Jewel Heart Winter Retreat
The 2007 Jewel Heart Winter Retreat will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan from February 2 - 11, 2007. Gehlek Rimpoche will teach on the Lama Chopa with Mahamudra. The Lama Chopa, A Rite Celebrating the Guru, is a complete guru yoga practice, integrating aspects of sutra and tantra into a common framework. Written in poetic verses it includes methods of relating to one’s guru and a comprehensive meditation on the entire spiritual path. The Mahamudra deals with meditation on the conventional and ultimate nature of mind. Combining concentration and wisdom, mind itself becomes the subject as well as object of meditation. This can be practiced very effectively in the context of guru yoga.
This retreat is open to all. Download the registration form on the Jewel Heart website at www.jewelheart.org. For more information, email registration@jewelheart.org.
First Sunday Dharma Talks
These monthly talks, held from 11:00AM - 12:30PM on the first Sunday each month are free and open to the public.
Sunday, January 7, 11:00AM - 12:30PM. Appreciating our life: Precious human existence. Jewel Heart Dharma Coordinator Susan Kirchner Sunday, February 4. Jewel Heart Winter Retreat. No dharma talk scheduled.
Compulsory Tsoh Days for Vajrayogini Practitioners
Saturday, January 13, 4:00 - 6:00PM. Vajrayogini Tsoh. Restricted to Vajrayana practitioners who have had the Vajrayogini initiation.
Sunday, January, 28, 3:00PM - 4:30PM. Lama Chopa Tsoh. Open to all. Please bring food offerings and also your ritual implements and Jewel Heart prayer book.
Highest Yoga Tantra Initiations at Jewel Heart Ann Arbor
Gehlek Rimpoche will give two Highest Yoga Tantra initiations in Ann Arbor in January. On Saturday, January 13, Rimpoche will give a Heruka Five Deity initiation followed by tsoh and on Sunday, January 28, Rimpoche will give a Vajrayogini initiation followed by tsoh. Registration is required. Those who have studied the Lam Rim through Odyssey to Freedom, Three Principles, and/or Lam Rim courses are eligible. If you are considering taking initiation for the first time, first contact Hartmut Sagolla or Kathy Laritz at the Jewel Heart Program Department. (734) 994-3387. To register, contact Debbie Burr, also (734) 994-3387.
Jewel Heart Movie Night
We won't be having a movie night in January and February due to scheduling conflicts. Movie nights will resume in March.
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Jewel Heart Study Program
Odyssey To Freedom
The Odyssey to Freedom is Gehlek Rimpoche's step-by-step guide to the Buddhist path, written especially for us in the 21st century. This foundational course helps practitioners establish a daily practice of the graduated path to enlightenment including six preliminaries, seven limbs, and the points for meditation for each stage of the path. During the course, the topics of the 64 abbreviated (bookmark) outlines of the lam rim are introduced, discussed and meditated on. The course has 43 classes and is divided into 6 modules. Module 1will begin on Sunday, January 14.
Dates: January 14, 21, 28, February 18, 25.
Time: 1:00PM - 2:30PM
Course fee for Module 1 is $80. Free to Supporting Members and above.
Six Session Guru Yoga
A question and answer session covering the Six Session Guru Yoga. Open to Vajrayana practitioners with Highest Yoga Tantra initiation.
Saturday, January 20, 10:00AM - 1:00PM.
Lam Rim l (Part 2)
The Lam Rim, the guide to spiritual practice in the tradition of Je Tsongkhapa, includes the entire path to enlightenment. The Jewel Heart Lam Rim course is divided into Lam Rim l, ll and lll. Lam Rim I illuminates our present conditions so that we can live life in positive harmony with the universal laws of karma. Lam Rim I will be offered in 5 parts, each about 8 weeks long. Part 2 of this in-depth course will begin on Monday, January 8 and is recommended for those who have already taken the Odyssey to Freedom and Three Principles of the Path courses. The text used will be volume 1 of Gehlek Rimpoche’s Lam Rim transcript. Contact Anne Warren to receive the first week’s reading at 216-691-5950 or aewarren@sbcglobal.net.
Led by JH Dharma Coordinator Anne Warren.
Dates: Mondays, January 8, 15, 22, 29, February 12, 19, 26..
Times: 7:00 – 8:30pm
Tuition $80. Free to Supporting Members and above.
Vajrayogini Study Group
The Vajrayogini study group, open to Vajrayana practitioners who have had the Vajrayogini initiation and wish to deepen their sadhana practice, will continue in January and February. Each evening will include group practice of the short sadhana, presentation by instructor, discussion and guided meditation.
Dates: Thursdays, January 4, 18, February 15, 22
Times: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Other Cleveland area Buddhist classes and events
Meditation, Buddhism for Mothers, and Introduction to Buddhism
Ani Palmo Rybicki, an American Buddhist nun, will be giving three courses at Harmony Path School of Massage Therapy located at 20950 Center Ridge Road, Suite 201, Rocky
River OH 44116. Classes begin in January. For more info contact Palmo at 216-320-9589 or palmoska@yahoo.com
JEWEL HEART CLEVELAND CALENDAR
January 4, 7:00 - 8:30PM. Vajrayogini Study Group
January 7, 11:00AM - 12:30PM. Dharma Talk. Appreciating
Our Life: Precious Human Existence. Susan Kirchner.
January 8, 7:00 - 8:30PM. Lam Rim I (Part 2) class
January 13, 4:00 - 6:00PM. Vajrayogini Tsoh. Restricted.
January 14, 1:00 - 2:30PM. Odyssey To Freedom class.
January 15, 7:00 - 8:30PM. Lam Rim I (Part 2) class
January 18, 7:00 - 8:30PM. Vajrayogini Study Group
January 20, 10:00AM - 1:00PM. Six Session Yoga Q&A session.
January 21, 1:00 - 2:30PM. Odyssey To Freedom class.
January 22, 7:00 - 8:30PM. Lam Rim I (Part 2) class
January 28, 1:00 - 2:30PM. Odyssey To Freedom class.
January 28 3:00 - 4:30PM. Lama Chopa Tsoh.
January 29, 7:00 - 8:30PM. Lam Rim I (Part 2) class
February 2-11. Winter Retreat. (Ann Arbor)
February 12, 7:00 - 8:30PM. Lam Rim I (Part 2) class
February 15, 7:00 - 8:30PM. Vajrayogini Study Group
February 18, 1:00 - 2:30PM. Odyssey To Freedom class.
February 19, 7:00 - 8:30PM. Lam Rim I (Part 2) class
February 22, 7:00 - 8:30PM. Vajrayogini Study Group
February 25, 1:00 - 2:30PM. Odyssey To Freedom class.
February 26, 7:00 - 8:30PM. Lam Rim I (Part 2) class
Cleveland
2670 W 14th Street
Cleveland, OH 44113
PHONE: 216-687-1617
For information about any of the events in this newsletter, contact Bill or Susie Kirchner at (330) 722-7770 evenings before 8PM or email
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May all beings have happiness.
May they be free from suffering.
May they find the joy that has never known suffering
May they be free from attachment and hatred.
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