Friday, February 29, 2008
Hardesty Library (Memorial around 91) public talk
Be sure to catch this talk on The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Saturday March 8. 2:30-4:30. This book written by Sogyal Rinpoche gives a CONTEXT for meditation and why the spiritual focus on dying is what it is. Jacqueline Roemer, has invited Sogyal Rinpoche to come to Tulsa in 2009. This talk is a good way to acclimate to the events of Khen Rinpoche's visit to Tulsa....a wonderful opportunity to experience the last generation of Buddhist masters from the traditional past. Remember: A translator will be present.
Having an "Interview" with a Tibetan Lama
The Interview
The complete opposite to spending a few moments with a “mugger” and absorbing fear and anxiety…is spending a few moments with a Tibetan Lama. This encounter allows us to make the best use of how all reality is interdependent, to experience the most positive maturation and the most positive development a human being can become. It’s not necessary to have a “problem” to want to talk to a Lama, rather it is a good opportunity to give a greeting, ask for a blessing for one’s own enlightenment and to say what is in one’s heart. Ringu Tulku says that “silly” questions are the best! Meeting a Lama is not an “intellectual” dialogue but a meeting of your heart and his or her heart. It is a time to try being open because having trained his or her mind, a Lama or highly realized practitioner is always sending compassion and wisdom and resting in the deepest understanding of the Nature of Mind, or reality. We can experience a glimpse of our own being in this context. While being with us during the interview, a Lama sustains compassion and wisdom developed in meditation practice and brings us into that experience that intends our happiness and most importantly…the happiness of all beings and not just some.
The complete opposite to spending a few moments with a “mugger” and absorbing fear and anxiety…is spending a few moments with a Tibetan Lama. This encounter allows us to make the best use of how all reality is interdependent, to experience the most positive maturation and the most positive development a human being can become. It’s not necessary to have a “problem” to want to talk to a Lama, rather it is a good opportunity to give a greeting, ask for a blessing for one’s own enlightenment and to say what is in one’s heart. Ringu Tulku says that “silly” questions are the best! Meeting a Lama is not an “intellectual” dialogue but a meeting of your heart and his or her heart. It is a time to try being open because having trained his or her mind, a Lama or highly realized practitioner is always sending compassion and wisdom and resting in the deepest understanding of the Nature of Mind, or reality. We can experience a glimpse of our own being in this context. While being with us during the interview, a Lama sustains compassion and wisdom developed in meditation practice and brings us into that experience that intends our happiness and most importantly…the happiness of all beings and not just some.
The Kata: White scarf offered to a Lama
The Kata
The offering of a “kata”or long white scarf to a Tibetan Lama, is often accompanied by a small bow. It makes it easier for the Lama to drape it around your neck as he or she returns the gesture of gift giving with their blessing. It is also a gesture of respect for the enlightened state as realized in another and as potential within ourself. Gift giving can have many meanings and here it represents “connection” with good will, openness and especially in the case of a Lama, respect for the important knowledge and compassion that can help us reach enlightenment. A white kata, with or without auspicious symbols or a colored kata, allows one to greet another person without going “empty handed.” Emptiness in Buddhism is not really empty or void but replete with potential! One might say this gesture of giving the kata, mirrors the relational quality of enlightenment itself; the openness, richness, complexity, power and activity that awaits us as we mature our compassion and wisdom. A kata is easy to put in one’s pocket and take out at a moments notice. Much more convenient in our modern era than the yak loads of gifts, carpets, fabric, barley grain and yak butter that one would bring to a Lama to help support this dedicated person who devotes their entire life to studying teachings that bring people to enlightenment, practicing to see how these teachings work and then teaching others the process of attaining the precise goal Siddhartha Gautama attained when he realized there was something very stable and very positive to be identified in the constant ups and downs of human life.
