13 - 14 Apr, Various Sessions -
Course Level
Suitable for those with some experience of Buddhist meditation. -
Venue & Parking
Duldzin Dragpa Kadampa Buddhist Centre
5a Buttercross Lane, Epping, CM16 5AA
No Parking Available (contact us for limited disabled parking) -
Course Fee
£10 per day, FREE with a monthly membership.
Book in advance as spaces are limited.
Book your place
£10 per day
User Reviews
Definitely will be back.
Breathing and seeing where my attachment to things which are not in my best interests lay. Looking forward to doing more.
Everyone was very friendly and helpful this put us at ease and this helped to make the whole experience very enjoyable.
The retreat certainly helped and also gave us much to think about.
There was much to ... read moreOur first time at Epping and first meditation class, it was great.
Everyone was very friendly and helpful this put us at ease and this helped to make the whole experience very enjoyable.
The retreat certainly helped and also gave us much to think about.
There was much to learn and I’m sure some more classes will expand our knowledge and ability to meditate. read less
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