24 hr Tara Chanting
Unguided Retreat
@ Buddha Land KMC, Keighley
Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 August
In-person & Livestream
Engaging in Tara practice over a 24-hours is a very powerful method for removing inner and outer obstacles, such as sickness, fear & misfortune. In these sessions, we will, in particular, dedicate our prayers to world peace.
Arya Tara is a female Buddha, and her name means “Rescuer.” She is known for her wisdom & swift compassion and her ability to protect living beings from fear and danger. We have been encouraged by Ven Geshe-la to engage in Tara Prayers at this challenging time in the world, to pray for world peace and and to pray to Buddha Tara who hears our prayers and acts swiftly.
In 2001 Ven Geshe-la said
“World peace is very important; we cannot ignore this now.
Once something happens, it will be too late.
This world is now, as you know, very delicate, very fragile, and very sensitive. It is almost as delicate as the life of a single person; the world situation is so delicate. This is because there are so many disagreements.
Political leaders are ready to fight; everybody is preparing weapons ready to fight, and are challenging each other. So we religious practitioners need to offer prayers because prayers are very powerful.
This is because of our pure motivation, the powerful words of the prayers themselves, and especially at such times enlightened beings will bestow their blessings upon us, our environment and other living beings. So we should pray for world peace. We have had two world wars.
If there is a third world war this will almost destroy the world because every country has very powerful weapons, and it is very easy to destroy the world.
So I would like to suggest that every centre organizes prayers for world peace at any time when local people can gather and pray for world peace.”
This special way of engaging in Tara practice over a 24-hours is very powerful. Each session is 1 hr 10 min long, and is done every four hours. You can attend as many sessions as you like. Sessions will be available In Person & Online. Everyone is welcome.
You can attend Online by clicking on the online events or prayers calendar or by just turning up in person.
If you like, you can bring a sleeping bag and sleep at the centre between the evening sessions.
Session Times:
7pm Saturday
11pm Saturday
3am Sunday
7am Sunday
11am Sunday
3pm Sunday
Location
Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre, 1 Lawkholme Cres, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 3NR, UK.
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Location
Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre has a raised ground floor cafe/shop and a first floor meditation room. Entrance to the ground floor is via 6 steps.
The centre is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am til 4pm (9.30am on Saturdays).
Getting there
The Centre is situated on Keighley War Memorial Square between Abbey National and Speaks Work Wear. It is opposite Keighley Bus Station and the Airedale Centre.
It is 5min walk from Keighley Train Station.
Parking is readily available during the day either in the town centre car parks or in unrestricted street parking which starts about 5min walk away from the building. After 6pm and on Sundays town centre car parking is free. There are disabled parking bays oposite the building and alongside Abbey National.
