Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity – The Four Boundless Qualities

You are welcome to join Stephan Pende for a weekend exploring the Four Boundless Qualities (Brahmavihara). Loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity are innate qualities of your mind and heart. It is a matter of contacting and nurturing this potential deep within you. It is obvious that to these qualities are necessary for living a meaningful, deeply joyful, and content life.
We will learn methods to nurture and cultivate the Four Boundless Qualities in lecture, discussion and guided meditation. The course is open for everyone, independent of your background or experience.

TIME:
Friday 11 Oct, 18:30 – 21:00 (introduction)
Saturday 12 Oct, 10:00 – 17:00 (lunchbreak 13:00-14:30)
Sunday 13 Oct, 10:00 – 17:00 (lunchbreak 13:00-14:30)

PLACE:
Föreningen för Tibetansk Buddhism i Göteborg, Linnégatan 21 B, Göteborg

FEE:
Only Friday 11 October: 100:- (no registration or pay in advance if you only attend Friday)
Entire weekend: Friday 11 October –Sunday 13 October – Members 800:-/Non-members 900:-

Registration & Questions:
Please register by email to helen.persson@tibetanskbuddhism.se and pay the fee to Föreningen för Tibetansk Buddhism i Göteborgs Plusgiro 831 87 20-3 if you like to attend the whole weekend. If you like to become a member you are welcome to make a separate payment of 250:- to the same account.

Stephan Pende have is an appreciated teacher who the latest 10 years regularly have been giving Buddhist teaching and leading retreats at Föreningen för Tibetansk Buddhism as well as many other places. https://www.stephanpende.com

OBS! THE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

DZOGCHEN RANYAK PATRUL RINPOCHE
24 – 25 SEPTEMBER 2019

THE SUBJECT OF TEACHINGS:
CULTUVATING WISDOM AND COMPASSION IN SUTRA AND TANTRA

Lama Phuntsok will give further teaching on the practice of Green Tara
April 27, 10.00 to 17.00

Due to problems with the air traffic in Europe Lama Phuntsok had to cancel the first part of the teaching. Therefore he will give the teaching Saturday April 27 here in Gothenburg. On Sunday he will give teaching in Halmstad on Meditation.

Teaching on the practice (sadhana) of

Green TARA

The teaching will be in English by Lama Phuntsok.

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Practice of the Noble Liberator Green TARA

Buddhism has many practices of various forms. All of them are intended to dispel the veils that cover the true nature of the mind, the Buddha nature.

This practice allows the practitioner to enter into a relationship with TARA, the feminine and liberating aspect of the Buddhas, and then to realize her qualities in his own mind.

TARA is the Liberator, because as immeasurable wisdom, she frees those who realize her from all suffering.

The practice of TARA will be addressed using the text as a support.

Friday March 1, 18:30-21:00 (introduction)
Saturday March 2, 10:00-17:00 (lunchbreak 13:00-14:30)
Sunday March 3, 10:00-17:00 (lunchbreak 13:00-14:30)
Saturday April 27, 10:00-17:00 (lunchbreak 13:00-14:30)

Lama Phuntsok will give Initiation/Empowerment to us who has attended his teaching on Friday April 26, 18:30-21:00 at Föreningen för Tibetansk Buddhism i Göteborg, Linnégatan 21B.

Lama Phuntsok resided for ten years in Palden Shangpa La Boulaye, France. He made various retreats there, including the three-year one. At the end of it Lama Phuntsok assisted the retreat master for several years. He then stayed in India for two years where he received spiritual guidance from Bokar Rinpoche.
He is currently working for Kalu Rinpoche.

Place: Föreningen för Tibetansk Buddhism i Göteborg, Linnégatan 21 B, Göteborg

Price: Friday March 1: 100:-
No need to register or pay in advance if you only attend Friday.

Friday March 1-Sunday March 3, (800:- members & 900:- non-members). This fee includes the Green Tara practice text in Tibetan and English.

