FREE EVENING PROGRAMS ON SUNDAY: 5:00 - 5:15 PM / Free Chant
5:45 - 6:00 PM / Tea & light refreshments
6:00 - 7:00 PM / Free Talk (topics below)
_EACH SUNDAY FROM 6-7 PM, A FREE TALK ON NYINGMA TEACHINGS OR RELATED
TOPICS IS PRESENTED BY A NYINGMA INSTITUTE FACULTY MEMBER OR
GUEST LECTURER. _
MAY 13, BOB BYRNE ON “GRATITUDE”
On this Mother’s Day, Nyingma Institute instructor, Bob Byrne, will
explore the sense and meaning of gratitude from the perspective of the
Dharma. Through discussion and practice, Bob will illustrate that
sharing and expanding the feeling of gratitude can open new dimensions
in our experience.
MAY 20, BOB RUSSO, “SKILLFUL MEANS AS FUNDAMENTAL TO DHARMA PRACTICE
& DEVELOPMENT.”
Our work brings us amazing opportunities for fulfillment and spiritual
growth. How can we tap into this under-appreciated and under-utilized
reservoir? Bob Russo will explore the challenging insights and
practical instructions of “Skillful Means” for Dharma practice,
inner development, and conscious work. Bob Russo has served as a
project coordinator under Tarthang Tulku’s guidance for over forty
years.
MAY 27, OLIVIA HURD ON “TRANSFORMING NEGATIVE EMOTIONS WITH MINDFUL
AWARENESS”
What wisdom can we learn from our emotions, and how can we work with
them to relax their tightening grip? Tarthang Tulku writes
that our problems do not lie in what we experience, but in the
attitude we have towards it. It is possible to shift familiar
reactive habit patterns of mind and body so that we don’t lose
balance and patience. Nyingma Psychology instructor Olivia Hurd will
discuss ways we can apply awareness to wake up to what is happening in
our lives even amidst an emotional reaction.
JUNE 3, LAMA PALZANG & NATHAN GALLANTER ON “ACTIVATING THE SACRED
THROUGH DRUMMING AND CHANTING”
This talk will provide students with the opportunity to connect to the
purpose, context, and use of sacred music in the Tibetan tradition, as
well as to experience it in a light-hearted, relaxed manner.
Learn about the process of hand-crafting very large drums; their use
and context in Tibetan Buddhist ritual practice; and finally join us
in experiencing 10 large drums resounding together with sacred chants
and prayers. Staff member and carpenter Nathan Gallanter will speak to
the recently completed multiple-month process of creating over 10
drums for ritual use at Nyingma Institute. Lama Palzang, Co-Dean and
faculty member, will talk about the context and purpose of ceremonial
music in Tibetan Buddhist ritual practice, speaking from his
experience as a trained lama.
The practice of chanting aloud with musical accompaniment enlivens and
activates energies in the body and mind. It can harmonize and expand
your field of experience, help clarify the mind, or be used to
strengthen altruistic intentions. For a practitioner, these elements
are part of an experiential method of focusing energy and amplifying
positive intentions in transformative ways.
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