Summer Retreat at Serenity Ridge Begins Three-Year Series
'Tummo: Inner Fire of Realization' with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Registration is now open for the annual Summer Retreat with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche June 23–July 7. For the next three years, the Summer Retreat will focus on the topic of “Tummo: Inner Fire of Realization.“ 
Participants are welcome to attend one or both weeks of this special teaching.
Tummo refers to inner heat, and its teachings are designed to burn away subtle obscurations and cultivate bliss. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will teach from the text Ku Sum Rang Shar (Spontaneous Arising of the Three Kayas), written by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen Rinpoche, a Bön master who achieved the body of light, or rainbow body, in 1934.
Beginning with this summer retreat and continuing for the following two, Rinpoche will guide and instruct students in the practice of tummo to burn away subtle obscurations and cultivate bliss. Over a span of three summers, participants will be guided to engage body, speech and mind with the Tibetan yogas of tsa lung and trul khor, and with the prayer, mantra, visualization and inner breath practices of the tummo.
Participants may attend one or both weeks. If only able to join one week, Rinpoche advises those new to these teachings to come to week one.
- Week 1: June 23–30, 2018 (dinner at 6 p.m. June 23; teaching with Rinpoche at 7:15 p.m. in the gompa; accommodations the nights of June 23–29)
- Week 2: July 1–7, 2018 (new participants arrive on June 30; dinner at 6 p.m.; evening free; retreat begins at 9 a.m. on July 1; accommodations the nights of June 30–July 6)
Simultaneous translation in Spanish will be offered.
Two Summer Practice Retreats: Following the annual Summer Retreat, continue your stay at Serenity Ridge July 7–12 by attending one of two practice retreats. The Tummo Practice Retreat will focus on tummo practices taught during the previous two weeks. In addition, during the same time the Garuda House Shrine Room will be available for Personal Practice Retreat.
Summer Service Retreat June 17–22: Participate in a special sevice to receive a credit of $10 for each hour of service work performed, to be applied toward the cost of the Summer Retreat.
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