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Participants in the seventh round of nyung näs completed at IVY in June.
Institut Vajra Yogini (IVY), in the south-west of France near the city of Toulouse, successfully completed its seventh round of 108 nyung nä retreats at the end of June. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization is to sponsor others to complete 1,000 nyung nä retreats. Upon hearing of this incredible vision of Rinpoche’s, IVY immediately started hosting 108 nyung nä retreats a year.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, through the Practice and Retreat Fund, is very pleased to sponsor ten people with food and accommodation for each round of this 108 nyung nä retreat at IVY. Support is also provided by IVY and kind private donors.
At the end of this round of nyung näs, IVY reported: “119 different participants in total have participated in one or more nyung näs from mid-November to the end of June. 27 of these participants did more than eight nyung nâs and if we add up everybody: 1,098 individual nyung näs have been accumulated. On average, we have had about ten people participating in each single session of the nyung näs.”
Nyung na retreat in session at IVY.
Practitioners came from at least a dozen countries including four people who came from Vietnam especially to do several months of nyung näs. Three of them did not speak a word of English or French but did follow in Vietnamese.
About this retreat practice Lama Zopa Rinpoche commented, “Nyung näs take such a short time, but bring strong purification. So many eons can be purified in this life; it makes it so easy to have attainments.”
This is the seventh round of 108 nyung näs to be completed at IVY with the compassionate and dedicated guidance of retreat leader Ven. Charles Trebaol.
This year, seven people had started the nyung näs with the intention of doing the whole set but due to various obstacles, only three of them, including Ven. Charles, managed to stay until the end and complete the retreat. The retreat ended as usual with a Dorje Khadro fire puja and the Vietnamese participants insisted on cooking dinner that day to thank the whole community for supporting the retreat during all these months. Auspiciously, about 200 people were at IVY that same evening for an interfaith event with sacred chants from the Sufi, Vedic, and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. That same day, two Tibetan monks from Sera Je Monastery completed a beautiful Chenrezig mandala.
Please join us in rejoicing in the ongoing nyung nä retreats held at IVY under the leadership of Ven. Charles. This is an incredible offering that the IVY community has so enthusiastically taken on for the organization and toward actualizing Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wishes.
IVY’s team is already preparing for its eighth round of 108 Nyung Näs which will start on November 2018 and will end June 2019. Sponsorship is still available for people wanting to commit for the whole set and it is possible to attend anytime during these seven months for one or more nyung näs. The practice is led in French but people do follow along in their own language. If you cannot come in person, all are welcome to rejoice by thinking about the efforts involved.
The Practice and Retreat Fund provides grants and sponsorships for students engaged in retreats such as 108 nyung nä retreats, 100 million mani retreats, recitations of sutras and long term retreat.