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Annual Kadam Lojong Meditation Retreat
A Warm and Peaceful Heart Holiday Retreat

Date: December 26 - 31, 2008
Time: Schedule is below
Course Fees: $5 per session, or $50 whole retreat
Location: Rameshori Buddhist Center
Teacher: Various

No registration is necessary for this event.

The Buddhist way of loving-kindness is based on the eight beautiful verses that comprise one of Kadampa Buddhism's best-loved poems, "Eight Verses of Training the Mind," written by 12th century Buddhist master, Bodhisattva Langri Tangpa. These eight verses show us how to transform all of life's difficulties into valuable spiritual insights. When we train our mind in the way of loving-kindness, we learn how to overcome the tendency to blame others and replace this habit with an ability to cherish whomever we meet.

During "A Warm and Peaceful Heart", we will study Bodhisattva Langri Tangpa's teachings on loving kindness and then meditate on them in order to gain a deeper experience of their meaning. This retreat is perfect for the holiday season, because some of our biggest challenges in relationships are with those we are closest to. Learn how to develop "A Warm and Peaceful Heart" for our family - and for all living beings - this holiday season.

Schedule Notes
Drop in to any session or attend the whole retreat.

December 26:
6:30am: Creating the best of all intentions
11:00am: Meditating on the kindness of others
4:30pm: The benefits of cherishing others
7:30pm: Developing a humble mind, part 1 - Having the courage to look at our faults
December 27:
6:30am: Viewing living beings as supreme
11:00am: Do others have faults?
4:30pm: Developing a humble mind, part 2 - The benefits of humility
7:30pm: What is self-cherishing? What are its faults?
December 28:
6:30am: Destroying selfish intention
11:00am: The special practice of exchanging self with others
4:30pm: Compassion and how to develop it
7:30pm: The inner wealth of compassion
December 29:
6:30am: How to develop wishing love
11:00am: Transforming adverse conditions into the spiritual path
4:30pm: Accepting defeat and offering the victory
6:30pm: Melodious Drum with tsog offerings
December 30:
6:30am: Taking away suffering from others
11:00am: Giving happiness to others
4:30pm: The magical practice of taking and giving
7:30pm: The precious mind of bodhichitta
December 31:

6:30am: Ultimate bodhichitta - what is emptiness?
11:00am: The emptiness of our body
4:30pm: The emptiness of our I
7:30pm: The emptiness of our mind

9:00pm: New Year's Party! (bring h'ors d'oeuvres to share)
11:30pm: Prayers for World Peace for the New Year -
Avalokiteshvara (Buddha of Compassion) chanted prayers by candlelight

 


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