Guru Yoga & Mandala Offering Retreat Part II || Fri 12th - Thurs 18th June

Date: Friday 12th - Thursday 18th June
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, and 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 June 12th, 2026:
7:30-9:00 p.m: Introduction

Saturday June 13th, 2026:
7:00-8:30 a.m: Session 1
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Session 2
4:00-5:30 p.m: Session 3
7:30-9:00 p.m: WFJ with Tsog

Sunday June 14th, 2026:
7:00-8:30 a.m: Session 4
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Session 5
4:00-5:30 p.m: Session 6
7:00-9:00 p.m: Session 7

Monday June 15th, 2026:
7:00-8:30 a.m: Session 8
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Session 9
4:00-5:30 p.m: Session 10
7:30-9:00 p.m: Session 11

Tuesday June 16th, 2026:
7:00-8:30 a.m: Session 12
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Session 13
4:00-5:30 p.m: Session 14
7:30-9:00 p.m: Tuesday Evening GP Class

Wednesday June 17th, 2026:
7:00-8:30 a.m: Session 15
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Session 16
4:00-5:30 p.m: Session 17
7:30-9:00 p.m: Session 18

Thursday June 18th, 2026:
7:00-8:30 a.m: Session 19
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Session 20