The Path of Joy

with Venerable Amy Miller

July 20 – 24 (Plus Bonus Day for Sponsors on July 25)

This course is open for beginners and experienced students alike!

This course offers participants a practical roadmap of how to cultivate happiness and overcome suffering in the midst of life’s challenges. Interweaving the “Steps on the Path” (Lam Rim), the foundational philosophy of Tibetan Buddhism, with The Book of Joy (discussions with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu), this course explores the eight pillars of joy (perspective, humility, humor, acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude, compassion, and generosity) along with the realistic tools necessary to undertake that journey. 

Each session will consists of teaching, Q&A, meditation and occasionally discussion groups.

Teacher

Amy J. Miller (Ven. Lobsang Chodren) first encountered Tibetan Buddhism in the spring of 1987 during a course at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Since then, she has spent a great deal of time engaged in meditation retreats, study, teaching, and Buddhist center management throughout the world. Prior to meeting the Dharma, Amy was a political fundraiser in Washington, DC and also worked for Mother Jones Magazine in San Francisco, California.

Amy also trained as an emotional support hospice counselor during the peak of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco and offers courses and retreats on death and dying and end-of-life care.

From 1992-1995, Amy managed Tse Chen Ling Center in San Francisco, California. She then served as Director of Vajrapani Institute, also in California, from 1995-2004. From 1998-2002, she was also the Manager of the Lawudo Retreat Fund (which supports the center in which the sacred cave of Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche is located) in the Mt. Everest region of Nepal. In 2004, after resigning as Director, Amy completed a seven-month solitary retreat at Vajrapani. For most of 2005 and 2006, she organized international teaching tours for and traveled with the esteemed Tibetan Buddhist master, Ven. Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche until Rinpoche’s death in 2006. Amy then became a touring teacher for the FPMT (the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition). From 2008-2014, Amy was Director of Milarepa Center in Barnet, Vermont. 

Amy has also had the good fortune to visit Tibet in 1987 and again in 2001 as a pilgrimage leader for the Institute of Noetic Science in the United States. She has also led pilgrimages to India, Nepal, and Bhutan for the Liberation Prison Project, Milarepa Center, and Lawudo Retreat Center. The next pilgrimage Amy is leading is a trek from April 26 – May 14, 2021 to Lawudo Retreat Center in the Mount Everest region of Nepal. A 3-day retreat will be included along with a visit to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthplace. See Amy’s website below for more information.

Amy was ordained as a Buddhist nun in June 2000 by the great Tibetan master, Ven. Choden Rinpoche, and has been teaching extensively since 1992. Her teaching style emphasizes a practical approach to integrating Buddhist philosophy into everyday life. She is happy to help people connect with meditation and mindfulness in an effort to gain a refreshing perspective on normally stressful living. Amy’s courses and retreats focus on establishing and maintaining a meditation and mindfulness practice, death and dying, overcoming anxiety and depression, battling addiction, dealing with self-esteem issues, and cultivating compassion and loving kindness. 

Amy is the co-author of Buddhism in a Nutshell – and a contributor to Living in the Path, a series of online courses produced by FPMT.

Based in the United States, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Amy teaches and leads retreats and pilgrimages around the world. Her teaching schedule and other information can be found at AmyMiller.com. 

Course Schedule

July 20 –  July 24 (Plus Bonus Day for Sponsors on July 25)

All times are based in India Standard Time. There are two separate classes every day.

• Morning Online Class:6:30am – 8:00am (Indian Standard Time)
• Evening Online Class: 6:30pm – 8:00pm (Indian Standard Time)

 

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

Recommended Reading:

• The Book of Joy – His Holiness Dalai Lama & Archbishop Desmond Tutu

 

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:

• 12 live Zoom sessions (including Bonus Day)
• Live teachings and discussion with Venerable Amy 
• Video recordings of each session
• Course materials and online resources
• A butter lamp offered on your behalf & with your special dedication on Chökhor Düchen Day
• Bonus Day – Teaching, Q&A and meditation with Venerable Amy

Supporter Level Package

$80 USD (6,000 Indian Rupees)

Includes:

• 10 live Zoom sessions
• Live teachings and discussion with Venerable Amy
• Video recordings of each session
• Course materials and online resources

Well-Wisher Level Package

$40 USD (3,000 Indian Rupees)

Includes:

• 10 sessions of recorded video of teachings and discussion with Venerable Amy
• Course materials and online resources

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.

All the timings in the schedule are on Indian Standard Time if you want to figure you the time in your country click here.