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See detailed schedule below!
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2012 Spring Class Schedule & Suggestions
Friday March 23rd: Regular Class: 10:30- Noon: For Goodness Sake: Polly Ryan. Donation.
Friday April 13th: Regular Class: 10:30- Noon: For Goodness Sake: Self-Guided.
Friday April 27th: Regular Class: 10:30- Noon: For Goodness Sake: Phyllis via skype. Donation.
Friday May 11th: Regular Class: 10:30- Noon: For Goodness Sake: Self-Guided.
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Friday May 25th: Regular Class: 10:30- Noon: For Goodness Sake: Donna McLaughlin via skype. Donation.
Donna McLaughlin has been studying Buddhism for over 40 years. She journeyed to India in 1970 and met her root lama, the Venerable Kalu Rinpoche. Coming back to the West, she helped establish Rinpoche’s first center in North America in the early 1970’s. Donna has been compiling teachings since 1990 from the Mahamudra teachings of Kagyu Lineage and facilitating Mahamudra study groups under the guidance of Thrangu Rinpoche.
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Friday June 8th: Regular Class: 10:30- Noon: For Goodness Sake: Self-Guided.
Note: When Donation is noted, everyone is welcome even without a donation.
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This class, led by Phyllis Matyi, is for people wanting to listen/study, contemplate/ investigate, and meditate.
All classes will include Meditation Instruction:
Mindfulness instructions leading to Insight as ground for non-dual meditation.
There will also be questions, interactions and discussions.
These classes are open for both beginners and experienced practitioners.
These classes provide guideposts along the Buddhist Path left for us by those who have pointed the way. These classes will include the intellectual, psychological and spiritual parts of ourselves, so that we do not, by isolating the latter, have a spiritual by-pass and short-circuit the integration process. On the contrary, our practice should empower us to unwind our patterns and drop our conjuring, our habitual stories. This allows for the healing and unifying of body, speech and mind, which in turn supports the awakening process. The ultimate guru is within and is unveiled through sincere practice with authentic teachings and guidance. Gradually we grow stronger, more self-reliant, confident and increasingly in touch with our own inner wisdom and the ability of spontaneous, compassionate action for the benefit of all beings and not just for ourselves.
Phyllis trained in the Zen while living in Asia in her 20’s and began practicing Tibetan Buddhism in 1983.
She completed a Five Year Vajrayana Lineage Program, similar to the traditional three-year retreat, but as a householder, under the guidance of Lama Palden, resident Lama of Sukhasiddhi.
She completed the first inter-Lineage three year Zen/Vajrayana Teacher Training Program and is authorized to teach in the Kagyu Lineage (Tibetan/Vajrayana). Accordingly, she holds the title "Mitra," Sanskrit for "spiritual friend." Phyllis apprenticed in the Navajo Lineage as well and is an attorney in private practice.
PAST TEACHING: SPRING AND SUMMER 2011: The Mahayana Path of the Bodhisattva by exploring:
- The Heart Sutra, Prajnaparamita through a commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh in his book
“The Heart of Understanding”.
- Lojong/Mind Training- The Great Path of Awakening: Classic Guide to Using the Mahayana Slogans to Tame the Mind and Awaken the Heart. These Lojong Teachings brought to Tibet from India by Atisha, 11th ce are based on the essential teachings of impermanence and compassion.
For more information on teachings, reading lists, etc. Go to www.Sukhasiddhi.org and click on “Sukhasiddhi Mandala” on the upper right side of the page. Teacher: Mitra, Phyllis A. Matyi
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