29th KAGYU MONLAM CHENMO : AKSHOBHYA RETREAT

30th January 2012 – 16th February 2012

A maximum of twenty one participants will attend the 2012 pre-Monlam Akshobhya Retreat. Retreatants will include both ordained and lay practitioners, but this year there will be a special contingent drawn from lamas from the different centres in Canada.

Akshobhya Retreat Daily Schedule

Breakfast: 7.00am
Session One: 8.00am – 9.30am
Session Two: 10.00am – 11.30am
Lunch: 12.00pm
Session Three: 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Session Four: 4.00pm – 5.30pm

All participants will keep Sojong during the retreat and, in addition to the practice sessions, will receive special teachings from the Gyalwang Karmapa, including the empowerment, the transmission and the instructions for the Akshobhya practice.

Following the conclusion of the retreat, the retreatants will attend the three principal days of the annual pre-Losar Mahakala Puja, from 17th – 19th February 2012.

On 23rd February, ordained members of the retreat will attend the special lunch offering at Tergar Monastery, and that afternoon, all retreatants will attend the special Dharmapala Ritual.

Following Losar, retreatants will attend Kagyu Monlam Chenmo, and will be present at the Akshobhya Fire Ritual at Tergar Monastery on the penultimate evening of the Monlam.