Class #28- Buddhist Path of Awakening Course; Chapter 47-49; “Sharpening One’s Perception”
Next class #28 is Tuesday, March 30. We meet 6:45-7:00 pm Eastern Time for conversation and 7:00-7:30 pm for meditation (you may come for any part or just for class). Class is from 7:35 pm ET until around 9:00 pm ET.
The reading assignment for the next class continues to be on the meditation practice of vipashyana (the next week we move on to the subject of suffering):
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Vol. I, The Path of Individual Liberation, pp.353-369:
Chapter 47, “Investigating the Subtleties of Experience,”
Chapter 48, “Sharpening One’s Perception,” and
Chapter 49, “Self-Perpetuating Awareness."
New Wednesday Evening Discussion Group For Attendees
Every Wednesday at 7:35 PM ET (after evening meditation at 7 PM ET)
A number of people have let us know that they have more questions than can be addressed on Tuesday after the class lecture, so we are instituting a regular discussion group to meet on Wednesday each week from 7:35-8:30 pm Eastern Time (just after the evening meditation). It will be moderated by some combination of John, Barry, Laura, and Michael. The purpose: to provide you with a forum for discussion of your path, your study of the dharma (including the week’s class), your meditation practice, and if you wish, circumstances of your life.
Missed a Class? Listen to the Video Recordings.
See below or click here to view the Zoom video recordings from Tuesday’s Class #27, presentation by Laura Read and John Baker. Recorded on March 23, 2021.
Listen to all Zoom video recordings of the course here.
About the Buddhist Path of Awakening Course
Tuesday Zoom Schedule
We meet 6:45-7:00 pm Eastern Time for conversation and 7:00-7:30 pm for meditation (you may come for any part or just for class). Class is from 7:35 pm ET until around 9:00 pm ET.
The reading assignment for the class is a chapter from The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume I, The Path of Individual Liberation
The reading from each class is optional but recommended. Buy the book from independent book stores or online here.
Drop-ins welcome. By $10 suggested donation.
For those who plan to attend regularly, advance registration would be greatly appreciated.
About the Buddhist Book Series
Starting in 1973 Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, newly arrived in the U.S. from Tibet by way of India and England, began accompanying his students each year on a 3-month fall retreat, presenting them with the teachings of the three divisions of Tibetan Buddhism: Hinayana (Foundational Vehicle), Mahayana (Great Vehicle), and Vajrayana (Indestructible Vehicle). He continued to do this for thirteen years, and the teachings he gave have been transcribed and digested into the three volumes ofThe Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, one volume for each vehicle.
These volumes are one of the very finest ways to immerse oneself in the teachings of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, and they are presented by one of the most profound expositors of Buddhism to arrive in the West. Trungpa Rinpoche loved the Western language and culture, and he presented the teachings in Western idiom, translating the often culturally unfamiliar images beautifully into English.
Talk recordings are available for viewing on our YouTube Channel
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New to Meditation?
Meditation instruction available upon request and on our daily morning meditation. Either let the group leader know at start of session or email us at contact@pathofawakeningbuddhistcenter.org. Watch also video recordings and recommended readings here
Suggested Donation*: $10 per class. (But please donate what you can afford) Donate here. For those who plan to attend regularly, advance registration would be greatly appreciated.
