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SUMMARY:Cutting Through to Pristine Awareness
DESCRIPTION:Cutting Through to Pristine Awareness: Foundations in Dzogchen Meditation\nwith Doug Veenhof \nTwo weekends: 9/9-9/10 and 9/16 and 9/17 from 12:30-5:30pm each day.\nThe weekends will build on each other\, but feel free to come as you are able. \nMeditation is the tool we use to look at our minds\, cutting through the fog of our thoughts and getting to the pristine awareness that is inherent in all of us. \nThis 22-hour immersion in Dzogchen meditation and view will cover the essential preliminary attitudes to set up a successful meditation practice. Doug will cover a full range of shamatha practices for developing meditation stability and vividness through single pointed focus\, and the vipashyana meditations that power the insights that cut through illusory appearances to pristine awareness.   \nConveniently scheduled on two consecutive weekends\, this program provides the transformative intensity of retreat with the casual flexibility and interaction of a workshop. \nThe program segments include talks that include practical meditation instruction and tips suitable for all experience levels as well as explorations of the exhilarating philosophy that underpins the Dzogchen Buddhist view of consciousness and the world of experience. Each segment is anchored by a 24-minute meditation that integrates the view into a comprehensive progression of practices to take home with you. \nTopics include: The Three Thoughts that Turn the Mind; Adding a Mute Switch to the Ruminating Mind with Breath Meditation; Structures of Consciousness; Taking Mental Appearances as the Object of Meditation; Can “I” Be Found; The Empty Nature of the Mind; and Spontaneous Presence.
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/cutting-through-to-pristine-awareness/2017-09-10/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170911T183000
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SUMMARY:Compassionate Communication Practice Group
DESCRIPTION:2nd and 4th Mondays 6:30pm-8:30pm (ongoing) \nCommunicating with others can be extremely rewarding\, or extremely frustrating. A family member upsets us and we become angry and say things we regret. We see our friend sad from a loss and don’t know what to say. Learning the techniques of compassionate communication can create a better connection with others and ourselves and support us in using skillful ways to meet difficult internal and external experiences. \nEach session we review the foundational principles and philosophy of Non-Violent Communication (NVC) and its communication model. We will learn how to tune into what we need in a respectful\, non-judgmental way. We will explore how we can invite others to contribute to us from a place of connection\, from where we can honor both their “yes” and “no” in relation to our needs. We will practice transforming enemies (individuals\, groups) into humans with needs just like us. We will learn how to use NVC in our everyday lives to foster compassion and respect. \nEach session will be a combination of information sharing combined with experiential exercises to explore how the information fits into each person’s life. You will leave with skills including increased self-awareness\, listening\, emotional intelligence\, and empathy.  \nat Diamond Light Meditation Center\n2791 24th Street\, Room 14 (upstairs)\nSacramento CA 95818\nADA accessible\, parking lot in back \nsuggested donation: $10-$20 per class\, no one turned away for lack of funds
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/compassionate-communication-practice-group/2017-09-11/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170912T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170912T203000
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SUMMARY:The Life & Mystery of Theos Bernard - Evening Talk & Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:With author Doug Veenhof \nTuesday 9/12\, 6:30–8:30pm\nat Diamond Light Meditation Center\n2791 24th Street\, Room 14 (upstairs)\nSacramento\, CA 95818\nparking lot in back\, ADA accessible \nSuggested donation: $10-$20\, no one turned away for lack of funds \nJoin us for a captivating evening as Doug takes us on a photographic journey through time to Lhasa\, Tibet at the zenith of its Buddhist history. These rarely seen images were shot by Theos Bernard (1908-1947)\, one of the earliest Western explorers of Yoga and Tibetan Buddhist culture\, on his historic journey to Lhasa in 1937.  \nAt a time when Tibet’s borders were famously sealed to outsiders\, all of Lhasa’s secret temples and shrines were opened to him\, and Theos Bernard became the first Westerner ever initiated into Tantric practices by Tibet’s highest lamas.  \nSelected from what has been described as the best photographic collection of old Tibet in existence\, these images and the adventures they illustrate document an inside view of a now vanished culture. \nDoug Veenhof is an award-winning journalist\, author\, and close student of scholar\, translator\, and master practitioner B. Alan Wallace. Doug is a certified trainer in Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB)\, a meditation and emotional fluency program created at the request of HH the Dalai Lama by B. Alan Wallace and affective psychologist Paul Ekman. Doug leads workshops and retreats around the world on CEB\, shamatha\, vipashyana\, and Dzogchen.\nwww.douglasveenhof.com
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/the-life-mystery-of-theos-bernard-evening-talk-book-signing/
LOCATION:2791 24th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95818\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170913T183000
