November 11 & 12, 2017
This course will be led by Glen Svensson.
Suitable for beginners & intermediate students alike.
Registration is needed for this short, non-residential course!
Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way
As said by Arya Nagarjuna:
That which arises dependently and relatedly
Is explained as being empty.
And that which is empty is dependently designated.
This is the middle way path.
During this two day course we will explore this middle way path as defined and set out by Nagarjuna in his classic text The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (Mulamadhyamakakarika). We will first look at how our current distorted view of reality is the underlying source of our mental afflictions and suffering. Then we will explore how to establish the correct view of reality through gaining an understanding of emptiness. And finally learn how to meditate on emptiness and thereby how to follow this middle way path to liberation avoiding the extremes of existence and non-existence.
Approximate schedule:
| 09:00 – 10:15 | Session 1 |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Session 2 |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 14:45 | Session 3 |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Break |
| 15:15 – 16:30 | Session 4 |
Recommended Reading:
- How to See Yourself as You Really Are, His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Insight into Emptiness, Khensur Jampa Tegchok
- The Root Stanzas of the Middle Way, Nagarjuna (Padmakara Translation Group)
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 9:30am GUIDED MEDITATION SESSION IS CANCELLED ON THESE DAYS.