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SUMMARY:Discovering Your Buddha Nature: Teachings of Gampopa (Online)
DESCRIPTION:An Online Course\nMay 17 – June 7th\, 2021\nMondays: 7:30pm-9:00pm MDT *Click here to see your timezone \nRecordings available for those who cannot attend live\nBonus: Optional Master Class Q&A on Sundays and a Flash Retreat May 28 – 30 \nThe Jewel Ornament of Liberation was written by Gampopa (1074-1153 C.E.).  He shares how all beings have the same essence of Buddha Nature.  How does one realize this? He shares a path. \n\nRegister Now\n\n \nGems of Dharma\ne Gampopa\, Dagpo Rinpoche\, Sonam RinchenSource: Dakini Translations\nGampopa named this contradiction: we both dwell in an amazing human existence with enlightened essence\, while also wandering through the worlds of struggle and suffering. \nWhat is the path through this paradox\, then? In this course\, we will study realities of samsara and nirvana\, based on Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation. \nWe also learn that to be more than who we currently are\, we need to understand more than we currently do. How do we understand cause and effect? What is the role of loving kindness and compassion? \nGampopa with 1st Karmapa\, Dusum Khyenpa. Source: Dakini Translations\nCourse Schedule\nStarts May 17\, 2021\nPLEASE NOTE to deepen and integrate your experience\, we are offering three optional weekly Master Classes during the course and an at-home Flash Retreat at the end. See below for more details. \nClass 1 – Monday\, May 17\, 2021\nHow do we get enlightened? Why wouldn’t we? Gampopa explains different kinds of potential for enlightenment\, and the features of how exactly a precious human existence is the fertile ground for awakening. With this cause and basis for enlightenment\, we look at what a practitioner needs next: a guide. What are the reasons for having a mentor\, and what’s the nature of this relationship?. \nClass 2 – Monday\, May 24\, 2021\nWe review Gampopa’s (and our) perspective on some of the most fundamental aspects of our path: the nature of karma\, the importance of loving kindness and compassion\, and the essential nature of proper refuge. What do these look like in our practice and in our daily lives? We also explore bodhicitta\, the innate potential of a human being to awaken. Sometimes it’s called the desire to awaken: how can we cultivate this? Lastly\, what is the Bodhisattva Vow\, and how do we practice it? \nClass 3 – Monday\, May 31\, 2021\nThe meditations on the Paramita—Six Perfections or Buddhist Virtues—are easily summarized\, but their practice involves a lifetime of living each one more deeply. We look at Gampopa’s descriptions of each Parami (translated here as generosity\, right conduct\, forbearance\, diligence\, meditation\, and wisdom)\, and describe how we can practice them meaningfully in our contemporary lives. This helps us to both awaken further and benefit all beings more. \nClass 4 – Monday\, June 7\, 2021\nOur spiritual paths have different phases: what are they and how do we recognize the road signs? Since we’re practicing the bodhisattva path\, we’ll enrich our experience by getting to know its 10 levels\, and what lies beyond those: Buddhahood. How does a Buddha show up in the universe\, in the different realms? As practitioners we make efforts to benefit all beings; how do Buddhas do it? \n\n \nStudy and Meditation Electives \nMaster Classes – Three Sundays\nThere are weekly Master Classes (akin to online Q&A Office Hours) during this online course to support your deepening learning and practice\, on the following dates at 3pm MST: \n\nSun. May 23\nSun. May 30\nSun. June 6\n\nYou can elect to attend all three or individual dates. \nRegistration & Dana links for Master Classes will be accessible to you when you register for the course. \n \nFlash Retreat\nJune 11-13\, 2021\nElect to deepen your practice via a Flash Retreat during the last weekend of this course.  The retreat provides practitioners a valuable opportunity to integrate and seal the learnings from the online course\, in a format well suited for our contemporary lives. \nThe retreat will include instructions\, online check ins\, and a Master Class on Sunday\, May 30. \nWe encourage you to attend this weekend retreat at Clear Sky Centre\, or together with your local sangha\, or if those not available to you\, in your home. \nRegistration and Dana links for the Flash Retreat will be accessible to you when you register for the course. \n\n\nRegister Now\n \nSangha power – consider organizing or joining regional in-person or online sangha groups to support one another during the online courses and Flash Retreats.  \nMeet Your Teachers\nDoug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies. \n \nCatherine Pawasarat Sensei\n \nDoug Duncan Sensei\nCourse Details\nTime and Location\nEach of the four weekly classes in this online course will be video streamed live at 7:30pm MST. The recording will be available for one week after each class. \nStudy and Meditation Opportunities in addition to the classes include Master Classes on three Sundays at 3pm MST\, and a Flash Retreat on June 11-13\, 2021. \nWhat Does the Course Cost?\nWe offer this course on the basis of dāna\, as well as an admin fee of $100 (USD). The admin is to cover the costs of running these online courses – for equipment and software to provide you the teachings online. \nFor our teachings itself – You may have come across this is the form of “pay from the heart”. Dāna is a Sanskrit term meaning “generosity”. With dāna\, we give as a mutual exchange of generosity. It’s our joy to offer this course\, and we trust you’ll match our time\, energy\, and passion by giving an amount of money that feels good and healthy to both you and us. We suggest a range between $120 and $500 for this four week course. \n\n\nRegister Now
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Women in the 2020’s (Online Course)
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: These recordings can still be accessed as a self-paced course. Links below.\nStepping into greater awakening potential\nWhile there may be frustration\, grief and rage about historical gender inequity in Buddhism\, we can use Buddhist methodologies to transform these conflicting emotions into greater compassion and wisdom. \nJoin Catherine Pawasarat Sensei for this course\, hosted by Menla\, on how we can adapt and shift our traditional perceptions of gender as Buddhist practitioners. \nImage: Thangka of Yeshe Tsogyal\, fully awakened consort of Padmasambhava.  © C. Pawasarat \n \nA Menla Online Course \nBuddhist Women in the 2020’s\nStepping into greater awakening potential\n\nRegister Now (Recordings)\n \nPhoto © D. Steinbock\nGender Perceptions in the Buddhist World in the 2020’s\nAs classic Buddhist teachings emerge in the global mainstream\, it adapts to cultures where women enjoy relative equality with men. In such contexts many practitioners may naturally feel that women and men have the same opportunities to awaken. \nHistorically\, however\, birth in a female body was considered the result of bad karma\, and the lowest and youngest monks enjoyed greater formal status than the most realized nun. Western women and men are unlikely to embrace this part of Buddhist tradition. \nThis confluence of cultures presents a transition ripe with opportunity. While there may be frustration\, grief and rage about historical gender inequity in Buddhism\, we can use Buddhist methodologies to transform these conflicting emotions into greater compassion and wisdom. \nFurthermore\, we can re-examine how different Mahayana and Theravadin practices—from Tantra to celibacy—can foster healthier sexuality. We can use sex scandals and discrimination as part of our practice\, to cultivate more integrated views and relations among all genders. Along the way\, we co-create what global spiritual awakening looks like in the 20th century. \nCatherine Pawasarat Sensei\, a contemporary dharma teacher\, attendant\, consort\, co-teacher via Planet Dharma and co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center shares her unique views\, experience\, and practices regarding this contemporary and planetary Triple Gem. \nMeet Your Teacher\nCatherine Pawasarat Sensei\nCatherine Pawasarat was a student of metaphysics\, Western spiritual traditions\, and the ayahuasca sacraments in the 1990s. She worked as an advocacy photojournalist and studied traditional Japanese arts in Kyoto\, Japan for 20 years. \nSince 1998 she has trained daily with Buddhist teacher Achariya Doug Duncan in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that’s rare in the modern West. Transmitted from the remarkable Namgyal Rinpoche\, they are both lineage holders of these teachings. \nWith Doug\, she is co-founder and resident teacher at Clear Sky Retreat Center in the British Columbia Rockies. There Catherine has spearheaded an innovative and sustainability-oriented culture and organization. Together Doug and Catherine also teach through a virtual vehicle\, Planet Dharma. In 2018 they wrote the best-selling book Wasteland to Pureland. \nCatherine has recently written and published the first English guidebook to Kyoto’s famous Gion Festival\, a gigantic collection of ancient and diverse spiritual rituals. \n \nCatherine Pawasarat Sensei\n \nCourse Details\nFees and Dāna\nThis course is offered by the Menla. There are three price tiers:  Sponsor – $150\, Individual – $108 and Reduced – $78. \nRegistration\nTo attend\, please register via the button below. This course and the Buddhist Women in the 2020’s – Introduction (May 27\, 2021) are both hosted by Menla Online. \nDates & Times (Note: all recordings are now available as a self-paced online course)\nFri.\, June 4: 5-6pm MST (7-8pm EST) \nSat.\, June 5: 9-10:30am MST (11am-12:30 EST) \nSat.\, June 5: 2-3:30pm MST (4-5:30pm EST) \nSun.\, June 6: 9-10:30 MST (11am-12:30 EST) \nSun.\, June 6: 2-3:30 MST (4-5:30pm EST) \nLocation: Online \n\nRegister Now (Recordings)
