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We’re excited to share what’s new to the Wisdom Experience this March and hope these resources continue to provide you with moments of inspiration, adventure, and awakening all month long.
Learn We're excited to share that In-Depth and All-Access members can now enjoy the recordings of the Vajra Essence, Part 4, an eight-week retreat with Lama Alan Wallace. This is the final part of Lama Alan's annual retreats on Dudjom Lingpa’s famous text, The Vajra Essence: From the Matrix of Pure Appearances and Primordial Consciousness, a Self-Emergent Tantra of the Nature of Existence.
Part 4, concludes as a primarily meditative retreat. Included is a series of pointing-out instructions drawing critical distinctions between the mind and pristine awareness, between conditioned consciousness and primordial consciousness, and other fundamental distinctions within the Dzogchen view. These instructions are followed by detailed teachings on the final stage of Dzogchen practice known as the direct crossing-over to spontaneous actualization (tögal), which comes to its fruition in the achievement of various manifestations of the rainbow body. Finally, an oral commentary will be offered on the Lake-Born Vajra’s concluding teachings on the six transitional phases (bardo), including dream yoga.
Please note that due to the nature of the teachings, Lama Alan has requested that only students who have completed Part 1 entirely enroll in the final part.
Join us for a special episode of Wisdom Dharma Chats with Yongey Mingur Rinpoche, on Sunday, March 24 at 10:30 AM EDT. During this Wisdom Dharma Chat host, Daniel Aitken, and Yongey Mingur Rinpoche will discuss Dorje Drolö, a Buddhist practice meant specifically for use during difficult times in human history, as well as Rinpoche’s upcoming teachings in Nepal this June, and much more. To register to watch this Wisdom Dharma Chat live over Zoom, register here. Please note this is not during our usual Wednesday evening time.
Read Saraha’s Spontaneous Songs “This is the most important book on Saraha in a generation. . . . Saraha’s Spontaneous Songs will be the foundation for any serious study of Saraha and his Treasury of Dohās for many decades to come, and all students of South Asian and Tibetan Buddhism should be profoundly grateful to Mathes and Szántó for having collaborated on this landmark work.”—Roger R. Jackson, author of Mind Seeing Mind
Listen This episode of the Wisdom Podcast features special guest John Brehm. John is the author of several books of poems, The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy and The Dharma of Poetry. In this episode, host Daniel Aitken and John discuss:
Don't Miss Out In-Depth, Plus, and All-Access members, April marks a new Gompa Wisdom Teaching so don’t miss out on this chance to learn from Venerable Khenpo Dr. Ngawang Jorden in this Gompa Wisdom Teaching on ‘Cultivating Method and Realizing Wisdom’. In the first week of this course, devoted to method, Khenpo Jorden gives teachings on mindfulness and introspection. Without these two qualities, it is impossible to make significant progress on the path. It is therefore important to learn how to cultivate these skilfully, not only in meditation but also in daily life, in order to establish continuity in one’s practice. The teaching will be based on two chapters of Shantideva’s ‘The Way of the Bodhisattva’ (Bodhicaryavatara) and will include essential meditation instructions. In the second week, Khenpo Jorden explores two core areas for the development of wisdom: dependent arising and emptiness. The Buddha’s teachings on dependent arising are the foundation for attaining liberating insight into the nature of ultimate reality. These teachings explain how things come to appear in the world and, most significantly, how we are caught in a net of suffering and dissatisfaction and how we might liberate ourselves from this net of suffering and dissatisfaction. |
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