Week 4: Training in Superior Seeing on Emptiness

This is the fourth of five week-long retreats offered in January 2022

Saturday, January 22 - Thursday, January 27

See below for session times

with Kadam Lucy

$8 per session, $95 for full-week access, free for supporting members

For replay access, sign up for the full week.

"The knowledge of emptiness is superior to any other knowledge, The Teacher who teaches emptiness unmistakenly is ­superior to any other teacher, And the realization of emptiness is the very essence of Buddhadharma."

- Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, How to Transform Your Life

Join us for a week-long retreat on the profound and extremely beautiful and liberating topic, emptiness, the way things actually exist rather than the way they appear to exist. For us things appear to exist outside of the mind but when we look for these apparently self-existing things with wisdom we cannot find them. Why? Because the things we normally see do not exist. In this retreat we will meditate on the emptiness of the body, the self, and all phenomena. By absorbing our mind into the true nature of things  in meditation, we let go of these misapprehensions and as a result we begin to let go of the basis of our internal tension, grasping and suffering. We are very fortunate to have this opportunity to meditate on the true nature of all things, emptiness.

The meditations during this week will be based on teachings from  Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's  The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra.

Additional books: How To Transform Your Life

Meditation Prayers: The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra

THE SCHEDULE

Saturday, January 22: Session 1, 10:00 - 11:15am | Session 2: 12:15 - 1:30pm | Session 3, 4:30 - 6:00pm

Sunday, January 23: Session 4, 9:00 - 10:15am | Session 5, 11:00am - 12:30pm | Session 6, 4:30 - 6:00pm

Monday, January 24: Session 7, 8:00 - 9:15am | Session 8, 10:15 - 11:30am | Session 9, 4:30 - 6:00pm

Tuesday, January 25: Session 10, 8:00 - 9:15am | Session 11, 10:15 - 11:30am | Session 12, 4:30 - 6:00pm

Wednesday, January 26: Session 13, 8:00 - 9:15am | Session 14, 10:15 - 11:30am | Session 15, 4:30 - 6:00pm

Thursday, January 27: Session 16, 8:00 - 9:15am | Session 17, 10:15 - 11:45am

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Kadam Lucy James is the Resident Teacher of KMC Colorado in Denver. One of the senior teachers of Kadampa Buddhism, Kadam Lucy  is regularly invited to teach courses around the United States and Europe due to her ability in presenting both simple and profound subjects with great clarity.

DETAILS

Suitable for both beginners and more advanced meditation practitioners
Sign up for the full week to access the replays - available 2-3 hours after each session, until Saturday, January 29, 11:59pm
No special clothing is required
Everyone welcome!
Read our online and in person class terms and conditions

CLASS LOCATION

Offered In Person and Online

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