The Four Seals of Dharma succinctly define the nature of life from a Buddhist perspective. Understanding this reveals our potential to end suffering. They are: All compounded things are impermanent All contaminated things are suffering. All phenomena are devoid of self-existence. Nirvana is peace. DATES/TIMES: Wednesday evenings. 7 – 8:30pm – July 21, 28, August…
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Compassion, empathy, and love are universally considered among the most positive of human emotions across spiritual traditions and ethical, humanistic, and psychological thought. Biologically and evolutionarily, affiliative emotions such as love and compassion are powerful motivators that are conserved in particular among social mammals, and seen as the foundation of family and social functioning. Some…
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Practical Buddhism by Gelek Rimpoche offers video recordings of earlier teachings by Gelek Rimpoche as an opportunity for some to revisit and as an introduction for others. A facilitated discussion with Jewel Heart Instructors follows each session. Sessions continue weekly unless otherwise noted below. Current recordings of Gelek Rimpoche’s last Sunday teachings in 2016 will…
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The American Rimpoche – A Tibetan Lama in the 21st Century is a film featuring Gelek Rimpoche, a renowned Lama born in the legendary Shangri-la of old Tibet, who lived an extraordinary life spanning continents, customs, and cultures. Framed by archival photos of old Tibet taken by Rimpoche’s father in the 1930s and ’40s, the…
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