Intermediate
Level Courses
A 4-month series of intermediate-level courses and retreats November 2008 – February 2009
- A wide range of subjects taught by some of the most experienced and inspiring Tibetan Lamas and Western teachers in the FPMT!
- Between each course/retreat there will be free time for your own practice at the Great Mahabodhi Stupa… engaging in your own private retreat… exploration of the many pilgrimage sites around Bodhgaya… study of the diverse Buddhist books and videos in our excellent library… or simply relaxing.
- To be added: Hopefully more teachings with Tibetan Masters such as Dagri Rinpoche, Ling Rinpoche and others...
- Special offer: Anyone attending at least three residential courses/retreats will be offered free dormitory accommodation between consecutive courses/retreats.
Teachings on the Heart Sutra (BP) with Glen Svensson
17-21 November 2008
Glen Svensson, from Australia, has been studying Buddhism for more than 12 years with teachers such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Geshe Jampa Gyatso. After completing his Bachelor’s Degree in IT at the University of Queensland, Glen spent eight years working and traveling around the world and says he “bumped” into Buddhism in Dharamsala, India in 1995. He then attended two of the famous November Courses at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, followed by seven years of intensive Buddhist philosophical studies and nine months of meditation retreat in the FPMT Master’s Program (a teacher-training course) at the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Italy. Since completion of the Master’s Program in 2005, Glen has taught in Australia and Europe with a teaching style emphasizing clarity and simplicity.
- PRE-REQUISITE: previous attendance at a 10-day Introduction to (Tibetan) Buddhism course.
- Note: This course qualifies for the FPMT Basic Program.
- Note: No deposit is required to register for this course.
Kadampa Retreat with Lama Zopa Rinpoche
December 2008 (To be confirmed)
A Buddhist Master who embodies the qualities of compassion and wisdom to which Buddhists aspire, Lama Zopa Rinpoche is the Spiritual Director of the FPMT and Root Institute. Rinpoche is the reincarnation of the yogi Kunsang Yeshe (the Lawudo Lama) and devotes his life to teaching to his thousands of students around the world. It is a great privilege and honour to receive Rinpoche's teachings at Root Institute this year.
Realising the Path: 4th Annual Lam Rim Meditation Retreat (DB3)
with Ven.
Thubten Dondrub (Neil Huston)
8-17 January 2009 (dates subject to change)
Venerable Thubten Dondrub, from Australia, who has been a Buddhist monk and teacher for 30 years. Regarded as one of the best Dharma teachers in the West today, Ven. Dondrub has taught in more than a dozen countries around the world, including five of the famous one-month Kopan November Courses, and is well-loved for his sincerity, humility, wise compassion and strong emphasis on using the Buddha’s teachings in one’s daily life to truly change one’s mind.
Integrate the teachings you have heard and transform your mind through guided analytical meditations on all the topics of the Lam Rim (the graduated path to enlightenment), from precious human rebirth and impermanence to bodhicitta and emptiness.
- PRE-REQUISITE: As this retreat will include only meditations (with very little teaching), ideally students should have some experience and should have taken Refuge.
- Note: This retreat qualifies for the FPMT Discovering Buddhism Program (Subject Area 3 —retreat component only). Please click here for more information about Discovering Buddhism.
- Note: No deposit is required to register for this retreat.
Nyung Nay Retreat
with Ven. Thubten Dondrub (Neil Huston) and another teacher to be advised.
A series of three Nyung Nay Retreats 22 – 29 January 2009 (dates subject to change)
Before registering, please click here for more Retreat information, which must be read prior to registration.
A Nyung Nay Retreat is a 2-day retreat of Chenrezig practice from the Kriya ("Action") class of Tantra. In each of the daily sessions we practice the sadhana of Chenrezig (the Buddha symbolizing compassion) which involves meditating on bodhicitta (the aspiration to attain enlightenment in order to benefit all beings), visualizing Chenrezig, reciting prayers and mantras, performing prostrations and fasting. Nyung Nay Retreat is a powerful, quick and effective method to purify an enormous amount of negativity and to collect a vast amount of merit. This winter Root Institute will offer a series of 3 Nyung Nay Retreats and participants are welcome to join for one, two, or all three Nyung Nay's.
Retreat Leader Ven. Thubten Dondrub (who will lead the first Nyung Nay) has personally completed over 40 Nyung Nay Retreats and has experience leading the traditonal series-of-eight Nyung Nay Retreats.
- PRE-REQUISITES: must be a Buddhist having formally taken refuge; must have received the full initiation (2-day wang) of Thousand-Arm Chenrezig (sorry--no exceptions); and must be wiling to abide by all of the discipline of the retreat including fasting, strict silence and attending all sessions (click above for full discipline details).
- If you have not already received the required Chenrezig initiation, please note that it will be given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche during the Kadampa Retreat 23 - 29 December 2007.
- Note: No deposit is required to register for this retreat.
Chenresig Retreat with Tong-Len Practice (3-4 week retreat)
with Jimi Neale
February 2009 (dates and retreat details to be advised please check this page for updates)
