Bodhicitta Sangha-Minneapolis
Understanding Our Mind
with Ann McFadden
Ann McFadden, a Teaching Assistant for Khenpo Sherab Sangpo, will offer teachings on Thich Nhat Hanh’s book, “Understanding our Mind†that is based on fifty verses on the nature of consciousness taken from the great fifth century Buddhist master Vasubandhu. The commentary focuses on the direct experience of recognizing and embracing the nature of our feelings and perceptions. As we learned in the class series on “37 Practices of The Bodhisattvas,†some of the most important practices we do are completed post-meditation time while actively working on changing the habit energies that lead to suffering. Here, we learn how changing those habit energies have an affect on our storehouse consciousness, allowing transformation to happen at base (or ground of all). This class will provide an overview of the working of the eight consciousnesses and how they relate to the three ways our consciousness may perceive reality: as imaginary constructions, as interdependently arisen, and finally as ultimate reality. The goal of the class is to inspire students to further study and reading of these verses. Quote from verse 46:
We recognize internal knots and latent tendencies
so that we can transform them.
When our habit energies dissipate
Transformation at the base is there.
Open to all. No need to preregister. Drop-ins welcome. Please arrive so that we can start the opening prayers at 10:00 am on Sunday, October 4, 2015. Bodhicitta Sangha-Minneapolis meditates at Tergar Meditation Center, 706 North 1st Street, Suite 112, Minneapolis, MN 55401 (Downtown Minneapolis – Warehouse District)
Suggested donation: $15
Questions? Contact our Teachings Coordinator, Kate Thomas (Gyurmé Chötso), at 651-647-6767 or email: kate@bodhicittasangha.org
Bodhicitta Sangha-Minneapolis
Ngöndro Practice Group
with Mary MacEachen and Steve Tibbetts
Please note that the October 11th session has been cancelled due to Tergar's schedule. The remaining sessions will be held as scheduled on November 8 and December 13, 2015 from 10 am to 2 pm. Students may come and go as their schedule allows. Open to all. No need to preregister.
An open meditation session to support students who are practicing their ngöndro (preliminary practices) or another ritual practice text. Opening prayers, The Heart Sutra, and closing prayers will be provided to recite as a group. Please bring your own individual practice text. Opening prayers start at 10 am.
Feel free to bring a bag lunch or buy one at Whole Foods nearby. We will take a break for lunch at 12 pm and have time for discussion together over lunch.
Bodhicitta Sangha-Minneapolis meditates at Tergar Meditation Center, 706 North 1st Street, Suite 112, Minneapolis, MN 55401 (Downtown Minneapolis – Warehouse District)
Suggested donation: $15
Questions? Contact our Teachings Coordinator, Kate Thomas (Gyurmé Chötso), at 651-647-6767 or email: kate@bodhicittasangha.org
Bodhicitta Sangha-Minneapolis
Nagarjuna Class Series
with Steve Tibbetts
Nagarjuna’s Root Verses on the Middle Way
Steve Tibbetts, a Teaching Assistant for Khenpo Sherab Sangpo, will guide group meditation practice on Sunday, October 18, November 1 and 15, and December 6 and 20, 2015, from 10:00 – 11:30 am.
We will look at the Middle Way view as put forth by Nagarjuna and consider why Vajrayana teachers believe an understanding of this view is essential for practice in the Dzogchen and Mahamudra lineages. We’ll consider a few key passages from his Mulamadhyamakakarika (The Root Verses on the Wisdom of the Middle Way), and try to come to a practical understanding of how this view can clarify our own practice.
That which arises interdependently
Does not cease and does not arise.
It is not nothing and not eternal.
It does not come and does not go.
It is not different and not the same.
To the one who teaches peace,
The pacification of all projections,
To the most sublime of all who speak:
To the perfect Buddha, I pay homage!
Suggested reading list:
- Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
- Contemplating Reality: A Practitioner’s Guide to the View in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism by Andy Karr
Open to all. No need to preregister. Drop-ins welcome. Please arrive so that we can start the opening prayers at 10:00 am. Bodhicitta Sangha-Minneapolis meditates at Tergar Meditation Center, 706 North 1st Street, Suite 112, Minneapolis, MN 55401 (Downtown Minneapolis – Warehouse District)
Suggested donation: $15
Questions? Contact our Teachings Coordinator, Kate Thomas (Gyurmé Chötso), at 651-647-6767 or email: kate@bodhicittasangha.org
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