Join us on Zoom for Mahayana: Compassion Without Limit.
This is a series of six Mahayana courses, on Mondays from 7-8:30 p.m. Pacific, beginning this fall and continuing into 2021.
All Nalandabodhi students who previously have studied the Mahayana series are greatly encouraged to join this new, updated series of courses.
The fourth course, YOGACARA, MIND ONLY AND SHENTONG, begins Feb. 8 and continues tHrough MARCH 22.
In the Mahayana teachings, we look at the possibility of limitless compassion and bodhichitta, the boundless intention to help all sentient beings. This motivation and its application are based on the crucial Mahayana notion that all sentient beings possess buddha nature, the potential to become a perfect buddha.
The studies of personal selflessness in the Hinayana are the jumping-off point for widening our vision to embrace the profound Mahayana selflessness of the “great emptiness” of all phenomena as well as the vast training and fruition of the path of a buddha-to-be.
This course is an updated and greatly-revised version of the Nalandabodhi Mahayana Series with many new materials based on talks by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, especially in the areas of mind training, Madhyamaka, Mind-Only, Yogachara, Shentong and Buddha Nature.
Pre-requisite: Introduction to Buddhism
Register in advance to receive the Zoom link
The texts for each course are available through the Nalanda bookstore.
Please order texts at least 2 weeks in advance of each course.
Contact: Susan Kirchoff susan_joy@outlook.com
Fees for each course:
- General: $65
- Nalandabodhi members: $40
- Students repeating the course: $20
- Scholarships: available upon request
- Donations for the scholarship fund: may be made in $10 increments, $10 – $100
Mahayana 304: YOGACARA, MIND ONLY AND SHENTONG
Feb. 8 – March 22
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- Feb. 8: The Three Natures and the Yogacara Middle Way
- Feb. 15: Mind’s Endless Projections and How they End
- Feb. 22: Practicum: The Four Yogic Practices
- March 1: Yogachara Wisdom and the “Mind-Only” School
- March 8: Yogacara and Madhyamaka Debates and the Shentong Middle Way
- March 15: From “Mind-Only” to Shentong and Beyond
- March 22: Practicum: Resting in Mind’s Natural Luminosity
Date/Time
Date(s) - Mon., March 1, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location Nalandabodhi Seattle @ Nalanda West
Registration
Registration is closed for this event.
