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Workshops and Special Events
Special Teachings by Lama Catherine Jetsun Yeshe, founder of FOH: Snow Lion Talk - Tuesday, May 6. By donation. Emptiness to Form Part 1. See description below. At Snow Lion Bookstore. Pape and Danforth. Freedom from Pain- Wednesday, May 7 at FOH - 7 to 9pm by donation. We all experience pain. Why? How do we cope with this aspect of life? The Buddhist philosophy offers an unusual way to deal with these situations. Part lecture, part easy movement exercises, part contemplation, Catherine Rathbun (Jetsun Yeshe) will offer her experience from 40 years of contemplation studies.
Manjushri Initiation- Sunday, May 11 - 1pm by donation Manjushri is a bodhisattva whose name means “sweetly glorious” or “special friend”. The Manjushri mantra is believed to enhance various wisdoms of explaining, debating, writing, memory, and so on.
Tibetan Class - Monday, May 12 10am to noon by donation The purification practice of Vs is perhaps the most difficult part of Foundation practice, as it raises and purifies our primary blockades. It does so in an almost invisible way, so we may mistake what is going on. Jetsun-ma will orient this special class to helping us decipher how to work with this wondrous practice. Because if we persevere, the practice becomes lucidly beautiful and a source of strong linkage to Vajradhara, the original face of the Enlightenment principle. Emptiness to Form Part 2 - Wednesday, May 14 - 7 to 9pm by donation From emptiness we come; to emptiness we return. This is the mystery of life. The Buddhist teaching offers unique ways to learn to move with the stream of arising and passing, coming and going. The class will be part lecture, part easy movement exercises, and part meditation. It will form an introduction to a series of classes to be taught by David Liang at Friends of the Heart. You may attend Part 2 without having been to Part 1 at Snow Lion on May 6. Special guest teacher - Ayya Medhanandi Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7 to 9pm. By donation. We are honoured to learn from and meditate with this Canadian born nun in the Theravada tradition of Buddhism. Ayya Medhanandi was born in Canada in 1949. She lived as a nun for several years in India, under the guidance of an Advaita sage who remained her teacher until his death some thirteen years later. Ayya Medhanandi was ordained with Sayadaw U Pandita. She joined the Amaravati Nuns’ Community and spent ten years under the tutelage of Ajahn Sumedho. In 1999, she went to New Zealand as a part of the wider Sangha of Bodhinyanarama Monastery where she lived in a small hermitage on the Kapiti Coast. She spent last year travelling and teaching in both India and North America. Click here to read her wonderful blog. If you wish to make a donation to Friends of the Heart
or to Catherine Jetsun Yeshe, we have setup Paypal to receive payments
for audio teachings, memberships and for other activities of Friends
of the Heart. We prefer to work through paypal as it is time consuming
for a volunteer organization to handle cheques and email credit card
orders. You can use Paypal to make secure payments in your own currency.
The Canadian dollar amount will be automatically converted for your
credit card or bank account.
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