September 2015
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14-18 November 2014
Morning Meditation Classes
14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 November
Everyday 10am - 11am
- by Donation only
Public Talk: The Peaceful Training of the Enlightened Warrior
15 November, 6:45am - 8:15pm
Ticket: £10.00
Continuous Workshop: The Art of Healing #7, #8, #9
The Art of Healing #7 (14 November ) 6:45pm-8:15pm
The Art of Healing #8 (16 November ) 6:45pm-8:15pm
The Art of Healing #9 (17 November ) 6:45pm-8:15pm
Ticket: £15 per class/ or All for £40
All Classes will be held at 25, Blackfriars Street, EH1 1NB, Edinburgh
Please call/text 07828 892 210
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13-16 July 2014
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May 2014
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The Spring Buddhist Teachings with Lama Gyurme
18 - 21 October 2013
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08 - 14 May 2013
08 - 14 May 2013
Come
to learn from the Enlightened Wisdom of The Buddhist Tradition how to
access the experience of compassion, peace, clarity of mind and the
blessings of the Buddhas through this practices and
instructions.Info
and booking contact:
+44 7878 256174
+44 7878 256174
Public
Talk
The
Healing Buddha Path
The
Power of Compassion in Medicine and Therapy
"The
purpose is to investigate how to combine compassion with the art of
healing. How can we best combine these two factors, and what would be
the value of doing so? Compassion is an attitude, a way of
approaching the needs of others. People develop many different
attitudes in their lives, but the attitude that we call compassion is
the most noble and the most helpful for others. The fact that
compassion is important is commonly accepted. Affirming the value of
compassion has little to do with whether you consider yourself
spiritual, or whether you choose to follow,or not, any particular
religion."
Chokyi
Nyima Rinpoche
Practice
Sessions
The
Path of Great Compassion - The Chenrezig Meditation
08
to 14 of May 2013, 06h30 am – 07h30 am
"The
essence of the mind of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas is bodhichitta,
the awakened mind. When this bodhichitta assumes a form, it appears
as Chenrezig, Avalokitesvara.
Whenever we practice Avalokiteshvara, the most important aspect is the practice of generating and developing bodhichitta, which is the experience of compassion that Avalokiteshvara has towards all sentient beings. So, if we also we generate the same compassion, the same awakened mind, it will be very easy for us to accomplish Avalokiteshvara, because the essence of Avalokiteshvara is bodhichitta. Thus, the blessings and the results will be very fast."
Whenever we practice Avalokiteshvara, the most important aspect is the practice of generating and developing bodhichitta, which is the experience of compassion that Avalokiteshvara has towards all sentient beings. So, if we also we generate the same compassion, the same awakened mind, it will be very easy for us to accomplish Avalokiteshvara, because the essence of Avalokiteshvara is bodhichitta. Thus, the blessings and the results will be very fast."
Teaching
Course
The
Great Bliss Path - The Alchemy of Desire
Introduction to Buddhist Tantra - Level 1
Introduction to Buddhist Tantra - Level 1
This course aims to clarify, to practitioners and to beginners as well, the often misunderstood world of Buddhist Tantra. Although Tantra is considered in the Tibetan Tradition the deepest and most advanced of all the Buddhist Teachings, its central message is simple and clear and extremely relevant to the modern life of the XXI century.
The Teachings of
the Buddha known in Sanskrit as Dharma, which frees us from suffering
and its causes, contains innumerable methods to overcome all
obstacles to our happiness and well-being, all these fit into two
categories: the Sutra and Tantra. There are differences between these
two vehicles, or Yanas, but the common base to both is the pure
nature of mind.
