Ann Arbor Special Events Jan. – Mar. 2015
SUNDAY PROGRAMS
SUNDAYS WITH GELEK RIMPOCHE
JOIN US FOR
SUNDAY TEACHINGS WITH
KYABJE GELEK RIMPOCHE
WEEKLY at 11am
OPEN TO ALL – FREE OF CHARGE
We look forward to seeing you onsite at Jewel Heart in Ann Arbor and online via Go To Webinar.
Please take care during the winter season! During questionable weather conditions, please err on the side of Sunday Morning, course, workshop or special event.
To join via webinar use the link or visit GoToWebinar with ID below:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8379023336737565186
ID – 101-768-339
Please log in early and set up before Rimpoche begins. This link and ID is valid for this new series of Rimpoche’s Sunday teachings regardless of attending one or all. Please send your questions, comments and feedback to: [email protected] or contact: 734 489 4919.
Stay tuned to Rimpoche’s calendar and the broadcast calendar for the ongoing schedule. To become a Jewel Heart webcast subscriber and access the vast archive of teachings by Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche, visit http://www.jewelheart.org/webcast-subscription/
Sunday Mornings
8:30 – 9:30am ~ Concentrated Meditation
9:35 – 10:45am ~ White Tara Guided Meditation
11am – SUNDAYS WITH GELEK RIMPOCHE
Tea, Snacks and Conversation following the morning teachings!
Sunday Afternoons
1 – 4pm ~ Monthly Knitting Social
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 suffering.
Tai Chi – Learn the ancient art of meditation in motion with this ‘soft style’ martial art emphasizing relaxation and balance. Suggested donation $5
Knitting Social – All welcome to join in for conversation and knitting projects. Meets monthly. You will find the schedule in the left hand column of this page.
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Announcing Guest Speaker
GLENN MULLIN
Saturday, March 28, 7:30 – 9pm with
FEARLESS WISDOM IN A VIOLENT WORLD
Sunday, March 29, 2 – 6pm with
THE FIVE BUDDHA FAMILIES
Available via Webinar and at
Jewel Heart International, 1129 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
FEARLESS WISDOM IN A VIOLENT WORLD
Saturday, March 28, 7:30 – 9pm
Fear and violence have become a common default response to threats experienced in the world today, engendering minds of suspicion, anger, hatred and revenge. These perceptions do nothing to abate our fear, protect no one, and solve nothing. Yet they tend to rise at all levels of our lives, whether with family and friends, or with our broader communities, local or global.
How do we become fearless in the face of fear and act with confident wisdom to fully meet threat and create positive change? We invite you to join Glenn Mullin Saturday evening for this very pertinent and challenging topic.
THE FIVE BUDDHA FAMILIES
Sunday, March 29, 2 – 6pm
The potential for realization of the five Buddha families pervades all beings without exception, with each Buddha embodying a different aspect of enlightenment. When these aspects are not enlightened, they will manifest as afflicted states of mind. By purifying and abandoning the five disturbing emotions of obsession, anger/hatred, ignorance, pride and jealousy, they will emerge as the five wisdoms and function as the five Buddha families.
Join us for this introduction to this deeper nature of our innermost being with practice steps to effect transformation.
GLENN MULLIN is a Tibetologist, Buddhist writer, translator of classical Tibetan literature, and teacher of Tantric Buddhist meditation. He lived in the Indian Himalayas between 1972 and 1984, and studied philosophy, literature,meditation, yoga, and the enlightenment culture under thirty-five of the greatest living masters of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Glenn is the author of over 20 books on TibetanBuddhism, founded and directed the Mystical Arts of Tibet, and has curated anumber of important Tibetan art exhibitions.
For more about Glenn Mullin, visit http://www.glennmullin.com/new/profile.php where you can find the articles “War and Peace” and “The Buddhist Vision of Peace” as interesting material in advance of Saturday’s public talk.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR BOTH
ONSITE AND WEBINAR
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Cost – Sliding scale – $30 – $60
Questions? Contact [email protected] or call 734 994 3387 extensions 221, 223 or 224.
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Saturday, February 28, 10am – 1pm
Tara is the mother goddess of Tibetan Buddhism, known for her quick and compassionate activity. WhiteTara is particularly associated with healing and long life. This workshop will review the White Tara practice offered on Sundays at Jewel Heart, along with the visualization techniques for overcoming physical, mental and emotional suffering. Open to all.
