Lamrim Winter Retreat 2023

ANNUAL WINTER LAMRIM RETREAT OVER THREE WEEKENDS

Friday Jan 13 & Saturday 14

Friday Jan 20 & Saturday 21

Friday Jan 27 & Saturday 28

In our annual Lamrim Winter Retreat, we will have time to gain deep insight into the lamrim - or path to enlightenment meditations according to their presentation in Venerable Geshe Kelsang's latest book, The Mirror of Dharma with Additions.

By developing an understanding and familiarity with lamrim (or stages of the path to Enlightenment) meditations, we will enjoy a special experience of peace and fulfillment that comes from a spiritually meaningful life. Ultimately Lamrim meditations will give rise to a complete transformation of our mind through the power of wisdom and compassion.

This 15 -session retreat will be held over three weekends. The inital scope meditations will begin on Friday 13 January at 7pm followed by 4 sessions on Saturday 14 January and a final session on Friday 20 January. The "middling scope" will be continue on Saturday 21 September with 4 sessions. The "great scope" meditations will begin on Friday 27 January through to Saturday 28 January.

Each session will consist of a teaching, short prayers, guided meditation and time for question and answer. Day by day we will progress through the stages of the path from realizing our precious human life to the developing the wisdom of superior seeing. Everyone welcome, regardless of background or experience. Join us for our Lamrim winter retreat this January.

Come for a session, a full day, a weekend, or join us for the full retreat. Everyone welcome.

RETREAT SCHEDULE

Friday 13 January

7:00- 8:30pm - Session One - Reliance on a Spiritual Guide

Saturday 14 January

9 - 10am - Session Two - Meditation on the Preciouness Human Life

10:30 - 11:30am - Session Three - Meditation on Death

2 - 3pm - Session Four - Meditation on The Danger of Lower Rebirth

3:30 - 4pm - Session Five - Meditation on Going for Refuge

Friday 20 January

7:00- 8:30pm - Session Six - Meditation on Karma

Meditation of a Person of Middling Scope

Saturday 21 January

9 - 10am - Session Seven - Meditation on Renunciation

10:30 - 11:30am - Session Eight - Meditation on our Determination to Recognize, Reduce and Abandonr our Self-Grasping Ignorance, the Root of Samsaric Rebirth

2 - 3pm - Session Nine - Meditation on our Determination to Engage in the Actual Path to Liberation, the Three Higher Trainings

3:30 - 4pm - Session Ten - Meditation on our Determination to Attain True Cessations

Meditation of a Person of Great Scope

Friday 27 January

7:00- 8:30pm - Session Eleven - Meditation on Cherishing All Living Beings

Saturday 28 January

9 - 10am - Session Twelve - Meditation on Universal Compassion

10:30 - 11:30am - Session Thirteen - Meditation on the Supreme Good Heart, Bodhichitta

2 - 3pm - Session Fourteen - Meditation on our Determination and Promise to Sincerely Practice the Six Perfections

3:30 - 4pm - Session Fifteen - Training in Meditation on Emptiness