Namo buddha monastery9/17/2023 ![]() ![]() The purpose of Vajrasattva practice is to pacify negative karma from the past, present afflictions, and coarse conceptualizations. The very basis of all paths is refuge, which is recited along with prostration. So that Dharmic habitual tendencies arise and remain stable, one first begins with the common preliminary practices of the Four Reflections, meditating on impermanence, and so forth. From the time of being a beginner, one must practice according to the stages of the path. Repa Shiwa has said: "The basis of virtuous activity is compatible Dharma friends." Through the encouragement of lamas and virtuous friends who truly follow the Dharma, faith and diligence grow, and laziness and discouragement are turned around. ![]() Further, rather than practicing alone in a solitary place, it is better to practice in a group. However, if one does not meditate, the ultimate result will not be obtained. Generally, it is excellent to know what the genuine Dharma is. Situ Chokyi Jungne said: "Knowing the view but not being able to meditate is like a rich person bound by stinginess: the result required for oneself and others does not emerge." ![]() One then needs not only the knowlege that comes through listening and reflecting, but also all of this has to be brought into one's experience. Vasubhandu also spoke of practice: "By receiving vows and by correctly listening to and reflecting on the teachings, one will perfectly connect with meditation." In the presence of khenpos and special teachers who have the two qualities of being stable and expert, a person suitable to receive the three stages of the vows takes the layperson's vows and/or novice or full ordination either for this lifetime or until enlightenment. A brief summary of the prsactice centre at Thrangu Tashi Choling -as written by Very Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche The Retreat Centre has two separate sections for the retreatants so that two separate three-year retreat groups can stay at the same time. The place is known as Saraswatithan and is located in the hills above the ancient town of Bhaktapur which was once a Buddhist Newar kingdom. Thrangu Shekhar Retreat Centre is located just below a famous cave where the Tibetan yogi Milarepa stayed in meditation. You will perfectly connect with meditation.Ībout Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Bhaktapur, Nepal As Vasubandhu wrote:īy listening and reflecting while maintaining discipline, There are initiations that mature, commentaries that liberate, and reading transmissions that lend support so the mantras are repeated in accord with these three to make them authentic. But retreat is not just about counting up numbers. Tras in meditating on Chakrasamvara and other deities, and they practice the guru yoga of Marpa as well. The main practices of the three-year three-month retreat involve the path of means (the six yogas of Naropa) and the path of liberation (the Great Seal). At the original retreat center monks now engage in the preliminary practices of the five sets of one hundred thousand repetitions. Subsequently, a new retreat center named Thrangu Sekar Retreat Center was constructed near Bhaktapur, close to a place where Milarepa had practiced. ![]() Construction of the monastery was begun in 1978, and from then until 2000, five three-year, three-month retreats were held there. To the north of the main temple is a retreat center with twelve rooms and a temple. About Preliminary Retreat Centre, Namo Buddha ![]()
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