The Retreat starts on Monday, 3 October 2022 at 19:30h with dinner (Check-in with Nangten Menlang from 18:00h to 19:00h) and ends on Friday, 14 October 2022 at 13:30h after lunch.
Information about the Retreat fasting plan:
- You will be served a balanced, light vegetarian diet at the beginning as well as again at the end of the Retreat.
- For the remainder of the Retreat the diet will be restricted to tea and a "soup-like" dish prepared with tsampa (ground roasted barley) and special flower petals.
- In order to benefit the most from the practice and the Retreat in its entirety, Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche advises the participants to follow a 21-day-fasting schedule, meaning that: 7 days prior to as well as 3 days after the Retreat it is recommended to reduce the amount of food consumed, limit your diet to light fare only and if possible, completely exclude meat, fish and alcohol from your intake. In combination with the days spent at the Retreat this would mean fasting for 21 consecutive days.
Please note:
- Tulku Lobsang teaches in English. No translation will be provided.
- In case you have any medical condition, please get your physician’s approval to fast throughout 10 consecutive days.
- For gluten-intolerant participants it is possible to prepare the “soup" with special flower pedals and jaggery (instead of roasted barley flour).
- The Garden Therme Hotel is famous for its Fango treatments. However, we do not have any experience of Fango in combination with fasting and we therefore do NOT recommend it.
- We recommend that you arrange a personal cancellation insurance to cover the cancellation costs in case you have to cancel your booking.
Please bring:
- Comfortable clothing in which you can move easily
- Yoga mat
- Meditation cushion or other item to sit on during the teachings and for meditation (and maybe a blanket)
- Walking shoes in case we go for a walk together
- Pen and paper for notes
- Swimwear and slippers
- A kata (blessing scarf) in case you wish to participate in the kata offering ceremony which will take place at the end of the Retreat
Spa services included in the seminar house fee:
- Physical activity program: music-acqua-gym, fitness, acqua-move
- 3 thermal swimming-pools, 1.200 m2 surface, with underwater tools
- 2 vascular paths “Kneipp” (hot cold stimulation)
- Underwater music
- Hot-whirl-pools
- Showers with aromatherapy
- Thermal cave and steam bath
- Finnish sauna, ice waterfall
- Fitness gym
- Hire of bathrobe and bath towel
How to reach the venue:
By car:
Highway A13 to Bologna, exit “Terme Euganee”, to the left, after 1 km at the crossing to the right, after 3 km at the traffic lights to the left to Abano-Montegrotto, across the city-centre of Montegrotto for 3 km, after the church and townhall across two traffic islands, after them 100 m on the left: arrival at Hotel Garden.
Highway A4 to Venice, exit: “Padova Ovest”, on the dual carriageway continue for 5 km direction Terme Euganee, at the 4th exit turn to the right direction Terme Euganee, continue straight away for 5 km, at the end of this street, turn to the right, after 100 m on the left side: arrival at Hotel Garden.
By train:
From Padova Central station, take the bus line “M” Linea Colli to Montegrotto Terme. Leave the bus at the bus stop marketplace from Montegrotto Terme. The Hotel Garden is directly near the bus stop.
By plane:
From Venice airport (Marco Polo): 60 km
From Treviso airport (A. Canova): 60 km
From Verona airport (Catullo): 90 km
From Bologna airport (Guglielmo Marconi): 100 km
Kata Offering Ceremony:
At the end of this Retreat, Rinpoche will offer a short blessing ceremony where you can make a kata (blessing scarf) offering approaching Rinpoche with a kata folded in half and held in your prayer mudra. Rinpoche will then put the kata over your head as a blessing. If you wish to participate in this ceremony, please bring your own kata to the Retreat. |
