Teaching Tuesdays
Series of teachings involving mindfulness, buddhist practices and traditions, inclusive of all levels and open to everyone. Teachings are held the first and third Tuesdays of every month, and we have three series a year.
Online and in person at 4803 San Felipe St. Houston Tx 77056
Upcoming Series
Truths that Set Us Free
First and Third Tuesday January 21 – May 6, 2025
The first teaching of the Buddha is that our suffering comes not primarily from external circumstances, but rather is due to our mistaken assumptions about permanence and self, and the counterproductive habits of desire and hatred, etc, that result. Liberation from this suffering comes from perforating our mistaken ideas of these things and disrupting the bad habits that result.
This series will use traditional Tibetan teachings and meditations to practice a refreshing openness to reality that can take us closer to awakening. The 8 units touch on the cycle of birth and death known as Samsara, and how ignorance, karma, and dependent arising play crucial roles in it. We will see how these interconnected foundational principles are key to the four noble truths, the four thoughts that turn us away from samsara, and most centrally, to our identity and our buddha nature.
Some content we will touch on in this course include:
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Bhavacakra (Wheel of Life)
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Four Truths
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Four Thoughts
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Vaibhashika/ Sautrantika schools of thought
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Nagarjuna
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Madhyamaka (middle way)
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Foundational Practices (Ngondro)
Ultimately we will connect everything to Dzogchen, the great completeness and peak of the spiritual paths in our tradition. If you are new to Buddhism, this is a great introduction to many essential topics in a way that can be applied to practical life.
Current Series
The Promise of Every Moment: Taking Practice off the Cushion
First and Third Tuesday September 3- December 3, 2024
It’s joyous news when we recognize that every ordinary moment of deep connection to yourself can be a liberating and spiritual moment. And such moments lighten our lives.
The first installment in our new teaching series for beginning and seasoned practitioners includes practices linked to the Nine-Fold path to awakening according to the Old Ones’ tradition in Tibet. These practices guide us in exploring our own everyday experience of mind , and body–in other words, the whole of our experience. This brings us greater compassion, contentment, and feelings of connection.
In every class you will receive a take-away practice that you can do anywhere.
These classes include newly translated, and new to our western Buddhist communties. stories and advice related with Shephen Taye and other lineage teachers.(see below)
This series will continue in 2025.