Nyung Ne
Fasting and Purification Retreat – 2 sets

Guided by Lama Tenzin Phuntsok

Nyung Ne is a Buddhist fasting and purification practice in which participants meditate on compassion.RetreatIn a very short time, the practice of Nyung Ne helps to actively purify negative karma and accumulate merit, opening the heart to compassion for all beings. We focus our body, speech, and mind exclusively on the practice of compassion and take the bodhisattva vows, silence, fasting, and reciting the mantra of Avalokiteshvara to alleviate the suffering of all beings. By invoking the deity of love and compassion, this practice permeates all worlds and fills the heart and mind with peace and compassion.
Nyung Ne is therefore an essential and rare practice in all schools of Buddhism and valuable for all Buddhists.

Lama Tenzin Phuntsok emphasizes repeatedly that the Nyung Ne practice is particularly suitable for lay practitioners, as they have much less time than monks, for example, to actively accumulate merit. The power of the Chenrezi fasting ritual is a unique opportunity to accumulate a great deal of merit in a very short time. It is said that even one set of Nyung Ne has as much power as three months of any other purification practice.

Lama Tenzin Phuntsok
The resident lama of the Ripa lineage in Europe, accompanies the retreat participants in this practice. He is an accomplished master of the initiation rituals of Vajrayana Buddhism and head of the RIPA Translation Committee. He supports practitioners of the Western Sangha in their understanding of the Dharma through monthly teachings on the basics of Buddhism and the study of practice texts, as well as in the traditional ritual arts. He leads courses on making tormas, teaches mantras and mudras, and even the art of playing Tibetan instruments.
He has been doing Nyung Ne every year since childhood at Saga Dawa in the monastery and for the past 12 years at the Ripa Center in Switzerland.

Language
Lama Tenzin gives the introductory explanations in English.
Translation into German and French is available upon request.

Prerequisite for participation is refuge in the Three Jewels (you are a Buddhist).

Important notes:

This practice brings such incredible blessings that anyone who feels drawn to it should have the opportunity to do it.
Therefore, following the wish of the Rinpoches of the Ripa lineage, we offer various special arrangements:

1. a) Participation is also possible for only one set (however, we recommend two sets, as the second is described by most participants as easier). If this is your first Nyung Ne, participation is only possible in the first set (June 9–12).
2. b) It is possible to do a “light” fast: if fasting without food or drink makes you anxious and you would therefore prefer not to participate, you can choose an option with lunch and drinks. In the morning during the vows, you omit the corresponding vow and adhere to all the others. Please indicate this when registering.
3. c) Financial constraints should not be a reason to forego this practice. There will be participants who will make a Benefactor donation to enable others to participate. Please contact us with a short email describing your situation and possibilities.

Daily Schedule

Retreat costs (2 sets) – without accommodation and meals

Benefactor: CHF / € 370.–
Regular: CHF / € 270.–
Reduced*: CHF / € 180.–(*students, AHV/ IV recipients, Ripa patrons, and members of Ripa and Padma Ling)

For one set:

Benefactor: CHF / € 280.–
Regular: CHF / € 180 .-
Reduced: CHF / € 120.-
Price list for accommodation and meals** during Nyung Ne

Price list

(**to be booked separately at Landguet Ried after registration)

 
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SAGA DAWA

We are very fortunate to be able to hold Nyung Ne according to tradition in the monasteries: at the end of the Sagadawa month, shortly before the celebration of this important Buddhist holiday on Sunday, June 15.
We warmly invite all participants of the Nyung Né to stay on for this profound celebrations to Buddha Gautama.

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