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SUMMARY:Deep Dive into Emptiness - with Heather Breault
DESCRIPTION:10 Wednesdays August 30-November 1\, 6:30pm-8:30pm \nWe perceive the world as “out there”\, with people and events happening to us with out our control. Perhaps things don’t exist the way we think they do\, and understanding that the world isn’t “out there” separate from us\, but actually “empty” and ready for our minds to project our world on to it is a tool for powerful transformation!  \nHave you heard the word “emptiness” and wondered what it means? Maybe you’ve studied the concept and still have questions? This in-depth course will cover the concept of emptiness from start to finish. This topic is the key to endless possibilities in our personal and spiritual lives. This ancient wisdom has the power to transform our worlds beyond our wildest imagination. \nEach class will include prayers\, teachings\, discussion and meditation  \nTopics include: how the direct perception of emptiness is accomplished\, what happens after the direct perception of emptiness\, how understanding emptiness leads to the destruction of mental afflictions\, how the direct perception of emptiness leads to full enlightenment and paradise\, emptiness and the two extremes\, how empty things function\, emptiness and purification\, the relationship between emptiness and karma\, emptiness and the bodies of a Buddha\, what is non-duality\, how a bodhisattva should live\, the future of Buddha’s teachings\, and the perfection of wisdom. \nat Diamond Light Meditation Center\n2791 24th Street\, Room 14 (upstairs)\, Sacramento CA 95818\nparking lot in back\, ADA accessible \ncost: donation based \nwww.diamondlightsac.org \nHeather started practicing yoga in 2001 and finished her teacher training in 2008. Yoga is what led her to Buddhism\, with her first class taught by Lama Marut in 2008. She has studied with many amazing teachers over the years\, her closest teacher being Amie Diller. Heather’s passion is the Tibetan Gelugpa tradition\, in the lineage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She recently finished a six year\, eighteen course intensive and is excited to share these classes with others.  \nHeather grew up in Northern California and received her Bachelor of the Arts in Communication at San Diego State University. She also has an Associate of the Arts degree in Visual Communication from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/deep-dive-into-emptiness-with-heather-breault/2017-09-13/
LOCATION:2791 24th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95818\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Basics
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays 9/7-9/21 6:30pm-8:00pm \nMeditation helps us to calm the mind\, develop concentration\, and reduce stress. Many people struggle meditating because they try to sit and “think about nothing”. Luckily\, there are many teachings and techniques for having successful meditations. Join long time meditator and Tibetan Buddhist practitioner David Drabble as he guides us through the basics of Tibetan Buddhist meditation. Each class will teach basic meditation\, have time for discussions and meditation.  \nat Diamond Light Meditation Center\n2791 24th Street\, Room 14 (upstairs)\nSacramento\, CA 95818\nparking lot in back\, ADA accessible \nsuggested donation: $10-$20 per class\, no one turned away for lack of funds \nwww.diamondlightsac.org
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/tibetan-buddhist-meditation-basics/2017-09-14/
LOCATION:2791 24th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95818\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cutting Through to Pristine Awareness
DESCRIPTION:Cutting Through to Pristine Awareness: Foundations in Dzogchen Meditation\nwith Doug Veenhof \nTwo weekends: 9/9-9/10 and 9/16 and 9/17 from 12:30-5:30pm each day.\nThe weekends will build on each other\, but feel free to come as you are able. \nMeditation is the tool we use to look at our minds\, cutting through the fog of our thoughts and getting to the pristine awareness that is inherent in all of us. \nThis 22-hour immersion in Dzogchen meditation and view will cover the essential preliminary attitudes to set up a successful meditation practice. Doug will cover a full range of shamatha practices for developing meditation stability and vividness through single pointed focus\, and the vipashyana meditations that power the insights that cut through illusory appearances to pristine awareness.   \nConveniently scheduled on two consecutive weekends\, this program provides the transformative intensity of retreat with the casual flexibility and interaction of a workshop. \nThe program segments include talks that include practical meditation instruction and tips suitable for all experience levels as well as explorations of the exhilarating philosophy that underpins the Dzogchen Buddhist view of consciousness and the world of experience. Each segment is anchored by a 24-minute meditation that integrates the view into a comprehensive progression of practices to take home with you. \nTopics include: The Three Thoughts that Turn the Mind; Adding a Mute Switch to the Ruminating Mind with Breath Meditation; Structures of Consciousness; Taking Mental Appearances as the Object of Meditation; Can “I” Be Found; The Empty Nature of the Mind; and Spontaneous Presence.
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/cutting-through-to-pristine-awareness/2017-09-16/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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