The offering of a “kata”or long white scarf to a Tibetan Lama, is often accompanied by a small bow. It makes it easier for the Lama to drape it around your neck as he or she returns the gesture of gift giving with their blessing. It is also a gesture of respect for the enlightened state as realized in another and as potential within ourself. Gift giving can have many meanings and here it represents “connection” with good will, openness and especially in the case of a Lama, respect for the important knowledge and compassion that can help us reach enlightenment. A white kata, with or without auspicious symbols or a colored kata, allows one to greet another person without going “empty handed.” Emptiness in Buddhism is not really empty or void but replete with potential! One might say this gesture of giving the kata, mirrors the relational quality of enlightenment itself; the openness, richness, complexity, power and activity that awaits us as we mature our compassion and wisdom. A kata is easy to put in one’s pocket and take out at a moments notice. Much more convenient in our modern era than the yak loads of gifts, carpets, fabric, barley grain and yak butter that one would bring to a Lama to help support this dedicated person who devotes their entire life to studying teachings that bring people to enlightenment, practicing to see how these teachings work and then teaching others the process of attaining the precise goal Siddhartha Gautama attained when he realized there was something very stable and very positive to be identified in the constant ups and downs of human life.
Richard Barron, Translator for Khen Rinpoche, all events.
Welcome to Richard Barron (Chokyi Nyima) who will be in Tulsa for all events to translate for Khen Rinpoche. As we know, Khen Rinpoche speaks english, as does His Holiness Dalai Lama, however using a translator will assist in allowing Rinpoche to bring forward all his knowledge and experience in a free flowing manner.
Richard Barron has been a student of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for almost forty years. He took part in the first traditional three year retreat program for Western students, held in France from 1976-1980. Since the completion of his retreat, he has served as intgerpreter for many teachers from the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and has published ten works of tranlation. He is currently involved in two long term translation projects: The Seven Treasuries of Longchen Rabjam of the Nyingma school, and the Treasury of Knowledge by Jamgon Kongtrul.
Lama Chokyi Nyima has translated for Kalu Rinpoche, Chagdud Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche among others. He has written: A Garland of Marvelous Gems, (a history of the Dzogchen Lineage.) Also see: Buddhahood Without Meditation, (Dzogchen teachings); A Precious Treasury of Philosophical Systems (latest in the Longchenpa series). We are honored and fortunate to have him with us.
Richard Barron has been a student of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for almost forty years. He took part in the first traditional three year retreat program for Western students, held in France from 1976-1980. Since the completion of his retreat, he has served as intgerpreter for many teachers from the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and has published ten works of tranlation. He is currently involved in two long term translation projects: The Seven Treasuries of Longchen Rabjam of the Nyingma school, and the Treasury of Knowledge by Jamgon Kongtrul.
Lama Chokyi Nyima has translated for Kalu Rinpoche, Chagdud Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche among others. He has written: A Garland of Marvelous Gems, (a history of the Dzogchen Lineage.) Also see: Buddhahood Without Meditation, (Dzogchen teachings); A Precious Treasury of Philosophical Systems (latest in the Longchenpa series). We are honored and fortunate to have him with us.
Monday, February 25, 2008
EVENT SCHEDULE for Khen Rinpoche
Friday March 21 An Evening with Khen Rinpoche 7pm. Fellowship Congregational Church 2900 S.Harvard, Tulsa. Tradition Personal donation for Rinpoche.
Sunday March 23 7pm. Taming our "Monkey" Mind. University of Tulsa 631 2279. Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion.
Monday March 24. Movie MILAREPA" Reception. fundraiser for Tashi Lhungpo Monastary. Circle Cinema Theatre 10 South Lewis. Limited Seating. Tickets: suggested donation 20. Tickets to be Sold at Door
Tuesday March 25 Buddhist Teaching on Handling Emotions OSU Stillwater Student Union 4th floor. Room: Case Study 3.
Sunday March 23 7pm. Taming our "Monkey" Mind. University of Tulsa 631 2279. Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion.
Monday March 24. Movie MILAREPA" Reception. fundraiser for Tashi Lhungpo Monastary. Circle Cinema Theatre 10 South Lewis. Limited Seating. Tickets: suggested donation 20. Tickets to be Sold at Door
Tuesday March 25 Buddhist Teaching on Handling Emotions OSU Stillwater Student Union 4th floor. Room: Case Study 3.
Friday, February 22, 2008
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: public talk
Hello again,
Jacqueline Roemer, longtime student of Sogyal Rinpoche and Director of Bodhicharya Oklahoma is giving a talk on The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche....
