This Term

Welcome to the autumn 2008 term at Jamyang!

You will notice a few differences in the structure of the programme. The Tuesday class will no longer be a drop-in class, and if you want to attend it, you’ll need to register for the whole year, as Geshe Tashi will be teaching the Foundation of Buddhist Thought 1 year course on Tuesday evenings. Besides the Wednesday evening "Giving and Taking (Tonglen)” class, Geshe Tashi will be leading weekend courses and retreats eg Understanding the Nature of the Mind and Insight Meditation Retreat. 

We are very happy to host almost a month of teachings with Khensur  Lobsang Tenzin Rinpoche from September until October. Robert Beer, famous thangka painter, will be giving a talk on Yamantaka Solitary Hero, the initiation that Khensur Rinpoche will give. Ven Amy Miller will be leading a powerful weekend on “Making Friends with Death”. Towards the end of the year we will be hosting Andy Weber with an art workshop on the 5 Deity Mandala.

New this term is the Thursday evening Discussion Group, set up on the advice of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, which will meet to discuss Nagarjunga’s text "Precious Garland". And the popular "16 Guidelines for a Happy Life". Also, weekend courses in meditation, in the Discovering Buddhism series, with topics such as Establishing a Daily Practice, Samsara and Nirvana and Developing Bodhicitta,  and an Open Afternoon in November.

Our popular Meditation classes start again in September with the topics of: Relaxing, calming and focusing the mind and Mindfulness and inquiry into immediate experience. To end the year 2008 and begin the year 2009 we will do Vajrasattva and Nyung Nay retreats.

Oh yes, don't miss the "Mantra rolling and statue filling" workshop with Geshe Tashi in October!