Dharma Essentials: Life & Reincarnation with Jay Nair
2023-06-06 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
Want to pursue a spiritual practice and don’t know where to start? Have you been studying Buddhism for a while and want to discover where to go next? Tibetan Buddhism offers a complete path to enlightenment, starting with the basics. Join Jay Nair as he resumes the Dharma Essentials courses with a beginners look at life and reincarnation.
** EXTENDED THROUGH JULY 2023 **
Tuesdays, June 6th – July 25th
6:30pm-8:30pm
(No class on July 4th)
Hybrid options for attending:
You can attend in person: 2791 24th Street, Room 14 Sacramento CA 95818 (parking lot off 4th Ave, the room is upstairs).
Zoom Meeting ID: 224-735-8115
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2247358115
www.diamondlightsac.org/donate or “Diamond Light” on Venmo. Suggested donation: $10-$20 to cover expenses, which include ongoing rent for our Center, fees to provide online services and supporting our teachers. No one turned away due to lack of funds.

About the Teacher: Hailing from a traditional South Indian Yogic family, Jay Nair grew up by the banks of river Periyar, has been practicing some type of yoga and socially engaged spirituality from early on in life and studying modern Mindfulness since 2010. He also received training in Tibetan and Vipassana practices, and participated in many long term yoga meditation retreats. Jay Nair is trained in Indian Music and started performing solo concerts at the early age of ten. Since then Jay has been performing and recording Indian and world fusion music. IT Engineer by profession, Jay is a blend of Science, Art and Spirituality and believes Technology and Consciousness transforms each other.

Dharma Essentials: Life & Reincarnation with Jay Nair
2023-07-11 18:30 - 20:30 | 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
Want to pursue a spiritual practice and don’t know where to start? Have you been studying Buddhism for a while and want to discover where to go next? Tibetan Buddhism offers a complete path to enlightenment, starting with the basics. Join Jay Nair as he resumes the Dharma Essentials courses with a beginners look at life and reincarnation.
Tuesdays, June 6th – July 25th
6:30pm-8:30pm
(No class on July 4th)
Hybrid options for attending:
You can attend in person: 2791 24th Street, Room 14 Sacramento CA 95818 (parking lot off 4th Ave, the room is upstairs).
Zoom Meeting ID: 224-735-8115
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2247358115
www.diamondlightsac.org/donate or “Diamond Light” on Venmo. Suggested donation: $10-$20 to cover expenses, which include ongoing rent for our Center, fees to provide online services and supporting our teachers. No one turned away due to lack of funds.

About the Teacher: Hailing from a traditional South Indian Yogic family, Jay Nair grew up by the banks of river Periyar, has been practicing some type of yoga and socially engaged spirituality from early on in life and studying modern Mindfulness since 2010. He also received training in Tibetan and Vipassana practices, and participated in many long term yoga meditation retreats. Jay Nair is trained in Indian Music and started performing solo concerts at the early age of ten. Since then Jay has been performing and recording Indian and world fusion music. IT Engineer by profession, Jay is a blend of Science, Art and Spirituality and believes Technology and Consciousness transforms each other.

Living the Buddhist Vows
2023-08-01 18:30 - 20:30 | 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
Living The Buddhist Vows
Tuesdays August 1-29, 2023
6:30pm-8:30pm PDT
Join Heather Breault and Sunil Joseph for a compassionate reflection into your relationship with the 10 non-virtues and their opposite virtues. We will look at how to bring the practice alive in our lives, making it relevant to us through our personal experience.
This is a hybrid event that can be attended in-person at Diamond Light’s room in Sierra 2 Community Center or online via zoom. The presenters will be on zoom.
Hybrid options for attending:
You can attend in person: 2791 24th Street, Room 14 Sacramento CA 95818 (parking lot off 4th Ave, the room is upstairs).
Zoom Meeting ID: 224-735-8115
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2247358115
www.diamondlightsac.org/donate or “Diamond Light” on Venmo. Suggested donation: $10-$20 to cover expenses, which include ongoing rent for our Center, fees to provide online services and supporting our teachers. No one turned away due to lack of funds.

