Due to the overwhelming response to the retreat registration, we have closed the stay-in registration for the 11th Thousand Armed Chenrezig Nyungne Retreat 2024. However, those who would still like to participate in the retreat are welcome to register for the online option. Thank you!
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱:
http://tinyurl.com/dtdlnyungne2024
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟏𝟏𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐄𝐙𝐈𝐆 𝐍𝐘𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐍𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟗𝐭𝐡 (𝟕.𝟑𝟎𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐆𝐓) 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡 (𝟖.𝟑𝟎𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐆𝐓) 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
Ven. Dorzin Dhondrup Rinpoche will be leading the 11th Thousand Armed Chenrezig Nyungne Retreat from 9th to 11th March 2024 (3 days, 2 nights), which is open for both stay-in and online participation.
The Nyungne Retreat is an austere practice of fasting based on the supplication to Lord Chenrezig in his thousand-armed form. This practice is known to be a powerful method for karma purification, merit accumulation, pacifying obstacles on the path to enlightenment, and enhancing one's spiritual advancement.
The Retreat was revealed by Gelongma Palmo, who was believed to be a princess of Oddiyana before renouncing the palace and becoming a fully ordained nun. Despite being extremely learned and endowed with extraordinary beauty, she was later afflicted with the dreadful disease of leprosy.
However, through rigorous and intensive ascetic practices of fasting, recitations, and meditation on Avalokiteshvara, she was able to cure her leprosy and become a great siddhi.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝘆𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁?
The Nyungne Retreat is a two-and-a-half-day practice that revolves around mantra recitation, prostration, and meditation on the Eleven-faced, Thousand-armed Chenrezig. The word Nyungne can be translated as "abiding in the fast."
On the first day of the retreat, at early dawn, the master will bestow The Eight Precepts (Sojong), which restores (so) all positivities and purifies (jong) all negativity. After receiving the precepts, all participants are encouraged to focus their body, speech, and mind on prostration, mantra recitation, and meditation.
Participants are permitted to have one vegetarian meal (without garlic and onions, etc.) by midday on the first day. After that, no solid food is allowed, although drinking is still permitted.
The second day of the retreat is the actual fasting day, during which one must continue the practice without food or drink for 24 hours, strictly observing the Eight Precepts and refraining from talking. The fasting period ends at early dawn on the third day, followed by traditional rituals of making offerings and prayers.
During the retreat, the recitation will be conducted in Tibetan, English and Vietnamese.
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄. 𝗢𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 35 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻-𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱:
http://tinyurl.com/dtdlnyungne2024
For inquiries, please contact +65-96907015 or +65-83231941