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Valid Cognition Course with Geshe Sonam

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March 24, 2021
Buddhist Philosophy Online, Open Teaching Webcast. This is a monthly class to support your meditation practice and meet the challenge of integrating meditation into a full, dynamic life […] More
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March 25, 2021
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April 1, 2021
Study Buddhist logic and epistemology to understand how mind knows, (in Sanskrit, Pramana or in Tibetan, tshad ma) and identify how wrong knowledge causes cyclic suffering.This is the study of a classic text on Valid Cognition... More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

April 7, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Valid Cognition Course with Geshe Sonam

April 8, 2021
Study Buddhist logic and epistemology to understand how mind knows, (in Sanskrit, Pramana or in Tibetan, tshad ma) and identify how wrong knowledge causes cyclic suffering.This is the study of a classic text on Valid Cognition... More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

April 14, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Valid Cognition Course with Geshe Sonam

April 15, 2021
Study Buddhist logic and epistemology to understand how mind knows, (in Sanskrit, Pramana or in Tibetan, tshad ma) and identify how wrong knowledge causes cyclic suffering.This is the study of a classic text on Valid Cognition... More
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Ngakpa Training – Online

April 21, 2021
The Ngakpa Training offers in-depth study... of Vajrayana Buddhist history, philosophy and practice, focusing on the Inner Tantras of the Nyingma Tradition, also known as MahaYoga, AnuYoga and Dzogchen... More
Pre-requisites Required to Register. For More Information, Email Info@Ngakpa.org

Valid Cognition Course with Geshe Sonam

April 22, 2021
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April 23 - 25, 2021
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Excellent Path

April 28, 2021
Buddhist Philosophy Online, Open Teaching Webcast. This is a monthly class to support your meditation practice and meet the challenge of integrating meditation into a full, dynamic life […] More
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Valid Cognition Course with Geshe Sonam

April 29, 2021
Study Buddhist logic and epistemology to understand how mind knows, (in Sanskrit, Pramana or in Tibetan, tshad ma) and identify how wrong knowledge causes cyclic suffering.This is the study of a classic text on Valid Cognition... More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

May 5, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

May 12, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Ngakpa Training – Online

May 19, 2021
The Ngakpa Training offers in-depth study... of Vajrayana Buddhist history, philosophy and practice, focusing on the Inner Tantras of the Nyingma Tradition, also known as MahaYoga, AnuYoga and Dzogchen... More
Pre-requisites Required to Register. For More Information, Email Info@Ngakpa.org

Excellent Path

May 26, 2021
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Vajrayana Training – Online

June 2, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

June 9, 2021
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Ngakpa Training – Online

June 16, 2021
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Pre-requisites Required to Register. For More Information, Email Info@Ngakpa.org

Excellent Path

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Vajrayana Training – Online

July 7, 2021
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Vajrayana Training – Online

July 14, 2021
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Ngakpa Training – Online

July 21, 2021
The Ngakpa Training offers in-depth study... of Vajrayana Buddhist history, philosophy and practice, focusing on the Inner Tantras of the Nyingma Tradition, also known as MahaYoga, AnuYoga and Dzogchen... More
Pre-requisites Required to Register. For More Information, Email Info@Ngakpa.org

Excellent Path

July 28, 2021
Buddhist Philosophy Online, Open Teaching Webcast. This is a monthly class to support your meditation practice and meet the challenge of integrating meditation into a full, dynamic life […] More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

August 4, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

August 11, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Ngakpa Training – Online

August 18, 2021
The Ngakpa Training offers in-depth study... of Vajrayana Buddhist history, philosophy and practice, focusing on the Inner Tantras of the Nyingma Tradition, also known as MahaYoga, AnuYoga and Dzogchen... More
Pre-requisites Required to Register. For More Information, Email Info@Ngakpa.org

Excellent Path

August 25, 2021
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Vajrayana Training – Online

September 1, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

September 8, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Ngakpa Training – Online

September 15, 2021
The Ngakpa Training offers in-depth study... of Vajrayana Buddhist history, philosophy and practice, focusing on the Inner Tantras of the Nyingma Tradition, also known as MahaYoga, AnuYoga and Dzogchen... More
Pre-requisites Required to Register. For More Information, Email Info@Ngakpa.org

Excellent Path

September 22, 2021
Buddhist Philosophy Online, Open Teaching Webcast. This is a monthly class to support your meditation practice and meet the challenge of integrating meditation into a full, dynamic life […] More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

October 6, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

October 13, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Ngakpa Training – Online

October 20, 2021
The Ngakpa Training offers in-depth study... of Vajrayana Buddhist history, philosophy and practice, focusing on the Inner Tantras of the Nyingma Tradition, also known as MahaYoga, AnuYoga and Dzogchen... More
Pre-requisites Required to Register. For More Information, Email Info@Ngakpa.org

Excellent Path

October 27, 2021
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Ngakpa Live – Online

October 27, 2021
The Ngakpa Training offers in-depth study... of Vajrayana Buddhist history, philosophy and practice, focusing on the Inner Tantras of the Nyingma Tradition, also known as MahaYoga, AnuYoga and Dzogchen... More
Pre-requisites Required to Register. For More Information, Email Info@Ngakpa.org

Vajrayana Training – Online

November 3, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

November 10, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Ngakpa Training – Online

November 17, 2021
The Ngakpa Training offers in-depth study... of Vajrayana Buddhist history, philosophy and practice, focusing on the Inner Tantras of the Nyingma Tradition, also known as MahaYoga, AnuYoga and Dzogchen... More
Pre-requisites Required to Register. For More Information, Email Info@Ngakpa.org

Vajrayana Training – Online

December 1, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Vajrayana Training – Online

December 8, 2021
In web-classes, meeting twice a month, students will discover how to understand the pivotal principles of Tibetan Buddhism[…] More
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Ngakpa Training – Online

December 15, 2021
The Ngakpa Training offers in-depth study... of Vajrayana Buddhist history, philosophy and practice, focusing on the Inner Tantras of the Nyingma Tradition, also known as MahaYoga, AnuYoga and Dzogchen... More
Pre-requisites Required to Register. For More Information, Email Info@Ngakpa.org

August 28, 2020 by pemacom

Dear Friends,

This week has been a potent, intense, inspiring week of conversations about compassion and rage, inner change and social change. Each night I met with the guests, Charles Eisenstein, Jan Willis, Venerable Thubten Chodron-la and Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin. For those of you who could not be there, here are some of the most memorable moments for me.

