Plan for One-Year Retreat
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A student wrote asking what to do on a one-year retreat. Rinpoche checked what was best for the retreat and advised the following.
Below is a plan for more than one year, so you can continue at home after the one-year period and do sessions in the morning and evening, or as you have time.
Begin with the lamrim, as follows:
- Guru devotion: three months
- Lower scope: four months
- Middle scope: one month
- Bodhicitta: six months
- Emptiness: three months
Then for training in familiarity:
- Generation stage: five months
- Completion stage: one month
With much love and prayer ...