Kagyu Changchub Chuling

Shamatha Meditation - Half Day + Potluck
2027-07-04 09:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | OR
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At KCC, the foundation of spiritual training is Shamatha, a basic sitting meditation that develops stable attention and provides the basis for investigating more subtle aspects of awareness. The practice is the essential underpinning of all other meditation practices. While our minds are busy and distracted by a myriad of disconnected thoughts, feelings, and emotions, it is not possible to deeply engage the meditation methods that could lead us to the intended result of directly recognizing the nature of mind. Shamatha is a direct method for learning to let the mind rest naturally, free of our commitment to the tyranny of these distractions.
Lama Eric Triebelhorn provides detailed instructions about the practice of Shamatha on alternating first Sundays from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM, followed by a potluck lunch. These Half-Day Sits happen in odd-numbered months: January, March, May, July, September, and November.
All are welcome to attend.

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White Tara Morning Practice
2027-07-05 07:00 - 08:00
White Tara is a beloved practice in Vajrayana Buddhism known for enhancing longevity, removing obstacles, aiding in the development of compassion, and for being a pathway to wisdom.
White Tara is a yidam—an embodiment of awakened mind, an expression of nondual wisdom—that we embody to lead us to that nondual awakened mind that is our nature.
The practice is recited in English the first Monday of each month and led alternately by Lama Eric and Ani Tsultrim.
To attend the White Tara practice, you must have
received the White Tara empowerment in any tradition.
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Death and Dying Study Group
2027-07-06 13:30 - 14:30
The Death and Dying Study Group chooses material to work with before gathering to discuss. On 1st Tuesdays we continue working through a book. On 3rd Tuesdays our focus is on films, articles and poems available online or are easily sent out to the study group as a PDF. We have a common interest to learn more about death and dying by reading or viewing, discussing, and hearing each other.
1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month – 1:30pm to 2:30pm — on Zoom only.
Participation in the study group is open to all, but the Zoom meetings are done by password-protected invitation email. Anyone who is interested should contact Catherine Harris at catahar@peak.org or Jan Glenn at janbglenn@yahoo.com.
For our web archive of items of interest — for example, Lama Eric’s booklet for July 2020 class ’Skillfully Traversing the Bardos’, calligraphy by Jan Glenn, list of books, compilations of poems, jokes and cartoons, as well as our meeting structure and links to legal documents — click HERE.

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