The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra

10th June – 26th July 2018
with Gen Losang Kelsang

The Subject

This retreat will be based on the Oral Instructions of Mahamudra, the very essence of Buddhas teachings of Sutra and Tantra. It is designed for those who wish to be successful in their practice of Mahamudra by first preparing the right mental conditions and then engaging in the actual practice of Mahamudra.

The first three weeks will be dedicated to the preparing our minds with the practices of going for refuge, purification, mandala offerings and Guru yoga. The four great preliminary guides are like four wheels of a car, if any or the four wheels is missing, the car will not function, and similarly our Mahamudra practice will not be successful with any of these four preliminary guides.

In part two we will explore the yoga of the central channel, the drop and wind. These meditations will ultimately enable us to dissolve our inner winds from our right and left channel into our indestructible drop inside the central channel at the heart and in this way release the knots of the heart channel. Because of this, these meditations are extremely meaningful.

General Information

This retreat can be attended per week or in full.

Programme:

Each retreat week starts on the first day with supper at 6pm followed by the introduction at 8.15pm and finishes on the last day with lunch. There will be several meditation sessions and one teaching/discussion session every day as well as a session with chanted prayers. During break times each participant helps with small jobs and there is plenty of time to go for walks and discuss the topics with other practitioners.
The retreat can also be attended by the week. Bookings for longer stays have priority.

Part 1 :  Preliminary practises – 10th June – 29th June 2018
Week 1 Sunday 10th June – Friday 15th June
Week 2 Saturday 16th June – Friday 22th June
Week 3 Saturday 23th June – Friday 29th June

Part 2 :  The Yoga of the channel, drop and wind – 30th June – 26th July 2018
Week 4 Saturday 30th June – Friday 6th July
Week 5 Saturday 7th July – Friday 13th July
Week 6 Saturday 14th July – Friday 20th July
Week 7 Saturday 21th July – Thursday 26th July

Silence:

During this course all participants observe silence in the morning until lunch. The library and meditation room are silent zones all day.

Language:

The course will be held in English, please contact us if you need translation.

Merit jobs:

Kailash IRC is a non-profit charity and the Retreat Centre, B&B and courses are all run by a few volunteers. Therefore it is common practice during an event at Kailash IRC that every participant helps with some jobs (e.g. chopping vegetables, washing dishes, tidying up etc.) and the final cleaning at the end of the course.

Practical information about your stay