Retreat Dates: Friday, July 30th – Sunday, August 1st
Retreat Location: 947 H St., Salida, Colorado
Driving Directions: Drive south on 285, turn left on 291. Follow it into town till coming to G st, then turn right. Follow G St to 10th then turn right again and go one block to 947 H St.
Accommodations: Free lodging with local sangha members can generally be arranged in advance by calling Mary at 719-239-1262.
Contact: Mary Gage 719-239-1262
Retreat Schedule:
Friday: Prayers and Pot Luck 6PM
Saturday: Registration at 9:30, Retreat from 10:00 – 5:00
Sunday: Registration at 9:30, Retreat from 10:00 – 3:00
Description:
This retreat by Ven. Tenzin will be based on Nagarjuna’s book titled PRECIOUS GARLAND. Nargarjuna, a famous Buddhist master and teacher, is renowned for his analysis of reality, and in PRECIOUS GARLAND he offers up ideas on how to live a life reflecting Buddhist principles. From improving one’s condition over the course of a lifetime to achieving spiritual and social satisfaction, this retreat will bring you more than spiritual philosophy. It offers up a formula applying Buddhist thinking and principles to everyday life and personal evolution.
Nagarjuna is renowned for his penetrating analysis of reality. In the Precious Garland, he offers intimate counsel on how to conduct one’s life and how to construct social policies that reflect Buddhist ideals. The advice for personal happiness is concerned first with improving one’s condition over the course of lifetimes and then with release from all kinds of suffering, culminating in Buddhahood. Nagarjuna describes the cause and effect sequences for the development of happiness within ordinary life as well as the practices of wisdom realizing emptiness and compassion that lead to enlightenment. He describes a Buddha’s qualities and offers encouraging advice on the effectiveness of practices that reveal the vast attributes of Buddhahood.
The Precious Garland includes a detailed analysis of attachment to sensual objects as a preparation for realization of the profound truth that, when realized, makes attachment impossible.
In the Precious Garland, Nagarjuna offers intimate counsel on how to conduct one’s life and construct social policy that reflects Buddhist ideals. The advice for personal happiness is concerned first with improving one’s condition over the course of lifetimes and then with release from all types of suffering, culminating in Buddhahood.
This retreat is part of the Foundation of Buddhism series and is open to all.
A donation of $150/single or $250/couple is suggested