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Mondays at 12:00 – 1:00pm: Healing and Compassion Meditation
Weekly sessions of guided meditations on healing and compassion for oneself and others and group discussion. Facilitated by Hartmut Sagolla.
No sessions February 17, May 26 due to Spring Seminar.
Wednesdays at 7:00 – 8:30pm: Practical Buddhism: The Tibetan Approach by Gelek Rimpoche recordings followed by virtual discussion
Practical Buddhism presents 2012/-2014 Sunday talk recordings by Gelek Rimpoche, offering an opportunity for some to revisit and an introduction for others. Live facilitated discussions led by Jewel Heart Instructors follow each session, and are not recorded. No session February 18, 2025. NOTE – Practical Buddhism moved to Wednesday evenings going forward beginning March 19, 2025.
Fridays at 5:30pm: Group Practice: Green Tara – Click here for the Green Tara practice pdf.
Green Tara practice evokes Tara’s many enlightened healing activities through recitation and guided visualizations, supporting helpful and healing ways to relate to ourselves and the world around us.
Please Note Green Tara practice will meet June 6 through August 8. We will not meet on July 4 & 25.
Group Practices facilitated by Jewel Heart Instructors.
Sundays at 9:30 – 10:30am: White Tara Guided Healing Meditation – Click for Prayer to Noble Tara (pdf). Click to explore our White Tara Meditations webpage.
Tara, mother goddess of Tibetan Buddhism, is known for her quick and compassionate activity. White Tara is particularly associated with healing and long life. These guided meditations use visualization techniques to overcome physical, mental and emotional suffering. Available online and onsite Ann Arbor, these sessions are facilitated by Jewel Heart Instructors.
Note: No White Tara meditation session on July 6 due to the Celebration in honor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday. Also no Tara sessions on July 27 due to Summer Retreat and White Tara Empowerment, and on October 12 due to the Fall Seminar.
Sundays at 11:00am – 12:00pm: Ancient Wisdom. Modern Times. with Demo Rinpoche followed by Virtual Community Discussion
Join Demo Rinpoche for weekly Sunday morning public talks, suitable for newcomers and long-timers alike, and followed by a facilitated group discussion based on the morning talk. These sessions are offered both online and onsite Ann Arbor. Please note: Contrary to June 22 announcements, Demo Rinpoche will give the live onsite Sunday talk on June 29.
Weekly Sunday talks with Demo Rinpoche and optional onsite/online optional discussions following the talks.
Note: No online/onsite discussion session Sunday, July 6 due to Celebration programming in honor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday. No live Sunday talk and follow up discussion on July 27 due to Summer Retreat, as well as October 12 due to the Fall Seminar. On July 27 and October 5, an earlier Sunday talk recording will be posted on the Ancient Wisdom. Modern Times. webpage for the viewers convenience.
Visit Demo Rinpoche’s Sunday morning talks on the Jataka Tales: Stories of Buddha’s Previous Lives, offered March 10, April 7, May 5 and June 2, 2024.
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