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For
practitioners who wish to complete a short retreat,
Pende Ling hermitage offers twenty individual
rooms in an atmosphere conducive to meditation.
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The
building includes a group practice room, kitchen,
refectory, bathrooms, a garden and a retreat room
equipped for persons of reduced mobility. Meals are
taken communally which aids communication with other
practitioners.
Interviews
with the lama leading your retreats can take place
regularly according to their availability and the
requirements of your practice.
Different
possible types of retreat
- Individual retreats (1 person per
room) A minimum of four practice sessions a day
- Residential group retreats (advanced
practitioners, 2 people per room) A group, which
could be a dharma group or a KTT, stays at the hermitage
and practices there with one or more communal sessions
a day. Nobody outside this group may then join it.
- External group retreats (2 people
per room) A group stays at the hermitage but the
teachings and meditation sessions take place in
the temple at Le Bost or Laussedat.
Conditions
for doing a retreat:
For you to do an individual retreat
a basis of practice is necessary; so it is desirable
to have already been involved in group teachings and
practice, which helps develop the sense of discipline
and ethics necessary for practice in a retreat centre.
The first step is to make contact with a Kundreul Ling
lama or drubla who will discuss your needs with you,
decide whether this sort of retreat is right for you
and suggest the time and programme for your practice.
Then you should contact the hermitage to fix the dates
for your retreat.
For a dharma group or a KTT, one person should
contact reception at the hermitage which will send a
form requesting details about the whole group.
To
get to Kundreul Ling by train:
There are two stations to choose from: St Gervais-Châteauneuf
(about 12 km away) and Clermont-Ferrand (about 60 km
away). If you choose to come by train, reception at
the hermitage can give you telephone numbers of people
who could give you a lift from these stations to Kundreul
Ling (for a contribution to costs).
Reception: Pende
Ling Hermitage:
Le Bost
63640 Biollet
the
office is open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 12.30
a.m. and 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Tel:
04 73 52 24 60
Fax: 04 73 52 24 53
email: ermitage@dhagpo-kagyu.org
