Celebrate Buddha’s enlightenment day with us! Nyungne is a beloved practice to honour and remember Buddha’s enlightenment.

This special purification and fasting practice is performed together with prayers and prostrations to the Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion. It is very powerful for purifying negativity and strong delusions such as desirous attachment and anger. It is also a special method for receiving blessings and improving our experience of love, compassion, and bodhichitta.

The day begins by taking the eight Mahayana Precepts which must be attended by those engaging in the retreat day.

We abstain from all meals apart from lunch at 12.30pm.

Schedule

Wednesday 15th April

Mahayana precepts: 6.30am (Must attend)

Session 1: 7.15 – 8.15am

Session 2: 10am – 11.00am

Session 3: 2 – 3.15pm

Offering to the Spiritual Guide: 6 – 7:45pm