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This Week at Kurukulla Center
January 31, 2011 - February 6, 2011
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From the Director
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 Quick Links About Us Programs Calendar Audio Teachings Stupa Project Contact Us eNews Archive We need your support!  With over $8,000 of monthly expenses, we need your continued support. Please consider making a one-time donation, becoming a member, or increasing your membership. Thank you for all you do to support our center and the Dharma!  Kurukulla Center is affiliated with the FPMT. If you would like to receive the FPMT's monthly newsletter, please subscribe here.  In affiliation with the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.  Follow us on Facebook!  Visit us on our Blog! |
Dear Kurukulla Community, Thank you for your ongoing interest and support of our center. More snow is forecast this week but we will do our best to keep it from holding us back! We host visiting teacher Ven. Amy Miller, resume the Introduction to Buddhism series with Ani Yeshe and continue with resident teacher Geshe Ngawang Tenley's excellent classes. Fortify yourself from the chill of winter by joining us whenever you can. If you are here in the evening, enjoy the view of our magnificent Kalachakra Stupa lighting up the winter night.
Venerable Amy Miller Begins Teaching Thursday, February 3
Thurs, Feb 3 from 7-9 pm From Tealight to Dorje: Tibetan Ritual Practice (Part 1) Fri, Feb 4 from 7 -9 pm Public Talk: Peace from Chaos (Part 1) Sat, Feb 5 from 9:30 am - 2 pm & Sun, Feb 6 from 1:30-6 pm Practice Intensive: Peace from Chaos (Part 2)
You can see details about these classes and the ones offered next week, including a Valentine's Day class for children and families, at www.kurukulla.org/VenAmyMiller2011.
The health of Khen Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup, abbot of Kopan Monastery in Nepal, has improved and he is back at Kopan. Lama Zopa Rinpoche determined that recitations of the Diamond Cutter Sutra are no longer necessary, as some big pujas done on Lama Lhondrup's behalf seem to have helped the situation. Many thanks for those that did recitations - more than 3900 were completed throughout the FPMT!
The 2010 donation receipts (for tax purposes) will be mailed out tomorrow. Many thanks to all our kind donors whose contributions enable us to offer these precious Tibetan Buddhist teachings.
Path of Freedom, Path of Bliss - The Buddhist Journey to Enlightenment with Tsültrim Davis is a nine part series giving an overview of the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment. It will meet February 15 & 22, March 1, 8 & 22, and April 5, 12, 19 & 26. We will begin at the beginning of the path--us, right where we are, now--and explore all the way to the end: complete enlightenment, perfect, unending bliss. This class is appropriate for people with any level of experience with Buddhist meditation or philosophy, or none. Attendance at all nine classes is encouraged but not required. Drop-ins are always welcome!
Register Now for Yoga Retreats with Wendy Cook & Elizabeth Brown
February 26: Seven Point Cause and Effect: Remembering the Kindness of Others
$75 each or $135 for both Saturdays. Both workshops meet from 10 am to 4 pm. Please email Wendy: wendy@lamayeshe.com to express your interest.
The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive has a part-time opening for an ePublishing Specialist. The person would drive their epublishing efforts: oversee eBook distribution on various outlets like Amazon, Google and Apple; manage listings for sales of books and DVDs through online retailers like Amazon, eBay, and B&N; and improve distribution of free audio and video on sites such as YouTube, podcast directories, etc. All work can be done offsite. Experience with epublishing and ecommerce desired. $15/hour, 10-15 hours per week. Send letter of interest and résumé to LYWA IT Manager Jen Barlow at jen@LamaYeshe.com
Thank you again for your wonderful support. Much love,  Debra Thornburg Director |
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Calendar of Events
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Monday January 31
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Introduction to Buddhism, taught by Ani Yeshe, is an on-going series. Each class will introduce a new topic as a way to provide newcomers a broad overview of Buddhism. The course is designed for those who are new or newly acquainted with the Center, to come and hear basic Buddhist teachings, ideas and concepts, especially those emphasized by our resident lama (teacher), Geshe Ngawang Tenley. Bring all your questions. It is fine to attend any class without having attended prior classes. All welcome!
