This teaching and workshop are for Nalandabodhi sangha members only.
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At Sangha retreat in 2014, Rinpoche offered a Path of Mindful Activity teaching, The Six Cornerstones of Everyday Practice. This teaching has served as the foundation for an annual pre-Losar workshop offered by Nalandabodhi Seattle – Taking Daily Life as the Path.
In his teaching, Rinpoche suggested that each year before Losar we stop and examine where we are on the path. He advises us to actively search for ways that our daily life and path connect – that we use the dharma to address whatever kleshas arise in our mind.
What circumstances repeatedly elicit strong emotions? Are we using dharma teachings to meet those emotions head on? Losar is drawing near. It is an auspicious time to reflect on whether our daily activities reflect our intentions on the path.
In this annual event, Acharya Tashi Wangchuk will teach on bodhichitta and the Four Immeasurables. Activities will include reflective exercises so that participants can identify their obstacles and create aspirations for the coming year.
Translation will be available in Spanish, Portuguese and French. All sessions will be recorded.
Sunday, Jan. 23 (Pacific time)
9:30 a.m. – Welcome, chants, refuge, bodhichitta, Heart Sutra, shamatha
10 a.m. – Acharya teaching and guided meditation
11 a.m. – Break
11:10 a.m. – Continuation of Acharya Teaching and guided meditation
11: 30 a.m. – Reflective exercise
11:40 a.m. – Q&A
12: p.m. – Lunch
1 p.m – Welcome back, shamatha
1:10 p.m. – Continuation of Acharya teaching and guided meditation
2:30 p.m. – Break
2:40 p.m. – Reflective exercise
2:55 p.m. – Q&A
3:30 p;.m. – Closing remarks, dedication
Acharya Tashi Wangchuk is the resident teacher at Nalanda West, Nalandabodhi’s center in Seattle. He also serves as the main acharya overseeing all Nalandabodhi centers in North America.
Born and raised in eastern Bhutan, Acharya Tashi moved to Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India, at the age of 15. While there, he studied for ten years and graduated from Karma Shri Nalanda Institute, the principal Karma Kagyu monastic college. After his graduation, Acharya Tashi assumed teaching responsibilities for the Karma Kagyu lineage in Hong Kong before returning to Rumtek Monastery to teach at the college from which he graduated.
Following this, Acharya Tashi did editorial work for Nitartha International in Nepal, an educational organization founded by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche to preserve and digitize endangered Tibetan texts. Acharya Tashi is one of the principal editors working to publish the renowned Eight Great Treatises of the Karma Kagyu lineage. Currently in Seattle, he continues to prepare classical Tibetan texts vital to the Kagyu lineage for publication.
People’s financial situation should never be an issue to participate! Because of this we have a scholarship page for those in need of reduced pricing; please see the registration page for details.