Saturday February 23, 2008 2:30-4:30 Central Library Lecture Room.
Saturday March 8, 2008 2:30-4:30 Hardesty Library Lecture Room
There are plans for Sogyal Rinpoche to visit Tulsa at Ms. Roemer's request, 2009.
Jacqueline Roemer, longtime student of Sogyal Rinpoche and Director of Bodhicharya Oklahoma is giving a talk on The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche....
Saturday February 23, 2008 2:30-4:30 Central Library Lecture Room.
Saturday March 8, 2008 2:30-4:30 Hardesty Library Lecture Room
There are plans for Sogyal Rinpoche to visit Tulsa at Ms. Roemer's request, 2009.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Event schedule
As Khen Rinpoche's schedule is finalized, it will appear here:
Details of each event will be in a separate blog heading below. It's the best this new blogger can do. Thanks for your patience and scrolling.
See our web site for our "Flavor" www.bodhicharyaoklahoma.com
KHEN RINPOCHE’S SCHEDULE TULSA,OK MARCH 18-26
Tuesday March 18--- Arrival from Sheridan,WY
Wednesday March 19
Thursday March 20
Friday March 21
Saturday March 22
Sunday March 23
Monday March 24-Fundraiser Film/ Reception: MILAREPA Circle Cinema6:45-9:30pm
Tuesday March 25-OSU Stillwater 2-4 Talk
Wednesday March 26---Departure for Austin,TX
Vowing never to have a blog, we have succumbed. It is a quick way to keep you updated. You will find our posters in and around Tulsa advertising a week with Khen Rinpoche, a Gelupka Lineage Lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. To have any authentic Buddhist teachings anywhere is a priviledge. To have the Head Abbott of Tashi Lungpo monastery coming to Tulsa Oklahoma March 18-March 26 is an honor.
Bodhicharya Oklahoma offers meditation classes, the Nalanda Bodhi Buddhist study cirriculum (by special permission), weekly meditation practice of Shamatha/Vipassana, visiting Lamas, public talks and other authentic Buddhist educational events, plus an emphasis on developing a meditation practice consistent with Mahamudra and Dzogchen masters so when you take these teachings, you know what you are hearing.
This blog will gradually post what we really do. How you can participate and an occassional "Dharma" perspective so you can see who we are.
We have seen the results of people here with serious intent using our relaxed yet very focused approach. We deal directly with obstacles to enlightenment. We address actual and full enlightenment in all our teachings and practice. Buddhist meditation is not about getting or having "peak" experiences such as bliss, but rather full enlightenment.
You could say we specialize in helping people find a direct experience of their common ground with God, a non-conceptual God. No one negates what they have been to practice Buddhist meditation. The goal is an autonomous identity, not based on fear but based on reality. More to come....again, welcome to our blog.
Details of each event will be in a separate blog heading below. It's the best this new blogger can do. Thanks for your patience and scrolling.
See our web site for our "Flavor" www.bodhicharyaoklahoma.com
KHEN RINPOCHE’S SCHEDULE TULSA,OK MARCH 18-26
Tuesday March 18--- Arrival from Sheridan,WY
Wednesday March 19
Thursday March 20
Friday March 21
Saturday March 22
Sunday March 23
Monday March 24-Fundraiser Film/ Reception: MILAREPA Circle Cinema6:45-9:30pm
Tuesday March 25-OSU Stillwater 2-4 Talk
Wednesday March 26---Departure for Austin,TX
Vowing never to have a blog, we have succumbed. It is a quick way to keep you updated. You will find our posters in and around Tulsa advertising a week with Khen Rinpoche, a Gelupka Lineage Lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. To have any authentic Buddhist teachings anywhere is a priviledge. To have the Head Abbott of Tashi Lungpo monastery coming to Tulsa Oklahoma March 18-March 26 is an honor.
Bodhicharya Oklahoma offers meditation classes, the Nalanda Bodhi Buddhist study cirriculum (by special permission), weekly meditation practice of Shamatha/Vipassana, visiting Lamas, public talks and other authentic Buddhist educational events, plus an emphasis on developing a meditation practice consistent with Mahamudra and Dzogchen masters so when you take these teachings, you know what you are hearing.