Registration & Questions: Please register by email to stefan@tibetanskbuddhism.se and pay the fee to Föreningen för Tibetansk Buddhism i Göteborg: Plusgiro 831 87 20-3 if you like to attend the whole weekend.
To become a member of Föreningen för Tibetansk Buddhism i Göteborg you are welcome to make a separate payment of 250:- to the same account.

Please email stefan@tibetanskbuddhism.se for any questions!

Links: Emaho´s Facebook page

Palden Shangpa Sweden

“Enthusiasm”                      Föredrag onsdag 22 augusti

Tid:              19:00 – 21:00
Kostnad:     100 kr

“Patience”                             Helgkurs 25–26 augusti

Helgkursen lördag-söndag kommer att handla om tålamod. Tålamod är en av de sex paramitas (perfektionerna), dvs egenskaper man bör sträva efter på vägen mot upplysning vilket bland annat behandlas i den berömda texten ”En boddhisattvas liv” skriven av Shantideva på 700-talet.

Söndagens undervisning avslutas med en tillflyktsceremoni som är ett tillfälle för den som formellt vill bli buddhist genom att ta sin tillflykt till ”de tre juvelerna” (Buddha, Dharma och Sangha).

Lördag 25 augusti       10:00 – 17:00
Söndag 26 augusti       10:00 – 17:00

Kostnad: 900 kr (icke medlem 1000 kr)

All undervisning sker på engelska!
Platsen är föreningens lokal på Linnégatan 21.

För anmälan eller mer information kontakta asa@tibetanskbuddhism.se. Det finns också möjlighet att boka tid för ett personligt samtal med Khenpo Pema.

Kursavgiften betalas till Plusgiro 831 87 20-3 (skriv vad det gäller!)

Välkommen på helgkurs med Geshe Pema Dorjee för nybörjare och mer avancerade.

ÄMNE: Eight verses for training the mind (beskrivs längre ner)

PLATS:
Föreningen för Tibetansk Buddhism i Göteborg, LINNEGATAN 21 B, Göteborg, (i Viktoriahuset, dvs samma hus som Haga Bion) www.tibetanskbuddhism.se

TID
Fredag 16 november, 18.30 – 21:00 (introducerande föredrag)
Lördag 17 november, 10.00 – 17.00 (lunchuppehåll ca 13.00-14.00)
Söndag 18 november, 10.00 – 17.00 (lunchuppehåll ca 13.00-14.00)

ANMÄLAN görs via email till helen.persson@tibetanskbuddhism.se

BETALNING
Endast fredagens föredrag: 100:- vid ankomst (föranmälan behövs ej)
Hela helgkursen inkl föredrag: 750:- (medlem) resp. 850:- (icke-medlem)
Du bekräftar anmält deltagande genom att betala in kursavgiften på föreningens plusgiro 831 87 20-3 senast en vecka innan kursstart.
Vänligen gör separat inbetalning till plusgirot om 250:- (per år) om du vill bli medlem.

The Eight Verses for Training the Mind is a classic short Tibetan Buddhist text in the lojong – mind training — tradition composed by the Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa, who lived from 1054 to 1123 CE.

Lo-jong, or mind training, is a Tibetan tradition of mental and emotional cultivation. The practice is aimed at helping a person become more compassionate towards others, including friends and enemies, which can be very beneficial in daily life.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama say:
“The essential message of the lojong teaching is that if we want to see a better world, we should begin by improving our own mind. For me, the lojong tradition stands as the heart of the Buddha’s message of peace. It teaches us how to regard others with the dignity and care that they deserve, and also how to transcend the limitations of conventional ego-grasping. In brief, it is a guideline for our own enlightenment, leading to enlightened conduct in our own dealings with others.”

