Finding The Essence Of Our Natural Being

Summer Retreat

Retreat with Bar-ché Dorje and Mé-sèl Gyalmo

From Saturday 25th of July to Saturday 1st of August
Leirikari camping center
Leirikarintie
Rovaniemi, Finland
During this week Bar-ché Dorje and Mé-sèl Gyalmo will introduce teachings and practices from different topics including:

Four Naljors

Silent sitting meditation methods of Dzogchen sem-dé – the totality teaching of the ‘nature of Mind’. These methods of meditation are unique in that they explore the fundamental experience of being human at the most essential level of our perception.

Yogic song

A method in which the non-conceptual sensory experience of the voice provides the possibility of finding the presence of awareness in the dimension of sound and bodily sensation. Yogic song is a practice of Dzogchen. The equivalent Tibetan term is Dzogchen gar-dang.

The five elements

Earth, water, fire, air and space can be understood on many levels. We will explore how the manifestations of our emotionality are linked to the five elements and how through transformation the five elemental neuroses can turn into the five elemental wisdoms.

Bardo

Literally ‘in-between state’. Bardo refers often to the state between death and rebirth. However, every moment of experience is the bardo between what has gone before and what will come next. Such in-between moments are classified in various ways according to the nature of one’s awareness of them.

Chöd

Chöd means ‘to sever’ – to sever the illusion that we are merely physical entities. By loosening the bonds of emotional attachment to our bodies, we are liberated from fear – which is the ultimate obstacle to spiritual realization. Through the practice of chöd we learn to dance ferociously and joyfully in the midst of chaos, horror and death – wheter literal death, or simply the death of our hopes.

Refuge

To take refuge is to affirm your commitment to Buddhism. The refuge ceremony is a formal acknowledgement of this commitment. Refuge means that you have recognized the fundamental principles of Buddhism as an accurate reflection of reality and that you intent to live according to them.

Jong-dar

Different psychophysical practices from the series of Dzogchen long-dé that have an effect on your life force, dynamic drive and enthusiasm.

Namkha

Weaving ‘skies’ of coloured wool links our energy with the energy of the elements, through the Tantric craft of sound and vision. Sky weaving (empowered through mantra) magnetises personal neuroses, fears and obsessions and releases them within the skies of each element. The practice of weaving the namkha provides insight into the nature of one’s own emotionality.

Practice sessions

In the mornings there will be a group practice session including the Four Naljors meditation and yogic song. Individual practice sessions will be included in the schedule as well.

Tantric empowerment

There will be tantric transmissions for the practices like Tröma Nakmo and Machig Labdrön for the chöd practice and Ögyen Rig-nga for the namkha practice.

Celebration and Tsog

At the end of the retreat we will practice tsog and celebration.

We warmly invite you to join us on this event of ferocious enjoyment and fearless realism. Bar-ché Dorje and Mé-sèl Gyalmo are known for their easygoing and humorous style of teaching. They emphasize open and uplifting atmosphere for practice.
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Whole event: 380 € / students, unemployed 290 €
You can also attend only for one day: 65 € / students, unemployed 50 €
Children: Whole event 50 € / a day rate 6 €
All prices include food and accommodation

Joona Horsma: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it phone +35844 257 4162 Reko Silvenius: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it phone +35850 438 2811

All Aro gTer retreats are non-smoking events. Smokers are welcome to attend, but in accordance with Nyingma teaching, and Vajrayana Buddhism in general, we require participants to desist from the smoking of tobacco for the entire duration of the retreat – both on or off the premises where retreats are held. Tobacco in any form should not be brought to the retreat.