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"There
is no reason to feel guilty about pleasure, it is as wrong as the
attachment to the pleasures and expect this will bring us full
satisfaction. In fact, this is just another form of grasping, is just
another way wich we block and turnin in to a limited view of who we
are and what we can become ... Through its deep processing methods,
Tantra shows that as humans we have the ability to enjoy boundless
happiness and ecstatic at the same time remain free from the
illusions that usually contaminate our pursuit of pleasure. "
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«According to Tantra, perfection is not something we expect sometime in the future. "If I practice hard this life maybe I will become a perfect Buddha" or "If I behave and act properly in this life as a religious person, maybe someday I'll go to heaven." According to Tantra, heaven is here and now! "
«According to Tantra, perfection is not something we expect sometime in the future. "If I practice hard this life maybe I will become a perfect Buddha" or "If I behave and act properly in this life as a religious person, maybe someday I'll go to heaven." According to Tantra, heaven is here and now! "
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«What is the basis of our problems? ... The common conception about us, others and the world. This is what we need to purify; Tantra tells us that all beings have a quality truly divine. The essence of every being, the essential nature of each person, is something divine, something pure. To realize this, to make this statement part of our life and not a mere intellectualization, it is necessary to practice the generation stage, emanate up powerfully as a deity, one's Yidam. »
Course of Introduction to Tantra in CET Pende Ling, Portugal
«What is the basis of our problems? ... The common conception about us, others and the world. This is what we need to purify; Tantra tells us that all beings have a quality truly divine. The essence of every being, the essential nature of each person, is something divine, something pure. To realize this, to make this statement part of our life and not a mere intellectualization, it is necessary to practice the generation stage, emanate up powerfully as a deity, one's Yidam. »
Course of Introduction to Tantra in CET Pende Ling, Portugal
Come to learn from the
Enlightened Wisdom of The Buddhist Tradition how to access the
experience of compassion, peace, clarity of mind and the blessings of
the Buddhas through this practices and instructions.
Info and booking contact:
+44 7878 256174
10 Sunday 08:00 pm – 09:30 pm :
Info and booking contact:
+44 7878 256174
10 Sunday 08:00 pm – 09:30 pm :
Treasury of Blessings – A Vajrayana Meditation on Buddha Shakyamuni*
11 Monday 06h30 – 07h30:
11 Monday 06h30 – 07h30:
Practice and Teachings of Ngöndro
7:00pm – 9:00pm:
7:00pm – 9:00pm:
The Practice of the Altar and Offerings part 1**
12 Tuesday 06h30 - 07h30:
12 Tuesday 06h30 - 07h30:
Practice and Teachings of Ngöndro
7:00pm – 9:00pm:
7:00pm – 9:00pm:
The Practice of the Altar and Offerings part 2**
13 Wednesday 06h30 - 07h30:
13 Wednesday 06h30 - 07h30:
Practice and Teachings of Ngöndro
7:00pm – 9:00pm:
7:00pm – 9:00pm:
Mönlam – The Power of Aspiration Prayer in Buddhism***
14 Thursday 06h30 - 07h30:
14 Thursday 06h30 - 07h30:
Practice and Teachings of Ngöndro
*Treasury of Blessings – A Vajrayana Meditation on Buddha Shakyamuni
A simple and beautiful meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha that anyone can practice. This meditation combines visualization, mantra chanting and meditative absorption. Through the explanation and commentary of the practice, chanting methods and meditation technique by Lama Gyurme you will learn how to access the experience of compassion, peace, clarity of mind and the blessings of the Buddhas through this meditation. By reflecting upon the qualities of the Buddha and resting the mind in the recitation of mantra, we can pacify destructive emotions and sow the seeds for enlightenment.
Anyone can practice. Anyone with good heart is welcome to learn and practice.
**The Practice of the Altar and Offerings
How can a altar be helpful to your meditation? Why to have a altar or the benefits of having one? Why make offerings, the meaning and the benefits for your spiritual life and daily life?
Is the practice of having a shrine, or altar, of real benefit or just a cultural thing?
Come to receive a clear explanation of the practice of setting up a shrine and making offerings, and the answers to this questions and find out a powerful tool for the benefit of your spiritual practice and it's implications in daily life.
***Mönlam – The Power of Aspiration Prayer in Buddhism
Monlam means "wish-path" - the Buddhist path of helping ourselves and other through kind prayers; for practicing Buddhists, a Mönlam harnesses and directs the natural power of our own minds, and invokes the power of the reality to yield actual results or benefits from that effort, dedication and purpose.
Come to learn from Lama Gyurme: Why we do prayers? How and why they work? To whom Buddhists pray? How can my prayers become true? Come to discover a powerful method to fulfill your deepest aspirations.
*Treasury of Blessings – A Vajrayana Meditation on Buddha Shakyamuni
A simple and beautiful meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha that anyone can practice. This meditation combines visualization, mantra chanting and meditative absorption. Through the explanation and commentary of the practice, chanting methods and meditation technique by Lama Gyurme you will learn how to access the experience of compassion, peace, clarity of mind and the blessings of the Buddhas through this meditation. By reflecting upon the qualities of the Buddha and resting the mind in the recitation of mantra, we can pacify destructive emotions and sow the seeds for enlightenment.
Anyone can practice. Anyone with good heart is welcome to learn and practice.
