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Bodhicitta Sangha - Heart of Enlightenment
Khenpo Sherab Sangpo

 

Bodhicitta Sangha | Heart of Enlightenment Institute is a non-profit organization and meditation community that supports students in their practices and development along the Buddhist path.

The word "bodhi" means enlightenment and the word "citta" means mind; therefore "bodhicitta" is the enlightened mind of a buddha who is dedicated to bringing all sentient beings to buddhahood.

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Event Calendar
Meditation Teachings/Retreat
  • Thursday, 9/29: HELD AT SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER - Guided Meditation and Teachings on Kamalashila's "Stages of Meditation" with Khenpo Sherab Sangpo
  • October 14-16: Vajrasattva Weekend Meditation Retreat with Khenpo Sherab Sangpo REMINDER TO REGISTER FOR VAJRASATTVA RETREAT: Register by calling Mary MacEachen at 612-568-7880.
  • NO TEACHINGS on Sundays and Thursdays from Sunday, October 2 - Thursday, October 13, 2011, to allow Khenpo Sherab Sangpo a short vacation and time to prepare for the Vajrasattva weekend retreat.

Click the link to see Khenpo Sherab Sangpo's teaching schedule.

Weekend Retreat
October 14 - 16, 2011 - Minneapolis, MN

Vajrasattva - Dorje Sempa

What:   Vajrasattva Weekend Meditation Retreat
 
When:  October 14 - 16, 2011, Friday Talk: 7:00 - 9:00 PM; Saturday/Sunday Teachings: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
 
Where:  House of Prayer in the City (next to St. Mark’s; across the street from the Walker Art Museum) 
425 Oak Grove St., Minneapolis, Minnesota
 
Topic:    Teachings on how to practice purification via the meditation and recitation of Vajrasattva from “Illuminating the Excellent Path to Omniscience: Notes on the Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro” by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Vajrasattva practice is the third inner preliminary that allows us to purify past negative actions, obscurations, and habitual tendencies that are the main obstacles to growing and developing along the spiritual path to enlightenment. It is very important to diminish our obscurations so that realization can arise. To purify our negative actions completely, we rely on the four powers that are part of the Vajrasattva practice. The Buddha taught many methods of purification, but the best method is to meditate on Vajrasattva. Retreat includes reading transmission, alternating periods of guided meditation and teachings, breaks for lunch and tea, and a concluding tsok feast on Sunday. OM VAJRASATTVA HUM
 
All are welcome to attend this retreat. Register by calling Mary MacEachen at 612-568-7880. Cost of retreat is $195. Includes vegetarian lunch and tea during breaks.
 
Teacher: Khenpo Sherab Sangpo is a professor and monk in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. The Tibetan word “Khenpo” means “wise one.” He has trained with some of the greatest meditation masters of Tibet and has spent nearly 20 years contemplating the profound philosophies of the Buddhist tradition.

Click here for Khenpo Sherab Sangpo's full biography.

Khenpo Sherab Sangpo
 
Stages of Meditation

Kamalashila - Stages of Meditation

Thursdays in September | 7 - 8:30 PM

Shambhala Meditation Center
2931 Grand St NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418
Driving directions to Shambhala Meditation Center

Please join us for guided group meditation and teachings on Kamalashila's "Stages of Meditation" with Khenpo Sherab Sangpo from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM on Thursday. Students should arrive at 7:00 PM. We will do opening prayers starting at 7:15 PM. Khenpo will offer teachings on Kamalashila's "Stages of Meditation" and then he will guide us in seated meditation for 30 minutes. We will then do closing prayers and dedicate the merit of our practice to benefit all sentient beings.

These classes are open to all levels of students and meditators. Students are welcome to drop-in to classes at any time during the class series as no pre-registration is required. Suggested donation is $15.

Kamalashila was the main disciple of the great abbot Shantarakshita, who helped establish Buddhism in Tibet in the 8th century. Kamalashila won the great debate at Samye that took place around 846 AD, thereby ensuring that Tibetans followed the Indian tradition of Madhyamika (Middle Way) that had flourished at the great Nalanda Monastery in India. His most famous writings are the three texts titled "Stages of Meditation" that are the fundamental texts for the study and practice of shamatha and vipashyana in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

The text "Stages of Meditation" for this class will be available for sale at the teachings. You may also purchase it online.

Please contact Mary MacEachen at (612) 568-7880, if you have any questions about these events.
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