About the Series
A Year of Deepening in Compassion is a four-part series exploring the Shambhala Mahayana teachings.
Cesta bojovníka bódhisattvy začíná rozvojem náklonnosti k nám samým a rozšiřuje ji na ostatní, odstranění bariér, které nás rozdělují. To support this practice, Shambhala senior teachers taught a year-long course with contemplative and meditation practices from the Buddhist Mahayana teachings of our lineage.
Throughout this four-part series, the main practice is tonglen, taught by Ani Pema Chödrön with a guided meditation and an audio talk that is posted in all four courses. Additional teachings introduce and support other practices of the Mahayana.
This series is divided into four seasonal themes. Within each season, teachers offered talks that related to that topic with their own personal approach. The themes for the four seasons echo the virtues of the Four Dignities of the Shambhala Path: Tiger, Lev, Garuda a drak.
Breakdown of Four-Course Series
Část 1 – Čtyři neomezené
This course includes tonglen instruction, an audio talk by Pema Chödrön and an introduction to The Four Limitless Ones.
- Six recorded classes, led by different teachers.
- Readings and book suggestions to deepen our understanding of these teachings
- Contemplations to help us integrate these fundamental teachings into our daily lives
Témata kurzů
Class 1 – Šamatha a Maitri: Založení základů pro naši mahájánovou cestu with Susan Chapman
Třída 2 – Úvod do Tonglenu with Pema Chödrön
Třída 3 – Vyrovnanost s Evou Rosenthalovou
Třída 4 – Milující dobrota with Fleet Maull
Třída 5 – Soucit with Dale Asrael
Třída 6 – Sympatická radost with Dan Hessey
Část 2 – The Joyful Snow Lion: Paramitas
This course includes an exploration of Relative Bodhicitta and how we put our aspiration into action with the practice of the Paramitas.
- Five recorded classes led by different teachers.
- Readings and book suggestions to deepen our understanding of these teachings
- Contemplations to help us integrate these fundamental teachings into our daily lives
Témata kurzů
Class 1– The Paramita of Generosity s Martym Janowitzem
Class 2– The Paramita of Discipline s Emily Bowerovou
Class 3– The Paramita of Patience with Suzann Duquette
Class 4– The Paramita of Exertion with Moh Hardin
Class 5– The Paramita of Meditation s Johnem Rockwellem
Část 3 – Nebojácný Garuda: Prázdnota a absolutní bódhičitta
Síla mahájány pochází z její jasnosti ohledně skutečné povahy reality. This clarity is described as penetrating insight (prajna), that sees that the world is actually different from what we habitually think it is. Instead of assuming that beings, objects and systems are solid, truly existing independently, the bodhisattva sees that everything is empty of concepts and reference points (shunyata).
- Six recorded classes, led by different teachers.
- Readings and book suggestions to deepen our understanding of these teachings
- Contemplations to help us integrate these fundamental teachings into our daily lives
Témata kurzů
Class 1 – Prajnaparamita and Absolute Bodhicitta s Judith Simmer-Brown
Třída 2 – Heart Sutra s Davidem Schneiderem
Třída 3 – Feminine Principle s Judith Simmer-Brown
Třída 4 – Shunyata s Melissou Mooreovou
Třída 5 – Prajna and Compassion s Judith Simmer-Brown
Část IV – Skillful Dragon: Lojong a soucitné zasnoubení
The spiritual path does not lead to non-activity and withdrawing from the world. In the Shambhala tradition, the master warrior is profoundly engaged. This last part of the course series will explore the teachings on the Lojong, Athisha’s famous mind-training slogans, které nás vyzývají, abychom využili těžkostí a problémů, se kterými se setkáváme, k prohloubení naší cesty.
- Six recorded classes, led by different teachers.
- Readings and book suggestions to deepen our understanding of these teachings
- Contemplations to help us integrate these fundamental teachings into our daily lives
Témata kurzů
Class 1 – Lojong and the Four Reminders s Gaylonem Fergusonem
Class 2– Absolute Bodhicitta Slogans s Johnem Rockwellem
Class 3– Relative Bodhicitta Slogans, Část 1 s Holly Gayley
Class 4– Relative Bodhicitta Slogans, Část 2 with Fleet Maull
Class 5– Bodhicitta in Everyday Life se Susan Skjei
Class 6– The Bodhisattva Vow with Susan Chapman