Join us for teachings on the remaining Sundays of the year for the topic of the 4 Mind Changings
Regular schedule resumes January 12th 2025.
Everyone welcome to join any or all events!
Hello Dharma Friends,
Due to the poor road conditions, we will cancel the teaching for Sunday November 24.
Take care!
Dear Dharma friends,
We have finished the teaching series on the “Eight Verses of Mind Training”.
For the next four weeks, Geshe la will teach on the “Four Reflections that help to turn the mind away from Samsara”.
This is the upcoming schedule for the week. Note that we won’t have Wednesday meditation/prayer. Instead we will have a prayer on Friday.
17 NOV, SUN
11am – 12:30pm
Regular Dharma teaching
22 NOV, FRI
6:30 – 8pm
Lhabab Duchen Guru puja prayer
2024-11-10 teaching summary:
Geshe la began by emphasizing the importance of studying and practicing dharma, noting that one doesn’t need to convert to Buddhism to benefit from its teachings. The core message focused on
understanding cause and effect – that all experiences, good or bad, result from one’s own actions and motivations.
Key points covered:
Motivation and Actions:
* Pure motivations lead to positive results and happiness. Negative motivations lead to suffering
* One must be mindful of every action of body, speech, and mind
The Eight Verses of Mind Training (attributed to Geshe Langri Tangpa): * Maintaining humility and avoiding arrogance
* Being vigilant about afflictive emotions
* Viewing difficult people as precious opportunities for practice * Accepting abuse and slander without retaliation
* Viewing those who harm you despite your help as teachers
* Practicing giving and taking meditation (taking others’ suffering, giving happiness)
* Keeping virtuous actions free from the eight worldly concerns
Personal Development:
* Importance of having clear life goals and plans. Need to work hard for results * Being prepared for both difficulties and successes
* Maintaining stability despite praise or criticism
* Being one’s own master in transformation
The talk concluded with advice about compassion, noting that while one should cultivate compassion for those who mistreat you, this doesn’t mean allowing abuse to continue – one must maintain both compassion and appropriate boundaries.
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Events are open to attend in-person, and are often cast on Zoom.
Our resident teacher is available for private consultation by appointment.
Our Address:
Jam Tse Cho Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple Calgary
924 36 St SE
Calgary, Alberta T2A 1B9
Canada
Phone:
587-434-4011
Email:
contact@jtclcalgary.ca
honourific form of mother
Spelling (jorlok; Tib. སྦྱོར་ཀློག་) and pronunciation:
ཡུམ་ – ya zhabkyu yu ma yum (yoom)
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