Calendar
Here you'll find Venerable Thubten Chodron's teaching calendar. Visit the Sravasti Abbey website calendar for more Dharma events.
Week of Apr 3rd
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Apr 3, 2023
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Apr 5, 2023(1 event)
Zoom: Searching for the SelfZoom: Searching for the Self Searching for the Self In this series of talks Ven. Chodron will explore emptiness, one of the most central teachings in Buddhism, drawing from the newest volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion series with the Dalai Lama. "Searching for the Self leads us to delve deeply into the topic of the ultimate nature of reality, presenting it from a variety of approaches while focusing on identifying our erroneous views and directing us to the actual mode of existence of all persons and phenomena. Engaging in this investigation will challenge our deepest-held beliefs and uproot false ways of viewing ourselves and the world that are so habitual we don’t even notice them." Zoom |
Apr 6, 2023
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Apr 7, 2023(1 event)
Webcast: Atisha's "Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland"Webcast: Atisha's "Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland" Teachings on Lama Atisha's "Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland" Gompa Tibetan Monastery Services is delighted to announce a four-session teaching by the Venerable Thubten Chodron on Lama Atisha’s ‘Bodhisattva’s Jewel Garland’. All four sessions of the teaching will be available to view on Friday, April 7th, 2023. The teachings are given in English and are recorded by Sravasti Abbey, Newport, Washington, USA. Registration for the webcast of this teaching is now open to Gompa member-supporters at www.gompaservices.com until May 8th, 2023, after which date the teaching will be continuously available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library (www.gompaservices.com/Library). At the time you register there will also be the opportunity to make an offering in support of the Sravasti Abbey, Newport, Washington, USA. The Webcast: The great master Atisha (982-1054) wrote the Jewel Garland while in Tibet in response to questions from his student Dromtonpa. It is a short text belonging to the mind training, or lojong, tradition. In a beautiful poetic style, Atisha provides instructions on how bodhisattvas practice the path, and concludes his work by affirming that practicing according to this text will help us to reach enlightenment. His advice is just as powerful and helpful today in our Western society as it was in Tibet. Each verse shines by itself, but taken together they become a precious garland of jewels, a complete instruction on how to live a meaningful life with altruism and compassion. Behind every sentence of every verse is a wealth of spiritual insights, “food for thought” for years! To register for this event, please go to www.gompaservices.com and sign in to your Gompa member-supporter account and select Special Events / See details of all events and webcasts; then select the event (from the list in date order, or by selecting Sravasti Abbey (USA) from the international teaching centre list). If you are not currently a Gompa member-supporter you can join Gompa at: www.gompaservices.com/join. Online |
Apr 8, 2023(1 event)
YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsYouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds Streamed on YouTube weekly Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time Join Venerable Thubten Chodron for live teachings on Shantideva’s classic text Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds. A text that the residents of Sravasti Abbey read annually on Christmas Day, this is a book that provides a road map to awakening you’ll keep coming back to. The Dalai Lama famously attributed any realization of compassion and bodhicitta he has to this text. Who it’s for: Engaging in a Bodhisattva’s Deeds is a text that lends itself to both new and seasoned Dharma practitioners. It covers the entire span of practices necessary to progress on the path to full awakening, in an easy to read format with stark imagery and reasonings to inspire and transform the mind. About the author: Shantideva lived in 8th century ancient India, was born into a royal family and set to assume the throne after his father. However, motivated to be of greatest benefit to all sentient beings, Shantideva left the royal life and entered monastic life at the renowned Nalanda Monastery. |
Apr 9, 2023
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