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This is the third in a series of Saturday meditation courses
May 6, 13, 20 and 27, 10:30 a.m. – Noon
Meditation class sessions available on Zoom as well as on-site at Nalanda West
Through meditation we become familiar with our mind. Meditation offers us the opportunity to examine how our conditioned mind works, which eventually free us from our painful habits that lead to struggle and confusion. Through meditation we discover the fundamental openness and ease of our mind which enables us to bring kindness and compassion into our daily lives. In this three-course series, students explore the foundational methods of meditation and their precepts.
The first session on Calm Abiding Meditation began in January, offering instruction on shamatha, or calm abiding meditation. The second session on Analytic Meditation offered teachings on vipashyana, investigating how our mind creates our experience of the world.
This third four-week session, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, has deep roots in Buddhist teachings. Taught by Buddhist monks for over 2000 years, it is the practice of meditating on the body, feelings, mind and phenomena – the four foundations of our daily experience. The practice of the four foundations of mindfulness is recommended at all stages of the path. It is taught that students should return to these practices again and again.
Rysiek Frąckiewicz connected with the Kagyü lineage at age 19 and sought instruction from teachers including Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche before meeting Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche at Nitartha Institute in 1998, formally requesting to become his student a year later. Rysiek has facilitated Nalandabodhi study and meditation curriculum courses in Seattle for several years and is also a dharma photographer, with portraits printed in Shenpen Ösel, Bodhi, and Lion’s Roar magazines, as well as books by Wisdom and Shambhala Publications. Through the great kindness of his teacher, Rysiek had the opportunity to accompany and photograph H.H. the 17th Karmapa on several visits throughout the USA. He works as a technology professional, currently instructing IT bootcamps as part of a diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative.
