New York Programs May – August 2012

TIBETAN BUDDHISM WITH GELEK RIMPOCHE

SUNDAY MORNING VIDEO WEBCASTS
10:00 AM

We are pleased to announce that Gelek Rimpoche will give weekly Sunday morning talks from 10 – 11am beginning Sunday, January 1. 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 2012 schedule.

To become a Jewel Heart webcast subscriber, visit this site.

LAMA CHOPA COURSE WEBCAST

Mondays, 7–8:30pm

May 7, 21; June 4, 18; July 2.
Note: Resumes in September.

SUGGESTED DONATION:
Non-Members- $80 / 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: Integrating the Primordial Mind.  The transcript is available in hard cover from the Jewel Heart Store and as a PDF file from the Digital Dharmaportion of this web site.

This course is open to all.

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Kind Mind, Happy Body

With Gelek Rimpoche and Cyndi Lee

An Om Yoga Benefit for Jewel Heart

Saturday, May 19

Dharma Talk by Gelek Rimpoche,
5:00-5:45 PM
Restorative Yoga Class with Cyndi Lee,
6:00-7:30 PM

DONATION:
Talk or Yoga Only- $25; Both- $45

Gelek Rimpoche returns to OM Yoga to join with Cyndi Lee in offering an afternoon of compassion, inspiration and relaxation. Rimpoche speak about compassion in his usual accessible style, geared toward every day life.

Cyndi will then lead participants through a restorative yoga class designed to students move foward into a state of deep relaxation and rejuvenation. This class can be attended by absolutely anyone, no yoga experience required. Cyndi will offer simple postures supported by bolsters and cushions, which de-stress and refresh the entire mind/body system. And all for a very good cause.

You can register here.

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Odyssey to Freedom

SESSION 3: Coming Soon!

SUGGESTED DONATION:
Non-Members $25 / Members Free

Facilitated by Anne Doran and Kathleen White

Please preregister at [email protected]

We are not heroes of a far away conflict—run afoul of an angry Titan—shipwrecked; imprisoned; with crass and greedy suitors vying for the hand of our beloved spouse, consuming our fortune while we yearn for our freedom. But then again, are we really all THAT different from Odysseus? As the Lama Chopa states, “No one wants even the slightest suffering, or is ever content with the happiness they have; in this we are all alike.”

In the Kadampa tradition, the Lam Rim is a graduated, step-by-step summary of every essential point of the Buddha’s teachings on how to free ourselves and ultimately all other mother sentient beings from suffering. The progenitor of the various Lam Rims, A Lamp on the Path to Enlightenment, was compiled by the great Bengali Master, Atisha. Applying a contemporary flair to this time-honored roadmap, Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche created the Odyssey to Freedom as a concise and complete Lam Rim outline for the 21st century.

Odyssey to Freedom sets the stage for reflection on our everyday experience within a spiritual context and provides the path that leads to total enlightenment.

Jewel Heart New York will be offering Saturday Odyssey to Freedom workshops once per month throughout 2012.

Synopsis of Shantideva’s Bodhisattvacharyavatara

A Preparatory Course for Summer Retreat and a Powerful Overview of Mahayana Buddhism in it’s Own Right

“Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life” Study Group

Thursdays, March 22 through June 28, 7:00 to 8:30PM

Suggested donation for non-members– $150; Members– free

As you all know, the upcoming Summer Retreat in Ann Arbor will present a rare opportunity to receive teachings on Shantideva’s “Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life” from our teacher and one of Tibetan Buddhism’s greatest living masters, Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche. As preparation for this extraordinary event, Jewel Heart New York will present a new Jewel Heart course, which will be facilitated by senior Jewel Heart students.

The root text is available in several translations and formats. Reading assignments and supplementary text lists will be provided after registration.

If you are thinking about attending Summer Retreat, or if you want to learn about this reknowned text, this course is for you!

Pre-registration is encouraged ([email protected] or [email protected]).