About Heather Breault: I started practicing yoga in 2001, which lead me to find Buddhism, with my first class taught by Lama Marut in 2008. I have studied Buddhism in-depth since 2008, attended many Buddhist retreats, and worked on deepening my personal practice over the years. I am grateful to many amazing teachers, my closest teacher being Amie Diller.

About Sunil Joseph: I am a certified GRIP facilitator teaching a restorative justice-based healing and accountability program in California’s prison system. In 2021, I successfully completed the 2-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program offered by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach to become a certified Mindfulness teacher. As a graduate from BayNVC’s 1-year NVC Leadership Program in 2008, I have been teaching NVC to varied groups, including those incarcerated at San Quentin prison. I feel grateful for the amazing teachers and teachings I have personally benefited from. For more: https://myempathycoach.com/

Cultivating Emotional Balance: Six Week Online Course
2023-10-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Onlie via Zoom, 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
Cultivating Emotional Balance
Six-Week Online Course
With Anand Parikshak and Lani Potts
October 19th through November 30th
(no class November 23 due to Thanksgiving)
Thursday evenings, 6:30-8:30 PM PDT
Cost: $195-$235
Scholarships available, email diamondlight.sac@gmail.com to request a scholarship
Preregistration Required, Space is limited!
Register now: https://bookwhen.com/diamondlightsac/e/ev-s8kg-20231005183000
Join us in developing skills and learning tools for Cultivating Emotional Balance. Using practical, evidence based strategies, we will explore pathways to flourishing well-being and emotional resilience. Classes will blend contemplative practice, emotion skills training, movement, and group work.
During the upcoming 6 weeks, we will focus on the following topics:
– The Four Virtues of the Heart
– Motivation and Enduring Well-Being
– Emotion Families: happiness, contempt, disgust, and sadness
While this is part of an ongoing series, attendance to previous sessions is not required and foundational material will be reinforced.
This class is taught by Anand Parikshak, QiGong teacher, CEB teacher, meditation teacher and Lani Potts, CEB teacher and coach, meditation teacher, and CEB Program Director.
For more information about the course, please email: ceb.course@cultivatingemotionalbalance.org

Anand Parikshak is a certified CEB teacher, Qi Gong teacher, and meditation teacher. He has been honored to teach all around the world including with prestigious institutions such as UCSF’s Osher Center, American University’s School of International Service, and the US Department of State.

Lani Potts is a certified CEB teacher, yoga and meditation teacher along with a long-established Buddhist meditation practice. Lani teaches CEB, coaches CEB teachers and students, and serves as the Cultivating Emotional Balance Program Director. Lani and Anand have taught CEB together at UCSF’s Osher Center

Self-Awareness for Ethical Living with Sunil Joseph
2024-01-02 18:30 | 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
Sunil Joseph leads transformative groups in California prisons, aiding incarcerated individuals to diminish their reactivity by employing mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices. Join Sunil to discover how these powerful tools can be leveraged to help us live in greater harmony with our moral and ethical values. Explore the profound impact that mindfulness and emotional intelligence can have on aligning our actions with our deepest convictions
Tuesdays, January 2nd – 30th
6:30pm-8:00pm
This will be a Zoom class only:
Zoom Meeting ID: 224-735-8115
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2247358115
Navigating a spiritual path often reveals a gap between our aspirations and the reality of everyday life. Despite our sincere intentions, we may notice ourselves falling short in living true to our spiritual vows or core values. This could manifest in various ways – perhaps in the unkind words we speak to a loved one, or in harboring resentments and momentarily wishing harm upon others. Such actions often lead to a cycle of self-judgment and shame, reinforcing a sense of personal inadequacy or a sense of being flawed in some fundamental way.
Utilizing the 10 Virtues of Buddhism as a reflective framework, we will examine our values and how we align with them in our daily actions and thoughts. We will use the practices of Mindfulness and Compassionate Communication to understand, rather than judge, the parts of ourselves that seem to veer off the path. This approach offers a constructive way to view our shortcomings. Not as failures, but as opportunities for deeper understanding and growth, even as we strive for spiritual and ethical development. Together, we will discover how to transform our challenges into stepping stones towards a more ethical life.
www.diamondlightsac.org/donate or “Diamond Light” on Venmo. Suggested donation: $10-$20 to cover expenses, which include ongoing rent for our Center, fees to provide online services and supporting our teachers. No one turned away due to lack of funds.

