What: A one day meditation retreat on Chenrezig, Buddha of Compassion, led by Ven. Losang Samten. At the beginning of the retreat, Losang La will offer refuge vows for those who wish to take or renew their vows, and if people wish, Bodhisattva vows as well.
When: Saturday, February 4th, 10am - 4pm (EST)
Where: At the TBC! Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia, 915 Spring Garden Street, #114 (Our entrance is really on Percy Street - just head for the prayer flags!)
Suggested Donation: $50.00 You can pay on Saturday, or in advance through our Pay Pal button, below, or by mailing a check, payable to TBC Philadelphia, to Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia, 915 Spring Garden Street #114, Philadelphia, PA 19123. Please indicate on your check or in Paypal: "Feb. 2012 Chenrezig Retreat"
To Register: No need to pre-register. Instead, please try to arrive at the center by 9:45am, so that we can start on time, especially for those who will be participating in receiving vows. For questions about the retreat, however, please feel free to email Tony Boris while retreat coordinator, Marian Droba, is away. We have chairs and traditional meditation cushions for seating.
Webcast: We will be webcasting this retreat. The suggested donation for the webcast will be $35. Our webcasts are on the honor system and they're very easy to do. However, we do encourage folks to read our notes on the Live Webcast page, prior to Saturday.
Pot Luck and Pizza: This will be a pot luck and pizza retreat, meaning, please bring something healthy, simple, and enough to share with a few others, and we'll provide the pizza, soft drinks and tea. We have a microwave and small refrigerator, etc.
Retreat Dakas and Dakinis: We'll also need a couple of people to get there by 9 am to help us set up in the morning, and/or stay after for a bit to help clean up and put away the mats and so forth. While you can just let us know on Saturday (by arriving early or staying late), if you do know you'll be able to help, it'll be great if you can email sangha space coordinator Beth York to give her a heads up on this. Thanks.
Weather Updates! If the weather seems iffy, because there are no pre-registrations, we'll post our weather updates right here on this calendar listing, as well as on the website front page. If there is any question about the weather, we want everyone to be safe, so please make sure to check first before proceeding. Thanks!!
Anything else to bring? Nope! (Though you are always welcome to bring flowers for our altar if you'd like.) As noted above though, if you do have any questions, feel free to drop us an email and we'll try to get back to you reasonably promptly. Thanks and hope to see you there!
You can pay for the retreat here!
To make an offering for this retreat, whether in person or by webcast, you may do so by clicking on the button below. When you do so, you will hopefully see an "Information and Messages" link - please write in your name and "2/12 Chenrezig Retreat." If you don't see that link, that's okay too. Just let us know on Saturday. Thanks!