THE DEEP PATH OF MEDITATION IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM: SAMATHA, VIPASSANA AND THE CORE INSTRUCTIONS
May 23 @ 7:30 pm – May 25 @ 4:30 pm
Teachings by: MIKE BORTOLOTTI
Date: FRI-SUN / 23 – 25 MAY
Time: Friday: 19:30 – 21:00 hrs., Sat/Sun: 10:00-12:00 & 14:30-16:30 hrs.
Place: Sakya Thegchen Ling, Den Haag/The Netherlands
Language: EN
Available translations: NL
Costs: € 11 (per session)/€ 55 (per weekend), for minima € 5 (per session)/€ 25 (per weekend). If this contribution is still too much for you, please contact the treasurer of Sakya Thegchen Ling. You can transfer the amount in advance to bank account number NL83 TRIO 0197 7958 03 in the name of Sakya Thegchen Ling The Hague, stating ‘weekend Mike Bortolotti’.
Lunches: Saturday and Sunday, you are invited to have lunch at the centre.
By practising authentic meditation, we can effectively transform our minds. Intellectual knowledge is indispensable to understand the right path, but if it is not accompanied by an authentic meditative experience, we will not be able to control our mind and disturbing emotions. Integrating knowledge and meditation is the secret of spiritual development. This has allowed many practitioners to achieve realisation. At the same time, this is the biggest challenge for Westerners, who tend to get lost, intellectual knowledge is then at best combined with a weak meditative ability.
During this weekend, we study the main meditative methods of Tibetan Buddhism and learn to distinguish the different approaches. We start with instruction on Samatha, the basis of all meditation, and then cover Vipassana, the transcendental insight. Samatha and Vipassana finally lead to the deep core instructions, through which we train ourselves to dwell in open awareness and recognise the true nature of mind.
Reference texts:
Self Liberating Meditation, Patrul Rinpoche.
Meditation in the Himalayan Buddhist Tradition, Khorchak Tulku Rinpoche.