This blog will gradually post what we really do. How you can participate and an occassional "Dharma" perspective so you can see who we are.
We have seen the results of people here with serious intent using our relaxed yet very focused approach. We deal directly with obstacles to enlightenment. We address actual and full enlightenment in all our teachings and practice. Buddhist meditation is not about getting or having "peak" experiences such as bliss, but rather full enlightenment.
You could say we specialize in helping people find a direct experience of their common ground with God, a non-conceptual God. No one negates what they have been to practice Buddhist meditation. The goal is an autonomous identity, not based on fear but based on reality. More to come....again, welcome to our blog.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Why do we want to meet a Tibetan Lama?
If you meet a mugger, you are enveloped within their atmosphere of fear, aggression and it triggers your own fear. If you stand near foul garbage for too long, some odor might linger on your clothes. If you meet a Tibetan Lama, the laws of Interdependence still apply....and you experience the atmosphere of their realization in some way. How they are. If someone like Khen Rinpoche comes to Tulsa and you know His Holiness Dalai Lama approves of him and he is the Head Abbot of a very important monastery, then it is safe to say it is all right to regard him as authentic. This is the benefit of Lineage.
So, if someone comes up to you and says they are a Lama, check it out. Are they who they say they are? Discernment is an important quality to cultivate. The judgmental mind, quick to evaluate mind can deceive us. But discernment...this is something special. It is a quality matured by meditation.
So, if someone comes up to you and says they are a Lama, check it out. Are they who they say they are? Discernment is an important quality to cultivate. The judgmental mind, quick to evaluate mind can deceive us. But discernment...this is something special. It is a quality matured by meditation.
Where are Western holy people?
Of course they exist. Where are they?
Of interest is this fact; It is said: 80% of the Jewish Kabbalah masters were killed during the Holocaust. A great great loss. So we must protect these Wisdom traditions. Wisdom itself and Compassion itself is of course indestructable....it is our True Nature....and it is not a thing and cannot be killed but the human embodiment for Wisdom must be educated, nurtured and protected. How are we to become more compassionate and have more wisdom if we spend no time growing that within ourselves?
HHDL says all religions are to be respected and this is because all religions have within their traditions, the wonderful capacity to bring beings to realization of their enlightened state. Buddhism does not have the "market" on benefiting people! Of interest is the question, "Where are our Western contemplatives, those spending their lives in meditation (not asleep)? Where is physical and visible evidence of Western Wisdom Culture??? Do we now try to look for this in politics? Is it there? Is the result of it in endless attempts at educational reform? It is in fashion, as fun as that is and as necessary as that is for our delight? Do we even have institutions devoted to Compassion and Wisdom? Where are they? And if they exist, what exactly are they teaching that benefits not just some but all beings? To begin to have real Wisdom Culture in the West, it must first be identified. Then it must be verified as functional. A path is only a mystery if you have not walked it. When it really takes you somewhere it is completely understandable.
The letters of St. Theresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross were all burned out of fear. Fear of what? Being called heritics...by not religion itself, but by the people who misused religion. Tibetan Lamas say, many ordinary people who practice Listening to teachings, Reflecting on teachings and Meditation do reach enlightenment all the time. Goodnes is something you work at all the time however, thus, we need teachers and traditions that support lay people who wish quiet time and study, monks and nuns who devote their lives to this, and strong examples both Lay people and monastics who show us reaching the direct recognition of our Compassion and Wisdom is seeing reality how it is.
There are many religions because of many needs. The Buddha is said to have taught in 84,000 different ways; think of the multitude of learning styles, cultures, languages, personal habits and perspectives.....we need many ways to find Compassion and Wisdom. And all of them must be nurtured so these paths remain at their very best. What is their very best? Their ability to help people find and grow their goodness. Holy people are examples that everyone can reach their deepest levels of goodness, exist there and benefit all others not just some.
Of interest is this fact; It is said: 80% of the Jewish Kabbalah masters were killed during the Holocaust. A great great loss. So we must protect these Wisdom traditions. Wisdom itself and Compassion itself is of course indestructable....it is our True Nature....and it is not a thing and cannot be killed but the human embodiment for Wisdom must be educated, nurtured and protected. How are we to become more compassionate and have more wisdom if we spend no time growing that within ourselves?
