Outer Rushen Retreat. September 5-14

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Igor Berkhin

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May 3, 2025, 4:48:06 PMMay 3
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Dear friends,

here's the updated information and registration for the outer rushen retreat. Please register even if you have previously filled the survey.
It is possible that I will be guiding this retreat together with another wonderful SMS teacher. It's being discussed now.

The number of participants is limited. Of course, the participation is only in-person, no online. The place is in Poland at the Czech border, so the closest airports are Wroclaw (WRO 120 km) and Prague (PRG 150 km).


Igor

Outer Rushen Retreat
5-14 September 2025 with Igor Berkhin
Khordong centre in South-West Poland

"… the purpose of these two special methods of separation (i.e. rushen and semdzin), in their turn subdivided in outer, inner and secret separation, is to enable the practitioner to distinguish or separate the state of mind that is the source of samsara from the state of rigpa (instant presence) that is the root of liberation of nirvana."
Chogyal Namkhai Norbu

Supreme Wisdom (Ye shes bla ma) by Jigmed Lingpa says:

“Regarding the outer separation, The Son of the Teaching (bsTan bu) says: First of all, to eliminate the strong attachment Of our body, voice and mind We must start with behaviour. 

And, regarding the way to engage in this, the root tantra (Transcendent Sound, sGra thal ’gyur) states: With your body, walk, sit, Turn, perform various movements (yantras), Stretch or bend your limbs, Carry out different kinds of actions. Do anything that comes to mind; As soon as the behaviour of the beings of the six classes Comes to mind, imitate them.

So, in order to arrest the actions of body, voice and mind produced by karma and its latent traces and also in order to prevent them in future, (first of all) go to a place without passers-by and where you are sure of not being seen or heard, in order not to breach the seventh tantric precept about (divulging) secret practices.”

Restrictions

For people who received transmission from Chogyal Namkhai Norbu or Yeshi Namkhai

Venue 
Khordong centre (founded by Chime Rigdzin at Darnkow) in South-West Poland

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