Annual Fall Retreat at Serenity Ridge: October 22–27
'Guidance for Living and Dying: Commentary on the Bardo Teachings from the Bön Mother Tantra'
Registration is now open for the six-day Fall Retreat with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche on “Guidance for Living and Dying: Commentary on the Bardo Teachings from the Bön Mother Tantra.”
The word "bardo" means "in between" in Tibetan, including the time between life and death, and the time between death and rebirth. The teachings on the bardo are one of the six great methods of the path of the Mother Tantra (Tib: Ma Gyü), one of the major tantric cycles of Bön.
During this retreat, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will offer guidance on living and dying. Rinpoche will lead participants in exploring the strong connection between the practice of impermanence and the bardo teachings at the transition between life and death. In the process of dying, one of the most challenging things, and what makes transition difficult, is attachment. What produces the fear of impermanence? Is there a way we can contemplate impermanence and not feel that way?
A key issue is that things always change, and we are always in transition. The conclusion of this contemplation on impermanence is to find the changeless self within all of our changing experiences, beyond actions and reactions in daily life.
Ample time for meditation, practice, and questions and answers will be included in the retreat.
The fall retreat will conclude the latest cycle of Rinpoche's teaching of the six paths of meditation from the Bön Mother Tantra—Sleep, Dream, Elements, Chöd, Powa and Bardo.
