Thursday August 10th to Sunday August 27th
Jewel Heart Netherlands is offering a Yamantaka Solitary Hero close retreat. The retreat will be led by Ron Twisk, senior student of Gelek Rimpoche, and will take place at the Jewel Heart center in Nijmegen (Netherlands).
The retreat will be based on reciting the four mantras of Yamantaka.
Requirements for participants are:
· having obtained a Yamantaka Solitary Hero initiation
· having received teachings on the commentary of this practice
· having a mind that is not too unstable.
The retreat counts as an official mantra retreat. Those who complete the full retreat will be permitted to conduct the Yamantaka self-initiation, a means to purify your vows and improve your understanding of the meaning and quality of Yamantaka.
Programme
During the retreat we will do a minimum of four meditation sessions a day. Each day will start by reciting the long Yamantaka sadhana up to the mantra recitation. After reciting and visualizing, we will close the first session with the short sadhana. The following sessions will start and conclude with the short sadhana. The final session of the day will be concluded with the last part of the long sadhana.
In the evening, participants can either exchange experiences and ask questions, or choose to do an extra session. Also, they will have the opportunity to have a private session with the retreat supervisor. The retreat will be concluded with a fire puja.
In order to be able to offer participants the relaxed and peaceful atmosphere needed to internalize the practice, we will observe silence in the mornings until after lunch.
Partial participation
Should you just want to participate in part of the retreat, you are welcome to join us from Thursday August 10th to Tuesday August 15th. You can start together with the rest of the group, and conclude your retreat after five days, while the others continue. In this way you will have done a small approximation retreat, but you will not be qualified to conduct self-initiation.
If you want to do the full retreat, but are unable to spend the full two weeks at Jewel Heart, under certain conditions you might be able to start the retreat from your home and conclude it at Jewel Heart. Should this apply to you, please contact Ron Twisk
Meals and accomodation
Participants can sign up for breakfast, warm lunches and/or modest evening meals (bread). For those who would like to stay at the Jewel Heart center, we offer dorm beds and single or double rooms. Unfortunately, however, availability is limited.
Suggested donations:
· Full retreat: € 150 for Jewel Heart members; € 175 for non-members; € 100 for low income / students
· Five-day retreat: € 60 for members; € 75 for non-members; € 40 for low income / students
· Fire puja: € 25 for members; € 30 for non-members; € 15 for low income / students
· Accommodation: € 10 per night for a dorm bed; € 25 per night for a bed in a single or double room
· Breakfast: € 7
· Hot lunch: € 10
· Evening meal (bread): € 7
Jewel Heart has a solidarity fund. Those who have trouble covering the cost can rely on this fund.
You can register by sending an email to info@jewelheart.nl
Please indicate whether you want to make use of accommodation and meals.
We appreciate receiving your application by July 15.