HHDL says all religions are to be respected and this is because all religions have within their traditions, the wonderful capacity to bring beings to realization of their enlightened state. Buddhism does not have the "market" on benefiting people! Of interest is the question, "Where are our Western contemplatives, those spending their lives in meditation (not asleep)? Where is physical and visible evidence of Western Wisdom Culture??? Do we now try to look for this in politics? Is it there? Is the result of it in endless attempts at educational reform? It is in fashion, as fun as that is and as necessary as that is for our delight? Do we even have institutions devoted to Compassion and Wisdom? Where are they? And if they exist, what exactly are they teaching that benefits not just some but all beings? To begin to have real Wisdom Culture in the West, it must first be identified. Then it must be verified as functional. A path is only a mystery if you have not walked it. When it really takes you somewhere it is completely understandable.
The letters of St. Theresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross were all burned out of fear. Fear of what? Being called heritics...by not religion itself, but by the people who misused religion. Tibetan Lamas say, many ordinary people who practice Listening to teachings, Reflecting on teachings and Meditation do reach enlightenment all the time. Goodnes is something you work at all the time however, thus, we need teachers and traditions that support lay people who wish quiet time and study, monks and nuns who devote their lives to this, and strong examples both Lay people and monastics who show us reaching the direct recognition of our Compassion and Wisdom is seeing reality how it is.
There are many religions because of many needs. The Buddha is said to have taught in 84,000 different ways; think of the multitude of learning styles, cultures, languages, personal habits and perspectives.....we need many ways to find Compassion and Wisdom. And all of them must be nurtured so these paths remain at their very best. What is their very best? Their ability to help people find and grow their goodness. Holy people are examples that everyone can reach their deepest levels of goodness, exist there and benefit all others not just some.
The outstanding needs of Tashi Lhungpo monastery
Please check the web site to understand how Tashi Lhungpo monastery perceives it's own needs. There is a message from His Holiness Dalai Lama supporting all efforts to construct physical facilities for this poorest of all the monasteries rebuilding itself physically and spiritually after the move out of Tibet.
the web site is Tashilhungpo.org
Our efforts here in Tulsa,Oklahoma unite us behind all the efforts to help Tibetan culture not just to survive but to re-establish its peak expression of Compassion and Rime reconciliation of religious differences. Explore "Rime" with web searches....to see how fundamentalism and liberalism in religion can find strong common ground. This is only one example of how the whole world can observe and benefit from the riches of Tibetan culture.
Do you often wonder, why are we interested in preserving threatened nations, peoples and cultures? Tibetan culture? It is because without each other, without the fulfillment of all others...we are not complete. The experience of enlightenment is a vast incomprehensible array of rich, complex, active, powerful and vibrant qualities that we all long for in daily life. Anywhere we find goodness, it should be nourished and preserved. Strengthened. Tashi Lhungpo monastery is such a place where enlightenment is a "focus." From here comes more strength to nourish us all. Tibetan Buddhism is Mahayana Buddhism: "For the sake of others, longing to attain complete enlightenment."
From the Web Site:
Please Support us
Your help towards meeting the cost of building the new Main Prayer Hall for Tashi Lhunpo Monastery will be greatly appreciated. Your generosity will ensure the survival of a great monastic tradition and give benefit to all sentient beings.
The project is blessed by the wholehearted support and encouragement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Administration in Exile, including the Department of Religion and Culture and local government in South India. Our appeal for funds is led by Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tseten, Abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery and is supported by our representative offices in America, Canada and the United Kingdom.
the web site is Tashilhungpo.org
Our efforts here in Tulsa,Oklahoma unite us behind all the efforts to help Tibetan culture not just to survive but to re-establish its peak expression of Compassion and Rime reconciliation of religious differences. Explore "Rime" with web searches....to see how fundamentalism and liberalism in religion can find strong common ground. This is only one example of how the whole world can observe and benefit from the riches of Tibetan culture.
