Weekly practice and teachings are held on Thursdays 7:00pm - 9:30pm. The evening begins with 30 minutes of Shamatha meditation. The group is led by Lama Roar Vestre.
| DATE | SUBJECT | READING |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 17 | The Four Noble Truths (review) | |
| Sept 24 | The Seven Points of Mind Training (intro) Point 1 - Preliminaries (p. 7) | Great Path of Awakening (GPA) (p.7) |
| Oct 1 | Precious human birth, 8 freedoms + 10 endowments | |
| Oct 8 | Impermanance and death | |
| Oct 15 | Suffering in the six realms | |
| Oct 22 | Karma - habits - causes and results | |
| Oct 29 | Point 2 - Actual Practice - Absolute Bodhicitta | GPA (p.10) |
| Nov 5 | Four Immesurables, and how to generate aspiration bodhicitta | |
| Nov 12 | Point 2 - Relative Bodhicitta with thong len | GPA |
| Nov 19 | Point 3 - Transforming Adverse Conditions | GPA |
| Nov 26 | Point 4 - Utilizing Practice in Ones Whole Life | GPA |
| Dec 3 | Point 5 - Proficiency in Mind Training | GPA |
| Dec 10 | Point 6 - Commitments of Mind Training | GPA |
| Dec 17 | Point 7 - Guidelines for Mind Training | GPA |
******* CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR BREAK ******* |
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| Jan 7 | Introduction to the Four Mindfulnesses | Transcripts (TR) |
| Jan 14 | Mindfulness of the impurity of the body | TR |
| Jan 21 | Mindfulness of feeling as suffering | TR |
| Jan 28 | Mindfulness of the mind as impermanent | TR |
| Feb 4 | Mindfulness of dharmas as contingent, without a separate, exclusive nature of their own | TR |
| Feb 11 | Revulsion to Samsara, Compassion, and Devotion - Three pure motivating factors for dharma practice. | |
| Feb 18 | Vajrayana - Buddha Nature (the path of fruition) Why form and mantra practice | |
| Feb 25 | Creation & Completion (Kyerim/Dzogrim) | |
| Mar 4 | Manjushri practice | |