Developing the Fearless Heart: The Answer for Today’s Troubled World

with Venerable Lhundup Jamyang

September 14 – 19 (Plus Bonus Day for Sponsors on September 20)

This course is open for beginners and experienced students alike!

All sentient beings have Buddha nature: the potential for complete wisdom and compassion.

The world is in turmoil. After many years being encouraged to chase a level of beauty, health, and happiness that was not achievable for most people, we are now confronted with sickness and loss of lives, jobs, and businesses. Both the chasing for success and the threat to life and livelihood facilitate a self-centeredness that closes the heart for others. We react in this way in an attempt to protect ourselves from suffering. What it really brings is loneliness, the feeling of separation and being cut off. All sentient beings have Buddha nature: the potential for complete wisdom and compassion. As human beings, due to our intelligence, we have the capacity to develop this potential. By realizing how we are all dependent on each other, we can open our heart for other sentient beings, and experience our true nature and our humanness.

To connect with our true nature and to leave behind the loneliness of the self-centered mind we need to make a radical shift in our mind. We need to understand how our way of thinking and behavior contributes to our own suffering. We need to investigate the nature of our chasing mind and how we can find freedom from the sufferings of this world. By understanding that we are all connected with each other and that by nature we are all the same, we can find the courage to reach out to others. Once the fear for opening the heart is overcome, we can find connection, love, and compassion, expanding and moving beyond our imagination.

In this course we will explore how to take care of ourselves and others in a healthy way. You will learn how to counteract fear and our emotional disturbances. We will discuss methods to generate loving kindness and compassion for others, based on compassion for oneself.

 

Teacher

Ven. Lhundup Jamyang was born in the Netherlands in 1961, and worked for 12 years as a physiotherapist with children. In 1997 she came into contact with Buddhism at Tushita Meditation Center in Dharamsala. It was here that she realized she had a strong connection with Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In 2000 she took ordination at Kopan, after which she went to Australia to study the 5-year Basic Program at Chenrezig Institute. In 2007 she went to Buddha House, Adelaide, where she worked as SPC and teacher. In 2009 Rinpoche advised her to study the Madhyamakavatara, which was taught at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, as part of the Masters Program. She completed the MP at the beginning of 2017, including the one year retreat requirement. She is co-writer of the study manual for the Madhyamakavatara, and has been painting thangkas for over 20 years.

 

Course Schedule

September 14 – 19 (Plus Bonus Day for Sponsors on September 20)

All times are based on India Standard Time. We recognize that for many of you outside of India, some of the times may not work. It can still be possible to use the recordings for those sessions and join in the live sessions that are convenient for you. If you want to figure out the time in your country click here.

There are two separate (no repetition) classes each day with different materials presented.

• Morning Online Class: 11:00am – 1:00pm (Indian Standard Time)
• Evening Online Class: 5:00 – 7:00pm (Indian Standard Time)

 

Video recordings of each session will be available for those who cannot make the live session.

 

Recommended Reading:

• How to Be Compassionate – His Holiness Dalai Lama
• Bodhisattva Attitude – Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• A Fearless Heart – Thubten Jinpa
• Awakening the Kind Heart – Kathleen McDonald
• The Place that Scare You – Pema Chodron 

 

One of the reasons why we came up with this course is to be able to raise some funds for Tushita in this difficult time of lock-down, so we detail below the different categories for suggested donations:

Sponsor Level Package

$108 USD (8,000 Indian Rupees)

Includes:

• 14 live Zoom sessions (including Bonus Day)
• Live teachings and discussion with Venerable Jamyang
• Video recordings of each session
• A butter lamp offered on your behalf & with your special dedication on Lhabab Düchen Day
• Bonus Day – Teaching, Q&A and meditation with Venerable Jamyang

 

Supporter Level Package

$80 USD (6,000 Indian Rupees)

Includes:

• 12 live Zoom sessions
• Live teachings and discussion with Venerable Jamyang
• Video recordings of each session

 

Well-Wisher Level Package

$40 USD (3,000 Indian Rupees)

Includes:

• 12 sessions of recorded video of teachings and discussion with Venerable Jamyang

 

Register

Tushita is always happy for any donation, any time. Nothing is too small. Please email us at [email protected] to make a separate contribution.