Nyung Nay Practice Retreat: Friday June 3rd - Sunday June 5th, 2011
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Ven. Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche
will lead us in the annual
NYUNG NAY PRACTICE RETREAT
About Nyung Nay Practice & Fasting: Nyung Nay is the purification and compassion practice of
the Nobel Eleven-Faced Chenrezig, Bodhisattva of Compassion. Commencing at dawn this practice involves extensive recitation and chanting of mantra and the taking of certain vows. The fasting aspect of the practice will require that students take one vegetarian meal per day served at lunch.
Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche has written: "Group
meditation practice is a very efficient method for stopping drought,
disease, and for extending lives. Keeping the eight vows of Nyung Nay along
with Chenrezig practice and reciting the Mani mantra pacifies the
suffering of all beings and generates peace in the world. In this
degenerate time it is the best practice for the cause of world peace."
The practice involves keeping the eight vows thoroughly for twenty-four hours: 1)
no killing, 2) no stealing, 3) no sex, 4) no telling lies, 5) no
drinking of alcohol, 6) no singing, dancing, makeup, or ornaments, 7) no
evening meals, and 8) no sitting in high seats. This purifies the bad
karma that would cause an individual to fall into the hell realm. By
fasting, one purifies the karma that would result in being reborn in
the hungry ghost realm. By keeping silent, one purifies the karma that
would result in being reborn in the animal realm.
The Nyung Nay practice
was founded by Bikshuni Phalmo, who suffered from a serious case of leprosy.
By doing this practice for a period of twelve years, she not only cured her
leprosy, but she became a great siddha, and attained the celestial body of
enlightenment.
All suffering and misfortune comes from negative powers. By increasing positive powers, Nyung Nay practice
brings happiness and harmony. Doing this practice brings great benefit
to the practitioner and to the place where he or she practices. It is
one of the most effective practices to purify our defilements and purify
environmental pollution.
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Registration & Fees:
The
Registration Fee for this retreat is $200, including all meals and the use of all community facilities for the two
days of practice. Participants are allowed to arrive, register in person, and set up camp after 1pm on Friday June 3rd, dinner will be served at 6pm. Having taken the Nyung Nay vows of 24 hours on Sunday morning, participants are welcome to stay Sunday night and have breakfast at the retreat land on Monday morning. Please register with full payment NO LATER THAN May 20th to insure the proper planning of this event. Should
you not be able to attend the entire retreat weekend, you may still
attend for a $100 per day fee. REGISTER HERE. Please contact us for information or if you are in need of financial assistance, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Work-Study & Volunteers:
There
are work-study opportunities for the positions that are available to
help offset the cost of the retreat, including kitchen and service
duties, pre-retreat and post-retreat work. Such positions offer a
discount of half the regular retreat fee but there are ways to receive greater reductions. We are always looking for
qualified chefs to serve the sangha by cooking meals for retreats, for a
further reduction in fees. Lama Urgyen Tenzin will be leading daily practice on June 2 & 3 for those volunteering and work-exchange, there is a small fee for food costs. ADVANCED SCHEDULING FOR WORK-EXCHANGE IS REQUIRED, CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Meals:
Healthy, delicious vegetarian lunches as well as simple breakfasts will be prepared in the sangha kitchen and
served in the dining tent both Saturday and Sunday. Meal service will also include dinner on Friday
evening at 6 p.m., and a full breakfast on Monday morning
at 8:30 a.m. Tea and coffee will be available at any time throughout the weekend in the dining tent and there are several potable freshwater taps for drinking
water. If you have special dietary requirements, please let us
know. If we can't accommodate you, or if you have serious health concerns about fasting through dinner, you should consider bringing your
own food. The kitchen will not be available for any personal
cooking needs and participants are prohibited from keeping food in their
tents due to concerns about wildlife.
Texts & Meditation Supplies:
There
will copies of the Nyung Nay Sadhana, the Noble Eleven-Faced Chenrezig, Bodhisattva of Compassion that practitioners may borrow, and which should be returned at the end of the retreat. There are cushions available in the stupa, but you may wish to bring your
own.
Karma Yoga:
Doing
work in service to the Three Jewels is very meritorious, and offers us a
rich opportunity to practice outside the shrine room. Everyone at the retreat land who does not already have a work-study job contributes to the retreat's operations in this way and will be assigned a chore and given instructions according to their physical capacity at registration. The retreat
schedule for these chores along with the on-duty participant's name will be posted outside the kitchen.
Accommodations:
The
retreat land offers camping only, either in your tent or in your
vehicle. Please plan to bring camping gear, including a flashlight and prepare for a range of
temperatures and precipitation. There are hot showers, flush toilets, an
outdoor sink, and outhouses. If you prefer to stay in a motel, there are many choices in the
town of Grants, twenty miles away (a forty-minute drive on a gravel
road). Or, you may wish to reserve a room nearby in a private residence or cabin or at the local
bed-and-breakfast, the Cimarron Rose: 505-783-4770, located a short distance from the retreat land.
Other information:
Health: The Zuni Mountain Stupa is at a high altitude, just under 8000 ft. Please stay hydrated, drinking water from the designated potable, freshwater taps available on the land and protect yourself from the strong sun with a hat or spf.
Children: Please
let us know in advance if you plan to bring children along. Children under 13 can with only a
small fee for food costs. Note that children must be supervised during this retreat inside and outside of the shrine-room.
Phone: There is
no Internet or land-line phone access available at this time on the
retreat land, and only limited cell phone reception (Verizon does get a
signal, and most major cell phone carriers do work in town in Grants,
NM).
We do not allow pets or smoking.
If you would like to offer your help, apply for work-study, sponsor someone or if you have any questions, please contact Sahra Motalebi at vairotsana.newmexico@gmail.com or call 575-520-2868.
May all beings benefit!
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