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Please note that due to contraints on faculty availability and center resources, Mahamudra Meditation Center, Petaluma, will only be offering the 9-month program (usually starting in September), at this time. Thank you.
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"It is excellent to know what the genuine Dharma is. However, if one does not meditate,
the ultimate result will not be obtained, so practice is very important.
Further, rather than practicing alone in a solitary place, it is better to practice in a
group. Repa Shiwa said, 'The basis of virtuous activity is compatible Dharma friends.'
Through the encouragement of lamas and friends who truly follow the Dharma, one's faith and diligence grow,
and one's laziness and discouragement are turned around."
- Khyabje Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
2006 - 2007 Program Schedule
Lojong and Chenrezig Practice
by Kenpo Jigme
January 6 & 7, 2007
Times (each day): 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at The Mahamudra Center, Point Arena
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Khenpo Jigme from Vajra Vidya Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado will be teaching LOJONG (Seven Point Mind Training) on Saturday and CHENREZIG (Compassion and Bodhichitta) on Sunday.
He will be accompanied by translator Lopon Sonam Bumdhen.
Khenpo entered Namo Buddha Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies at Namo Buddha, Nepal in 1989 and completed the five-year program. In 1994 he entered and completed the traditional three-year retreat at the
retreat center at Namo Buddha. In 1997 Thrangu Rinpoche appointed him as a main teacher for the Namo Buddha Institute and the Vajra Vidya Institute in Sarnath, India and gave him the title of “Khenpo”. This title is given as a master of Buddhist philosophy, similar to a PhD. in Theology.
Please contact us at info@mahamudracenter.org
for additional information.
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Vajrayana Meditation from Mahamudra Perspective (2006-2007)
by Lama Thapkhay
October, 2006 - March, 2007 (Starts Oct. 14)
Last Saturday of each month (9:00 am - 11:00 am) at LT's (Peter's) house.
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Creation and Completion, a commentary by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche on Jamgon Kongtrul's work Essential Points of Tantric Meditation will serve as a basis for this program. The program includes
regular practice sessions on the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro, recommended by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche for Westerners
specifically interested in
"Mind Teachings."
Please contact us at info@mahamudracenter.org
for additional information.
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Nine-Month Mahamudra Program (2006-2007)
by Pat Schotka
Starting September 9, 2006
First Saturday of the month (with exception of September) at Pat's (Petaluma) house.
Free with any level of regular membership donation.
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Essentials of Mahamudra, a commentary on Dakpo Tashi Namgyal's classic Moonbeams of Mahamudra, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche will serve as a basis for this program.
Please see Mahamudra Program Areas link and
Additonal Information on Texts
link for more details regarding fit into curriculum and text, respectively. The class will include guided explorations from Mahamudra Meditation Center's meditation manual.
Please contact Pat at patschotka@comcast.net
for class, registration and/or location information.
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Dakpo Tashi Namgyal's Guide to Mahamudra - Clarifying the
Natural State
(2006)
Point Arena Thrangu Center
by Lama Thapkhay
April 29 & 30 - Introduction and Guidance Through Shamatha (pages 1-26)
June 3 & 4 - Guidance Through Lhakthong, Resolving the View and Pointing-out Instructions (pages 26-47)
September 23 & 24 - Subsequent Ways to Continue Training, Working with Errors and Utilizing Enhancement Practices (pages 47-76)
November 18 & 19 - The Four Yogas, Further Enhancements and How Realization Arises (pages 76-104)
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"The words of Dakpo Tashi Namgyal are unique in that they are adorned
with plenty of pithy advice out of his personal experience. Therefore,
practitioners are greatly benefited by his instructions. His methods for
practicing Mahamudra, found in such books as Clarifying the
Natural State, are preeminent. This book is indispensable as
it focuses exclusively on practice." Lama Thapkhay has had the opportunity
to study both Moonbeams of Mahamudra and Clarifying the Natural State extensively under
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche.
Please contact us at info@mahamudracenter.org
for registration or additional information.
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Affiliated Teachings (2006): Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche & Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche
offered by Vajra Vidya and Ratna Shri, respectively
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- Loving Kindness, Compassion, Bodhicitta by Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche - Carmel Valley, California March 31 - April 2
- Taranatha’s Text on Prajnaparamita by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche - Crestone, Colorado August 11 - 20
- Eliminating the Darkness of Ignorance by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche - Portland, Maine September 1 - 10
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Donations
Donations should be payable to "Vajra Vidya Retreat Center" and sent to:
Vajra Vidya Retreat Center
P. O. Box 1083
Crestone, CO 81131
U.S.A.
Thank you.
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