06/2021. Netherlands: On the basis of the bodhichitta teachings that we've received throughout the year, we will now dive into one of the most well known lojong texts entitled 'The Eight Verses for Training the Mind.' The 'Eight Verses' is one of the two main lojong texts that we study in Rigpa. This course will run for four weeks.
04/2021. Netherlands: Our last bodhichitta module: Bodhisattva Actions - Training in the Precepts of the Bodhichitta of Application or Action. Here we will study and practice the Six Paramitas or Six Transcendental Perfections. This course will run for six weeks (with one week break).
02/2021. Netherlands: After having aroused bodhichitta and having taken the bodhisattva vow, we're now training in the precepts of the bodhichitta of aspiration. First, we equalize ourselves and others, then we exchange ourselves with others and finally we're considering others as more important than ourselves. This course will run for six weeks.
01/2021. Netherlands: This is a three week module. Arousing bodhichitta is divided into the essence or definition of bodhichitta, the classifications of bodhichitta and the methods for actually arousing bodhichitta. You will have one study group in week 3, and later we can actually take the bodhisattva vow together.
11/2020. Netherlands: Third course in year two, the year of the bodhisattva. We're now embarking upon the training of the mind in the Four Immeasurables which is the first main section of training in bodhichitta in the Kunzang Lama’i Shelung and the Zindri. This course run for six weeks.
10/2020. Netherlands: We are now entering the bodhisattva vehicle. This course is titled 'For the Benefit of all Beings - Introduction to Bodhichitta'. It is our introductory module for the Mahayana teachings on Bodhichitta.
08/2020. Netherlands: Your first course in year two, the year of the bodhisattva, is all about loving-kindness.