LINKS TO RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND BOOKS
Root text ”Training the mind” in english with commentarys by H H the Dalai Lama:
https://www.dalailama.com/teachings/training-the-mind
”Transforming the mind”, book by H H the Dalai Lama:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/261527.Transforming_the_Mind
”Essential mind training”, book by Thubten Jimpa (translator for H H the Dalai Lama) include ”eighteen individual works selected from Mind Training: The Great Collection, the earliest compilation of mind-training (lojong) literature. The first volume of the historic Tibetan Classics series, Essential Mind Training includes both lesser-known and renowned classics such as Eight Verses on Mind Training and The Seven-Point Mind Training. These texts offer methods for practicing the golden rule of learning to love your neighbor as yourself and are full of practical and down-to-earth advice.”
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13158968-essential-mind-training

ABOUT GESHE PEMA DORJEE:
Born in Tibet, Geshe Pema Dorjee escaped 1959 as a refugee to India with his family. He studied Buddhist philosophy in India. Amongst his academic appointments, he was Director of the Tibetan Children’s Village and was the first Principal of the College for Higher Tibetan Studies. At the request of H.H. the Dalai Lama, he founded and continues to direct both the Bodong Research and Publication Center in Dharamsala and the Bodong monastery and school in Kathmandu. He devotes the rest of his time to organizing and directing humanitarian projects http://pema-dorjee.org in Himalayan India and Nepal and to teaching and lecturing around the world, including Sweden, England, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Norway, France, and Israel.
More about Geshe Pema Dorjee: http://www.buddhistcharity.org/gesheCV.php

Geshe Pema Dorjee at Facebook:
www.facebook.com/LAMAPEMADORJEE?ref=ts&fref=ts

Welcome to the third weekend course with Stephan Pende on a commentary on Shantideva’s Bodhicharyavatara. The course consists of four weekends during a period of two years, two summer retreats and video conferences in between. It is not necessary to sign up for the whole course. The course is suitable for everyone, independent of your background. The emphasis will be on how to bring the wisdom and experiences of this text into our daily life and relationships.

Friday 2 November, 18:30 – 21:00 (introduction)
Saturday 3 November, 10:00 – 17:00
Sunday 4 November, 10:00 – 17:00

Place:
Föreningen för Tibetansk Buddhism i Göteborg, Linnégatan 21 B, Göteborg

Price:
Friday November 2: 100:-
There’s no need to register or pay in advance if you only attend Friday.
Friday November 2  – Sunday November 4 800:- (members) & 900:- (non-members)

Registration & Questions:
Please register by email to helen.persson@tibetanskbuddhism.se and pay the fee to Föreningen för Tibetansksk Buddhism i Göteborgs Plusgiro 831 87 20-3 if you like to attend the whole weekend. If you like to become a member you are welcome to make a seperate payment of 250:- to the same account.

The Bodhicharyavatara (The way of a Bodhisattva) is one of the most treasured text within the Tibetan tradition. The text was written by the eight-century sage Shantideva. It is remarkably relevant for our times, describing the steps to cultivate courage, caring and joy – the keys to healing ourselves and our troubled world.

The path of the Bodhisattva is open to every one of us and during the course we learn the tools and meditations to transform our lives.

Stephan Wormland is MA in clinical psychology and trained in Gestalt therapy. He has studied and practiced meditation in multible Buddhist traditions for over 30 years. Stephan was a monk in the Tibetan tradition for 11 years, spent five years in meditation retreats, and teaches meditation in Buddhist centers in Europe.

Literature:

No time to loose, Pema Chödron
About the book: https://www.lionsroar.com/no-time-to-lose-2/
Possibility to order online: http://www.bokus.com/bok/9781590304242/no-time-to-lose/

The Way of the Bodhisattva, Shantideva, Translated from the Tibetan by the Padmakara Translation Group
Possibility to order online: http://www.bokus.com/bok/9781590303887/the-way-of-the-bodhisattva/ or read online http://promienie.net/images/dharma/books/shantideva_way-of-bodhisattva.pdf
There are several other translations and commentaries available

Jan Bärmark kommer att utifrån sina egna erfarenheter tala om den tibetanska buddhismens väg in i vår kultur. Jan tog tillflykt för den store laman Kalu Rinpoche då han besökte Sverige 1974 alltså för över 40 år sedan. Mycket spännande har hänt sedan dess.

