Exploring the Dakini Principle - Nalandabodhi Seattle

Exploring the Dakini Principle

– This course is a cooperation between Kamalashila Institute and Nalandabodhi Germany –


10 – 11:30 a.m. (Pacific) Feb. 8, 15 and 22


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This three-evening Tuesday sequence on the dakini principle is designed to inspire fearlessness  – to invite play within space and to ignite compassion.

Part lecture and part interactive exploration, the evenings offer an opportunity to become better acquainted with some famous dakinis while investigating and celebrating the energies of these sky-goers (Skt. ḍākinī, Tib. khandro), energies that enliven and surround us.

Lee teaches interactively, so this course is intended to be a live course,  and no videos will be provided.

Mitra Lee Worley

Lee Worley is professor emerita of performance and contemplative education at Naropa University in Boulder, Colo. The Buddhist meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, from whom Lee learned mudra space awareness, invited Lee to establish a department of theater studies there in 1976.

Lee is a practitioner of Vajrayana Buddhism and received the title of Mitra (spiritual friend) from Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Lee leads meditation retreats, presence training and space awareness workshops internationally.

She is the author of two books: “Coming From Nothing: the Sacred Art of Acting” and “Teaching Presence: Field Notes for Players.”

 

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