FORTNIGHT OVERVIEW
New Translation Schools: Kagyu, Sakya, Gelug
Bon The Way of Divine Guide
Spring - Fortnight 4 (Fire+Earth)
Feast/May
11:The 3rd fortnight focuses in on later schools of Tibet - the so called
New Translation schools of Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug.
First 5 Day Ko Day 1-5 of 4th Fortnight
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| Feast/Fast | Tseway Festival | - | - | - | - |
| Practice | Bön Earth Spirit Ritual: Offer roasted barley (tsampa) on a flat rock to honor earth deities, seeking balance and fertility for the surrounding land. | Kagyu Relic Stone Offering: Place flowers or grains at a stone shrine housing relics, honoring the earth as the foundation of enlightened presence. | Mountain Meditation - Meditating on or visualizing mountains for stability. | Nyingma Earth Body Meditation: Lie on the bare earth, contemplating the body’s connection to soil and bones, dissolving ego into the ground’s vastness. | Kagyu Cave Retreat Visualization: Meditate visualizing Milarepa in a rocky cave, feeling the earth’s solidity anchor your devotion and focus. |
| History | Kagyu | Kagyu | Kagyu | Kagyu | Kagyu |
| Mythos of Yeshe Tzogyal | Ransoming Acharya Sale: Tsogyal frees Acharya Sale, her karmic companion, forging a bond for shared enlightenment. | Ransoming Acharya Sale: Tsogyal frees Acharya Sale, her karmic companion, forging a bond for shared enlightenment. | Ransoming Acharya Sale: Tsogyal frees Acharya Sale, her karmic companion, forging a bond for shared enlightenment. | Ransoming Acharya Sale: Tsogyal frees Acharya Sale, her karmic companion, forging a bond for shared enlightenment. | Ransoming Acharya Sale: Tsogyal frees Acharya Sale, her karmic companion, forging a bond for shared enlightenment. |
Second 5 Day Ko Day 6-10 of 4th Fortnight
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| Practice | Dzogchen Earth Mandala Construction (Dzogchen): Create a large outdoor
mandala using colored earth or chalk, outlining sacred syllables like OM.
Walk its paths mindfully, resting in the ground’s empty yet supportive
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Outdoor Earth Mandala Creation (Nyingma): Gather stones, pebbles, and soil to draw a large mandala on the ground, shaped as a lotus or simple circle, representing the earth’s stability. Meditate at its center, visualizing Guru Rinpoche blessing the land. |
Sakya Grounding Visualization: Visualize a vast, golden earth plain during ngöndro, stabilizing the mind as a foundation for Vajrayana practices. | Tara Grain Offering (Sakya): Scatter barley grains on a stone altar dedicated to White Tara, symbolizing the earth’s nurturing abundance and praying for longevity. | Bön Clay Torma Offering: Shape a torma from clay, placing it on a stone slab as an offering to earth spirits, praying for harmony. | Body Awareness - Practices to feel the body's connection to the earth. |
| History | Sakya | Sakya | Sakya | Sakya | Sakya |
| MytMythos of Yeshe Tzogyalhos | Dzogchen Retreats: With Sale, she meditates in remote caves, realizing the nature of mind through Dzogchen teachings. | Dzogchen Retreats: With Sale, she meditates in remote caves, realizing the nature of mind through Dzogchen teachings. | Dzogchen Retreats: With Sale, she meditates in remote caves, realizing the nature of mind through Dzogchen teachings. | Dzogchen Retreats: With Sale, she meditates in remote caves, realizing the nature of mind through Dzogchen teachings. | Dzogchen Retreats: With Sale, she meditates in remote caves, realizing the nature of mind through Dzogchen teachings. |
Third 4/5 Day KoDay 11-15 of 4th Fortnight
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| Feast/Fast | - | - | - | Nyungne Fast | Nyungne Fast |
| Practice | Nyingma Padmasambhava Stone Prayer: Inscribe a stone with Guru Rinpoche’s mantra and bury it in the earth, embedding prayers for blessings into the ground. | Gelug Stone Stupa Offering: Stack stones into a small stupa on the ground, dedicating each layer to enlightenment, rooted in the earth’s strength. | Earth Touching Mudra Meditation (Gelug): Sit with hands in the earth-touching mudra, connecting to the ground’s firmness, visualizing Shakyamuni Buddha’s resolve grounding your practice. | Gelug Earth Prostrations: Perform prostrations directly on the ground, each touch purifying negativities and deepening humility through earth’s support. | Stupa Circumambulation - Walking around stupas for spiritual
grounding.
Walking Meditation - Slow, mindful walking to connect with the earth. |
| History | Gelug | Gelug | Gelug | Gelug | Gelug |
| Mythos of Yeshe Tzogyal | Dharma Propagation: They travel Tibet, hiding terma treasures and teaching disciples to preserve the vajrayana lineage. | Dharma Propagation: They travel Tibet, hiding terma treasures and teaching disciples to preserve the vajrayana lineage. | Dharma Propagation: They travel Tibet, hiding terma treasures and teaching disciples to preserve the vajrayana lineage. | Dharma Propagation: They travel Tibet, hiding terma treasures and teaching disciples to preserve the vajrayana lineage. | Dharma Propagation: They travel Tibet, hiding terma treasures and teaching disciples to preserve the vajrayana lineage. |
