The Ninth Annual One-month Ngöndro (preliminary practices) Retreat - 2023 (DAY 16, SESSION 2 )

The Ninth Annual One-month Ngöndro (preliminary practices) Retreat at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery - 2023 (DAY 15, SESSION 4 ) The one-month Ngöndro (preliminary practices) Retreat takes place each year starting on the 28th day of the tenth month of the Tibetan calendar. However, it is delayed this year due to the pilgrimage to the four great places of Buddha. It is now being held from January 6th—January 31st, 2023. Due to H.E. Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's great compassion and wish to provide platforms for both the study and practice of Dharma particularly to the lay Himalayan Sangha, Rinpoche established Dharma Gyan Vidyalaya for study and the Ngöndro Retreat for practice. Ngöndro is a collection of preliminary or foundational practices of Vajrayana sadhana. This is further divided into the outer preliminaries and the inner preliminaries. The outer preliminaries are practices that turn our mind towards the Dharma with the help of four topics: reflections on our precious human rebirth, the truth of impermanence and death, the causes and effects of karma, and the shortcomings of samsaric existence. The inner preliminaries are practices that are performed to purify negativity and accumulate merit. These include the five times one hundred thousand practices of refuge with the performance of 10 branches of Merit accumulation, Bodhicitta cultivation, Vajrasattva recitation, Mandala offering, and Guru yoga. May everyone rejoice in this noble and virtuous event and dedicate the merit for the benefit of all sentient beings.