Dispelling the Darkness of Suffering

Saturday 21 October, 10.00am

Sunday 22 October, 10.00am and 3.00pm

Lama Jampa will teach this commentary on The Seven Points of Mind Training by Karma Thinley Rinpoche.

Dispelling the Darkness of Suffering is a clear and authoritative, line by line commentary upon The Seven Points of Mind Training written by Geshe Chekhawa. This classic twelfth century text on lojong (‘mind training’) is in the form of pith instructions that show the methods to transform everyday life into the path to enlightenment, by developing bodhichitta (‘enlightenment-mind’, the resolve to attain buddhahood for the benefit of others) on the basis of loving-kindness and compassion. Rinpoche brilliantly illuminates these pith instructions, enabling us to apply them to whatever situations we encounter.

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Initiation of Green Tara

Sunday 22 October, 3.00pm

The goddess Tara is revered in all traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism as the embodiment of the liberating activity of all buddhas. As such her initiation and meditation are especially effective means of awakening one’s innate capacity for enlightened compassion.