Ann Arbor Programs Sept – Dec 2013
ANN ARBOR PROGRAM COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
Jewel Heart programs 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.
ODYSSEY TO FREEDOM – Section 1
Mondays, 7 – 8:30pm
$90/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
This course is also a Live Streamed Webcast and available via the Jewel Heart Webcast Subscription.
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. This course follows Gelek Rimpoche’s transcript, Odyssey to Freedom. It is available for purchase as a paperback through the Jewel Heart Store at 734 994 3385 or [email protected], or in digital format through the Jewel Heart website at www.jewelheart.org/transcripts/.
September 9, 23; October 7, 21; November 4, 11; December 2; January 13, 27 Please note: November 18 has been changed to November 11.
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DEEPENING AWARENESS: THE PRACTICE OF MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
Wednesdays, 7 – 8:30pm
$80/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
Becoming more aware of our thoughts, feelings and sensations through meditation opens the door to understanding the nature of our mind and how it influences our experience. While open to all, this course is recommended to follow Creating Space: Clarity and Insight through Meditation.
September 11, 18, 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
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GATEWAY TO THE SPIRITUAL PATH
Thursdays, 7 – 8:30
$80/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
The main focus here is developing a reliable spiritual foundation. Gelek Rimpoche’s transcript, Gateway to the Spiritual Path, serves as the basis. The transcript is available for purchase in paperback format through the Jewel Heart Store at 734 994 3385 or [email protected], or in digital format through the Jewel Heart website at www.jewelheart.org/transcripts/.
September 12, 19, 26; October 3, 10, 17, 24; November 7
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GOM PRACTICE WEEKEND
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 1 – 3
Donation only
GOM, or concentrated meditation, is an essential tool that helps develop peace and joy as well as the power to deeply understand wisdom. This meditation weekend intensive, offered according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, will include practice sessions with light guidance. Silence will be maintained between sessions. Practice sessions will include sitting and walking meditations. Instructors will be available for your assistance. Instruction follows Gelek Rimpoche’s transcript, GOM. It is available for purchase as a paperback through the Jewel Heart Store at 734 994 3385 or [email protected], or in digital format through the Jewel Heart website at www.jewelheart.org/transcripts/.
Friday, 7pm – 9pm, Saturday, 9am – 8:30 pm and Sunday, 8:45am – 6pm
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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.
September 20 – When the Iron Bird Flies (2012) In these increasingly challenging times, can these age-old teachings help us find genuine happiness and create a saner, more compassionate 21st century world?
October 25 – Limitless (2011) An American thriller based on the novel, The Dark Fields, follows a man taking drugs to maintain superhuman power.
November 22 –The Razor’s Edge (1984) Having everything and wanting nothing became wanting everything upon learning he has nothing. He saved the world and then it shattered. The path to enlightenment is as sharp and narrow as a razor’s edge.
December 20 – Journey of the Universe (2011) This dramatic and expansive film re-imagines the universe story and reframes the human connection to the cosmos.
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JEWEL HEART READERS – Tuesdays, Monthly, 7 – 8:30pm
Enjoy lively discussion of dharma related book selections monthly.
August 6, September 10, October 8, November 5
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KNITTING SOCIAL – 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.
September 8, October 6, November 10, December 8
Ann Arbor Special Events May – Aug 2013
TEACHINGS with GELEK RIMPOCHE
ESSENCE OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM
SUNDAY MORNING PROGRAMS AT JEWEL HEART
We invite you to enjoy WEEKLY Sunday morning teachings with Gelek Rimpoche. Speaking from Ann Arbor and New York and other locations, these talks will also be a live video webcast.
Stay tuned to Rimpoche’s calendar and the webcast calendar for the 2013 schedule.
You are welcome to participate in any or all of the following Sunday Morning Program activities:
8:45 – 9:45am: Concentrated Meditation
10 – 11am: Essence of Tibetan Buddhism
11am – 11:30am: Tea, Cookies and Conversation
11:30am – 12:30pm: White Tara Guided Meditation
Essence of Tibetan Buddhism is also available on live video webcast.
To become a Jewel Heart webcast subscriber, visit www.jewelheart.org/webcast-subscription/.
ALSO on SUNDAY AFTERNOONS: WU STYLE TAI CHI,
4 – 5:30pm
Learn meditation in motion with this “soft style” martial art, emphasizing relaxation and balance with Marilyn Feingold.
Suggested donation: $5
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INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION
Tuesday, May 7, 5:30 pm
Jewel Heart Ann Arbor
Free – All welcome.
Taking inspiration from the UMMA exhibition “Buddhist Thangkas and Treasures: The Walter Koelz Collection, Museum of Anthropology”, which features colorful and fascinating paintings used in Buddhist practice, Jewel Heart invites you to experience the living tradition presented in the exhibition first hand with a session of guided meditation, with healing visualization techniques. No prior experience with meditation or Buddhism is required.
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2013 JEWEL HEART JOYFUL SUMMER RETREAT
WITH GELEK RIMPOCHE
DEVELOPING EXTRAORDINARY COMPASSION
THE TIBETAN BUDDHIST WAY
THURSDAY, JULY 4 – SUNDAY, JULY 14
Compassion, the wish to relieve and end suffering, comes to us quite naturally. It is also, however, not at all unusual to find disappointing gaps in our perseverance, and ultimately our motivation, when we are bringing forward our best to be considerate or helpful.
With present day heroes of compassion-in-action like His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the eminent master Gelek Rimpoche, we are very fortunate indeed to have the opportunity to follow their lead, pick up time-honored methods found in Tibetan Buddhism, come to know ourselves and our experiences more clearly, and ultimately enjoy the satisfaction of knowing how to truly be of service.
To take it a step further, through Buddha’s ever pertinent wisdom, we can set our sights on developing the unparalleled, extraordinary compassion that is free to joyfully shine in every direction, impartial and without limit, like the rays of the sun.
We invite you to join Gelek Rimpoche at the 2013 Joyful Summer Retreat teaching Develop Extraordinary Compassion the Tibetan Buddhist Way from July 4th to July 14th at Jewel Heart’s joyful center in beautiful Ann Arbor, Michigan.