Sliding scale: $10 – $30
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15100 w. Austin, Manchester, MI 48158
February 20-22, 2015
Fee: $50
GOM, or concentrated meditation, is an essential tool to help develop peace and joy, and ultimately wisdom. This silent weekend includes practice with light guidance. Instructors will be available for your assistance. You may wish to read Gelek Rimpoche’s transcript, GOM – available for purchase at 734 994 3385 or [email protected], or in digital format through the Jewel Heart website. REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Click here for flyer.
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February 15 – Share the Love!
As part of our ongoing efforts to support our programs at Jewel Heart, our sangha will be holding a silent auction on February 15, designed to showcase our sangha’s generosity, talent, and sense of fun. Please contact Colleen Retherford at [email protected] for details, and keep an eye out for our emails regarding this fun event!
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Presented by Gelek Rimpoche
JANUARY 16 – 18, 2015
Ganden Lha Gyema teachings, also known as the
Guru Yoga practice based on Jamgon Lama Tsongkhapa.
and to Individuals.
Teachings and Webinar are free.
Webinar registration instructions
will be posted at a later date.
Friday, January 16, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Saturday, January 17, 11:00am – 3:00pm
Sunday, January 18, 11:00am – 3:00pm
Ann Arbor Programs Jan. – Mar. 2015
ANN ARBOR PROGRAM COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
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ODYSSEY TO FREEDOM – Section 6
Mondays, 7 – 8:30pm
Gelek Rimpoche created Odyssey to Freedom as an accessible and concise Lam Rim, encompassing the stages on the spiritual path from our current situation, as it is, through to full enlightenment. Details about registration and how to purchase Gelek Rimpoche’s transcript, Odyssey to Freedom are listed at the top of this page.
This course is also available as a live-streamed course.
Special Review of Section 5 – February 9
Section 6 – February 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23
$60 / Jewel Heart Members – Free
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SEM – Nature of Mind
Wednesdays, 7 – 8:30pm
Compiled from teachings on the Nature of the Mind, this course addresses the relationship between energy and mind, the mind’s capacity for liberation and wisdom and continuity of consciousness as well as highlighting the mind as object of concentrated meditation. Details about registration and how to purchase Gelek Rimpoche’s transcript, SEM are listed at the top of this page.
February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15
$100/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
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DEEPENING AWARENESS – The Practice of Mindfulness Meditation
Thursdays, 7 – 8:30pm
Becoming more aware of our thoughts, feelings and sensations through meditation opens the door to understanding the nature of our mind and how it creates our experience. Details about registration are listed at the top of this page.
February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2
$80/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
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INTRODUCTION TO TIBETAN BUDDHIST MEDITATION
Thursdays, 7 – 8:30pm
Meditation is an important tool on the spiritual path, helping to develop focus, stability, insight and understanding. In addition to more commonly known concentration methods, we will also experience analytical and visualization meditations on various topics. Details about registration are listed at the top of this page.
April 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28
$80/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
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FREE FILM AND DISCUSSION – Fridays, Monthly, 7pm
Bring your friends and enjoy a free film and discussion about dharma and the film. Concessions are also available.
February 27 – The Whale Rider (2002) – One of the great audience-grabbers of recent years, it won the audience awards at the Toronto and Sundance film festivals , playing to standing ovations and left the audiences in tears. A story about a 12 year old finding her place in the world.
March 27 – Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) – A group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India, find they are transformed by their shared experiences.
April 24 – Free the Mind (2012) – A documentary about the work of renowned neurologist Richard Davidson, on the nature of consciousness and the results of his studies in helping soldiers with PTSD and kids with ADHD.
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JEWEL HEART READERS – Tuesdays, Monthly, 7 – 8:30pm
Enjoy lively discussion of dharma related book selections monthly.
The book selected for Jewel Heart readers is: KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING, A Complete Buddhist Guide to Meditation, Faith, and Everyday Transcendence by Ayya Khema Foreword by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
February 10, March 10, April 14
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KNITTING SOCIAL – Sundays, Monthly, 1 – 4pm
All welcome to join in for conversation and knitting projects dedicated to become donations.
February 12, March 8, April 8