| Dear Dharma family, Please join us this April as Lama Karma, Lama Kathy, and Lama Adam return to teach at our Sangha. Weekly meetings are on Thursdays from 6:30 – 8:15 PM PST via Zoom. Invites will be sent on the day of each event. Looking forward to seeing you all. Karmapa Khyenno!Your Dharma Family at Santa Monica KTC |
| April 6 | Chenrezig Practice April 13 | Lama Karma – Guided Meditation April 20 | Lama Adam – Ultimately Chenrezig, Relatively Speaking April 27 | The Four Stations of Mindfulness with Charles Dawes |
| April 6 Chenrezig Practice |
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| Chenrezig Practice in English and Tibetan. |
| April 13 Guided Practice with Lama Karma |
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| Lama Karma will lead us in a guided practice and discussion. |
| April 20 Ultimately Chenrezig, Relatively Speaking |
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| In each session, we’ll go deep into one of the practical aspects of tantric Buddhist visualization, using the Short Chenrezig practice as our jumping-off point. Drawing on the teachings of great masters such as Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Bokar Rinpoche, and Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, this series will be a “how-to” for cultivating and reenergizing a meaningful everyday Vajrayana practice, with an emphasis on revealing the thread of sacredness connecting everything. |
| April 27 The Four Stations of Mindfulness with Charles Dawes |
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| The Four Stations of Mindfulness with Charles Dawes “Hinayana, Mahayana, Vajrayana” Charles will offer observations regarding the practices of the three vehicles of Buddhism with special emphasis on techniques of mindfulness meditation based on the four stations of mindfulness which form the foundation for Mahayana and Vajrayana practices. Charles Dawes is a senior practitioner member of Santa Monica KTC. He holds a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, and celebrated his 50th year of taking refuge in 2021. Initially a student of vipassana meditation, he met HH 16th Karmapa in 1976 and later became a student of Ven Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche in the late 1970s when he returned to his childhood home in Columbus, OH. He served on the board of Columbus KTC for many years and joined Santa Monica KTC when he moved to California in 2012. He currently lives in Desert Hot Springs, CA. |
| ZOOM credentials for our regular sessions will remain the same: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87204694084 Phone +1 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 872 0469 4084 |
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Lama Kathy will teach Rinpoche’s illuminating perspective which addresses the timeless problem of anxiety in our everyday lives. “From the 2,500-year-old perspective of Buddhism,” Rinpoche writes, “every chapter in human history could be described as an ‘age of anxiety.’ The anxiety we feel now has been part of the human condition for centuries.”So what do we do? Escape or succumb? Both routes inevitably lead to more complications and problems in our lives. “Buddhism,” he says, “offers a third option. We can look directly at the disturbing emotions and other problems we experience as stepping stones to freedom. Instead of rejecting or surrendering to them, we can befriend them, working through them to reach an enduring authentic experience of our inherent Wisdom, confidence, clarity, and joy.”
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Lama Adam Berner, Lama Karma Drodhul, Lama Kathy Wesley
Lama Adam Berner, Lama Karma Drodhul, Lama Kathy Wesley