Ann Arbor Programs Sept – Dec 2012
TEACHINGS with GELEK RIMPOCHE
TIBETAN BUDDHISM
WITH GELEK RIMPOCHE
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.
You are welcome to participate in any or all of the following Sunday Morning Program activities:
8:45 – 9:45am Concentrated Meditation
10 – 11am Tibetan Buddhism with Gelek Rimpoche
11am – 11:30am Tea, Cookies and Conversation
11:30am – 12:30pm White Tara Guided Meditation
Please note there will be no programs
on December 23 and 30.
Please note there will be no Concentrated nor White Tara Meditation sessions on October 28.
Rimpoche’s Sunday Morning Teachings are also available on live video webcast.
To subscribe, please 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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LAMA CHOPA
Mondays, 7–8:30pm
$80/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
Lama Chopa is a complete guru yoga practice integrating aspects of sutra and tantra into a common framework, based on Gelek Rimpoche’s commentary Guru Devotion – Open Teachings: Integrating the Primordial Mind. Also available as a streamed online course. Open to all.
September 10, 24, October 1, 15, 29, November 12, 26, December 3, 10
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GATEWAY TO THE SPIRITUAL PATH
Thursdays, 7 – 8:30pm
$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.
September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25, November 1
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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, it is recommended to follow Creating Space: Clarity and Insight through Meditation.
September 12, 19, 26, October 3, 10, 17, 24, November 7
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GOM WEEKENDS
Friday, November 2 – Sunday, November 4
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 intensive weekend includes practice session with light guidance. Silence is maintained. Sessions include sitting and walking meditations. Instructors are available for assistance. Please bring brown bag meals and snacks. Tea/Coffee provided.
Friday, 7pm – 9pm
Saturday, 9am – 8:30 pm
Sunday, 8:45am – 6pm (with break for 10 – 11am Sunday morning talk)
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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 28 – SOMETHING ABOUT EVE (1950) Unique and powerful story of two completely different women who, through fate, find each other and teach each other how to love.– Host John Madison
October 19 – FRANCISCO CISCO PANCHO (2011) A documentary on Francisco Varela (1946 – 2001) A Chilean biologist, philosopher and neuroscientist who cofounded the Mind and life Institute to promote dialog between science and Buddhism. – Host Jonas Berzanskis
November 30 – ENTER THE VOID (2009) A fantasy about a drug dealer who reads the ‘Tibetan Book of the Dead’, suddenly dies, then observes the dramas of his friends and foes from the Bardo. – Host Supa Corner
December 21 – OF GODS AND MEN (2010) Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist Monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay. – Host Hartmut Sagolla
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JEWEL HEART READERS – Tuesdays, Monthly, 7 – 8:30pm
Enjoy lively discussion of dharma related book selections monthly.
September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11
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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 9, October 21, November 4, December 2
Jewel Heart Joyful Summer Retreat 2013
2013 JEWEL HEART
JOYFUL SUMMER RETREAT
WITH GELEK RIMPOCHE
DEVELOPING EXTRAORDINARY COMPASSION
THE TIBETAN BUDDHIST WAY
THURSDAY, JULY 4 – SUNDAY, JULY 14