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ARI BHÖD'S ANNUAL HEART SUTRA ACCUMULATION AND SHER-NYING DÜD-DOK Obstacle-Removing Retreat August 9–10 Pema Drawa | Tehachapi, California presided over by THE VENERABLE GELONG KALSANG RINPOCHE
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Join us for this powerful retreat centered on the Prajñāpāramitā Hṛidaya Sūtra during Ari Bhöd’s annual Sher-Nying Düd-Dok: Heart Sutra Obstacle-Averting Weekend. The Heart Sutra is one of the most widely recited scriptures in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Composed sometime between 100 BCE and 500 CE, it draws from much longer Prajñāpāramitā texts—some thousands of lines in length—and offers a condensed expression of their essential teachings. The sutra depicts the Historical Buddha Shakyamuni seated in deep meditative absorption (samādhi) while Avalokiteśvara (Chenrezig, སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་) Bodhisattva delivers the teaching on emptiness to Śāriputra, one of the Buddha’s closest disciples. The Heart Sutra conveys the profound insight into the emptiness of all phenomena, including the five aggregates (skandhas) that make up individual experience.
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Retreat reminders: no empowerment is required; all who have taken refuge are welcome; part-time attendance is fine; registrants receive Zoom details, supplemental texts and full retreat information; call 661-221-8156 or email contact@aribhod.org; in-person participants register by Monday August 4. You may also join by contributing to the daily tsog, butter-lamp, shrine and ceremonial offerings, and sponsor on behalf of others

ARI BHÖD'S ANNUAL HEART SUTRA ACCUMULATION AND SHER-NYING DÜD-DOK Obstacle-Removing Retreat August 9–10 Pema Drawa | Tehachapi, California presided over by THE VENERABLE GELONG KALSANG RINPOCHE