In this issue:
- Rachel Parrish continues to lead Sunday Online sessions, with guided meditation and a discussion of Naragjuna's "Letter to a Friend."
- Karmapa offers a lovely new guided meditation on the occasion of Vesak 2020, and his own birthday (May 6).
- Tsony offers a his 8th video installment, a teaching on Inner & Outer Resolution.
- Trinlay Rinpoche's online course on the Seven Points of Mind Training (Lojong) is underway.
- Jigme Rinpoche teaches weekly from France (recordings available)
- Annual Program additional updates.
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Ongoing Weekly Online Sessions
with Dharma Teacher Rachel Parrish
Every Sunday, 10:30am-12:00pm Central Daylight Time
Our online sessions with Dharma Teacher Rachel Parrish have been enormously popular, and we will be continuing to offer them each Sunday.
Each session begins promptly at 10:30am, with a brief orientation, reciting the refuge & bodhicitta prayers, and 15 minutes of shiné meditation, followed by a teaching and discussion on the classic text A Letter to a Friend, by Nagarjuna. These sessions are relaxed, informal, and there is plenty of time for Q&A.
Join online at this zoom link.
(contact chicago@bodhipath.org with any questions, or if you prefer to join via phone)
Suggested donations:
- Standard: $10 per session
- Sponsor: $20 per session
- A voluntary teacher offering may be given separately
No one turned away for lack of funds.
You may make donations here: www.bodhipath.org/donate-chicago/
Please specify "program offering" or "teacher offering" in the notes.
Online Study Course
Trinlay Rinpoche's online Lojong course is underway
Registration required.
Trinlay Rinpoche's online course will on Lojong (Mind Training) text study began this week, and spans six Saturdays: May 9, 16, 23, 30 and June 6, and 13. Recordings will be made available to registered students who miss a live session. Check out the details on GroupSpaces (you need to create an account): http://groupspaces.com/BodhiPathOnline/item/1258110.
View On Your Own Schedule
Meditations from Karmapa
Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa has offered a series of guided meditations, with more each week. Most recently, he offered a lovely new guided meditation on the occasion of Vesak 2020, and his own birthday (May 6).
Jigme Rinpoche Teaches Weekly from France
Watch live or view recordings;
No registration necessary.
From April 26 to June 28, Rinpoche is giving a teaching each Sunday morning from 10am to 11:30 am Central Europe Time (that's 3am Central Daylight Time on April 25 in the USA), available through Dhagpo’s Youtube Channel. Teachings are offered in English and translated to French. Recordings of each teaching are made available via the same YouTube channel, usually by the next day. Check out the details here: https://www.dhagpo.org/en/index.php/program/alternative-2020.
Video Teachings from Tsony
Tsony has posted the 8th in a series of brief teachings called "The COVID-19 Diaries," a teaching on Inner & Outer Resolution.
Changes to the Annual Program
As announced in our last newsletter, the Bodhi Path USA annual program and retreat have been postponed.
- There will be an online program this year during the same dates, June 19-22, 2020, including teachings by Jigme Rinpoche, Trinlay Rinpoche, and the Dharma Teachers of North America. Stay tuned for details.
- There will be an in-person program next year July 16-19, 2021 followed by a retreat July 19-22, 2021. The location will be at the Mount Madonna Center in the Santa Cruz mountains of California. The news post is now live: http://bodhipath.org/annualmtg2021/.
About BPOCI
The Bodhi Path Online Content Initiative (BPOCI) was already established before the coronavirus crisis, but it has ramped up since. The goal is to provide online Dharma resources that support center activities, and also those who can't make it to a center (which now includes us all!). Learn how you can support and join these efforts here: http://www.bodhipath.org/streamedclasses/.
Wishing you all the best,
Your friends at Bodhi Path Chicago
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Monthly subscriptions are available at any level and provide your center with the consistent, reliable support necessary to continue its mission. One time donations are also enormously beneficial.
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Welcome to Bodhi Path!
Bodhi Path Buddhist Center of Chicago is a resource for practitioners, scholars, and those curious about meditation and Buddhist philosophy who wish to relate authentic teachings to everyday life. Newcomers are always welcome and no system of belief is ever expected. Practices that require previous experience are noted on the calendar.
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