ESSENCE MAHAMUDRA: SPACE, TIME & ENERGY    

Transforming experience through the realization of the true nature of mind

 

 

A weekend program with Patrick Sweeney Trimé Lhawang

NOVEMBER 6 – 8, 2015 Public Talk Friday 7 p.m. & Weekend Seminar all day Saturday & Sunday

  How we experience the world is a direct reflection of how we experience our minds. The Buddhist teachings on essence mahamudra provide a clear explanation of the nature of mind as empty of conceptual confusion, spacious, and effortlessly radiating an unbiased sanity. Because of the habitual patterns of conditioned mind, the natural state, or buddha mind, is difficult to recognize, but it can be pointed out on the spot by a genuine teacher. Once recognized, the skillful means of the Buddhist path are infused by this fundamental awareness.

Cost: Friday night talk no charge; weekend $295 – includes accommodation and all meals.

Patrick Sweeney Trimé Lhawang is the holder of the transmission of the Karma Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism given by the Venerable Vidyadhara, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche to his Western dharma heir, Vajra Regent Ösel Tendzin, and then conferred upon Mr. Sweeney. Satdharma is the name of the organization established by Mr. Sweeney in 1990 to propagate the teachings of this lineage stream within a contemporary context.

 HOME:   All   of   us   are   looking   for   home   in   one   way   or   another.   Where   is   home?   Trungpa  Rinpoche's   great   message   was   that   home   is   the   abiding   nature   of   mind   in   its   pristine  brilliance.   Home   is   a   mind   that   is   spotless   and   fearless   and   able   to   engage   the   present  moment  without  the  past  or  future  impinging  upon  it.  Home  is  the  present  moment  just  as  it  is,  without  projections  of  permanence  or  attributing  to  it  the  despair  of  a  nihilistic  mind.  Home  is  a  mind  that   is  able  to  meet  the  present  moment  as  a  continuous  celebration.  This   is  what  we  are  aspiring  to  do  in  our  practice—to  return  to  that  space  of  home  over  and  over  again.      

— Patrick  Sweeney  Trimé  Lhawang      Mahamudra  Program,  Pullahari  Retreat  Center,  July  11,  2009  

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