Turning the Wheel, redux
A special announcement for SF/Bay Area readers who are interested in the Dharma, or Tibetan Buddhism:
Continuing Saturday morning, June 13th in San Anselmo and continuing at various locations around the SF Bay Area through mid-July, Venerable Wangdor Rimpoche will be teaching from the complete text of Kaden Sho Lap, translated as “Flight of the Garuda,” a Dzogchen heart text of the Nyingma lineage. Rimpoche traces the core text back to the words of Padmasambhava himself. He has agreed to do “Flight of the Garuda” in its entirety, including commentaries and transmission of the Direct View of Mind. He will be teaching this over the course of nine or ten sessions (final number depends upon suitable locations.)
To reiterate: you do not have to attend all sessions. Wangdor Rimpoche sincerely hopes that those of you who are in the Bay Area will try to attend as often as possible to receive the transmission and pointing out and hear this beautiful, poetic text for yourselves. As a Dzogchen Heart Text, Flight of the Garuda prepares the dedicated student of Dzogchen meditation to achieve full realization.
Here’s more info about the weekend teaching:
Please call or email for directions.
Phone: 415-454-5243
Alt Phone: 415-497-8890
Email: mountain@energyarts.com
Class times:
11 am to 1pm—First session (Saturday)
1pm to 4pm—Lunch/Unsupervised practice (Saturday)
4pm to 6pm—Second session (Saturday)
10am to 12 noon–Third session (Sunday)
Subtitles for the teaching this weekend will be:
Flight of the Garuda Songs #4 “Initiation into the Nature of Mind”; #5 “Cause of Delusion”; #6 “Recognition of the Nature of Mind”; and possibly #’s 7 and 8– “Mandala of Intrinsic Buddhahood” and “Method of Attaining Utter Certainty” if Rimpoche decides to go that far this weekend. How many songs he decides to give in a given session is decided at the time of the teaching.
The Garuda is a mythical bird renowned for its speed and martial prowess. The Flight of the Garuda is a Tibetan Buddhist text consisting of 23 poetic songs to help meditators attain Dzogchen (Great Perfection) realization—beyond the Karmic wheel of causation.
The aim is to cut through the root of the mind attached to the appearance of phenomena and experience the true nature of mind—the Primordial Awareness. The more experience you have in meditation, the more you will gain from this teaching, however even beginners will benefit from participating in a teaching from such an accomplished Dzogchen Master as Lama Wangdor. We are honored that he has agreed to teach this material.
When you arrive
1. Please do not park in driveway this space will be reserved for Rinpoche.
2. Use available street parking next to residence.
There will be some cushions at event but please bring your own cushions/mats if possible, to leave some available for those who do not have one.
For more info on the where and when of following sessions, you can read the event calendar.
After this weekend, these precious teachings will continue on July 4th, in Berkeley, CA, 10:30 AM at the Dondrup Ling Center.
