There will be ample opportunity for students to practice the Buddha s comprehensive instructions. This course is limited to students who have completed at least two one-week or longer silent retreats. It incorporates awareness techniques for awakening to primordial inner freedom and finding the natural meditations in your daily life. The weekend program focuses on the View, Meditation and Action that directly introduces the freedom, purity and perfection of Dzogchen, the Natural Great Practice. The Dzogchen ngondro practice of Ru-shen, or subtle discernment, will be introduced for the first time during this weekend teaching.
Compassion is nurtured.
The dialogue can be transformative for individuals and whole groups. In addition to grounding in silent practice, this weekend we meditate with deep listening and mindful speaking to create a spacious awareness in which to discover the nature of mind. At least one meditation retreat is recommended. One of the aims of the workshop is to build a bridge between classical and contemporary perspectives on psychology. This course begins with exploration of the development of Vajrayana Buddhism as a movement of late Indian Mahayana which was profoundly influential upon Tibet.