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Inner Tara Retreat with Lama Tenzin
31st August – 21st September 2021
We are overjoyed to be able to host this important retreat at Gomde Lindholme Hall. It will be our first in person retreat since March 2020 and we will do our best to make it a wonderful basis for Tara’s blessings to unfold.
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Description of Inner Tara Sadhana Practice
The Inner Tara Sadhana retreat belongs to the yoga tantra and prepares one for the profound higher tantras in which everything is to be realised as equal. This profound Tara meditation confers unique benefits. While through the outer Tara Sadhana one gathers the accumulations, the Inner Tara Sadhana enables you to receive the blessings of Tara’s enlightened body, speech and mind. While through the outer Tara Sadhana you make an “ appointment” to meet Tara”, the Inner Tara Sadhana takes you to meet Tara in person.This retreat group will be small and intimate with a maximum of 20 participants. Please book as soon as possible to ensure a place.
The Inner Tara Sadhana
For this retreat, Lama Tenzin will instruct and guide us in the practice related to the Third Excellence part 2, the Inner Tara sadhana. This profound Tara meditation confers unique benefits.Anyone with the empowerment and interested in this practice is invited to join us, even if you have not yet completed a part of Tara’s Triple Excellence online meditation programme. Due to the intense nature of this retreat, we, however, recommend you to participate only if you already have some experience with sadhana practice.
Lama Tenzin Sangpo
Lama Tenzin Sangpo received ordination and a traditional monastic education at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling and is one of the most knowledgeable and respected lamas at the monastery. Lama Tenzin Sangpo is thoroughly versed in the various Buddhist philosophical systems and is a highly skilled meditation practitioner. Presently, Lama Tenzin Sangpo resides at Gomde Pyrenees and travels to teach at many Gomde centers around the world.
In person retreat at Gomde UK
As our first in person retreat since March 2020 and we will do our best to make it a wonderful basis for Tara’s blessings to unfold.* Please note places are limited to 20
* Priority will be given to people who can attend the full retreat. If we have places, people will be able to attend part of the retreat, but only from the start of the retreat.
* All participants will have a single room in one of the areas of the centre.
* Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
COVID restrictions and guidance will be in place to ensure everyone’s safety. The plan is to ensure, to the best of our ability, that no one at the retreat has the infection and then keep this retreat bubble in place throughout the retreat. Participants will need to be fully vaccinated, attend with a recent negative PCR test, participate in lateral flow testing twice weekly during the retreat, wear masks in all indoor spaces, adopt the 2 meter rule and comply with any travel guidelines.
Please note: the UK Governments guidelines for travellers from most European countries and USA have changed. It is not longer necessary to quarantine on arrival. Please contact paulette@gomde.uk for further information regarding travelling from abroad.
Registration and Donations
At Gomde we aspire to provide a beautiful location for the Dharma to be taught, practiced and studied for now and future generations. The practical creation and upkeep of such a special place requires regular and substantial funding. This retreat is offered on a suggested donation basis. We have kept the costs to a minimum covering Gomde’s operational expenses and the basics of the retreat. Thankyou for your insight, generosity and support to help establish the Dharma in the west.Full time attendance
Single room in (camping, caravans, east wing, coach house, retreat hut, hall. ) £875 – £1450
Part time attendance
1 week – £375
2 weeks – £750
If you would like to attend but need a scholarship, please write us a separate email with the details of your financial situation. We will address these requests individually.
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Donation to Lama Tenzin
It is traditional to make offerings to the teacher following retreat. This enables practitioners to show their appreciation to the teacher for offering the rare and liberating instructions. It is always good to be generous. Please give what you can afford. We suggest a donation of £108.
Requirements for this Retreat
Empowerment for this retreat is required.It is possible to undertake this retreat if you do not have the empowerment but sincerely wish to engage in this practice. Participants without the empowerment are advised to seek out the empowerment at the earliest opportunity following the conclusion of the retreat.
Please note, as we understand, if you do not have the empowerment the retreat does not count towards TTE practice accumulations
If there are spaces available, people may attend part of the retreat but they must start on day one. There will be no coming and going to ensure everyone’s safety regarding the pandemic.
This is a demanding and authentic retreat and it is advised that people should only attend if they have some experience with sadhana practice and retreat
Please note there are strict dietary restrictions for all participants for this retreat: no eggs, no garlic, no onions, no alcohol, no eggs, no meat