Do you often wonder, why are we interested in preserving threatened nations, peoples and cultures? Tibetan culture? It is because without each other, without the fulfillment of all others...we are not complete. The experience of enlightenment is a vast incomprehensible array of rich, complex, active, powerful and vibrant qualities that we all long for in daily life. Anywhere we find goodness, it should be nourished and preserved. Strengthened. Tashi Lhungpo monastery is such a place where enlightenment is a "focus." From here comes more strength to nourish us all. Tibetan Buddhism is Mahayana Buddhism: "For the sake of others, longing to attain complete enlightenment."
From the Web Site:
Please Support us
Your help towards meeting the cost of building the new Main Prayer Hall for Tashi Lhunpo Monastery will be greatly appreciated. Your generosity will ensure the survival of a great monastic tradition and give benefit to all sentient beings.
The project is blessed by the wholehearted support and encouragement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Administration in Exile, including the Department of Religion and Culture and local government in South India. Our appeal for funds is led by Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tseten, Abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery and is supported by our representative offices in America, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Books about Tibetan Buddhism are not the fullest experience
We Need Tashi Lhungpo Monastery: Tibetan Buddhism depends on Oral transmission to make sure a student has "heard" something correctly, applied this instruction to meditation experience correctly and thus has gotten the precise result of enlightenment. If enlightenment were a general non-specific experience, well then, it would not elude so many of us. So, a teacher watches a student...listens to how the meditation is going, watches to see if behavior becomes more peaceful while Not being repressed. To see if Joy is possible and emerges from a way of being that is entirely consistent with The Four Noble Truths and Bodhichitta (the matured love and compassion.) This ORAL aspect involves living beings interacting with living beings. This is what happens in the monastery. Many highly realized woman and men teach only after their own teacher sees they will 1. do no harm 2.have authentic experience 3. have really pure and good motivation 4. can remain kind and stable. Can Western people learn this? Well, of course. However, meditation is so "outside" culture and unsupported by our culture as of yet, that teachers Must be trained in all aspects of enlightenment within Tibetan Buddhist culture as of yet to Make Absolutely Sure not a single teaching is changed or altered. If someone begins to tell you how to put together a recipe incorrectly, you will not get the right result. If someone makes up their own version of what compassion is....you will mistake enlightenment for something else....and eventually this very precise way of reaching enlightenment will be gone. Thus, Tashi Lhungpo Must be nourished to insure teachers can continue the cultural vessel to hold the pure waters of the teachings until the Western cultural vessel is prepared perfectly to hold the accuracy....so enlightenment in this tradition remains available for those who open to it.
Does His Holiness Dalai Lama need "my" help?
Whatever the perspective one has the Tibet situation, it is simply fact that Tibetan spiritual culture experienced complete and deep disruption. Those of us who have experienced the power of Tibetan Buddhist teachings and practice, know the quality of why it could survive to rebuild. But what a process: there was/is a process for survival, even for highly realized Lamas: eat, get an apartment, legal documents, a job (perhaps at McDonalds) , a building, learn a new language, understand cultural nuance for correct understanding, find health care…and then perhaps teach Tibetan Buddhism, trying to pour the pure water of the teachings from one set of cultural assumptions into another vessel. Where are the texts? They have been carried out on the backs of those who fled (and survived). Only After they are translated, they can be used. Did you know without a “country” your language cannot be taught by a language school such as Berlitz? This is why Tibetan Language is not in a Borders bookstore. Lamas rarely ask for help. It is not in the culture. If His Holiness is requesting that help be given, it is really needed. Can the world do without people such as the Dalai Lama? His training came from these same teachings at Tashi Lhungpo. And because some Tibetans made it through snow while being shot at, walking for months out of Tibet carrying texts…it is available to us. They need our help. Karma. The law of cause and effect exists. What we do affects the whole.
Welcome to Tibet-Tulsa Blog
As Khen Rinpoche's schedule is finalized, it will appear here:
Details of each event will be in a separate blog heading below. It's the best this new blogger can do. Thanks for your patience and scrolling.
