The center nearest me is offering a Nyung Na retreat. Can anyone tell me more about this?
Kendall responds: Nyung Ne is a fantastic and powerful purification retreat. It is also a “Special Integration Experience” requirement for Module 14 of DB. It is a fairly complex practice that involves doing three to four sessions each day of 2 to 3 hours each. During each session, you invoke the Buddha of Compassion (Thousand-Armed Chenrezig) and offer praises, offerings, and prostration. In addition, you engage in a visualization wherein you become Thousand-Armed Chenrezig. If you do not have the empowerment to do this, you can still participate, however at the time of generating oneself into the great compassionate one, you simply do the visualization at the crown of your head. Then, you receive blessings and recite the mantras of compassion to benefit others. The practice is very clearly outlined in the practice text that you use for the retreat. The first day of a Nyung Ne retreat, you take the Eight Mahayana Precepts – vows to restrain from killing, stealing, lying, sexual activi
