Sangha member Paolo Mazza writes: “The path is sometimes hard and full of obstacles, but we share the same long-term goal. Although we are spread all over the globe, it is comforting to know that there are many others struggling to practice daily and not giving in. This is a great support.”
The lineage supplication to the Takpo Kagyü is recited in many of our practices. It is the essence of the Kagyü teachings condensed into six short verses. Mitra Karl Brunnholzl will offer a two part series of Saturday classes, on Zoom Jan. 13 and Jan. 20, in which he will unpack and expand the meaning of each of these verses.
This first of a series of three meditation courses starts in January and offers instruction on Shamata,, or calm abiding meditation. The class is designed to help beginners establish an ongoing meditation practice. It includes basic meditation instruction such as posture and breathing as well as guided meditation. Discussion focuses on getting to know your mind and how to work with thoughts and emotions from a Buddhist point of view.
In Wild Awakening, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche presents the heart essence of two great practice traditions – Mahamudra and Dzogchen. Please join Kris Shaw as he helps students explore and discuss the clear and concise writings by Rinpoche about these two great traditions. The Dalai Lama writes in the foreword: “His thorough account of these marvelous traditions will be a valuable source of inspiration and clarity to many readers.”
When there is mutual understanding and trust, members can express themselves genuinely without fear. Conflict is no longer repressed; it is resolved. Connections become authentic and deep. Empathy prevails. This is true community.
Please join us for a series of Sunday teachings offered by Mitra Dean Tyler Dewar in November. We begin the morning with shamatha (calm abiding) meditation from 10-11 a.m. in the Mahabodhi Shrine Room, followed by a teaching (both on-site and on Zoom) on the Seven Points of Training the Mind, a much-loved and much-relied-on text from the tradition of the great Indian master Atisha Dipamkara..
