2023 Saga Dawa NyungNe / NyingNe

June 2 - 5, 2023

Address: 9995 E Blissful Path, Chino Valley, AZ, USA

Contact: registration@garchen.net
928-925-1237

What's Included: Tuition, Accommodations, and Program meals

  • Deluxe Retreat Cabin - Shared – $286.00
  • Dorm Room - Shared – $241.00
  • Dorm Room - Single End Room – $271.00
  • Rustic Retreat Hut with Electricity and Heat - Warm Months – $271.00
  • Simple Retreat Hut - Warm Months – $241.00
  • Tashi Gyatsal Ling - Double Occupancy – $256.00
  • Tashi Gyatsal Ling - Pod of 2 or 3 – $256.00
  • Tashi Gyatsal Ling - Quadruple Occupancy – $241.00
  • Indoor Camping – $214.00
  • Outdoor Camping – $196.00

We are entering a time of great blessings and the holiest time of the year of  Saga Dawa Duchen. Celebrating Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana (death), the karma of all actions, negative or positive, will be multiplied 100 million times on the holy day of June 4th.

NYUNG NE is a special practice of the thousand armed Chenrezig, Buddha of Compassion. It is a retreat of body, speech and mind which lasts two and a half days. Nyung Ne combines a commitment to fasting and silence, with prostrations or circumambulations (as your physical conditions allows). The eight Mahayana precepts, or “Sojong” vows, are taken for two days, wherein we vow to abstain from killing, stealing, lying, intoxicants, etc. In our busy lives, we rarely have an opportunity to take and fully keep these special vows, and the benefit of all practice is increased while holding these vows.  Developed by the nun Gelong-ma Palmo several centuries ago, this is a powerful method for purifying the negative karma of yourself and all sentient beings, as an act of loving generosity.

H.E. Garchen Rinpoche has given this specific message regarding the Nyung Ne practice:

Geshe Ngawang Phuntsok Rinpoche said: “The Nyungne ritual is simple but has great benefits.” As said in The Benefits of the Mahayana Sojong Vows, “Completing this practice even just once, one could take rebirth in the human or god realm; one could gain a precious human body that leads to temporary happiness and, ultimately, to enlightenment.”

SCHEDULE
June 2 | Arrival time between 1 – 5pm
June 3-5 | Nyung Ne or Nying Ne* Practice
June 5 | Departure after breakfast**

*If you are doing Nying Ne practice which doesn’t require fasting, please select one daily meal in the optional items.

**You may choose to leave after lunch if you need more recovery time. There is an optional lunch choice as you register.

COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS
For this event we are not requiring COVID vaccinations, however we highly encourage vaccinations for the benefit of all. We do have testing requirements to prevent infection of COVID-19 and everyone must wear a Kn95/N95 mask in the temple whenever in proximity of H.E. Garchen Rinpoche.

To apply for Karma Yoga service to receive a reduced rate, click here. Karma Yogis will not be fasting.

A livestream is available on our YouTube page for those who can’t make it in person this time. To register for online programming, click here.