See our web site for our "Flavor" www.bodhicharyaoklahoma.com
KHEN RINPOCHE’S SCHEDULE TULSA,OK MARCH 18-26
Tuesday March 18--- Arrival from Sheridan,WY
Wednesday March 19
Thursday March 20
Friday March 21
Saturday March 22
Sunday March 23
Monday March 24-Fundraiser Film/ Reception: MILAREPA Circle Cinema6:45-9:30pm
Tuesday March 25-OSU Stillwater 2-4 Talk
Wednesday March 26---Departure for Austin,TX
Vowing never to have a blog, we have succumbed. It is a quick way to keep you updated. You will find our posters in and around Tulsa advertising a week with Khen Rinpoche, a Gelupka Lineage Lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. To have any authentic Buddhist teachings anywhere is a priviledge. To have the Head Abbott of Tashi Lungpo monastery coming to Tulsa Oklahoma March 18-March 26 is an honor.
Bodhicharya Oklahoma offers meditation classes, the Nalanda Bodhi Buddhist study cirriculum (by special permission), weekly meditation practice of Shamatha/Vipassana, visiting Lamas, public talks and other authentic Buddhist educational events, plus an emphasis on developing a meditation practice consistent with Mahamudra and Dzogchen masters so when you take these teachings, you know what you are hearing.
This blog will gradually post what we really do. How you can participate and an occassional "Dharma" perspective so you can see who we are.
We have seen the results of people here with serious intent using our relaxed yet very focused approach. We deal directly with obstacles to enlightenment. We address actual and full enlightenment in all our teachings and practice. Buddhist meditation is not about getting or having "peak" experiences such as bliss, but rather full enlightenment.
You could say we specialize in helping people find a direct experience of their common ground with God, a non-conceptual God. No one negates what they have been to practice Buddhist meditation. The goal is an autonomous identity, not based on fear but based on reality. More to come....again, welcome to our blog.
Details of each event will be in a separate blog heading below. It's the best this new blogger can do. Thanks for your patience and scrolling.
See our web site for our "Flavor" www.bodhicharyaoklahoma.com
KHEN RINPOCHE’S SCHEDULE TULSA,OK MARCH 18-26
Tuesday March 18--- Arrival from Sheridan,WY
Wednesday March 19
Thursday March 20
Friday March 21
Saturday March 22
Sunday March 23
Monday March 24-Fundraiser Film/ Reception: MILAREPA Circle Cinema6:45-9:30pm
Tuesday March 25-OSU Stillwater 2-4 Talk
Wednesday March 26---Departure for Austin,TX
Vowing never to have a blog, we have succumbed. It is a quick way to keep you updated. You will find our posters in and around Tulsa advertising a week with Khen Rinpoche, a Gelupka Lineage Lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. To have any authentic Buddhist teachings anywhere is a priviledge. To have the Head Abbott of Tashi Lungpo monastery coming to Tulsa Oklahoma March 18-March 26 is an honor.
Bodhicharya Oklahoma offers meditation classes, the Nalanda Bodhi Buddhist study cirriculum (by special permission), weekly meditation practice of Shamatha/Vipassana, visiting Lamas, public talks and other authentic Buddhist educational events, plus an emphasis on developing a meditation practice consistent with Mahamudra and Dzogchen masters so when you take these teachings, you know what you are hearing.
This blog will gradually post what we really do. How you can participate and an occassional "Dharma" perspective so you can see who we are.
We have seen the results of people here with serious intent using our relaxed yet very focused approach. We deal directly with obstacles to enlightenment. We address actual and full enlightenment in all our teachings and practice. Buddhist meditation is not about getting or having "peak" experiences such as bliss, but rather full enlightenment.
You could say we specialize in helping people find a direct experience of their common ground with God, a non-conceptual God. No one negates what they have been to practice Buddhist meditation. The goal is an autonomous identity, not based on fear but based on reality. More to come....again, welcome to our blog.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Contact Information
E mail is bodhicharya@gmail.com
Web Site bodhicharyaoklahoma.com
Our web site needs some work but the intention is terrific.
What do I get on the web site? Our flavor. We have a lot of "flavor."
Web Site bodhicharyaoklahoma.com
Our web site needs some work but the intention is terrific.
What do I get on the web site? Our flavor. We have a lot of "flavor."
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