Ann Arbor Programs January – April 2017
ANN ARBOR PROGRAM COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
Homework assignments where applicable are provided upon registration.Purchase digital transcripts for the courses at www.jewelheart.org/transcripts/,
or order paper copies from the Jewel Heart Store at [email protected].To become a Jewel Heart member – visit www.jewelheart.org/donate-support/.Jewel Heart courses and workshops are open to all, regardless of ability to pay. If you are unable to afford a fee, please speak with registration about the possibility of a partial or full scholarship.All programs held at:
1129 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
734 994 3387 • [email protected]
SELF-COMPASSION: THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE PATH, PART 1
Wednesdays, 7 – 8:30pm
This course is a condensed summation of the path to enlightenment, which includes the determination to be free, unlimited compassion, and wisdom. Part 1 will focus on Self-Compassion. Gelek Rimpoche’s transcript, the Three Principles of the Path, serves as course material for this 6 month course offered in 3 – 8 week sections.
Part 1 – February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19
$80/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
HOW THE MIND WORKS
Thirsdays, 7 – 8:30pm
Offered as a webinar
HOW THE MIND WORKS, based on Gelek Rimpoche’s transcript, will explore ten universally core functions of our minds. Rimpoche’s accessible approach shows us how to use these mental faculties and lays the ground for us to become more realistic, capable, and resilient in any and all situations. An aspect of Buddhist psychology, understanding these functions provides guidelines for a healthy mind that are applicable across all mental, emotional and spiritual disciplines.
6 Thursdays, 7 – 8:30pm
February 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Click here to register and for more information.
Jewel Heart Ann Arbor Center will be open for this course. We invite the local community to register and participate as a group at the center.
JEWEL HEART READERS
Tuesdays, Monthly, 7 – 8:30pm
Enjoy lively discussion of dharma related book selections monthly. Open to All.
January 10, February 14, No meeting in March, April 11
LOVING KINDNESS KNITTING
Sundays, Monthly 1 – 4pm
All are invited to this monthly Sangha Council social gathering. Loving Kindness Knitting & Crafts includes all crafts, arts and handiwork. Bring your current project(s) if you have one or join our Squares project. We have lots of yarn to go around. Open to all.
January 8, February 12, March 12, April 9
FREE FILM AND DISCUSSION
Fridays, Monthly, 7pm
Bring your friends and enjoy a free film and discussion about the film and dharma. Concessions are also available.
January 27 – Little Buddha (1993)
Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Little Buddha” tells the story of a young Seattle boy who may, or may not, be a reincarnation of a venerated Buddhist teacher. Tibetan and American worlds meet, leading to an extraordinary adventure!
February 24 – Yangsi: Reincarnation is Just the Beginning (2012)
A coming of age story set between two worlds. This documentary narrated by Yangsi Rinpoche offers an intimate portrait of a young Tibetan boy who is recognized as the reincarnation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He is known as the “Yangsi”, “the one how has come again into existence”.
March 31– The Visit (1964)
Veteran actors Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn are a tour de force in this dramatization of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play, Der Besuch der Alten Dame, the story of a bitter woman whose attempts to right past wrongs channels her through the eight worldly dharmas.
April 28 – The Human Experience (2008)
The meaning of life is discovered in the experience’ The story of a band of brothers who travel the world in search of the answers to the burning questions: Who am I? Who is man? Why do we search for meaning? Through one on one interviews and real life encounters, the brothers are awakened to the beauty of the human person and the resilience of the human spirit.
SEM: THE NATURE OF MIND
Thursdays, 7 – 8:30pm
A Revolutionary Approach to the Science of Mind
Based on teachings delivered by Gelek Rimpoche on the nature of mind, this course addresses the relationship between energy and mind, the mind’s capacity for liberation and wisdom, and continuity of consciousness. One needn’t be Buddhist to benefit from this course.
Special guest speakers will alternate weekly with Jewel Heart instructors covering six topics over twelve sessions.
Local course registrants are welcome to participate in the Webinar broadcast together at the Jewel Heart Ann Arbor Center as well as individually online via Webinar.
Registration is done online only at www.jewelheart.org/events/sem-the-nature-of-mind/
Registration will provide instructions, a digital transcript, and a link to a page with past sessions posted for your review.
Fee: $50 – $75 Sliding Scale
2017 – January 12, 19, 26, February 2
(2016 – Oct 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 10, 17, Dec 1, 8)
In honor of Je Tsong Khapa, The Ann Arbor Jewel Heart center will be open from Tuesday, December 20th through Friday, December 23rd for the recitation of the Ganden Lha Gyema and a Migtsema mantra collection, culminating in the Lama Chopa and tsoh on Friday, December 23rd.
All are welcome to participate in all or part of the gathering.
Click here to see the flyer.
