A Special Breathing Meditation
Om Ah Hum
Saturday 25th January, 10am to 3pm
A Silent Day Retreat
At Heart Jewel Centre – Matlock Bath
With Gen Osung
Generally, the purpose of breathing meditation is to calm the mind.
The ‘Om Ah Hum’ is a special breathing meditation which also performs many other functions. It helps us to improve our motivation, to develop a good heart and a controlled mind, and to increase our energy for practising Dharma. It is also a special method to receive Buddha’s blessings making our mind positive, peaceful and powerful.
On this silent retreat day, the meditation sessions will be guided, and between sessions we will observe silence to help us maintain our peace and go deeper with our meditations.
“In this meditation, we combine our breathing with the recitation of the mantra OM AH HUM, which is called the ‘mantra of all Buddhas’. There are many different mantras, but they are all contained within these three letters. All Buddhas are contained within three groups: vajra body, vajra speech and vajra mind. The mantra of vajra body is OM, the mantra of vajra speech is AH and the mantra of vajra mind is HUM. Therefore, if we recite these three letters with faith, we will receive the blessings of the body, speech and mind of all Buddhas.”
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. “The New Meditation Handbook”
Session 1
10 – 11am
Session 2
11:30am – 12:30pm
Session 3
2 – 3pm