28/11/2025
🌿 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐍𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦
The Nyungne practice in the Vajrayana tradition is known as a supreme method of purification, arising from the boundless compassion and sacred aspiration of Thousand-Armed Chenrezig (Avalokiteśvara).
Nyungne is a discipline of restraining the unwholesome activities of body, speech, and mind, thereby purifying the negative karma accumulated over countless lifetimes.
🌿 Nyungne is practiced in pairs—two consecutive days forming one complete cycle of purification.
𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐧𝐞 – 𝐍𝐠𝐲𝐞𝐧-𝐧𝐞: Observing pure vows, taking a single meal before noon, reciting the Great Compassion mantra, performing prostrations, and engaging in the visualization practice.
𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐰𝐨 – 𝐍𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠-𝐧𝐞: Maintaining complete silence, abstaining from food and drink, and dedicating the entire day to mantra recitation and prostrations in a state of inward stillness.
🌿 Gyalwa Dokhampa reminds us that understanding each part of the Nyungne practice is essential, for only through such understanding does the practice become truly meaningful and genuinely beneficial.
🔴 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚
When the Great Compassion Mantra is recited with unwavering faith and focused awareness, the blessings become present. Through this connection, negative karma is purified, obstacles are pacified, and the mind becomes clear and pliant.
Doubt obstructs even the purification of subtle karma; but when recited correctly, even heavy obscurations are purified. Over time, the mantra becomes a direct cause for enlightenment.
🔴 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
This practice is not merely ritual movements; they are a profound method for purifying the karma of the body.
Each time the body touches the ground, a layer of pride is released, and the practitioner cultivates humility by bowing before the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
In this gesture, the mind recognizes the equality of all beings and becomes receptive to blessings.
🔴 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
On the second day, the discipline of abstaining from food, drink, and speech becomes a powerful antidote to karmas born of desire, harm, and unwholesome speech.
Fasting purifies karmas linked to grasping and attachment—karmas that easily lead to rebirth in the hungry ghost realm.
🔴 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
Silence purifies the negative speech that causes beings to be born into circumstances where their words carry no weight and no trust.
By restraining body, speech, and mind for an entire day, the practitioner protects countless beings from harm while purifying their own obscurations.
🔴 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
The visualization practice reveals the entire cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. Through it, one understands the workings of karma, dispels the illusions of self-clinging, and unites the wisdom of emptiness with the appearance of form—an essential principle of Vajrayana.
🌿 When these elements come together, a single pair of Nyungne becomes a complete practice of purification: the body becomes disciplined, speech becomes pure, and the mind becomes clear, gentle, and filled with compassion. The practitioner deepens their connection with the blessings of Chenrezig and cultivates the qualities necessary for the path.
When eight pairs are practiced continuously, the momentum becomes extraordinarily strong. The Masters teach that eight pairs of Nyungne can purify heavy karma accumulated over many lifetimes, transform deep-rooted habitual patterns, reduce afflictive emotions, gather vast merit, protect from lower rebirths, and create the causes for rebirth in the Pure Land.
🌿 For those seeking a practice of authentic lineage, deep purification, and genuine inner transformation, Nyungne—especially the complete eight pairs—stands as a precious opportunity to engage in the boundless compassion of Chenrezig.
🔴 In December, under the guidance of Gyalwa Dokhampa, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐍𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 will be held at Chùa Quế Lâm Monastery from 13 Dec to 29 Dec
𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.
👉𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.