**The Practice of the Altar and Offerings
How can a altar be helpful to your meditation? Why to have a altar or the benefits of having one? Why make offerings, the meaning and the benefits for your spiritual life and daily life?
Is the practice of having a shrine, or altar, of real benefit or just a cultural thing?
Come to receive a clear explanation of the practice of setting up a shrine and making offerings, and the answers to this questions and find out a powerful tool for the benefit of your spiritual practice and it's implications in daily life.
***Mönlam – The Power of Aspiration Prayer in Buddhism
Monlam means "wish-path" - the Buddhist path of helping ourselves and other through kind prayers; for practicing Buddhists, a Mönlam harnesses and directs the natural power of our own minds, and invokes the power of the reality to yield actual results or benefits from that effort, dedication and purpose.
Come to learn from Lama Gyurme: Why we do prayers? How and why they work? To whom Buddhists pray? How can my prayers become true? Come to discover a powerful method to fulfill your deepest aspirations.
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2012
July Courses & Talks - Edinburgh
Teaching & Practice of the Nondro I
Thursday (26 July 2012) 7:00pm – 9:00pm Donation Only Buddhist Practice & Study I
Friday (27 July 2012) 6:30am – 7:30am Donation Only
Teaching & Practice of the Nondro II
8:30am – 12:30pm Donation Only Buddhist Practice & Study II
Saturday (28 July 2012) 6:30am –7:30am Donation Only
Buddhist Practice & Study III
Sunday (29 July 2012) 6:30am – 7:30am Donation Only
Buddhist Practice & Study IV
Monday (30 July 2012) 6:30am – 7:30am Donation Only
Teaching & Practice of the Nondro III
8:30am - 12:30pm Donation Only ...............................................................................................
June Courses & Talks - Edinburgh
Saturday (23 June 2012) 6:30am – 8:30am
Donation Only
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Buddhist Practice & Study I
Sunday (24 June 2012) 6:30am – 8:30am
Donation Only
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Buddhist Practice & Study II
Monday (25 June 2012) 6:30am – 8:30am
Donation Only
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Buddhist Practice & Study III
Tuesday (26 June 2012) 6:30am – 8:30am
Donation Only
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Buddhist Practice & Study IV
June Courses & Talks - in Portugal
PROGRAM
VAJRASATTVA
Saturday / June 9 – 16H / 20H
Sunday / June 10 - 15H / 20H
Public talk: Emotions how to take charge
Thursday / June 14 – 20H /22H
ESPAÇO JIVAKA - Travessa dos Navegantes, 17 - CASCAIS
DORJE CHANG, Meditation
Friday / June 15 – 20H /22H
AMHOGAPACHA, TSOK, Animal's Release
Saturday / June 16 – 14H / 19H
Fee: until 31st May €60 after 31st May €75
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May Courses & Talks
Friday (11 May 2012)
6:30am – 7:30am
Donation Only
Venue: Shivago Thai
School
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Buddhist
Practice & Study I
Sunday (13 May 2012) 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Fee: £5.00
Venue: Studio
1 - Office - Therapies
14a Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY
14a Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY
Information/Booking:
07878 256 174
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Teaching
on Why Me?
Why
bad Things Happen to Good People?
Bad Things Happen to Good People? At some point of our life, we will ask ourselves: Why me? I have done nothing wrong……
Learning how to work with life problems is the key of
Buddhist practice. The Buddha observed that we create the problems we
experience it and its possible to transform even the worst difficulties into
happiness, by transforming our attitudes toward them.
Lama Gyurme lays out a very practical approach to the
problems we experience in everyday life.
Sunday (13 May 2012) 5:10pm – 6:10pm
Fee: £5.00
Venue: Studio
1 - Office - Therapies
14a Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY
14a Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY
Information/Booking:
07878 256 174
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Teaching
on Brave Heart
The
Peaceful Warrior
It's easy
to become overwhelmed by the suffering of the world, to despair that there is
little we can do to help. But it's possible to develop a Brave Heart with huge
compassion: the enthusiasm and confidence to never give up working to help
others. The key is to develop wisdom: to understand our own suffering and how
to overcome it.
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, "Compassion on its
own is not enough: we need wisdom."
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April Courses & Talks
Monday (16 April 2012) 6:30am – 8:30am
Donation Only
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Buddhist Practice & Study I
Tuesday (17 April 2012) 6:30am – 8:30am
Donation Only
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Buddhist Practice & Study II
Wednesday (18 April 2012) 6:30am – 8:30am
Donation Only
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Buddhist Practice & Study III
Wednesday (18 April 2012) 6:00pm – 7:30pm
£10 Book Now, £15 On the Door
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Public Open Talk
Lama will decide which teaching to give during the day, according to the students' needs.
