Guru Yoga & Mandala Offering Retreat Part I || Fri 8th - Thurs 14th May

Date: Friday 8th - Thursday 14th May
Teacher: Kelsang Sama

Please email us to book the Friday - Sunday weekend package

Including an introduction and some guidance, most sessions of this retreat will be unguided, allowing you to deepen your personal experience of these practices.

Guru Yoga and Mandala Offering Retreat combines two of the four great preliminary guides that we need to practise if we wish to gain Mahamudra realisations—the quick path to enlightenment—according to the instructions of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.

We all wish for spiritual realisations, but these depend upon creating certain inner conditions, such as purifying negativity, accumulating merit, and receiving blessings.

In this retreat, we focus especially on the preliminary practices of accumulating merit and receiving blessings. Making mandala offerings is the gateway to accumulating the collection of merit and attaining an enlightened Pure Land. Guru Yoga is the gateway to receiving the powerful blessings of all the Buddhas of the ten directions through our Spiritual Guide.

Through engaging sincerely in these practices, we create the essential inner causes for real spiritual progress and open the door to deeper realisations.

Everyone is welcome to take part in this meaningful and enriching retreat.

Timetable

Friday May 8th, 2026:
7:30-9:00 p.: Introduction

Saturday May 9th, 2026:
7:00-8:30 a.m: Retreat Session 1
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Retreat Session 2
4:00-5:30 p.m: Retreat Session 3
7:30-9:00 p.m: Wishfulfilling Jewel Prayers with Tsog

Sunday May 10th, 2026:
7:00-8:30 a.m: Retreat Session 4
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Retreat Session 5
4:00-5:30 p.m: Retreat Session 6
7:30-9:00 p.m: Offering to the Spiritual Guide Prayers

Monday May 11th, 2026:
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Retreat Session 7
4:00-5:30 p.m: Retreat Session 8
7:30-9:00 p.m: Retreat Session 9

Tuesday May 12th, 2026:
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Retreat Session 10
4:00-5:30 p.m: Retreat Session 11
7:30-9:00 p.m: Tuesday Evening GP Class (No Retreat Session)

Wednesday May 13th, 2026:
7:00-8:30 a.m: Retreat Session 12
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Retreat Session 13
4:00-5:30 p.m: Retreat Session 14
7:30-9:00 p.m: Retreat Session 15

Thursday May 14th, 2026:
7:00-8:30 a.m: Retreat Session 16
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Retreat Session 17