January Retreat

Special Close Retreat ~ collecting 100,000 Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka mantras
This retreat will be unguided. Kelsang Gyalpo will provide an introduction for this retreat at the evening session on Wed 4th. This special close retreat is following the oral instructions transmitted directly to Gen-la Dekyong from Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche and shared at the International NKT Spring Festival 2022 in Málaga. Together at KMC Liverpool, we will draw closer and closer to our Root Guru, and create very powerful actions that will cause Kadam Dharma to flourish in our hearts and throughout the world. There is no better offering to repay our Guru’s kindness.

The retreat will be followed by a Vajradhaka Burning Offering to complete this retreat.

Please read – ‘What is Retreat’ from Heart Jewel book or New Guide to Dakini Land Book.

Commitments of Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka Close Retreat

100,000 Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka mantras (‘Om Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka Sarwa Siddhi Hum’) must be collected daily, without interruption.

all sessions must be done on one/same seat.

Minimum 2 sessions per day (+one mala/session) during the retreat (collecting 100K).

Minimum 1 session per day between end of collecting mantras and start of VD burning sessions (ideally, there is no gap between end of 100K recitations and VD burning offerings).

10,000 mantras for Vajradaka burning offering must be done to complete your retreat.

Guru Yoga Retreat (If you are not taking part in the 3 week retreat and can only come to some sessions)

You can use the introduction as a basis for your own retreat.

No minimum sessions per day.

You can count 100,000 Migtsema request prayers according to sutra or tantra (see Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land sadhana or Heart Jewel sadhana.

You can count during the sessions at the centre, at home, or anywhere.

There is not a set time to complete the retreat (fit into our own schedule).

You do not have to sit in the same seat.

Counting Mantras

108 beads on a mala – to do 100,000 mantras, you count 926 full malas (plus one mala each session for mistakes)

App – Mantra Counter

Paper & Pen – eg. count 5 malas then write 1111 and cross it out with the 5th one (thats 5) or you can do 10.

Mantra counter – available from Manjushri KMC.

Please ask our EPC, Eddie if you have questions on epc@meditateinliverpool.org