Tibetan queen and renowned yogini Yeshe Tsogyal experienced many obstacles and challenges on her path, some of them specifically because of her female birth and others connected to personal struggles everyone faces. Nevertheless, she was an unwavering dharma student, deeply practiced and committed to her teacher and consort, Guru Rinpoche. This course will explore Yeshe Tsogyal as a female exemplar, 明师, 和所有佛法修行者的猛烈保护者. The course includes dharma talks, ritual practices, stories and discussions about the importance of Yeshe Tsogyal for contemporary times.
先决条件: This course is open to all practioners.
课程主题
班级 1 - 益西措嘉, Embodiment of Feminine Principle
An introduction to Yeshe Tsogyal, with outer, inner, and secret aspects of who she is and why she is so important in Tibetan Buddhism.
Class 2 - 益西措嘉, Tibetan Noblewoman Becomes a Yogini
An overview of Yeshe Tsogyal’s life and journey, with selected themes that inspire our practice.
班级 3 - Yeshe Tsogyal Dakini Iconography
An exploration of Yeshe Tsogyal as woman, deity, and dakini from Tibetan Buddhist practice, with reference to contemporary pilgrimage sites associated with her journey.
班级 4 - Yeshe Tsogyal the Mother of Tibetan Buddhism
Tracing her timeless relevance for practice, how Yeshe Tsogyal awakens authentic devotion, realization, and protection.
班级 5 - Community Ritual for Mother Yesehe Tsogyal
A celebration of Yeshe Tsogyal through her ritual drawn from “Sunshine for a Pauper,” composed by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
课程阅读
Lady of the 罗tus Born by Gyalwa Changchub and Namkhai Nyingpo
The Life and Visions of Yeshé Tsogyal: The Autobiography of the Great Wisdom Queen by The Terton Drime Kunga, Yeshe Tsogyal and Chonyi Drolma
关于老师
朱迪思·斯默尔-布朗, 博士, is a Distinguished Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies Emeritx at Naropa University, where she has taught for over 40 年. Simmer-Brown is a compassion trainer for the Compassion Initiative at Naropa. 她是 空行母温暖的呼吸: 藏传佛教中的女性原则 (香巴拉) and editor, with Fran Grace, of 冥想与课堂: 宗教研究的沉思教育学 (纽约州立大学). She teaches Shambhala Training levels, Mahayana and Vajrayana topics, with a special love of White Tara, 女性原则, working with emotions, compassion and social engagement.