Jan Bärmark är professor emeritus i vetenskapsteori och har bl a varit föreningens ordförande.

Tid:  tisdag 23 oktober, kl. 19.00
Plats: Föreningens lokal på Linnegatan 21 (samma hus som Hagabion, ingången till höger)
Avgift:  100 kr

THE SUBJECT OF TEACHINGS: THE TWO TRUTHS EXPLAINED

DATE AND TIME
THURSDAY 11 October, 16.00 – 18.00 AND 18.30 – 20.00
FRIDAY 12 October, 15.00 – 17.00 AND 18.00 – 20.00

REGISTRATION
To register, please email to: katja@tibetanskbuddhism.se
or SMS to: 0727 – 053 010.

Course fee:

700 SEK (800 SEK non-member) for both days. Thursday only: 400 SEK (450 SEK non-members). Friday only: 400 SEK (450 SEK non-members)

You can send the amount to PG 831 87 20-3 or SWISH to 123 018 21 21. Please indicate your name and the purpose of payment: “Course with Patrul Rinpoche”

The teachings will be given in English at Föreningen för Tibetansk Buddhism i Göteborg at Linnégatan 21 B.

THE TWO TRUTHS EXPLAINED

The main focus of Buddhist philosophy is the nature of reality – to accurately understand how the world exists. Two aspects to understand is how things really exist – the ultimate truth and how we perceive they exist – conventional, or relative truth.

Understanding the nature of reality is important. Compassion (relative truth) must be supported by a right view of reality (ultimate truth) – or it will be flawed. One can be full of compassion, but very short on wisdom – so despite good intentions, one can harm more than help.

We need love, compassion, altruism, and all the positive aspects of our emotional life (relative truth), but we need wisdom (ultimate truth) as well.

ABOUT DZOGCHEN RANYAK PATRUL RINPOCHE

Dzogchen Ranyak Patrul Rinpoche was born in Kham province in Eastern Tibet and has been recognised as a reincarnation of the renowned Dzogchen Master, Dza Patrul Rinpoche by HH Dalai Lama, HH Mindrolling Rinpoche and Dzogchen Rinpoche, among others. Patrul Rinpoche studied at the Dzogchen Shri Singha University, where he graduated with the title Khenpo, equivalent to the PhD in Buddhist Studies in Nyingma school. For more information: http://zpi.patrulrinpoche.net.

We have been fortunate to receive teachings from Patrul Rinpoche for many years since 2001 and we are happy to announce, that Rinpoche is visiting us again this year, despite increasingly full schedule with teachings worldwide. Rinpoche is a contemporary Lama with more than 20 years extensive experience of living in the West and teaching Dharma to Westerners. He is humorous, gentle and humble and he transmits Buddha’s profound wisdom in an accessible way to the contemporary Westerners. Rinpoche speaks excellent English.

Warmly welcome!

Höstens program håller på att planeras och publiceras här efterhand. Se info under de olika rubrikerna om vad som är planerat.

Vi gör för närvarande ett uppehåll i Nigumas-meditationen!

Vi utför en meditation som kommer ur Shangpa Kagyu-skolan och är sammanställd från den kvinnliga Vishetsdakinien Nigumas viskade esoteriska undervisning. – Ett sätt att ge undervisning inom Kagyu-skolan.

Vi praktiserar meditationen och mantra-recitationen/Tonglen efter de instruktioner vi fått av Jetsunma Wangyal (Britt Lindhé) under sina besök hos föreningen.

Om du inte tidigare gjort denna meditation är det bra om du kommer 15-20 minuter i sju, så får du en kort presentation av meditationen!

Alla är hjärtligt välkomna!
För frågor mejla:  stefan@tibetanskbuddhism.se

Nigumas LodJong-meditation

Frivilligt bidrag 20 kr