Ann Arbor Special Events September – December 2016
SUNDAY PROGRAMS
SUNDAYS WITH GELEK RIMPOCHE
Weekly, 11am EST with Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche
We look forward to seeing you
at Jewel Heart Ann Arbor or via online via Webinar
Open to All, Free of Charge
SUNDAYS with GELEK RIMPOCHE – 2016
To Register for the webinar, use the following link
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4284962112392867330
OR visit GoToWebinar and enter the ID: 125-176-963
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing important information to join the webinar.
Please log in early and set up before Rimpoche begins. The above link and ID are valid for this new series of Rimpoche’s Sunday teachings regardless of attending one or all.
For webinar trouble or questions, comments and feedback
Write: [email protected]
Or Text: 734 489 4919.
Sunday Mornings
8:30 – 9:30am ~ Concentrated Meditation
9:45 – 10:45am ~ White Tara Guided Meditation
11am – SUNDAYS WITH GELEK RIMPOCHE
Tea, Snacks and Conversation following the morning teachings!
Sunday Afternoons
4 – 5:30pm ~ Weekly Wu Style Tai Chi
See details for Morning and Afternoon Programs below.
Concentration Meditation – Help yourself through meditation. Facilitators provide basic guidance with multiple concentration meditation sessions using the breath as the point of focus. Open to all levels of experience.
White Tara Guided Healing Meditation – Tara is the mother goddess of Tibetan Buddhism, known for her quick and compassionate activity. She is particularly associated with healing and long life. Join us for a guided meditation using visualization techniques to overcome physical, mental and emotional
Tai Chi – Learn the ancient art of meditation in motion with this ‘soft style’ martial art emphasizing relaxation and balance. Suggested donation $5
WORKSHOPS
FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS WORKSHOP
CANCELLED
Saturday, October 22 and 29, 10am – 1pm
This two part introductory workshop will give an initial insight into the main message of the Buddha: that there is suffering and that it can be completely eliminated through one’s own efforts.
Sliding scale $20 – $40
GOM (MEDITATION) PRACTICE WEEKENDS (CANCELLED)September 16, 17 & 18
GOM, or concentrated meditation, is an essential tool to help develop peace and joy as well as the power to deeply understand wisdom. This meditation weekend intensive, offered according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition includes practice sessions with light guidance. Silence will be maintained between sessions. Practice sessions include sitting and walking meditations. Instructors will be available for your assistance. Recommended reading – Gelek Rimpoche’s transcript, GOM. Further details provided upon registration.
Free/Donations welcome
to announce a Special Weekend Teaching
UNDERSTAND LIFE:
Journey to Enlightenment
with GESHE YESHE THABKHE
Friday – Sunday, September 9–11, 2016
Jewel Heart International
1129 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Also available via Webinar.
We are honored to announce
a special weekend teaching
with guest Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe.
In this teaching on Aryadeva’s poetic 400 Stanzas, Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe will illuminate the spiritual journey to enlightenment, helping us to learn how to rely on positive actions, reduce disturbing emotions, and understand the true nature of reality.
We invite you to enjoy earlier audio sessions offered by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe on this topic. Click the links below:
Aryadevas 400 Stanzas on the Middle Way: Chapter 1
Aryadevas 400 Stanzas on the Middle Way: Chapter 2
Aryadevas 400 Stanzas on the Middle Way: Chapter 3
Geshe Rinpoche’s gifts were recognized early in life. A genuine contemplative master and member of the last generation extensively trained in old Tibet, he is a Professor of Mool Shastra (Nalanda Tradition of Buddhist Philosophy) at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, the only Tibetan university in India.
He is regarded as one of the most eminent scholars of both the Madhyamaka tradition and Indian Buddhist studies. As one of the greatest learned scholars of Drepung Loseling Monastery, he facilitated completion of numerous research works, including a complete translation of Lama Tsongkhapa’s Lam Rim Chen Mo, or Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.
SCHEDULE
Friday, September 9, 7:30 – 9 pm
Saturday, September 10, 10am – 12; 2 – 5pm
Sunday, September 11, 2 – 4pm
$50 – 75 sliding scale
Click here to Register
Jewel Heart Programs are open to all , regardless of ability to pay. If you are unable to afford a fee, please contact [email protected] to discuss the possibility of a partial or full scholarship.
A Book Reading & Talk with Author Guy Newland
Onsite Jewel Heart Ann Arbor & Online via Webinar
Saturday, October 15, 4:30pm
Jewel Heart, 1129 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
How do we go on when we lose someone whom we love more than life itself?
What did the Buddha teach about working with grief?
How can we help our selves, or help others, in the face of terrible loss?
Join us for what will be a powerful reading & talk with Guy Newland, Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Central Michigan University, who wrote this book after losing his wife to cancer.
To register and attend via webinar, please use the link below.
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/912644506391120899
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. We recommend you register well in advance.