Transmuting Samsara into Nirvana a weekend online retreat
Join Padmayogini and Dhichitraka as we enter the mandala of Prajnaparamita, explore the
nature of wisdom; and dare to dance in the blazing flames of the Dakinis
This a video of the teachings from the weekend. Experience using the mandala in meditation and ritual and with short talks and discussions see how the wisdom flames are manifesting in your life.
Chapters
Friday Evening
0:00 Padmayogini – Welcome (participants’ introductions not recorded)
1:15 Padmayogini introduces herself
9:44 Dhichitraka introduces herself
19:06 Padmayogini – Intro to themes of weekend
37:13 Padmayogini – intro to ritual
39:52 Padmayogini – ritual: Entering the Mandala of Prajnaparamita
1:03:04 Dhichitraka – Prajnaparamita mantra
Saturday Morning
1:08:33 Padmayogini – end words Fri eve
1:09:20 Padmayogini – intro to mandala principle
1:24:07 Padmayogini – intro to mandala of space & spacious awareness
1:27:45 Padmayogini – mandala of space & spacious awareness
1:30:41 Padmayogini – led meditation
1:36:15 Padmayogini – “if we get too caught up in space…”
1:37:42 Padmayogini – “in the bigger mandala that has been created for the retreat…”
1:39:59 Padmayogini – “and maybe the space in your room has become bright…”
1:41:27 Padmayogini – bringing the practice to a close
1:43:11 Dhichitraka – intro to breakout rooms (breakout rooms not recorded)
Saturday Afternoon
1:47:45 Padmayogini – intro to discussion (discussion not recorded)
1:52:45 Dhichitraka – What Prajnaparamita means to me
2:19:39 Dhichitraka – Prajnaparamita Puja
2:36:01 Dhichitraka – OM AH DHIH HUM SVAHA
Saturday Evening
2:40:54 Padmayogini – intro to dakinis
3:09:56 Dhichitraka – intro to wisdom flames (painting the flames not recorded)
3:18:19 Padmayogini – intro to evening’s ritual
3:22:38 Padmayogini – Dakini ritual taking our flames into the mandala
Sunday Morning
4:00:54 Dhichitraka – intro to meditation
4:02:14 Dhichitraka – song to the dakini “Woman of pure spirit am I …”
4:07:36 Dhichitraka – meditation “spaciousness landing…”
4:10:33 Padmayogini – talk: bringing together the themes of Prajnaparamita, dakini, and mandala.
Sunday Afternoon
4:33:25 Dhichitraka – led meditation
4:39:11 Dhichitraka – on smoke offerings
4:59:17 Padmayogini – on using mandalas in rituals
Sunday Evening
5:20:42 Dhichitraka – meditation
5:35:16 Padmayogini – ritual
5:41:38 “as we sit here and connect…”
5:42:28 “with a sense of metta for ourselves…”
5:45:45 “and just to say I’m no different from…”
5:46:16 “so maybe your body is softening, too…”
5:47:35 “the we allow that quality of metta to flow out to all of us…”
5:48:54 “how does that quality feel…”
5:50:30 “maybe there are some people you want to remember…”
5:51:46 “metta itself is not always soft and gentle…”
5:53:19 “metta being an englightened quality…”
5:55:02 “prepare to leave the mandala…”
5:57:07 Manjusara – Padmasambhava mantra chanting
5:59:19 Padmayogini – dissolving of the retreat mandala