Full-day Healing Retreat on Saka Dawa Düchen, day 9

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5:15 am Sunday, May 31, 2026

Full-day Healing Retreat on Saka Dawa Düchen with Geshe Gelek and Geshe Sangpo

Sunday, May 31, 2026, from 5:15 am - 2:00 pm (partially hybrid)

Join us for any or all of a full-day retreat in which Geshe Gelek and Geshe Sangpo lead us in powerful, ancient healing practices that benefit the mind, body, and the environment in which we live.

This last day of Kadampa Center's 2nd Annual Healing Retreat falls on the incredibly auspicious holy day of Saka Dawa Düchen, in which the merit of our positive actions is multiplied 300 million times!

Please plan to attend onsite, in person if you are able to do so.  For students who don't live locally and/or are unable to attend in person, please join us online via Zoom or YouTube for the Healing Puja and Prayers as well as the Closing Ceremony of the Mandala of Healing.

SCHEDULE - SUNDAY, MAY 31

5:00 am Center opens and students begin to arrive
5:30 am Geshe Gelek arrives and confers the Eight Mahayana Precepts (in person only)
after Precepts Breakfast ~ provided by Kadampa Center
9:30 am Geshe Gelek offers a Refuge Ceremony with lay vows and optional bodhisattva vows (registration required, in person only)
10:30 am Healing Puja and Prayers, including a Medication Blessing - with Geshe Gelek and Geshe Sangpo (hybrid, except Medication Blessing)
12:00 pm Lunch ~ provided by Kadampa Center
1:30 pm Closing Ceremony of the Mandala of Healing (hybrid)
2:00 pm Take down the altar and its extensive offerings; reset the gompa ~ volunteers needed!

HOW TO ATTEND

  • For those who live locally, Geshe-la requests that, if possible, you attend in person, onsite at Kadampa Center to receive maximum benefit of the Healing Retreat.

  • For those who don't live locally, please join us via Zoom, or Live Stream on YouTube (a non-interactive option).

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Sponsoring any Dharma activity is one of the highest forms of generosity.  Your sponsorship of the Healing Retreat makes it possible for soooo many to experience the immeasurable benefits of these healing practices, ceremonies, and meditations.  As a sponsor, you are invited to submit a dedication so that your generosity will be of the greatest benefit to yourself and others.

$1,000 Full Sponsorship of the Healing Retreat
$500 Sponsorship of the Buddha Holy Day - Saka Dawa Düchen
$350 Sponsorship of the Mandala of Healing
$250 Sponsorship of the Medicine Buddha Puja
$150 Sponsorship of Healing Practices and Meditations
$108 Sponsorship of Breakfast, Lunch, and Tea Offerings during the Healing Retreat
any amount Any heartfelt contribution supports the Healing Retreat in countless ways

HOW TO BECOME A SPONSOR

1.   Make your financial sponsorship contribution in one of the following ways:

  • Online:  Choose your amount and click on the corresponding link in the table above.
  • By check:  Place a check in the donation box outside the gompa door, or send your check to:
Kadampa Center
5412 Etta Burke Ct.
Raleigh, NC  27606

2.   Click HERE to submit your dedication, which can be simple or elaborate; submitted anonymously or with your name included.

 

Disclaimer:  There may be more than one sponsor for any given amount or any given event/activity, so opportunities to sponsor are endless!  Additionally, Kadampa Center reserves the right to distribute the funds to cover costs wherever needed.

 

Location at Kadampa Center: 
Gompa