{"id":37009,"date":"2025-03-26T15:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T14:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/practising-buddhism\/retreating-with-us\/prerequisites\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T11:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:10:49","slug":"prerequisites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/practising-buddhism\/retreating-with-us\/prerequisites\/","title":{"rendered":"Prerequisites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m8q06cre-76a4ba200412fcbeceb7b3b1d849a734\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m8q06cre-76a4ba200412fcbeceb7b3b1d849a734{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m8q06cre-76a4ba200412fcbeceb7b3b1d849a734 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m8q06cre-76a4ba200412fcbeceb7b3b1d849a734 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-m8q06cre-76a4ba200412fcbeceb7b3b1d849a734 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Prerequisites to enter retreat with us<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m8r9eo61-2e43109ba0cdfd99417374e15851c331\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m8r9eo61-2e43109ba0cdfd99417374e15851c331 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m8r9eo61-2e43109ba0cdfd99417374e15851c331 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m8r9eo61-2e43109ba0cdfd99417374e15851c331 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-31112 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-31112 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC_1630.jpg\" alt='' title='DSC_1630'  height=\"633\" width=\"950\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC_1630.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC_1630-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC_1630-735x490.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC_1630-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC_1630-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC_1630-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq7un6l2-79ef21c952aa3d019a0d993cc9201230 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Kindly read<strong> Ch\u00f6je Lama Palmos guidelines <\/strong>ahead of your intended retreat with us:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;Retreats are a conscious choice and timeout. They are timeouts from ego; habitual patterns and habituations &#8211; ignorance, ego pride, attachment, jealousy and aversion. We retreat intentionally and withdraw into seclusion from daily life, away from our familiar surroundings, in order to break through the outer into the inner world and to get to know the exalted realm of our own mind, the nature of our own mind; get aquainted, stabilise and further deepen it. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Therefore, our mindset and motivation with which we enter, abide in and conclude our retreat, are crucial and greatly influence our meditational experience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Retreats entered for a designated time should be completed without interruption.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>During the retreat, the basic rules and precepts of Buddhadharma apply. Nobody has access to individuals in retreat.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/about-us\/choeje-lama-palmo\/\">Ch\u00f6je Lama Palmo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m8q05nyl-1b553451aff08de67ccf7d8f8dd295f2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In order to enter an <strong>individual retreat<\/strong> with us, kindly read the concise prerequisites &#8211; <strong>currently<\/strong> <strong>applicable during the institute&#8217;s completion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You may enter a <strong>semi<\/strong> or full <strong>retreat<\/strong>. Full means that for the designated time, you may not leave your room. Semi means, you may take <strong>meditative strolls<\/strong> during the breaks, in-between your meditation sessions, without being in socializing contact with others. In any case, personal retreat means at least <strong>four practice sessions a day<\/strong> with formal practice of at least <strong>six hours<\/strong> practice a day.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, communication in the house is to be reduced to the absolute minimum, factual talking, whereas communication with the outwards is completely <strong>no<\/strong> option. We strongly discourage gossip.<\/p>\n<p>For both kinds of retreat, you will require a <strong>letter from your Buddhist meditation teacher,\u00a0<\/strong>providing the info that you are <strong>physically, emotionally and mentally fit<\/strong> for an individual retreat. Also, this letter needs to contain <strong>info about what kind of practice<\/strong> you intend to do, with your <strong>Buddhist master\u2018s permission<\/strong> to do accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>We also need to know if you request supervision by our Lama in place and what kind of support you envision. Further, if you received <strong>reading transmission, empowerment, explanatory teachings<\/strong> for the very practice you are about to embark on with us, and from whom you received them.<\/p>\n<p>If you are new to the dharma, don\u2019t worry about all that, just <strong>communicate<\/strong> it and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>; we are here to assist you and find ways and means for you to practice the dharma according to your needs!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mq7txyy6-d3f1ea4d88c2454dba99db8c61458837\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mq7txyy6-d3f1ea4d88c2454dba99db8c61458837{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mq7txyy6-d3f1ea4d88c2454dba99db8c61458837 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mq7txyy6-d3f1ea4d88c2454dba99db8c61458837 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  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