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SUMMARY:Exploring the Bardo of Now (Online)
DESCRIPTION:An Online Meditation Retreat\nJune 19-25\n \nBardos relate to both living and dying\, creating and dissolving.  In 2020\, we collectively had the rug pulled out from underneath us by the COVID-19 virus. During this retreat\, we will investigate the bardos and what they can teach us about life and impermanence. \n* Due to the ever-changing travel restrictions\, globally and in Canada\, this course will now be offered online. \n\nRegister Now\n\n \nExploring the Bardo of Now\nDuring this retreat\, we will investigate the bardos and what they can teach us about ordinary life. We’ll draw on Vajrayana Buddhism\, contemporary psychology and modern exploration practices to learn how to make peace with the bardos and live more fully in the present moment. \nCourse Overview\nWhy a meditation retreat on the Bardos?\nBardos relate to both living and dying\, creating and dissolving.  Bardos can appear at any time\, and may make us feel we have lost all of our stability and reference points. However\, they also offer us an opportunity to explore what is dying and prepare for a new birth. \nBardo study is relevant to people of all ages\, regardless how old they are or how close to dying they are. \nWho is this retreat ideal for?\nThis retreat is ideal for relatively new students who are interested in exploring Buddhist principles that include both Eastern and Western views of death and impermanence. It will appeal to students of the Positive Death movement. Is is also ideal for AIT students who cannot travel to BC as often as they like to\, given the pandemic situation. \nWhat’s expected of me?\n\nAn open mind and heart\, and a spirit of adventure are excellent things to bring!\nIt’s human to have some apprehensions about doing something new\, meeting new people\, or going to a new place. Particularly when all three happen together. We try to make this as supportive as possible.\nWhen exploring our growth edges\, it’s natural to feel uncertain and awkward. And it’s very fruitful to transform that emotional tension into creative energy by drawing on your own inner resources – such as inquiry\, going with the flow\, and self-reflection\, just a few of the many kinds of constructive engagement.\nTo maximize your retreat experience\, we ask that you refrain from reading\, using the internet\, phone or listening to music during the course.\nStudents are expected to be silent during the silent parts of the retreat\, and participate in all classes\, group meditations\, activities\, and discussions.\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n \nSangha power – consider organizing or joining regional in-person sangha group to support one another during the course. \nMeet Your Teachers\nDoug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies. \nLama Linda (Linda Hochstetler) has studied both mindfulness meditation and Vajrayana Buddhism for more than 20 years. She trained in mindfulness meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn in the 90’s\, and studied under Namgyal Rinpoche (the first Canadian-born Rinpoche) from 1995 until his death in 2003. She received permission to teach in the Namgyal lineage in 2014\, and currently studies Vajrayana Buddhism with Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. Silent meditation retreats are a central part of her study and practice\, and since 1995\, she has completed retreats of between 1 week and 2 months in length every year. \n \nCatherine Pawasarat Sensei\n \nDoug Duncan Sensei\n \nLinda Hochstetler\nCourse Details\nClass and Group Meditation Schedule\nMore details coming soon. \nWhat Does the Course Cost?\nThis course is run based on the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna. \n\n\nRegister Now
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SUMMARY:Come to your Senses: A Day to Practice Deep Mindfulness (Online)
