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SUMMARY:Guru Yoga & Mandala Offering Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Including an Introduction and some guidance\, most sessions of the retreat will be unguided. \nGuru Yoga and Mandala offering retreat combines two of the four great preliminary guides that we need to practice if we want to gain Mahamudra realisations – the quick path to enlightenment. \nWe all wish for spiritual realisations\, but these depend upon creating certain inner conditions such as purifying negativity\, accumulating merit\, and receiving blessings. \nIn 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 attaining an enlightened pure land and Guru yoga is the gateway to receiving powerful blessings of all the Buddhas of the ten directions through our Spiritual Guide. \nThe introduction for this retreat will be available for livestream for members. See members livestream area for access. \nSchedule\nFri\, August 21 \n\nIntroduction with Gen Lhadron: 7-8:30pm\n\nSat\, August 22 \n\nSession 1: 9-10:30am\nSession 2: 11:30am-1pm\nSession 3:  6-7:30pm\n\nSun\, August 23 \n\nSession 4: 9-10:30am\nSession 5: (Sunday Class): 11am-12:30pm\nSession 6: WFJ w/tsog 2-3:30pm\n\nMon\, August 24 \n\nSession 7: 9-10:30am\nSession 8: 11:30am-1pm\nSession 9: 6:30-8pm\n\nTue\, August 25 \n\nSession 10: 9-10:30am\nSession 11: 11:30am-1pm\n\n  \nPricing\n\nEntire Retreat: $50\nEntire Retreat (members): $25\nAccommodations (4 nights): $220-350\n\nStay overnight! Single and shared rooms available. For accommodations contact us at info@meditationinsarasota.org.
URL:https://meditationinsarasota.org/event/guru-yoga-mandala-offering-retreat/
LOCATION:Kadampa Meditation Center Florida\, 730 N Washington Blvd\, Sarasota\, FL\, 34236\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advanced Practice Events
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SUMMARY:Healing Our Unhappiness
DESCRIPTION:Whenever we are prevented from fulfilling our wishes or forced into a situation we dislike—in short\, whenever we have to put up with something we would rather avoid—our uncontrolled mind reacts by immediately feeling unhappy. This uncomfortable feeling can easily turn into anger\, and we become even more disturbed than before. \nSince it is impossible to fulfill all our desires or prevent unwanted things from happening to us\, we need to find a different way of relating to frustrated desires and unwanted experiences. \nIn this series\, you will learn practical methods to transform the energy of unhappiness into positive emotions.
URL:https://meditationinsarasota.org/event/healing-our-unhappiness/2026-08-23/
LOCATION:Kadampa Meditation Center Florida\, 730 N Washington Blvd\, Sarasota\, FL\, 34236\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Meditation Class,Weekly Drop-In Class
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SUMMARY:Wishfulfilling Jewel with food offering
DESCRIPTION:This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity\, accumulate merit\, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for a 15-minute meditation on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. After the meditation we make prayers to our Dharma Protector\, Dorje Shugden. Through this we can overcome obstacles to our practice and increase our pure Dharma realizations. \nThis practice includes a tsog offering so you can bring a vegetarian food or beverage\, packaged or prepared\, as an offering if you wish. Fruits\, vegetables\, cookies\, crackers\, dips\, and bottled beverages include some examples of  common tsog offering items.
URL:https://meditationinsarasota.org/event/wishfulfilling-jewel-with-food-offering-3-2-2/2026-08-23/
LOCATION:Kadampa Meditation Center Florida\, 730 N Washington Blvd\, Sarasota\, FL\, 34236\, United States
CATEGORIES:Puja,Wishfulfilling Jewel
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