Vajrasattva Retreat

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Vajrasattva Retreat is a 10-day gathering performed during the holy Saga Dawa month in the spring to celebrate when the Buddha achieved the state of enlightenment. This retreat is open to all, with or without the empowerment. Vajrasattva is the main deity practice for purification in the Vajrayana tradition and has a special connection to Tashi Choling through the blessings of our founder, Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche. By connecting with this deity, we can easily purify negative emotions, actions, and habits that hold us back from expressing the innate good qualities of our Buddha nature.

Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche explains, “This retreat itself is a Vajrasattva lama offering, a lama accomplishment practice. We are essentially meditating on our own lama in the pure, enlightened form of Vajrasattva, Dorje Sem Pa, and we accomplish or realize the true nature of the lama in the form of Vajrasattva through this practice.”
Please check our calendar for this year’s dates.