Date: June 1st-5th, 2020.
Dates: Monday, June 1 through Friday, June 5, 2020
via Zoom videoconference
The videoconference link will be emailed one day prior to the retreat.
The retreat is only for IDC members who have received the Transmission from Chögyal Namkai Norbu.
Cost: $100/complete course - Contact bluegakyil@tsegyalgar.org if you want to attend on a per day basis.
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Breathing Space & The Long Life Giving Garland of Skull Union with Elio Guarisco
From the Visionary Teachings of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
Sogthig
The Sogthig breathing is the essence of the long life practice of Mandarava. It enables the practitioner to become wealthy, to govern his or her lifespan; and to diminish the intake of course food, so that its energy becomes subtler and the meditative experiences increase.
We will learn and practice the main Sogthig breathing associated with the Mandarava teachings, that of the light blue A, whose aim is the actualization of the Dharmakaya Chulen; and the Breathing with Hri and Bam that makes the Mandarava practice more effective, whose instructions Chögyal Namkhai Norbu received in dream from the Dakini Sukhasiddhi.
Tsalung of Immortality
The Long Life Giving Garland of Skulls Union or Tsalung of the Immortal Life is the most important and the essence of all the Tsalungs of Mandarava. Through this tsalung the practice of the other kinds of tsalung will develop; and the power of one’s solar and lunar energy will be activated and preserved; one’s experience of bliss will expand; nothing will upset one's body and mind so that obstacles and illnesses will not befall one; one will govern and integrate the five elements, so that no harm will come from them; one will be able to remain in contemplation day and night without the need to eat; and encounter infinite Dakas and Dakinis; and in the end, one's body will dissolve into light.
Daily Schedule:
All times are Eastern Time - US and Canada (ET)
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Monday, June 1
10:30am-12:30pm (ET)
Instructions: Breathing Space
Practice: Very essential Mandarava practice; breathing life- Blue Ah Sogthig; breathing lights- Shri Bam Sogthig.
Tuesday, June 2
10:30am-12.30pm (ET)
Instructions: Extracting Essence from Nature
Practice: Very essential Mandarava practice; breathing life- Blue Ah Sogthig; breathing lights- Shri Bam Sogthig.
Wednesday, June 3
10:30am-12.30pm (ET)
Instructions: Extracting Essence from Nature
Practice: Very essential Mandarava practice; breathing life- Blue Ah Sogthig; breathing lights- Shri Bam Sogthig. Instructions: Bliss-Emptiness
Thursday, June 4
10:30am-12.30pm (ET)
Instructions: From breathing and bliss to Contemplation
Practice: Very essential Mandarava practice; breathing life- Blue Ah Sogthig; breathing lights- Shri Bam Sogthig; the Garland of Skulls union that harnesses the power of life
Friday, June 5
10:30am-12.30pm (ET)
Instructions: Bliss-Emptiness
Practice: Very essential Mandarava practice; breathing life- Blue Ah Sogthig; breathing lights- Shri Bam Sogthig; the Garland of Skulls union that harnesses the power of life.