Healing Through Shamatha Meditation and Vajrapani

Venerable Phakyab Rinpoche

May 29 – 31, 2015

No Set Fee – Pay Whatever You Can Afford

Venerable Phakyab RinpocheMark your calendars for a wonderful teaching by the acclaimed Tibetan Buddhist lama and healer, Ven. Phakyab Rinpoche. Register to attend his teachings on Healing through Shamatha Meditation. Shamatha meditation is a simple practice great for beginners and advanced practitioners alike. Shamatha means “calm abiding” in Sanskrit, and this meditation focuses on allowing the mind’s natural state to be accessed by focusing the breath on a specific object and letting all other thought slip away. As the meditation practice deepens, the space between thoughts becomes greater and more profound, making room for our true inner nature of unconditional love, peace, and healing to arise and expand. Continue reading

Monthly Half-Day Meditation Retreat

Our monthly half-day retreat is offered on the first Saturday of each month. The focus will be upon shamatha meditation and it is a wonderful way to deepen your practice. The retreats will focus on releasing ego clinging and training the mind in compassion through shamatha meditation. Beginners are encouraged to attend, but must first have received meditation instruction. We will be observing noble silence throughout the retreat. Tea and bottled water will be provided.

Date & Time: First Saturday of each month, 9:00 a.m. – noon
Facilitator: Brent Crawford
Suggested Donation: $15
Prerequisite: Must have receive prior meditation instruction. No meditation instruction is given at the retreat.

Cultivating Cognitive Balance

All Day Retreat with Alan Wallace

April 24 – 26, 2015

Alan WallaceAlan Wallace continues his plan for yearly visits to the Rime Buddhist Center with his teachings on the aspects of mental balance. In this workshop, Dr. B. Alan Wallace will discuss how to cultivate the cognitive intelligence that enables us to free ourselves of those cognitive imbalances. Continue reading