DESCRIPTION:An Alive Mindfully Course with Maureen Smith & Dean Nicholson\nJune 19\, 2021\n9:00am-4:00pm MDT \nClick here to see your timezone \n \nLife is busy.  Every day your senses are bombarded with a constant stream of incoming data as you face the demands of work\, family\, finances and health.  While navigating through life’s daily challenges it can be difficult to pause and take a breath\, to smell the roses\, to rest in the moment.  Join this one day online retreat and develop deep mindfulness practices to stay grounded in the midst of life’s busyness.\n\nRegister Now\n \nWe are delighted to share this course that is being offered in collaboration with our friends at Alive Mindfully.\n \nWhether you work in the healthcare field or the business world.\nWhether you are self-employed or work in a large organization.\nWhether you are part of a family or are living alone.\nIf you want to learn skills to be sustained and nurtured in the work you do\, this one day\, 7 hour online retreat is for you.  In one day you will learn how to release tension in your system and gain calm through focused concentration.\n \nCourse Details \nWhat you can expect\nIn this course you will:\n\n\nLearn ancient and effective practices that use the senses of taste\, touch\, sight and sound to develop calm and focus.  These are practices you can use anywhere to tune into your senses and develop Deep Mindfulness.\n\n\nPractice with others who share similar concerns and challenges and who also want to stay centered within themselves.\n\n\nBecome more aware of how to maintain health and wellbeing in yourself even in the midst of life’s busyness.\n\n\n\n \nMeet your Teachers\n\n \nMaureen Smith\nA Registered Clinical Social Worker\, Maureen has been a Mental Health and Substance Use Counsellor for over 9 years and previously worked in Hospice and Palliative Care.   She is a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) facilitator and meditation teacher.\nSince 2005\, Maureen has been a resident and co-manager of the Clear Sky Retreat Center.  For over 20 years Maureen has been studying meditation and mindfulness with awakening masters Doug Duncan Sensei and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei.   Maureen gets excited finding ways to blend her spiritual and professional work life in a delicately woven tapestry.  Her life’s purpose is exploring consciousness and gaining wisdom into human nature in order to support people to grow into fully developed human beings.\nDuring her time-out relaxation moments\, Maureen enjoys gazing at the sky through leaves on tree branches\, hiking\, creating art and reading.\nDean Nicholson\nDean has a Masters in Counselling Psychology.  He is the Executive Director of East Kootenay Addiction Services Society with over 30 years clinical counselling experience in health care.  Dean has facilitated hundreds of therapy groups\, is an educator and popular speaker.   He has also conducted cutting edge research on substance use and trauma\, and has presented at national and international conferences. \nA meditation practitioner and resident at the Clear Sky Meditation Center\, Dean is a student of Doug Duncan Sensei and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. Dean actively lives the healing practices he teaches his clients. \nFor fun Dean enjoys music\, film and literature\, and exploring the natural history of the East Kootenay area. \n \nCourse Details\n\nLocation: Online (Zoom)\nDate: June 19\, 2021\nTime: 9:00am – 4:00pm MT\nCost: $100 CAD\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\nDean is a very skilled\, knowledgeable and interactive presenter. He delivered a two day introductory Counselling Skills Training for the Akisqnuk First Nation Health and Administrative staff which was very well received and beneficial to all participants.\nGerard GregoireAkisqnuk First Nation Health\nYou are never quite sure how the unknown is going to be\, but mindfulness will exceed your expectations and open your eyes to how beautiful the mind really is. Maureen’s warm personality and patience helped ease us into it\, especially for those of us in unfamiliar waters. Her delivery\, tone and pace were perfect for me to digest.\nGareth WebbCounsellor\, Youth Substance Use\nAs I mentioned I have some experience (but don’t have a structured daily practice except in times of Crisis). The wording that Maureen used was very clear and could easily be understood and added to my knowledge. Also she made it very easy to incorporate into everyday life. The second best thing was the profound peace that I felt by the end of the second day. I left feeling absolutely lovely and this state lasted the rest of the weekend. Thank you.\nAnn Morin MSW\, Invermere BC\nDean is a professional with an amazing ability to understand what I couldn’t. Dean never did the work for me and he always seems to know what to say to help guide me towards making up my own mind and figuring out my issues. Having Dean as a counsellor is like having a caring knowledgeable friend help you through hard times.\nPK
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