Saturday, 3 October 2026 – Sunday, 4 October 2026
Guru Yoga & Mandala Offering Retreat
Kensington
About This Event
Guru Yoga and Mandala offering retreat combines two of the four great preliminary guides that we need to practise if we want to gain mahamudra realisations — the quick path to enlightenment. 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 on the preliminary practices of accumulating merit and receiving blessings. Making mandala offerings is the gateway to accumulating the collection of merit, and Guru yoga is the gateway to receiving blessings. The practice is accomplished within the sadhana Offering to the Spiritual Guide.
Teacher
Kadam Lucy James
Resident Teacher
Kadam Lucy James is the Resident Teacher of KMC London. She is a senior teacher of Kadampa Buddhism, has taught extensively in the UK and USA, and helped set up many thriving meditation centres since 1981. She is a leading expert in meditation and is regularly invited to teach courses around Europe and the United States. For many years, one of her main jobs was to help with the editing and production of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's books, and she has engaged in extensive meditation retreat. Kadam Lucy is appreciated for her deep wisdom, vast knowledge, lucid mind, and inspiring yet practical presentation of Buddha's teachings and meditations. She is very skilled at explaining how to make these teachings immediately effective in our busy modern lives to help both ourselves and everyone around us.
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