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Three Haikus
Düntsam – a cocoon to learn, practice and connect, Thank you, my Teacher
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After the Düntsam is before the Düntsam
Looking back on my first Düntsam, I realize that at the start I had no expectations…
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Düntsam 2 Registration Updates
🇬🇧 Within the first week of registration, we had 48 people signed up for the retreat.
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Düntsam 2 Registration is Open
🇬🇧 Sabchu Rinpoché wrote a message sharing some thoughts regarding mandala offering
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Düntsam 2 Pre-Registration Announcement
🇬🇧 The 2018 retreat will take place from October 3rd to 11th
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Düntsam 1 – Visual Impressions
We are happy to share some photo impressions of Düntsam 1 with Sabchu Rinpoché here in this small film. Enjoy! In our journal you can find a personal report from the Düntsam 1. It is only the limited view on some aspects of what happened, that I, Eva, wrote from my perspective as a participant
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Düntsam 1 – Day 6
Diary Page: Departure ‚Dissolving the mandala‘ happens smoothly. Everybody is attuned to the necessities of the moment and the needs of the others. The spirit hardly compares to how we all arrived, everybody was a well-behaved Buddhist then already, but now there seems to be way more flow in spontaneously helping or freely asking to be helped.
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Düntsam 1 – Day 5
Diary Page: On Food and Sleep being Totally Overrated The day before last I wake up at 5 o’clock, wide awake, excited about the possibility to spend the day with practice. There’s a moment where I am telling myself it is too early to get up. I got to bed at 1 o’clock, after four hours of
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Düntsam 1 – Day 4
Sojong Vows… and the Meaning Behind Sitting on Chairs To take the vows we gather at the break of day. The chöpen has been so kind to arrange for flowers for offering. We do the recitation requesting the vow from the three jewels. Rinpoché is taking the vow with us. He performs a mandala on behalf of all
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Düntsam 1 – Day 3
On Extinguishing a Dream Fire In the Q&A session in the afternoon somebody asks: What about the nectar leaving me: does it harm any beings? Rinpoché explains: If in your dream you see a dream fire, it is illogical to take a real fire extinguisher. You need a dream fire-extinguisher, and it is true, we need a dream fire