About the Teacher: Sunil Joseph is a certified GRIP facilitator teaching a restorative justice-based healing and accountability program in California’s prison system. In 2021, he successfully completed the 2-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program offered by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach to become a certified Mindfulness teacher. He is also a graduate from BayNVC’s 1-year NVC Leadership Program, and has been using his non-violent communications training to inform his work with inmates in the prisons. Sunil was born in India and now resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information about Sunil: https://myempathycoach.com/

Sadhana Meditation 1/2 Day Retreat
2024-01-20 09:00 - 12:30 | 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
After meeting on Zoom the past few years, we are excited to get together with Diamond Light community in person and meditate together! We will review the basics of Calm Abiding meditation, and the structure of a traditional Tibetan Buddhist daily practice, known as “Sadhana”. We will end our morning by practicing together a guided Calm Abiding and a Tibetan Sadhana meditation.
Saturday, January 20, 2024
9:00 am – 12:30 pm (PST)
Pre-registration: https://bookwhen.com/diamondlightsac/e/ev-s4py-20240120090000
This class will be held in-person only (no hybrid option). Location:
Sierra 2 Center, Room 14
2791 24th Street, Sacramento CA 95818
There is a parking lot off 4th Ave, behind the Sierra 2 Center; the room is on the second floor.
Suggested donation: $10-$30 to cover expenses, which include ongoing rent for our Center, fees to provide online services and supporting our teachers. No one turned away due to lack of funds.
Ways to Donate:
Website: www.diamondlightsac.org/donate/
PayPal: Diamond Light on PayPal
Venmo: Diamond Light on Venmo

About the Teacher: David Drabble is a long-time meditator and Buddhist practitioner. He leads the Monday evening meditation classes for Diamond Light, has been a sangha member for over 14 years, and is the President of Diamond Light’s Board of Directors.

Online: Monday Meditation
2024-02-05 18:30 - 19:30 | 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
Join a community of meditators to learn meditation techniques and practices. Led by long time meditator and Buddhist practitioner David Drabble, join a supportive group to grow your meditation practice.
Every Monday from 6:30pm-7:30pm PT, January 22 thru December 16, 2024
Offered on Zoom:
Click the link to join: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2247358115
Meeting ID is: 224 735 8115
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Donation Based. We suggest $10-$20 per class. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Ways to Donate:
Website: www.diamondlightsac.org/donate/
PayPal: Diamond Light on PayPal
Venmo: Diamond Light on Venmo

Bodhisattva Vows: Developing a Good Heart with Amie Diller and Jay Nair
2024-03-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Onlie via Zoom, 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
Becoming a Spiritual Warrior: The Pledges of a Bodhisattva
Being a Bodhisattva is such a powerful idea that the word itself has in recent years become synonymous with acts of kindness and generosity. Yet many aren’t aware of what Bodhisattva truly means. We’ll explore why a Bodhisattva is a Spiritual Warrior, and learn the vows that become a powerful method to become a Bodhisattvas and to create a kinder world.
This Course is based upon Master Asanga’s root text and its commentary called the Highway for Bodhisattvas (Jangchub Shunglam) by Je Tsongkapa.
Topics include: what is a bodhisattva, the definition and types of bodhichitta, types of morality, types of vows, how bodhisattva vows are taken, an explanation of the eighteen root bodhisattva vows and forty-six secondary bodhisattva vows, the four factors needed to break bodhisattva root vows, how bodhisattva vows are broken, how bodhisattva vows are lost, how to keep your bodhisattva vows, how to restore your bodhisattva vows, and the benefits of keeping bodhisattva vows.
ONLINE Course Taught by Lama Amie Diller and Jay Nair
6 weeks from March 19 – April 30th
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm -8 pm
FIRST WEEK HYBRID, in person at:
Diamond Light Tibetan Meditation Center
2791 24th Street, Room 14
Sacramento CA 95826
online also available
Rest of the course ONLINE
Zoom Meeting ID: 224-735-8115
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2247358115
www.diamondlightsac.org/donate or “Diamond Light” on Venmo.
Suggested donation: $10-$20 to cover expenses, which include ongoing rent for our Center, fees to provide online services and supporting our teachers. No one turned away due to lack of funds.