Yoga & Meditation with Wendy Cook 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm
Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas with Geshe Ngawang Tenley Geshe-la continues an explanation of the Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas by Togme Sangpo (1245-1369.) Come and discover what it means to model your actions after those of a bodhisattva. All are welcome. A copy of the text will be distributed in class and a commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama is available on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive website.. Other contemporary commentaries are available for purchase in our bookstore. Feel free to listen live online.
From Tea Light to Dorje - A Practical Guide to Tibetan Ritual Practice with Ven. Amy Miller 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm While study and meditation are essential on the Buddhist path, ritual practice is enormously helpful for clearing away obstacles and setting up the proper conditions for attaining higher realization. This series demystifies the rituals of our tradition and offers philosophical exploration and practical instruction on things such as water bowl and mandala offerings, prostrations, hand mudras, use of bell and dorje, and recitation of mantras with a mala (Buddhist rosary). Get all of your questions answered during these practical, lively and fun workshops.
Part 2 of this series will be held Thursday, February 10, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm.
Peace from Chaos - A Tibetan Buddhist Approach to Making Sense of Your Life with Ven. Amy Miller 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Tibetan Buddhist tradition of lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment, organizes all of the teachings of the Buddha into a logical, practical order that shows us where to start and how to progress on the spiritual path. It is a path of study, contemplation and meditation that leads us from the chaos of our everyday lives to the pinnacle of our spiritual potential. The Friday evening talk will provide a spiritual and philosophical foundation for entering this path and finding peace and meaning in our lives. The practice intensive on Saturday and Sunday will combine teaching, discussion and meditation to develop our basis for contemplation and ignite our practice as we journey the path together. Feel free to listen live online.
While the Friday night talk is a standalone event, if you intend to attend the weekend practice intensive it is requested that you also attend the talk on Friday.
Peace from Chaos - A Tibetan Buddhist Approach to Making Sense of Your Life with Ven. Amy Miller 9:30 am - 2:00 pm Practice Intensive Day 1 of 2 The Tibetan Buddhist tradition of lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment, organizes all of the teachings of the Buddha into a logical, practical order that shows us where to start and how to progress on the spiritual path. It is a path of study, contemplation and meditation that leads us from the chaos of our everyday lives to the pinnacle of our spiritual potential. The Friday evening talk will provide a spiritual and philosophical foundation for entering this path and finding peace and meaning in our lives. The practice intensive on Saturday and Sunday will combine teaching, discussion and meditation to develop our basis for contemplation and ignite our practice as we journey the path together.
9:00 am - 9:45 am This powerful purification practice contains the elements of "the four opponent powers" and includes prostration, recitation and visualization. This practice is highly recommended by our teachers. For development along the path it's very important to "weed our garden" or purify the negative seeds on our mindstream. This session is a great opportunity to learn through doing.
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Pabongka Rinpoche's Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand is the seminal lam-rim or stages on the path to enlightenment text of the 20th century. It is a transcription of a 24 day lam rim teaching given in 1921 and lays out the steps one follows to reach liberation and enlightenment. Offered as a "practical teaching," it is less scholarly than Je Tsongkhapa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, popularly known as the Lam-rim Chen-mo, and as such is the text from which most modern lamas teach lam rim. Today Geshe-la gives commentary on Day 3, on the greatness of the Dharma and how to study and teach Dharma. Feel free to listen live online.
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Practice Intensive Day 2 of 2 The Tibetan Buddhist tradition of lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment, organizes all of the teachings of the Buddha into a logical, practical order that shows us where to start and how to progress on the spiritual path. It is a path of study, contemplation and meditation that leads us from the chaos of our everyday lives to the pinnacle of our spiritual potential. The Friday evening talk will provide a spiritual and philosophical foundation for entering this path and finding peace and meaning in our lives. The practice intensive on Saturday and Sunday will combine teaching, discussion and meditation to develop our basis for contemplation and ignite our practice as we journey the path together. |
 Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies 68 Magoun Avenue Medford, MA 02155 617.624.0177 http://www.kurukulla.org |
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The construction of two stupas in India to hold the relics of our beloved and recently deceased resident teacher Geshe Tsulga-la is moving forward and so is the fund-raising. Several kind members presented a challenge grant - they will match up to $1700 of money contributed by others toward the construction costs. If the challenge grant is successful, we will be over half way to raising the entire amount! 
Grow Your Bodhicitta: Day Long Yoga & Meditation Retreats
