Introduction to Close Retreats

Name: Introduction to Close Retreats
Start: 2024-11-05T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-11-05T21:30:00-04:00
Location: 1200 Canal Street SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20024

Schedule

Tue Nov 05 2024 at 08:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1200 Canal Street SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20024 | Washington, DC

This talk by Gen Demo can profoundly influence your spiritual practice. Close Retreats provide us with meaningful rituals that bring us closer to a Deity. Through engaging in a Close Retreat, the rituals we learn become a precious part of our spiritual practice. They strengthen our concentration and through mantra recitation they connect us directly to the Buddha.
Anyone can participate in a Close Retreat. It is a particularly auspicious time to learn about this. Empowerments, which are gateway rituals that bestow healing and awakening blessings, have brought us close to Heruka and Vajrayogini at the International Fall Festival and Gen Demo will grant the Empowerment of Buddha Vajrasattva in December. Empowerments are not prerequisites to a Close Retreat but do serve as a valuable connection to these Buddhas. Imagine developing a relationship with a Buddha! This Tuesday Talk will reveal how that is possible.