About the Teacher: Amie Diller stumbled upon Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in 1979, dropped out of college and embarked on the life-long study and practice of Buddha Dharma in both the Zen and Indo-Tibetan traditions. In 2010 she was requested to start the Diamond Light Tibetan Buddhist Center in Sacramento & in 2019 Amie received Dharma Transmission from Sensei Sokaku Kathie Fischer.
Amie has a deep interest in recognizing the often unacknowledged, marginalized parts of ourselves and our culture – and learning how to skillfully invite them into our practice. As a certified nurse-midwife, mother, hospital chaplain, prison
volunteer and “Cultivating Emotional Balance” teacher, she enjoys encouraging students in meditation retreats, and in taking our meditation off the cushion into the world.

About the Teacher: Hailing from a traditional South Indian Yogic family, Jay Nair grew up by the banks of river Periyar, has been practicing some type of yoga and socially engaged spirituality from early on in life and studying modern Mindfulness since 2010. He also received training in Tibetan and Vipassana practices, and participated in many long term yoga meditation retreats. Jay Nair is trained in Indian Music and started performing solo concerts at the early age of ten. Since then Jay has been performing and recording Indian and world fusion music. IT Engineer by profession, Jay is a blend of Science, Art and Spirituality and believes Technology and Consciousness transforms each other.

POSTPONED: Clarifying our Relationship to Power: A Vajrapani Retreat with Rob Preece
2024-04-12 - 2024-04-15 | Onlie via Zoom, 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
POSTPONED

Clarifying our Relationship to Power: A Vajrapani Retreat with Rob Preece
4-Day Online Retreat
Friday April 12, 2024-Monday April 15, 2024
7am-5pm PDT
Please plan to attend all days, no partial retreat available
Sliding scale $200-$300
Scholarships available, please email diamondlight.sac@gmail.com to request a scholarship.
Space is limited so register now: https://bookwhen.com/diamondlightsac/e/ev-sek2-20240412070000
This retreat will be open to anyone who has a background in the Tibetan tradition, no specific empowerment is required to attend.
We live in a time when our relationship to power has become a critical concern, both personally and collectively. Even in the Buddhist world, the nature of power often goes unaddressed – despite the power dynamic embedded within the authority of the traditions and in teacher-student relationships. When we deny, ignore or fear our power, it can become hidden in the shadow and then manifest in destructive ways. How then do we discover a healthy relationship to its presence?
To a bodhisattva, the power of the awakened mind is the capacity to be effective and beneficial in the service of others. Vajrapani gives us a means to clarify, awaken and transform our innate potential to skillfully embody the power to be effective in our lives. His wrathful appearance provides a channel of transformation for the destructive energy often buried within our anger and rage. In this retreat Rob Preece will bring both a Buddhist and Jungian understanding to clarify a healthy relationship to power as an innate potential in our nature.
This retreat is for those who have some experience of Buddhist meditation.
About Rob Preece

Rob has been a practicing Tibetan Buddhist since 1973. In 1980 he went to India and was in retreat for around five years exploring in depth the practice of tantra, meditating under the guidance of his teachers Lama Thubten Yeshe, Gen Jhampa Wangdu and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Returning to the West, in 1985 he began a Jungian based psychotherapy training, gradually developing a synthesis of Jungian and Buddhist understanding. He worked as a psychotherapist for around 28 years and then began to focus upon spiritual mentoring. Since 1985 he has been leading meditation retreats, following the influence of Lama Yeshe who particularly encouraged his integration of a more Western approach to tantric practice. He is an experienced Tangkha painter as well as the author of The Psychology of Buddhist Tantra; The Wisdom of Imperfection; and most recently Tasting the Essence of Tantra. Today he teaches retreats in the UK with his wife Anna and also in Europe and the US.

