Tuesday, September 26, 2023 @ 2.00 – 3.30pm (IST)
We are happy to announce that Paula Chichester has very kindly accepted to give a teaching and Q&A on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at Tushita.
All are welcome and there is no registration needed!
Please be aware that we are currently hosting two retreats, so we would also like to request all visitors to respect the silence at Tushita. All our students are in silence and would greatly appreciate your support.
Thank you for your understanding & cooperation and we hope to see you soon at Tushita!
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As an adolescent in Berkeley in the 1960’s, Paula began her search for a means to shift the dominant paradigm of our perceptions of reality in order to survive the coming environmental chaos and resulting social unrest. A decade later she met Lama Thubten Yeshe and told Lama that she wanted to become a mahasiddha.
I discovered a totally unique, mind-blowing, game-changing science of mind/spirit/ body that I thought could shift our perceptions to something bigger, to actually be able to go beyond small ego needs and feel the interconnectedness of all life.
Standing on the balcony of the Green Hotel In McLeod Ganj, the light of bodhicitta filled my heart and all of space with the transitory nature of all existence and I was never the same again.
I had studied the ecology of our planet, here was the ecology of mind. Here was the science that was missing from my education that can transform human greed and ignorance to end war and save life as we know it on Earth.
Following the advice of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Paula embarked on a 40-year journey of study and retreats, including two long retreats of 3 and 4 years.
I was compelled to investigate, so I embarked on a lifelong experiment to see if a western person could indeed realise what I was being taught and experiencing in the presence of great Buddhist teachers, such as His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama…
In the last 13 years, Paula has traveled in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa giving talks, leading meditations and meeting wonderful heart friends.
She is happy to share her insights that make meditation full of joy, love, clarity and authenticity.
You can see Paula’s teaching schedule and many resources on her website: braveview.org.
You can read a few articles from Mandala Magazine about Paula Chichester:
- Jumping off the Cliff in the Footsteps of Naropa – Paula Chichester’s four-year Great Retreat at Milarepa Center in Vermont, USA
Mandala Magazine March-April 1995 - Transforming Hardships into Realizations
Mandala Magazine January 1998 - Lung: The Meditator’s Disease
Mandala Magazine August-September 2004
Paula Chichester at Tushita:
- “Big Love” Remembering the Kindness of Lama Yeshe
February 24, 2023 @ 7pm (IST) - “Maintaining Our Practice and Awareness of Bodhicitta Throughout the Day”
March 4, 2022 @ 4:00 pm (IST) - “The Brave View in Today’s World”
February 15, 2021 @ 4:00 pm (IST)