A Dön Days retreat based on the profound Vajrakilaya Sadhana that is full of blessings. This practice rouses both peaceful and wrathful bodhicitta to transform personal and societal aggression.
We are happy to announce that the annual Dön Days Vajrakilaya practice will again be hosted at the Halifax Shambhala Centre, Thursday, Feb 12 through Monday, Feb 16.
The intensive will include five days of practice: two sessions per day for four days, and a feast on the final day, February 16. As before, this program is open to all tantrikas who have received the Netik Phurba Vajrakilaya empowerment and have a copy of the full retreat text (not The Essential Daily Yoga). For online participants: You will need to bring your own text; the liturgy will not be scrolled.
Thursday, Feb12 through Monday, Sunday 15: Two sessions daily (note times are Eastern time).
8:30 am – 11:30 pm Eastern
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern
Monday 2/16: Feast practice
8:30 am – 1:30 pm Eastern
Registration is not required, however donations for the Halifax Shambhala Centre are requested: $50 for the program, or $10 per day for partial attendance. Please make offerings through the HSC donations page and earmark them “Vajrakilaya Intensive” in the Comments section.
This year the online practice will be hosted in Ocean’s Feast Shrine room.
Lauchlan Learned is coordinating the program locally and welcomes offers of assistance with set-up, umdzeing, choponing, and feast preparation. Please reach out to her at lauchlanlearned@gmail.com
Online participants can reach out to Karen Porterfield with questions (after February 1st). At Karen Porterfield <ktporterfield@gmail.com>
How to access the Zoom session
Please note: If you have not participated in a restricted practice on Ocean before, you need to:
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register on the site (it’s free),
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and make sure you log in before following this link to the Feast Shrine Room.
