Winter 2010
Vipassana Meditation with Stefan Zijlstra
Come join us for Vipassana/Insight meditation, an ancient form of Theravada Buddhist practice. Learn to focus your attention on your breathing and release your mind's continuous chatter. Let go of the daily 'roller-coaster-ride' of cravings and aversions, likes and dislikes. Become balanced, relaxed and happy again. Learn to experience reality more directly without reacting blindly to positive or negative events.
Please bring your own meditation cushion or bench to sit on if you have one.
When: Weekly morning group sits on Tuesdays, 8 - 8:45 AM
Cost: FREE
Bhakti Yoga Workshop
The practice of Bhakti Yoga lifts the spirit, opens the heart, invokes joy and sustains peace. Bring your practice to a new level with an exploration of Bhakti, the yoga of devotion.
This 2-part workshop will include asana to enhance your seated meditation posture, stories from the Ramayana, an introduction to the recitation of Hanuman Chalisa (a poem dedicated to Hanuman), and guided meditation.
When: Sundays, February 28 & March 7, 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Cost: Donations to go to Mercy Corps Haiti Relief Fund
Download a pdf of the event flyer here.
Introductory Talk on Chinese Esoteric Buddhism (Hanmi)
Vajracharya Paul will give a simple and practical explanation on Esoteric Dharma Practice as a way to relieve stress and improve health, and to bring about a fundamental change in one’s root nature. We will also briefly introduce the moving meditation Prajna Akasagarbha, and lead everyone through the first four
(of 16) mudras (body movements).
When: Saturday, March 20th, 2 - 3:15 PM
Cost: FREE
Prajna Akasagarbha Workshop with Vajracharya Paul
Born in ancient Indian and Nepali Buddhist practice and evolved more recently in China, Prajna Akasagarbha means, “wisdom hidden in the womb of space”. The wisdom fills the whole space, like a baby in the mother’s womb. The Akasagarbha Bodhisattva’s dharma practice consists of a sequence of 16 mudras (movements) combined with visualizations and a mantra (a sacred Sanskrit phrase learned aloud and then practiced silently). This valuable method quickly increases physical vitality, and brings about rapid spiritual progress.
Vajracharya Paul was ordained and transmits Dharma under the guidance of Living Buddha Dechan Jueren, the Maha Vairocana Dharma King. Paul has been a practicing disciple of Dechan Jueren since 1999, and has traveled extensively with him serving as personal assistant and interpreter in China, the U.S. and the U.K. From 2003 to 2008, Paul lived in China studying and traveling as Asian Representative of the World Buddhist-Hanmi Association. He is currently abbot of the Diamond Wisdom Meditation Center in Fairbanks.
When: Sunday, March 21st, 6 - 9 PM
Cost: $108; Please call to register.