In this Issue:

Sunday morning online sessions
with Dharma Teacher Rachel Parrish
Sundays, 10:30am - 12:00pm CST
Group meditation, open Q&A, and teachings on Najarjuna's Letter to a Friend.

Tuesday evening book discussion
with Dharma Teacher Tsony
Tuesdays, 5:30 - 6:30pm CST
Discussion and commentary on Shamar Rinpoche's book on Mahamudra meditation, Boundless Wisdom.

Chenrezig Sadhana with streamed Video
from His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa
Saturday April 3, 10am CDT

The Heart of Practice Summer Online Retreat
A Week-Long Online Practice Intensive
with Dharma Teacher Khaydroup
June 6-12, 2021 (registration deadline is June 1)

Save the Date: Bodhi Path North America Online Event
Webinars and workshop sessions with with Jigme Rinpoche, Trinlay Rinpoche, and the Bodhi Path Dharma Teachers.
July 17-18, 2021

All of the above sessions will be held online. Connection details are below.

Sundays: Online Meditation & Dharma Talk

with Dharma Teacher Rachel Parrish
hosted by Bodhi Path Chicago
Sundays, 10:30am-12:00pm Central Time
Join Zoom for Sundays with Rachel Parrish.

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 teacher Q&A. We end with 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 disucussion.

Read about Rachel Parrish.

Suggested donations:

Standard: $15 per session
Sponsor: $25 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" and/or "teacher offering" in the notes.

Tuesdays: Online Book Study

with Dharma Teacher Tsony
hosted by Bodhi Path Natural Bridge
Tuesdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm Central Time
Join Zoom for Boundless Wisdom with Tsony.

Tsony leads discussion and offers commentary on Shamar Rinpoche's book on Mahamudra meditation, Boundless Wisdom. Hosted by our friends at Bodhi Path Natural Bridge. Resources from prior sessions available on request.

Read about Tsony.

Donations may be made to Tsony and to Bodhi Path Natural Bridge.

Chenrezig Sadhana with Video from Karmapa

Saturday April 3, 10am CDT
hosted by Bodhi Path EU
Join Zoom for Chenrezig Practice.

Message from Bodhi Path EU about Event:

Following the Tibetan calendar, last February we entered the Ox Year. And this happens to be Jigme Rinpoche's 72, the sixth cycle of 12; therefore, it is a year to put special emphasis on practice. Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapahas recommended the practice of Chenrezig to support the long life and activity of Jigme Rinpoche.

There are many challenges in the world these days and practicing together is a great source of merit, and therefore we want to invite you again to participate in the Chenrezig Sadhana via Zoom webinar. This time we will prolong the Mantra phase.
In last month's streaming, many of you joined, reaching more than hundred participants. It was a great success!!

The video will be streamed and the Tibetan phonetic with the English translation will be subtitled so that everyone can recite it following Karmapa's prayers.

The merit will be multiplied by practicing in a group, and we also want to accumulate the mantras for the benefit of all sentient beings who suffer from the pandemic.

Heart of Practice Summer Retreat

A Week-Long Online Practice Intensive
with Dharma Teacher Khaydroup Zangmo
hosted by Bodhi Path Pasadena
June 6 - 12, 2021
Register for the retreat (deadline is June 1)

Excerpted Description from Bodhi Path Pasadena:

We will provide various “Zoom Rooms” for the different practice sessions. The practice sessions will open and close together with traditional prayers. Which practice you do during the session can vary. Some of you will focus on sitting practice, others Ngondro, others on a particular visualization, generally called “deity” practice, and some will do combinations of the above. This is up to you. In addition we will offer morning Yoga sessions and evening Feldenkrais sessions as well as a daily Dharma talk.

Save the Date: Bodhi Path North America Online Event

Webinars and workshop sessions with with Jigme Rinpoche, Trinlay Rinpoche, and the Bodhi Path Dharma Teachers.
July 17-18, 2021

After discussions about the safest approach for the 2021 program, Bodhi Path North American Centers will again hold its annual event online, July 17-18, 2021 in a format similar to last year’s online event— with open keynote teachings in the morning and smaller registration-based workshops with Dharma Teachers in the afternoon.

Stay tuned for details!

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