This year's annual Hevajra Retreat will focus more on the guided practice of the medium length Hevajra Sadhana.
Lamdre teaching places great importance on the unique concept of four authenticities. The four authenticities are (1) the teachings, (2) texts, (3) lineage master and (4) experience. In the duration of a practitioner's life, he simply performs the Sadhana with a belief in the first three authenticities. Whether the practitioner knows much about the teachings and texts or not, he mainly maintains strong faith in the unbroken transmission of the lineage of the teachings. But if he lacks the valid experience produced through his informed practice, it does not swiftly liberate the person. Most people lack the skill, knowledge, time, attention and right intention that are required to do the Sadhana properly. In this retreat, Rinpoche will carefully guide to facilitate the actual quality experience of the Sadhana by paying special focus on certain parts of the Sadhana in each session. There will also be special in depth teaching on the techniques to produce the valid life-changing experience.
This retreat will be online and in-person, provided COVID restrictions are lifted. If you wish to attend in-person, please register as in-person and an additional payment ($150) will be requested when we know if this is allowed.
Please note that as this retreat is residential, rooms and meals will be shared and it will be very difficult to socially isolate in an approved way, only FULLY VACCINATED people are able to attend.
This will enable us all to have confidence that we are doing the best we can to protect ourselves and others.
