To fulfil the aspirations of numerous disciples who received the Avalokiteshvara empowerment conferred by both Guru Vajradhara the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa and the monastic seat's Retreat Master, the eight-set Nyungne fasting retreat was organized by Palpung Institute of Buddhist Studies.

This retreat, which began on April 20, 2023, was led by the monastic seat's senior chanting master Lama Dönme, who bestowed the instructions and transmissions related to the Nyungne practice to the dedicated practitioners who attended it. With a motivation and conduct inspired by genuine renunciation and bodhichitta, the retreatants began practicing the Nyungne Sadhana of Gelongma Palmo's tradition in the presence of the sacred Avalokiteshvara mandala by taking the eight Nyungne precepts. They practiced austerity of the body by enduring hunger and thirst, austerity of speech by maintaining silence, and austerity of the mind by avoiding negative thoughts, as well as performing cleansing and purification rituals, thus taking everything onto the path of practice like the continuous flow of a river of virtue. The Nyungne retreat was auspiciously concluded on May 6.

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