Summer Retreat 2010


Come join the Annual White Conch Summer Retreat
~~~~~~~~~~ 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva ~~~~~~~~~~~
July 31st-August 15th, 2010
----------->Developing Diamond-like Compassion<----------
This years summer retreat will be two weeks. You may attend one session or both. Three delicious vegetarian meals, indoor and tenting accommodations.
Daily Buddhist Teaching in the Tibetan tradition, discussion groups, learning sessions on mandala and ritual, chanting and mala stringing. Group meditation and private time for meditation. Meditation practice will be bestowed in each session by Rinpoche.
Join in optional sessions of laughter yoga, health Chigong, Alexander technique of body alignment, joyful movement, yoga and evening bonfires. Ionic footbaths and massage available.

Domo Geshe Rinpoche, a reincarnate lama of the Geluk Tibetan tradition will again teach for the White Conch Annual Summer Retreat, located at the Hermitage near Black River Falls, Wisconsin.

Module 1: July 31st, 4PM - August 7th

Module 2: August 8th, 2PM - August 15th

Bodhisattvas, the great spiritual heroes who have vowed to rescue all living beings from suffering, undertake rigorous training across numerous lifetimes in increasingly higher and higher levels of compassion and skillful actions. Rinpoche will give commentary on Thokme Zangpo’s text, “The Thirty Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva.” This is an important Buddhist lojong (or mind training) text, intended to train the mind in increasingly skillful methods of arising and maintaining compassion and equanimity, even in the face of difficulties.

watch here the blessing of the new land very nearby for tenting. In the future, a large retreat center and monastery will be built here.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNzUI-k3PfA Attend one or both sessions. The Green Wisdom Light meditation will be bestowed each session. This special meditation practice is tailored to the western mind and was created to emphasize transformative compassion as the basis for attaining enlightenment.

Retreat allows you to leave behind your daily concerns and focus on your own inner healing and spiritual development. There will be plenty of time for meditation and spiritual sharing.

Join with like-minded individuals who are committed to becoming capable of benefiting living beings.
Register now for discount. Group size is limited. For more information and online registration http://www.white-conch.org/Summer-Retreat2010.html

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