Developing Spiritual Integrity: Living the Vows with Amie Diller and Jay Nair
2024-06-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Onlie via Zoom, 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
Developing Spiritual Integrity: Living the Vows
Embark on a transformative journey of spiritual growth with by delving into the profound teachings of Buddhist ethics. We will explore a wide array of topics, including the significance of vows in shaping ethical living, the relationship between morality and deep meditation, and the ultimate realization of reality. Gain insights into the three trainings, various vows from one-day to lifetime lay vows, and the essence of monastic vows. Discover the importance of finding a qualified teacher, purifying karma, and practicing the six perfections on the path to spiritual fulfillment.
This course is based upon the Sutra on Vowed Morality (Vinaya Sutra) by Master Gunaprabha (500 AD), with commentaries from The Essence of the Ocean of Vinaya (Dulwa Gyatsoy Nyingpo) by Je Tsongkapa (1357-1419); The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel (Yishin Norbu) by Choney Lama Drakpa Shedrup (1675-1748); and Day Maker (Nyin Je) by Master Ngulchu Dharma Bhadra (1772-1851).
Topics include: the three trainings; one day vows; the five lifetime lay vows; the individual freedom vows; an outline of novice, intermediate, and fully ordained monastic vows; the essence of vows; the basic nature of vows; reasons to live an ethical life; reasons to take vows; why morality is the key to meditation and seeing emptiness directly; how to keep vows from being damaged; how vows are lost; the specific karma resulting from each of the ten non-virtues; how to find a teacher; the characteristics of a qualified teacher; taking refuge; the four forces of karmic purification; the four truths; and the six perfections.
Class Readings:
Dharma Essentials IX copy
ONLINE Course Taught by Lama Amie Diller and Jay Nair
Starting June 6th
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm -8 pm
Zoom Meeting ID: 224-735-8115
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2247358115
www.diamondlightsac.org/donate or “Diamond Light” on Venmo.
Suggested donation: $10-$20 to cover expenses, which include ongoing rent for our Center, fees to provide online services and supporting our teachers. No one turned away due to lack of funds.

About the Teacher: Amie Diller stumbled upon Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in 1979, dropped out of college and embarked on the life-long study and practice of Buddha Dharma in both the Zen and Indo-Tibetan traditions. In 2010 she was requested to start the Diamond Light Tibetan Buddhist Center in Sacramento & in 2019 Amie received Dharma Transmission from Sensei Sokaku Kathie Fischer.
Amie has a deep interest in recognizing the often unacknowledged, marginalized parts of ourselves and our culture – and learning how to skillfully invite them into our practice. As a certified nurse-midwife, mother, hospital chaplain, prison
volunteer and “Cultivating Emotional Balance” teacher, she enjoys encouraging students in meditation retreats, and in taking our meditation off the cushion into the world.

About the Teacher: Hailing from a traditional South Indian Yogic family, Jay Nair grew up by the banks of river Periyar, has been practicing some type of yoga and socially engaged spirituality from early on in life and studying modern Mindfulness since 2010. He also received training in Tibetan and Vipassana practices, and participated in many long term yoga meditation retreats. Jay Nair is trained in Indian Music and started performing solo concerts at the early age of ten. Since then Jay has been performing and recording Indian and world fusion music. IT Engineer by profession, Jay is a blend of Science, Art and Spirituality and believes Technology and Consciousness transforms each other.

