October 18 & 19, 2022
2-day non-residential course led by Renato Unterberg.
Open to all levels of practitioners: beginners and experienced alike.
“Look into your mind; when your mind is narrow, small things easily agitate you. Therefore, make
your mind an ocean.” – Lama Yeshe
Buddhism aims to provide a method for us to become more genuinely happy human beings — to cultivate a sense of inner contentment that is lasting. This derives from clearly seeing how things are. From the Buddhist perspective, our repeated experiences of dissatisfaction and frustration do not have external conditions as their root cause; all mental problems come from the mind. Therefore, if we aspire for true satisfaction in our lives we have to investigate and recognise the nature of the mind and discover how our minds interpret reality.
In this course we will take a look at the Buddha’s first teaching on the four noble truths and through it explore how the human mind has the potential for infinite development and how hence lasting satisfaction and inner fulfilment are possible.
Renato Unterberg has been studying and practicing Tibetan Buddhism since 2012. He finished the 5-year FPMT Basic Program of Buddhist Philosophy in Nalanda Monastery in Southern France and completed his studies with a three-month lamrim retreat. Before that, for two years Renato led meditations in the ten-day Introduction to Buddhism courses at Tushita Dharamshala, as well as in the one-month Kopan November Course in 2019.
This course will be in silence.
Approximate daily schedule for both days:
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Meditation |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Teaching |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Teaching |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Tea Break |
| 16:20 – 17:00 | Meditation |
Please note: This schedule might change on short notice!
Registration in Tushita’s Office Required!
Practical Information
Tushita’s Donation Policy
Tushita Meditation Centre operates entirely on the basis of donations, most of which come from people attending our courses and retreats. We will ask you to please give your full donation for the course in our reception office in the days before the course starts, payable in Indian Rupees only (unfortunately we cannot accept Foreign Currency, Travellers Cheques or Credit / Debit Cards).
For example, the minimum amount that Tushita needs to cover our costs for a 2- / 3-day course is 1500 / 2000 Indian Rupees per person. This includes lunch and afternoon tea on this day. It does not include any other meals or accommodation, since it will be a non-residential course. Of course, extra donations to help Tushita are always welcome!
Course Registration
For our non-residential courses, registration is only possible in our reception office by making your full donation of 1500 INR for this 2-day course. Please note we cannot accept any registration by email.
Office hours are: Monday – Saturday (closed Sundays)
- 9:00 – 11:30am
– lunch break – - 12:30 – 4:00pm
Accommodation Options
Since this is a non-residential course, it will not be possible to stay here at Tushita. There are many guest houses and hotels nearby however, varied enough to meet all comfort levels and budgets.
What to Bring
- Warm clothing which can be worn in layers and a shawl/blanket for using in the meditation hall are advisable. Bear in mind that we are at a slightly higher altitude than in McLeod Ganj, it is noticeably colder here.
- You are welcome to take notes during the course, so you may find a notebook, pen etc useful.
- It is handy to have your own water bottle. Filtered water is available in our dining hall and out of concern for the environment, we strongly discourage students from buying water in plastic bottles.
- An umbrella or rainwear, depending on the weather that day.
- Please read our Library page: we sell books and other items, so you may want to bring some extra money with you; or check conditions for borrowing.
- Please DO NOT bring: any musical instruments, camera, radios / tape / CD / MP3 players or mobile phones as you will be asked not to use them while you are here.
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