Thursdays,

8-9:30PM

8-8:30PM sitting meditation (free)

8:30-9:30PM Dharma talk ($10 or any class card)

A weekly program designed to introduce participants to the basic principles and practices of Shambhala Buddhism, including the 3 traditional yanas (or vehicles) of Tibetan Buddhism and a view of the Shambhala teachings on basic goodness and enlightened society.

Open to all levels, classes will be sequential, but each class will be open to all... you can come to any or all of them. Class will include meditation instruction, practice, talk and discussion.

AN INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM AND THE VISION OF SHAMBHALA

1/19 -6/29/07

Dharma Talk Schedule & Reading Assignments      

Teachers: David Nichtern &Ethan Nichtern

Readings  Will Be From:

Turning the Mind Into An Ally / Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche / Riverhead

The Wisdom of No Escape / Pema Chodron / Shambhala 

Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior / Chogyam Trungpa / Shambhala


CLASS SCHEDULE: 


1/19     Find Out for Yourself: The Example of the Buddha  (with David Nichtern)
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1/26     Things as They Are: The Four Noble Truths (with David Nichtern)
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2/2       Taming Your Wild Mind: Shamatha Meditation    (with Ethan Nichtern)
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2/9       Opening Your Heart: Loving Kindness   (with Ethan Nichtern)
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2/16     Stages of the Path & The Role of the Teacher & Lineage (with David Nichtern)
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2/23     Awakened Heart: Absolute & Relative Bodhicitta (with Ethan Nichtern)
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3/2       Exchanging Oneself for Others: The Path of the Bodhisattva   (with Ethan Nichtern)
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3/9       Cultivating Transcendant Virtue: The Paramitas    (with David Nichtern)
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3/16     Transforming Confusion Into Wisdom: Vajrayana       (with Ethan Nichtern)
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3/23   The Vision of Shambhala: Basic Goodness & Enlightened Society

            (with David Nichtern)
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3/30    The Cocoon: Doubt, Fear, & Habitual Patterns     (with David Nichtern)
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4/6      The Path of the Warrior: The Birth of Authentic Confidence    (with Ethan Nichtern)
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4/13    General Discussion re Practice and Study    (with David & Ethan Nichtern)

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4/20     Introduction to Contemplative Meditation   (with Ethan Nichtern)
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4/27     Four Reminders - - Precious Human Life    (with David Nichtern)
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5/4       Robert Thurman speaking at OM!   8-10PM
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5/11     Impermanence & Death            (with Ethan Nichtern)
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5/18      Karma      (with Ethan Nichtern)
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5/25      Defects of Samsara     (with David Nichtern)
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6/1       Maitri (with Ethan Nichtern)

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6/8        Four Foundations of Mindfullness   (with David Nichtern)

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6/15     Four Foundations of Mindfullness     (with Ethan Nichtern)

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6/22     Four Foundations of Mindfullness    (with David Nichtern)

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6/29     Four Foundations of Mindfullness     (with Ethan Nichtern)