Teaching Program 2012, Lama Mark Webber.
1) Teachings and meditations on Emptiness (Sunyata)
Saturday April 7th: 7:30 pm – Introductory talk
Sunday April 8th: 7:30 pm – Class
Tuesday April 10th: 7:30 pm – Class
Wednesday April 11th: 7:30 pm – Class
Thursday April 12th: 7:30 pm – Questions and Answers
Why experiencing and understanding Emptiness is the most loving and compassionate thing one can do! Why it is essential for awakening and liberation of afflictive emotions. Pointing out the illusory nature of self, being and things, What Emptiness is and is not…or neither!
Meditations on many of the classic twelve examples of Illusion from the Indian Buddhist tradition: Magic, Moon in Water, A Visual Distortion, A Mirage, A Dream, An Echo, The City of Gandharvas, An Optical Illusion, Rainbows, Lightning, Water Bubbles, and A Reflection in a Mirror. Some examples, explanations and meditations crafted from modern neuroscience and cognition research; The Union of Emptiness and Compassion.
Week 2) Movie Yoga: Theater of the Mind, Meditations on Illusoriness, Freedom of Mind and the nature of Emptiness-Compassion
Saturday April 14: 9:30am – 5pm (approximate times) – Movie Yoga
Sunday April 15th: 9:30am – 5pm (approximate times) – Movie Yoga
Thursday April 19th: 7:30pm – Questions and Answers (NEW CLASS)
Friday April 20th: 7:30pm - Questions and Answers
Week 3) Empowerment and Practice of Buddhist Tantra
Saturday April 21: 7:30pm - Purpose and Nature of Yidam Yoga and Tantra
Sunday April 22: 9:30 am – The Empowerment of Padmasambhava (Urgyen Kalden Drendze) 7:30 pm – teachings on the practice text
Monday April 23: 9.30am - Group Meditation Practice
Tuesday April 24th: 9.30am – Group Meditation Practice & 7.00 pm – The Great View – Nature of Mind and the Union of Compassion and Wisdom
Wednesday April 25th: 9.30am – Group Meditation
Friday April 27th – Dharma community supper together
The Initiation, teachings and practice of Urgyen Kalden Drendze:
The Excellent Path of Spiritual and Temporal Well-Being — The Activity Practice of Urgyen Kalden Drendze, The Lord of Uddiyana, Guide to the Fortunate.One of the twelve manifestations of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), a treasure text revealed by the great terton Urgyen Chemchog Nuden Tsal. A practice for pacifying illness, famine, drought and the “Age of Weapons.”
Initiation (Wongkur) of this form of Guru Rinpoche, Meditation sessions (sadhana) on this revealed practice of Guru Rinpoche and teachings on the Individual Special Activities Related to the practice. Explanation and teachings on the profound meanings found throughout the entire text, including how and why we practice Yidam (Deity) Yoga.
COST PER SESSION: $10 Per Session + Dana (Donation for the Lama)
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