Essential Tara: Tara and Tenderness
| Date | April 24-25, 2010 |
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| Time | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Location | Foundation of Light, Ithaca, NY |
| Instructors | Professor Anne C. Klein |
| Cost | $140, see details below |
| Registration | Pre-registration required, see details below |
| Prerequisites | None. This intensive is suitable for both beginning and advanced students. |
We are pleased to welcome ANNE C. KLEIN, Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. Author of books on Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan women’s biographies, and Dzogchen, Professor Klein is also co-founder of Dawn Mountain Center for Meditation, Contemplative Study and Practice in Houston, Texas.
Essential Tara: Tara and Tenderness
Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse is one of the most beloved Dzogchen transmissions in Tibet, revealed by Rigzin Jigme Lingpa in the 18th century. In the 20th century, one of this transmission's greatest adepts, Adzom Drukpa, revealed the "child" of the Heart Essence transmission, known as the Secret Treasure, Luminous Vajra. The Tara practice we will learn is from this cycle, and we explore its different resonance with Jigme Lingpa's own words in the foundational practices from his Heart Essence, the Vast Expanse cycle.
All this helps us see how Tara is swift and tender. We invite and cultivate these same qualities, learning to align with Tara’s enlightened perspective amd trust it as our own.
To do this we recognize and then relinquishing our false, ordinary sense of ourselves. This requires trust, purification, and wisdom in dealing with our own emotions, We work with these ancillary practices in order to truly meet Tara on her own ground, which is our ground.
Suggested reading:
Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse by Anne Klein (Snow Lion Publications)
Meeting the Great Bliss Queen by Anne Klein (Snow Lion Publications)
The essay "Grounding and Opening" in Being Bodies, ed. by Susan Moon and Lenore Friedman (Shambala 1997)
Location
Foundation of Light,
391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca, NY
For directions please visit their website:
http://www.foundation-of-light.org/where.html
Cost
The cost for the weekend intensive is $140, and includes morning tea and session tea breaks.
Registration
To register, please contact Namgyal with your full name, address, telephone number, and email (optional).
Payment
Please make your personal check, money order, or bank cashier's check payable to “Namgyal Monastery” and send to our mailing address.
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Schedule of Activities
Friday 4/23
7:00 - 8:30 PM: Introductory Talk - Second Annual of
The Victor Mansfield Memorial Speaker Series
(Free and open to the public - Donations are welcomed)
Saturday 4/24
8:30 - 9:00 AM: Gathering for tea
9:00 - 10:15 AM: Session one
10:15 - 10:30 AM: Tea break
10:30 AM - Noon: Session two
Noon - 2:00 PM: Lunch break
2:00 - 3:15 PM: Session three
3:15 - 3:30 PM: Tea break
3:30 - 5:00 PM: Session four
Sunday 4/25
8:30 - 9:00 AM: Gathering for tea
9:00 - 10:15 AM: Session one
10:15 - 10:30 AM: Tea break
10:30 AM - Noon: Session two