Turning to Tara on New Year’s

Sunday December 31 @ 7pm to Monday January 1 @ 4:15pm
Free event

Immerse yourself in Tara’s inspiring blessings and start the New Year feeling hopeful and transformed.

During this event we will be praying to Buddha Tara, a female enlightened being, for peace in our troubled world. These prayers, consisting of praises and requests to Tara, are approximately one-hour in length and are chanted every 4 hours for a period of 24 hours. They are very powerful because they are Sutra, the actual words of Buddha.

Tara is known as the Great Compassionate Mother and her name means ‘Rescuer’. Her energy is loving and wise. She is swift with her transformative blessings, and rescues living beings from fears and inner and outer dangers.

You can attend one or two sessions, or the entire retreat. Everyone is welcome.

SCHEDULE
December 31
7pm- 8:15pm Session 1
11am-12:15am Session 2

January 1
3am-4:15am Session 3
7am - 8:15am Session 4
11am - 12:15pm Session 5
3pm - 4:15pm Session 6

In each of the six prayer sessions we will use the prayer booklet called Liberation from Sorrow.

We will provide copies for you to use in the retreat, and copies will also be available for purchase from our bookshop. Doors will open half an hour before the first and second sessions, 15 minutes before the night-time sessions and half an hour before the last two sessions.

Everyone is welcome!

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About the Resident Teacher

Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.