Tue, Jan 04
|Kadampa Meditation Center North Carolina
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Retreat on the Vajrayogini practice (In-Person Only)


Time & Location
Jan 04, 2022, 8:00 AM EST – Jan 09, 2022, 7:30 PM EST
Kadampa Meditation Center North Carolina, 528 East Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA
About the event
Vajrayogini is a female enlightened Deity of Highest Yoga Tantra who is a manifestation of all the Buddhas’ wisdom. By engaging in the Tantric practice of Vajrayogini under the guidance of a qualified Spiritual Guide, sincere practitioners can completely purify their body, speech and mind and attain a state of full enlightenment – the ultimate goal of human life. The practice of Vajrayogini comes from Buddha himself and has been preserved over the centuries by an unbroken lineage of realized practitioners.
“In many respects the practice of Vajrayogini is ideally suited to the present day. By relying upon this practice sincerely, with a good heart and a mind of faith, it is definitely possible to attain full enlightenment; but to accomplish such results we must practice the extensive sadhana regularly.” - Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Schedule of Prayers
Session 1: 8-9:30 am
From 'Going for refuge' (p.5) up to but not including 'The yoga of the tormas' (p.31);
Requesting forbearance (pp. 40-41)
Short dedication prayers (p.41)
Last auspicious prayer (p.45)
Sessions 2 & 3: 11-12:30 & 2-3:30
Going for refuge
Generating Bodhichitta
Receiving blessings
Instantaneous self-generation
Blessing the outer offerings
The yoga of the Guru - visualization
Prostration
Two short mandala offering prayers (p.15)
Brief request
Absorbing the Gurus
Three bringings (p.21)
The yoga of purifying migrators
Meditation on the body mandala
Absorbing the wisdom beings and mixing the three messengers
Putting on the armour
Offerings to the self-generation
The eight lines of praise to the Mother
Verbal recitation
The yoga of inconceivability
The yoga of daily actions (p.31) [up to but not including 'The yoga of the tormas']
Requesting forbearance (pp.40-41)
Short dedication prayers (p.41)
Last auspicious prayer (p.45)
Session 4: 6-7:30
As 2nd and 3rd sessions, except recite 'The yoga of the tormas' onwards to complete the rest of the sadhana.