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Tuesday Evening Classes
Tueday classes are aimed at beginning meditators. Attending the series is recommended. Donations for classes are appreciated.
Wednesday Night Classes
Students who have attended Tuesday classes and want to deepen their understanding are encouraged to attend Wednesday night classes. There is a fee for Wednesday classes. (No one is turned away due to inability to pay.)
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TUESDAY NIGHT CLASSES
Schedule: Meditation 7–7:45 pm (FREE meditation instruction at 7pm);
Tea and coffee 7:45–8pm ; Free class 8–9:30 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 2, 9, 23
Teacher: Steve Iverson
The Four Reminders of precious human existence, impermanence, karma and suffering of samsara are a powerful tool for contemplation that we can use not only when beginning our practice, but as antidotes to challenges we face in our practice.This class will incorporate a meditative approach, and attendees will be encouraged to “practice” these contemplations between classes.
Tuesdays, Sept. 30, Oct. 7 & 14
Teacher: David Shapiro
October 21 & 28
Teacher: Debbie Zarate
Tuesdays, Nov. 4 & 11
Teacher: Dan Kaemmerer
Tuesdays, Nov. 18 & 25 & Dec. 2
Teacher: Marcia Sullivan
Tuesdays, Dec. 9 & 16
Teacher: Joel Puleo
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLASSES
Shambhala School of Buddhist Studies Curriculum
Schedule: Meditation 7–8pm, Class 8–9:30pm
Wednesdays, Sept. 3, 10
Teacher: Jane Hawes
Presented by Dr. Jane Hawes who, along with other Tibetan language students of Robin Kornman, is continuing the work of translating The Epic of Gesar. This is the living national epic of Tibet, sung by bards for over 1000 years and recorded in over 120 volumes.
As one of the four main ancestral sovereigns of Shambhala, Gesar of Ling represents the quintessence of the Tibetan warrior tradition. While our Shambhala texts barely mention Gesar by name, they are replete with the imagery and teachings found in The Epic of Gesar. The entire story can be regarded as a display on how the warrior's mind works. Gesar represents the ideal warrior, the principle of all-victorious confidence. As the central force of sanity he conquers all his enemies, the forces that turn people's minds away from the truth. References to warring, frequent to the Gesar literature, also appear in the Shambhala texts where the enemies of the dharma, the evil forces of the four directions, are nothing other than the personification of our own internal battles.
The Shambhala and Gesar traditions, both part of the higher vajrayana teachings, are unique. This uniqueness is due to two great teachers, the Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinposche and His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche who both received the Gesar teachings on warrior principles in the 20th century.
Wednesday, Sept. 17
Teacher: Marcia Sullivan
Wednesdays Sept. 24, Oct. 1, 8, & 15
Teacher: Grace Jessen
The Bodhisattva is a person motivated by compassion who has developed the wish to benefit all sentient beings. More than a kind and compassionate heart, it is the compassionate heart of enlightenment-mind.
The decision to take the Bodhisattva vow is a turning point in one's life. This class offered in preparation for the opportunity to do so with Arharya Richard John on October 19.
Wednesdays Oct. 22 & 29
Teachers: Debbie Zarate and Steven S.
Wednesdays, Nov. 5, 12, & 19
Teachers: Sue Firer and Daniel Gatewood
Wednesdays, Dec. 3, 10, & 17
Teacher: Al Anderson
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