OM MANI PADME HUNG
Thanks to all, we made it again! :-)
>100 million recitation :-)
Why 100 Million??? (Pls Click on question or here for answer) :-)
3days of chanting which from it, one can understand oneself better.
Really appreciative of the leading Rinpoches and Lamas on stage. Comparing to them who sit throughout the chanting sessions on stage, I was fidgeting all the way, swaying from side to side, having own self-declared toilet breaks:P, trying hard to fight my restlessness especially after an hour... :P
Also thanks to the volunteers who had help make the event a success, and to the Perfect who tour around the hall to wake us up. :-)
The wonderful lunches which the portion being much more than last year's that gave me no excuse to have 2nd round at the foodcourt. :P
Om Mani Padme Hung
May we all purified our body, speech & mind through the retreat & see you in Pureland...:-)
3 comments:
I have an enjoyable and wonderful time at the retreat! It was BRILLIANT and LOVE IT.
I didn't read up on Nubpa Rinpoches before the retreat and know nothing about him. When I was there, I felt the different, he radiated compassion and loving kindness and lead via examples and his teaching was so convincing.
Maybe because of his strong positive energies around, the whole retreat was so peaceful and easy.
I managed to convince my boy who was aiming to do part time to stay for the whole 3 days full time via lots of talks and "scolding" beforehand. Eventually, he decided to give it a try by bringing an open mind and open heart to the 3 full day retreat and he succeeded and enjoyed it very much and is thinking of doing it again full time next year.
Nubpa Rinpoches said- relax and be happy to chant, you will have a different experience ... Me too, was swaying side to side, trying to enjoy and be in this "Big Choir" and following the rhythm. The person sitting next to me, sometime was tapping on his feet too!
Kind of like the movie - Avatar where the pro life - Na vi were sitting together, linking all energies together plus the nature energies for transferring the human conscious to the Avatar body! Haha...
I was trying to find a suitable sitting position on the first 2 days and after two days, I managed to find a comfortable sitting position and can still for very long ... I gave a cushion to my boy for the whole retreat, he placed it behind his back. I prepared extra veggies my sister likes, to make them more comfortable and can last longer ... For non-veg first timer to go for such veg meals and be in such a retreat, might be a little tough.
A lot of people would think sitting on the chair for 1 full day is difficult, but I think if they understand they can make sitting comfortable or maybe chant while walking (like walking meditation), or take toilet break and still maintain chanting or doing silent chanting, maybe more would come for such retreat.
Some only join the afternoon chanting session, but I think the first session with teaching before chanting and the last session with a more detail dedication should attend and I find that those really add meanings to it or might even spur them to go for more sessions or be in full time.
It was the beautiful sound of the lama's chanting and the wording on the 'Sadhana of Chenrezig' that leads me goes for such retreat year after year. The first year, when I read it, it was impressive. The second year, I wanted to go to copy it (but not complete), and listen to the Tibetan way of reading it, so I go again for the third year and got the 'Sadhana' and the four year, the wording give new different meaning.
What do you think?
I regret not buying a record and to record Nubpa Rinpoches' teaching,( I want to re-listen againnnn..). You have any recording?
Cheers crystal
" May we all purified our body, speech & mind through the retreat "
Thanks Sunny :)
May Bodhicitta, t he excellent and precious mind
Arise it has not been
Where it has arisen, may it not decline
But ever increase, higher and higher!
Hi Crystal,
Thanks for sharing:-)
Yes, attending the 1st session of Teaching by Rinpoche every morning is important as he gives the gems of how & why we should take refuge & chant with understanding. Motivating us to generate renunciation mind, Bodhicitta, train our minds to generate the 4 Immeasurable thoughts. Practise equanimity to all bec all sentient beings could had been parents of our past lives.
Yes, i love the last session of dedication chant.
I did not record the Teachings (manual summarised some of the points, may share more later) but did record down the start of the Om chanting with the beautiful rhymth.:-)
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