Tara - The Female Buddha
Category: Retreat
Dates: October 9, 2010 - October 17, 2010
Venue: Purelands Retreat Centre
Course Leader: Lama Zangmo
Price: £362 inclusive of food and accommodation
Please note that this retreat is now fully booked. If you would like to be put on a waiting list for cancellations then please email reception@samyeling.org
Tara is often referred to as "The Mother of All The Buddhas" because she embodies the motivation of pure and perfect compassion.
This retreat will focus mainly on the practices of White and Green Tara, with practice instructions and teachings on both the generation stage and completion stage; on devotion, lineage and other related topics.
The purpose of the practice is to purify the mind and help us overcome fear and anxiety and eliminate outer and inner obstacles.The retreat will be a combination of instructions, sessions of Tara practice and breaks, with time for individual meditation, rest or walking in the hills. There will be some periods of silence.
Although this retreat is suitable for all levels of practitioner, it is not for complete beginners, and all participants are required to have taken Refuge
The course will begin at 6pm on Saturday the 9th of October and end at lunchtime on Sunday the 17th.