Mandala Offering Workshop

Guru Yoga mandala practice builds merit, purifies the mind and strengthens guru connection through offerings and pure visualization

We all wish for spiritual realizations, but these depend upon creating certain inner conditions such as purifying negativity, accumulating merit, and receiving blessings.

In this introduction to the practice of Guru Yoga Mandala offering, you will learn about this practice, have an opportunity to practice making the mandala offerings, and then engage in the actual practice.

We focus on the preliminary practices of accumulating merit, or positive energy, by making mandala offerings and receiving blessings by engaging in Guru Yoga practice. This is a special practice that enables us to strengthen our connection with our Spiritual Guide. We engage in the practice of correct belief and imagination by envisioning and offering pure worlds. We offer a pure world through correct imagination by making mandala offerings to the holy beings. To offer mandalas we can construct traditional rice mandalas or we can simply visualize pure worlds. Because the mind creates through karma, this practice is a powerful way to create good fortune through imagination. We receive powerful blessings through engaging in this practice.

The actual session at 1:30pm is with Offering to the Spiritual Guide prayers in conjunction with the migtsema prayer. We have quiet time concentrating and meditating while constructing traditional rice mandalas and visualizations.

Schedule:
Session 1: 9:00-10:30am ~ Teaching

Tea break: 10:30-11am

Session 2: 11:00am -12:00pm ~ practice making mandala offerings

Lunch break: 12:00 – 1:30pm

Prayers and practice: 1:30 – 3:00pm ~ the actual practice (optional)