About the Series
A Year of Deepening in Compassion is a four-part series exploring the Shambhala Mahayana teachings.
A Bodhisattva Warrior útja az önmagunk iránti vonzalom kialakításával kezdődik, és kiterjeszti ezt másokra, feloldja a minket elválasztó korlátokat. 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, Lion, Garuda és Sárkány.
Breakdown of Four-Course Series
Rész 1 – A Négy Határtalan
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
A tanfolyam témái
Class 1 – Shamatha and Maitri: Establishing the Foundations for our Mahayana Journey with Susan Chapman
Osztály 2 – Bevezetés a Tonglenbe with Pema Chödrön
Osztály 3 – Egykedvűség Eve Rosenthallal
Osztály 4 – Loving Kindness Fleet Maull-lal
Osztály 5 – Együttérzés Dale Asraellel
Osztály 6 – Szimpatikus Joy Dan Hessey-vel
Rész 2 – The Joyful Snow Lion: the 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
A tanfolyam témái
Class 1– The Paramita of Generosity Marty Janowitzcal
Class 2– The Paramita of Discipline Emily Bowerrel
Class 3– The Paramita of Patience Suzann Duquette-tel
Class 4– The Paramita of Exertion Moh Hardinnal
Class 5– The Paramita of Meditation John Rockwell-lel
Rész 3 – Rettenthetetlen Garuda: Üresség és Abszolút Bodhicitta
A mahajána ereje abból fakad, hogy tisztában van a valóság valódi természetével. 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
A tanfolyam témái
Class 1 – Prajnaparamita and Absolute Bodhicitta Judith Simmer-Brownnal
Osztály 2 – Heart Sutra David Schneiderrel
Osztály 3 – Feminine Principle Judith Simmer-Brownnal
Osztály 4 – Shunyata Melissa Moore-ral
Osztály 5 – Prajna and Compassion Judith Simmer-Brownnal
rész IV – Skillful Dragon: Lojong és könyörületes eljegyzés
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, amelyek arra ösztönöznek bennünket, hogy a felmerülő nehézségeket és problémákat utunk elmélyítésére fordítsuk.
- 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
A tanfolyam témái
Class 1 – Lojong and the Four Reminders Gaylon Fergusonnal
Class 2– Absolute Bodhicitta Slogans John Rockwell-lel
Class 3– Relative Bodhicitta Slogans, Rész 1 Holly Gayley-vel
Class 4– Relative Bodhicitta Slogans, Rész 2 Fleet Maull-lal
Class 5– Bodhicitta in Everyday Life Susan Skjeivel
Class 6– The Bodhisattva Vow with Susan Chapman