March Courses & Talks
Sunday (11 March 2012)
6:00pm – 7:30pm
£10 book till the 9th March, £15 on the door
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Open Public Talk
Lama will decide which teaching to give during the day, according to the students’ needs
Monday (12 March 2012)
9:00am – 10:30am
Donation Only
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Chenrezi Practice & Meditation
Monday (12 March 2012)
6:00pm – 7:30pm
£10 book till the 9th March, £15 on the door
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Honey on The Razor Blade: How to Improve Marriage and Relationship Through the Buddhist Practice
Tuesday (13 March 2012)
9:00am – 10:30pm
Donation Only
Donation Only
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Medicine Buddha Practice
Tuesday (13 March 2012)
6:00pm – 7:30pm
£10 book till the 9th March, £15 on the door
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Open Public Talk
Lama will decide which teaching to give during the day, according to the students’ needs.
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2011
October Courses & Talks
Wednesday (19 October 2011)
6:00pm – 7:30pm
£10 book before the 15th October, £15 on the door
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Public Talk: The Freedom beyond Fears and Hopes
Our mind has a powerful ability to create tremendous suffering, as well as the potential to experience the true liberation. In this teaching, Lama Gyurme gives us ways to train and free our minds through the practice of equanimity with humour.
Lama Gyurme will points out hoe we first trap ourselves in our concepts of good and bad, then ensnare ourselves further by acting on our reactions of attachment and aversion. Lama Gyurme teaches that by resting in mind’s pure nature, we can free ourselves of these distinctions and experience the peace of real equanimity.
Thursday (20 October 2011)
6:00pm – 7:30pm
£10 book before the 15th October, £15 on the door
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Open Teaching (Subject may vary depending on day)
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday (20, 21, 22, 24 October 2011)
8:00am – 8:45am
By Donation, suggested donation £5
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Practice Sessions (drop in meditation practice)
Every morning Ngondro Meditation and Shamatha/Vipassana Meditation practice. Includes the basics for proper understanding and practice —a source anyone on this path can turn to for guidance, in the Kusulu fashion, the style of a simple meditator.
Saturday (22 October 2011)
6:00pm – 7:30pm
£10 book before the 15th October, £15 on the door
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Public Talk: What does it means to be a Buddhist?
In fact Buddha never taught any religion or belief system, never wanted to teach a philosophy, not even to create an institution.
If Buddhism is not a religion, is not a belief, not a philosophy or a eastern culture, is not Tibetan, Indian, Thai and do not belong to any particular country or people; what it means to be a Buddhist.
Saturday (22 October 2011) - 9:30am - 4:00pm
Sunday (23 October 2011) - 11:00am - 6:00pm
Monday (24 October 2011) - 9:00am – 1:00pm
£85 book before the 15th October, £100 on the door
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Foundation Course: In The Footsteps of Buddha - on The Buddhist Spiritual Path (could take 3 months or 1 year)
"All the Buddhists more or less know about Buddhism but our knowledge is in general very vague, superficial, not really touching the ground, not touching the basic idea. For example, if you want to build a house, a concrete building or something long lasting, you should have a sound foundation in the first place. Similarly, to be a real Buddhist practitioner, one has to have a sound foundation, a correct idea of the foundation."
This course is designed to give you a strong and solid foundation on The Teachings of the Buddha and allows you the condition for a stable practice of the Buddhadharma.
Course Content:
1) The Buddha
2) Buddha Dharma and The Meaning of
3) The Four Noble Truths
4) What is Samsara
5) The Cause and Condition of
6) Klesha Karma
7) What is Nirvana?
8) What are Theravada and Mahayana?
9) What is Tantrayana or Vajrayana?
10) The Buddhist Practice
11) The Two Truths
12) How Can We Apply Dharma in Our Life?
13) The Essence of Buddha’s Teachings
How Can Ordinary People Do Dharma Practice?
14) Taking Refuge to The Triple
15) The Practice of Bodhicitta
16) Entering into Real Buddhist
17) Training of Shila – The Ten Non - Virtues
18) Training of Samadhi (Meditative Concentration) – Shamatha Meditation
19) Training of Prajna (meditative Wisdom)
20) Selflessness of Phenomena
21) Selflessness of Person
22) Vipassana Practice
23) Teaching Talk: Devotion and The Buddhist Spiritual Path
