About the Series
Un anno di approfondimento nella compassione è una serie in quattro parti che esplora gli insegnamenti Shambhala Mahayana.
Il percorso del Bodhisattva Guerriero inizia con lo sviluppo dell'affetto per noi stessi e lo espande agli altri, dissolvendo le barriere che ci dividono. 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, Leone, Garuda e il drago.
Breakdown of Four-Course Series
Parte 1 – I Quattro Illimitati
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
Argomenti del corso
Class 1 – Shamata e Maitri: Stabilire le basi per il nostro viaggio Mahayana with Susan Chapman
Classe 2 – Introduzione a Tonglen with Pema Chödrön
Classe 3 – Equanimità con Eva Rosenthal
Classe 4 – Amorevolezza con Fleet Maull
Classe 5 – Compassione con Dale Asrael
Classe 6 – Gioia comprensiva con Dan Hessey
Parte 2 – The Joyful Snow Lion: le Paramita
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
Argomenti del corso
Class 1– The Paramita of Generosity con Marty Janowitz
Class 2– The Paramita of Discipline con Emily Bower
Class 3– The Paramita of Patience con Suzann Duquette
Class 4– The Paramita of Exertion con Moh Hardin
Class 5– The Paramita of Meditation con John Rockwell
Parte 3 – Garuda senza paura: Vacuità e Bodhicitta Assoluto
Il potere del Mahayana deriva dalla sua chiarezza riguardo alla vera natura della realtà. 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
Argomenti del corso
Class 1 – Prajnaparamita and Absolute Bodhicitta con Judith Simmer-Brown
Classe 2 – Heart Sutra con David Schneider
Classe 3 – Feminine Principle con Judith Simmer-Brown
Classe 4 – Shunyata con Melissa Moore
Classe 5 – Prajna and Compassion con Judith Simmer-Brown
Parte IV – Skillful Dragon: Lojong e l'impegno compassionevole
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, che ci invitano ad utilizzare le difficoltà ei problemi che incontriamo per approfondire il nostro cammino.
- 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
Argomenti del corso
Class 1 – Lojong and the Four Reminders con Gaylon Ferguson
Class 2– Absolute Bodhicitta Slogans con John Rockwell
Class 3– Relative Bodhicitta Slogans, Parte 1 con Holly Gayley
Class 4– Relative Bodhicitta Slogans, Parte 2 con Fleet Maull
Class 5– Bodhicitta in Everyday Life con Susan Skjei
Class 6– The Bodhisattva Vow with Susan Chapman