Wednesdays: April 8th – May 27th
Time: 7:00—9:00 pm
Location: Cultural Hall (Shrine Room on April 29th)
Class Fee: $60
Prerequisite: Must have taken Refuge or be registered to take Refuge on April 26th
There will be a 15 person limit. Please register with the office (monastery@sakya.org, 206-789-2573, or in person).
Course reference book: A Concise Introduction To Tibetan Buddhism by John Powers.
This course will teach the foundational concepts and practices of Buddhism to motivate beginning and intermediate practitioners. This six session series is designed to ground students in the core principles and theory underlying Buddhist practices and which are the basis of Vajrayana Buddhism.
Note: There will be no class Wednesday, May 6th and 13th. Classes will resume the following week.
Session Topics & Teachers:
1. The Buddha, Buddhism, Taking Refuge
Date: Wednesday, April 8th
Instructor: Eric Dulberg
2. The Four Noble Truths and an Introduction to Buddhist practice and meditation.
Date: Wednesday, April 15th
Instructor: Eric Dulberg
3. Mahayana path: Bodhicitta, the Bodhisattva vow, and the Six Perfections (with tonglen instruction)
Date: Wednesday, April 22nd
Instructor: Stephanie Prince
4. Selflessness & Dependent Origination with focus on The 12 Links & Wheel of Life
Date: Wednesday, April 29th
Instructor: Murray Gordon
Location: Shrine Room
5. The Buddhist path in Tibetan Buddhism
Date: Wednesday, May 20th
Instructor: Stephanie Prince
6. Mind and Meditation
Date: Wednesday, May 27th
Instructor: Ven. Lekshay Sangpo