Chicago Fall 2016
Lojong: How to Develop a Good Heart – with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe
Lojong is a set of profound practices that help us to clear our hearts and minds of selfishness and delusion. In this 2-day workshop, Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe – professor at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies and one of the most eminent scholars of Buddhism – explains these practices on the basis of the text Seven-Point Mind Training by Geshe Chekawa.
Fee: $38 through September 15, $50 on September 16 and at the door
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No one will be turned away for lack of funds
Friday, September 16, 7 – 9 pm Central Time
Saturday, September 17, 10 am – noon and 2 – 4 pm Central Time
How to Develop a Good Heart
Lojong is a set of profound practices that help us to clear our hearts and minds of selfishness and delusion. In this 8-part course, we study these practices on the basis of the text Seven-Point Mind Training by Geshe Chekawa and of Gelek Rimpoche’s commentary on it.
Click here for course outline and reading.
Sundays, September 11 – October 30, 11:15 am – 12:45 pm
White Tara Meditation and Healing
Tara is the Female Buddha of Tibetan Buddhism known as an embodiment of enlightened love and compassion. White Tara is particularly associated with healing and long life. In this 4-part course, we use Gelek Rimpoche’s teaching on The Practice of the Triumphant Ma to learn visualization techniques to overcome physical, mental, and emotional suffering for ourselves and others.
Fee: $12 per session
Saturdays, September 24 – October 15, 10 – 11:30 am
White Tara Mantra Collection
We practice the Prayer to the Noble Tara and recite Tara’s mantra OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA many times. We dedicate this practice to the health and long life of our guru, our loved ones, and all beings. Join for as many sessions as you like.
Saturday, October 22 – Sunday, October 23
1:30 – 3 pm, 3:30 – 5 pm, 5:30 – 7 pm, 7:30 – 9 pm (both days)
SEM: The Nature of Mind – A Revolutionary Approach to the Science of Mind
Based on teachings delivered by Gelek Rimpoche on the nature of mind, this course addresses the relationship between energy and mind, the mind’s capacity for liberation and wisdom, and continuity of consciousness. Watch the course webcast live from New York at our center in Chicago, and join us for discussion afterwards.
Fee: $5 per session
Thursdays, October 13 – December 8 and January 12 – February 2, 6 – 8 pm
Sundays with Gelek Rimpoche
Jewel Heart’s spiritual director Gelek Rimpoche shares his insights. Watch the webcast at our center.
Sundays, 10 – 11 am
Meditation for Everybody
Learn and practice simple meditations to calm mind and body, improve concentration, and create space for spiritual development.
Tuesdays, 9 – 10 am
Lama Chopa with Tsog
We celebrate the Offering to the Guru including tsog feast. Open to all committed practitioners.
Sunday, September 25, 1 – 2:30 pm
Lojong: How To Develop a Good Heart
Jewel Heart is honored to announce a Special Weekend Teaching
LOJONG: HOW TO DEVELOP A GOOD HEART
with GESHE YESHE THABKHE
Friday, September 16 – Saturday, September 17, 2016
Onsite at Jewel Heart Chicago
4043 N. Ravenswood Ave., Suite 105
Chicago, IL 60613
Also available online via Webinar.
Lojong is a set of profound practices that help us to clear our hearts and minds of selfishness and delusion. In this 2-day workshop, Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explains these practices on the basis of the text “7-Point Mind Training.
Geshe Rinpoche’s gifts were recognized early in life. A genuine contemplative master and member of the last generation extensively trained in old Tibet, he is a Professor of Mool Shastra (Nalanda Tradition of Buddhist Philosophy) at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, the only Tibetan university in India.
He is regarded as one of the most eminent scholars of both the Madhyamaka tradition and Indian Buddhist studies. As one of the greatest learned scholars of Drepung Loseling Monastery, he facilitated completion of numerous research works, including a complete translation of Lama Tsongkhapa’s Lam Rim Chen Mo, or Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.
SCHEDULE
Friday, September 16, 7 pm to 9 pm
Saturday, September 17, 10 am to 12 pm; 2 pm to 4 pm
Preregistration Fee through September 15: $38.
Fee September 16: $50. Payable through online registration as well as onsite at the door.
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Jewel Heart Programs are open to all, regardless of ability to pay. If you are unable to afford a fee, please contact [email protected] to discuss the possibility of a partial or full scholarship.