Reciting Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyato Rinpoche's Name Mantra
Every day we remember the extraordinary kindness of Venerable Geshe-la, our Root Guru and Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition, but on this auspicious Dharmachakra / Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day, with minds of rejoicing and gratitude, we will offer him our faith through using the special prayer Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from his Faithful Disciples and collecting our Guru’s name mantra in a one-day retreat.
Kerrin Perniciaro will give a brief explanation of this practice as part of the retreat. There will be three sessions of retreat using the sadhana The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra and the special request prayer, Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from his Faithful Disciples.
The retreat will conclude with a special Offering to the Spiritual Guide. Please feel free to bring a small food offering for this final session. Everyone is welcome!
This is a free event. Everyone welcome!
9:00am-10:30am - Session 1 + Brief Intro
11:30am-1:00pm - Session 2
Lunch Break
4:00-5:30pm - Session 3
7:00-8:30pm - Session 4: Special Offering to the Spiritual Guide (with tsog offering)
We will be using the prayer booklets: Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra and the Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang from his Faithful Disciples. Please bring your copy to use if you have one. Thank you.
Kerrin Perniciaro has been the Resident Teacher of Heruka Kadampa Meditation Center Fort Collins since April 2025. She is a long-time practitioner of Modern Kadampa Buddhism. She has studied and taught Buddhism at the International Kadampa Retreat Center Grand Canyon, Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Center in the UK (in its six-month Intensive Teacher Training Program), and at both Kadampa Meditation Center Los Angeles and Kadampa Meditation Center Long Island.
She is an inspiring example of a lay practitioner of Kadampa Buddhism, and teaches meditation and Buddhism very practically, with clarity, warmth and kindness.
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