Programme from September 2011 to February 2012

Lama Michel Rinpoche

The timetable of courses and seminars is: 10,30am to 1pm, lunch break, and from 3 to 6pm (unless otherwise stated).

 

Friday 18 November starting at 6pm,
Saturday 19 and Sunday 20
Explanation and practice of Guru Yoga

The practice of Guru Yoga is called the root of the spiritual path because it is the quick, efficient way to come into contact with our pure nature and develop our potential. In this practice, the Guru or Master is the “connection” to all the holy beings and toour own potential for enlightenment. So Guru Yoga is a fundamental practice. Lama Michel will describe the the Tibetan Buddhist methods of Guru Yoga in the lineage of Gelu Ganden Nyingyu.

 

Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 December
Lo Jong – Seven point mind training – 1st weekend

Seven point mind training, called Lo Jong in Tibetan, is an essential instrument for transforming the experiences of our daily life into an authentic spiritual practice. The literal translation of Lo Jong is “mental training” but in Tibetan culture the mind is located at the heart chakra, so the aim of this practice is to transform the blocked, egoistic heart into a bright, generous, selfless, open heart.

 

From Saturday 24 December to Sunday 8 January 2012
Lama Gangchen Rinpoche and Lama Michel Rinpoche
Winter Retreat: Kalachakra Festival

The glorious Wheel of Peace Times – NgalSo Tantric Self Healing – Meditation on Kalachakra to create the energy body of pure crystal, light and nectar, to realize inner peace and connect this world to Shambala.
Kalachakra Tantra offers us the key to understanding and harmonizing the body and mind’s energies with the universe, and using these energies to develop inner peace, to realize peace in the world, to heal ourselves and to reach enlightenment.

NgalSo Tantric Self Healing and teachings on the Bodhisattvacharyavatara with Lama Michel Rinpoche

The great Indian Master, Shantideva, composed the Bodhisattvacharyavatara in the VIII-C AD. The text refers to fundamental practices in Mahayana Buddhism. It is a guide to the lifestyle of a Bodhisattva and explains step by step how to acquire the perfect qualities of morality, generosity, patience, enthusiastic effort, concentration and wisdom, which will enable to us pacify our mind and work successfully for the benefit of others.

 

Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 January
Lo Jong – Seven point mind training – 2nd weekend

Seven point mind training, called Lo Jong in Tibetan, is an essential instrument for transforming the experiences of our daily life into an authentic spiritual practice. The literal translation of Lo Jong is “mental training” but in Tibetan culture the mind is located at the heart chakra, so the aim of this practice is to transform the blocked, egoistic heart into a bright, generous, selfless, open heart.

 

Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February
The twelve rings of interdependence

Buddha Shakyamuni taught that there are twelve rings (nidhanas) in the chain of interdependent origination governing our existence:
1. ignorance 2. Karmic formations 3. Conscience 4. Desire 5. Attachment/Covetesnouss 6. Becoming (existence) 7. Rebirth 8. Name and Form (psycho-physical organism) 9. The six sensory organs 10. Contact 11. Feelings 12. Ageing and Death.
Lama Michel will explain the process that keeps us tied to suffering, and the way to free ouselves from it.