Clarifying our Relationship to Power: A Vajrapani Retreat with Rob Preece
2025-04-25 07:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Onlie via Zoom, 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
Clarifying our Relationship to Power: A Vajrapani Retreat with Rob Preece
4-Day Online Retreat
Friday April 25, 2024-Monday April 28, 2024
7am-5pm PDT
Please plan to attend all days, no partial retreat available
Sliding scale $200-$300
Scholarships available, please email diamondlight.sac@gmail.com to request a scholarship.
Space is limited so register now!
REGISTER HERE!
This retreat will be open to anyone who has a background in the Tibetan tradition, no specific empowerment is required to attend.
We live in a time when our relationship to power has become a critical concern, both personally and collectively. Even in the Buddhist world, the nature of power often goes unaddressed – despite the power dynamic embedded within the authority of the traditions and in teacher-student relationships. When we deny, ignore or fear our power, it can become hidden in the shadow and then manifest in destructive ways. How then do we discover a healthy relationship to its presence?
To a bodhisattva, the power of the awakened mind is the capacity to be effective and beneficial in the service of others. Vajrapani gives us a means to clarify, awaken and transform our innate potential to skillfully embody the power to be effective in our lives. His wrathful appearance provides a channel of transformation for the destructive energy often buried within our anger and rage. In this retreat Rob Preece will bring both a Buddhist and Jungian understanding to clarify a healthy relationship to power as an innate potential in our nature.
This retreat is for those who have some experience of Buddhist meditation.
About Rob Preece
Rob has been a practicing Tibetan Buddhist since 1973. In 1980 he went to India and was in retreat for around five years exploring in depth the practice of tantra, meditating under the guidance of his teachers Lama Thubten Yeshe, Gen Jhampa Wangdu and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Returning to the West, in 1985 he began a Jungian based psychotherapy training, gradually developing a synthesis of Jungian and Buddhist understanding. He worked as a psychotherapist for around 28 years and then began to focus upon spiritual mentoring. Since 1985 he has been leading meditation retreats, following the influence of Lama Yeshe who particularly encouraged his integration of a more Western approach to tantric practice. He is an experienced Tangkha painter as well as the author of The Psychology of Buddhist Tantra; The Wisdom of Imperfection; and most recently Tasting the Essence of Tantra. Today he teaches retreats in the UK with his wife Anna and also in Europe and the US.

Mahamudra and Manjushri Retreat with Rob Preece
2026-04-24 - 2026-04-27 | 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95818, United States
Mahamudra and Manjushri Retreat with Rob Preece
4-Day Online Retreat
Friday April 24, 2026-Monday April 27, 2026
7am-5pm PDT
Please plan to attend all days, no partial retreat available
Sliding scale $200-$300
Scholarships available, please email diamondlight.sac@gmail.com to request a scholarship.
Space is limited so register now: https://bookwhen.com/diamondlightsac#focus=ev-szb5q-20260424100000
This retreat will be open to anyone who has a background in the Tibetan tradition, no specific empowerment is required to attend.
The practice of Mahamudra enables us to cultivate our experience of the pristine clarity of empty awareness that is our mind’s innate nature. The subtlety of this practice requires that we gradually cultivate the conditions within which we are able to settle and rest in clear awareness. There are different approaches to this process within the sutra and tantra traditions and during this retreat the emphasis will be upon tantric and essence Mahamudra. Rob will refer to Tilopa’s Song of Mahamudra and other sources including his dzogchen background. He will also introduce the way Mahamudra is central to tantric practice.
Mahamudra meditation will be combined with Kum Nye, a movement and awareness practice that helps ground our practice in the body and provides a way of connecting to our energetic nature. This can enhance our meditation and free energy that may become stuck in sitting practice enabling meditation to become more deeply settled.
During this retreat Rob will also introduce the the deity Manjushri as a holding presence. Manjushri helps connect us to the source of our innate wisdom energy and clear obstacles to clarifying our awareness.
This retreat is for those who have some experience of Buddhist meditation.
About Rob Preece
Rob has been a practicing Tibetan Buddhist since 1973. In 1980 he went to India and was in retreat for around five years exploring in depth the practice of tantra, meditating under the guidance of his teachers Lama Thubten Yeshe, Gen Jhampa Wangdu and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Returning to the West, in 1985 he began a Jungian based psychotherapy training, gradually developing a synthesis of Jungian and Buddhist understanding. He worked as a psychotherapist for around 28 years and then began to focus upon spiritual mentoring. Since 1985 he has been leading meditation retreats, following the influence of Lama Yeshe who particularly encouraged his integration of a more Western approach to tantric practice. He is an experienced Tangkha painter as well as the author of The Psychology of Buddhist Tantra; The Wisdom of Imperfection; and most recently Tasting the Essence of Tantra. Today he teaches retreats in the UK with his wife Anna and also in Europe and the US.
Instructions
Log in info and full schedule will be emailed out before the retreat.
Please plan to attend the entire 4-day retreat. As this retreat is online, please do your best to create a retreat-like atmosphere in your home for the 4 days by minimizing distractions.