Speaking with Jan Willis, we talked about the role of humility in working with our anger and I had relayed advice from a conversation I had with another teacher who said in response to some harassers who were bothering her, “Its ok, I am just a worm you can’t humiliate me.” I had shared what a relief it is to contemplate that and in so doing, cheerfully embrace being a small being in a huge world. Jan interrupted me and said, “But EQUAL, we are all equal.” Contemplating the equality of all beings is something Buddhists do frequently as one of the major tenets of Buddhism, but it came through so beautifully in that moment. Oh to be small beings in a huge world, where we all want to be free from suffering and still we are all equal, every one of us equal.

Another favorite moment was last night speaking with Shonin when I had asked her how she had felt when she saw the video of George Floyd. One of the reasons I invited Shonin was because of her work teaching Buddhism to White Supremacists. But the question had come from one of the audience members, and we both answered it. We both described grief and sadness. And then one of things she described was the feeling that we would all have to get very strong to deal with this. It was this spontaneous reflection of bodhichitta, the altruistic enlightened intent. It’s something I think of every day – what kind of education would we need to put out in the world so something like this never happened again?

It seems to me there is a lot of sadness and grief moving through society that has been disowned and gets expressed through aggression. My article on grief just came out on LionsRoar – so you may want to read it if you haven’t yet.

It starts with a quote of Shabkar who said, “Sadness rages like a great fire, though in mind, there is no wood. A storm of tears pours down ceaselessly, though in the sky of my eyes there are no clouds.[1]” —Shabkar
The full article is here: When Sadness Rages Like Fire

But probably one of the most interesting things was the comments during the talks, sent to me by the listeners in the chat box. Based on that I have totally scrapped my original plan for Saturday and I have decided instead to teach a class on Buddhist Tantric theories of anger and power called – Rage as a Path to Liberation. We have contemplated Mahayana so much, this will open up another perspective. I want us to explore Buddhist methods beyond spiritual by-passing. Also – I am eager to present this class and also be able to share some perspectives as a historian of Buddhism. If you would like to join you can register here:
Rage as a Path to Liberation

So Saturday morning’s **new schedule** will be as follows below. I look forward to seeing you there. Come to it all or come to what you can.

The videos from this week are still being produced so you can listen-in on my conversation with Lama Harvey Aronson and his discussion of disowned anger and the differences between traditional Buddhist ideas of anger and how the term is used in English. Reconciling Eastern Ideals and Western Psychology

Much thanks to everyone who has donated to the Dakini Mountain Emergency Fund, this year’s fundraising efforts are more crucial than ever because of the drastic effects of the Pandemic on our community.

Wishing you resilient presence through all that has been and all that is to come,

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Bodhisattva in Troubled Times
Rage as a Path to Liberation

This is a week-long series about the practice of compassion and care in troubled times. In the face of trauma, fear, aggression… what is the place of love and empathy? In the midst of moral outrage and the imperative to change society, how do we proceed without magnifying aggression and hate? This series is dedicated to contemplating possibilities for facing difficulties with a mind set upon altruistic action and connection with others. The “Bodhisattva” is a Buddhist term for a person dedicated to care for self, others and the world through compassionate action.

  • Explore alternate theories of social change
  • Delve into perspectives for harnessing anger, frustration and grief
  • Investigate possibilities beyond spiritual by-passing
  • Explore the integration of activism with compassion.
  • Consider the relationship between self-care, caring for others and caring for our world. 
  • Delve into intersectional identities in a complex and diverse world.

Join internationally renowned Buddhist scholar and teacher, Pema Khandro and guests in this week-long event dedicated to opening up a conversation about how Buddhist values might unfold in the midst of an avalanche of intense situations.

Retreat Schedule
*All times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) (UTC-7) Timezone Converter

Geseh-Ngawang-Sonam-3338:30-10:30am
Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life

Geshe Sonam will teach on Chapter Six to the Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. Geshe Sonam is a Geshe Lharampa, having earned the highest possible degree in Buddhist philosophy. He is an interpreter to the Dalai Lama. Since Geshe-la will be giving this program from India, we are starting at 8:30am PST/ 11:30 EST instead of our normal starting time.

10:30am-10:45  –  Short break

11am-1pm
Rage as a Path to Liberation 
PemaKhandro 2 Pema Khandro will give a class on Buddhistperspectives on anger, rage, power and fierce compassion. The class will explore the relationship between Mahayana & Vajrayana perspectives on anger, compassion and resilience. It will draw on a question of how the bodhisattva ideal gets variantly interpreted in Tibetan literature and how Tibetan Buddhism came to be known as a champion of non-violence.

1:00 – 2:30pm  –  Lunch Break

2:30 – 3:00pm  –  Community Tea Time: Discussion Groups

3:00 – 3:45pm  –  Group Chanting & Meditation led by Satya

3:45 – 4:15pm  –  Question and Answers Session with Pema Khandro

4:15 – 4:30pm  –  Bodhisattva Vow Recitation & Closing


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