Retreat package ~ Loving Kindness and Compassion

Description

In this retreat package, we train in meditation practices to cultivate loving kindness and compassion, which are foundational aspects of the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) Buddhist tradition. We train to cultivate loving kindness toward all our mother sentient beings by sincerely wishing for each one of them to possess happiness and the causes for happiness. Step by step we learn to apply the practices first toward ourselves, next expanding outward to a person extremely dear to us, then friends, strangers, and even enemies. Next we deepen our training by developing impartial compassion, wishing that every sentient being may be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. In this way we deepen our connection with our intrinsic basic goodness, cultivating bodhicitta, the mind of enlightenment.

This retreat package is designed to allow you to take in these teachings and practice them on your own schedule, ideally over the course of a weekend. It is open to all and does not require any prior meditation experience. You do not need to be an active member of the Tara’s Triple Excellence meditation program to use this retreat package.

To gain access to the online retreat, the suggested donation is $108; however, you’re invited to offer any amount you feel comfortable with, starting from $21. Your generosity directly supports our teachers, programs, and the continued sharing of the Dharma around the world, and truly makes these offerings possible. If $21 is not feasible for you, please do not hesitate to fill out our scholarship form.

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Content

The package includes 10 recorded teaching and guided practice sessions by TTE teacher Drubpon Lama Tenzin Sangpo on the general preliminary practices, loving kindness and compassion. The package also includes resources such as instructions on waking and sleeping practices, the suggested daily schedule for a three-day retreat, and answers to frequently asked questions.