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Online Weekend Teachings – Bardo – 5-6 December

The Centre Culturel Tibétain is happy to announce an online weekend teaching by Lama Jigmé Namgyal on the bardo of life and the bardo of dying. The teaching will be given online, through webinar.

The Bardo of life and of dying
 
There is no distinction as to religious, cultural or social background, the truth is that everyone has a life and everyone will die one day. According to the wisdom of Buddha we can actually use our lives to prepare for death. In the Buddhist approach, life and death are seen as one whole, where death is the beginning of another chapter of life. Death is a mirror in which the entire meaning of life is reflected. This view is central to the most ancient school of Tibetan Buddhism.
 
Bardo (Tib. བར་དོ་) is a Tibetan word that simply means a ‘transition’ or a gap between the completion of one situation and the onset of another. ‘Bar’ means ‘in between’ and ‘do’ means ‘suspended’ or ‘thrown’.
 
The word bardo is commonly used to denote the intermediate state between death and rebirth, but in reality, bardos are occurring continuously throughout both life and death, and are junctures when the possibility of liberation, or enlightenment, is heightened.
 
One of the central characteristics of the bardos is that they are periods of deep uncertainty. This uncertainty, which already pervades everything now, becomes even more intense, even more accentuated after we die.
 
During this weekend Lama Jigmé Namgyal will teach about the bardo of life and the bardo of dying.

Language: English.

Where: Online. You will receive a zoom link.

When:
Saturday, 5 December:  10:00-13:00
Sunday, 6 December: 10:00-13:00

Price:
Non-members: 40 €/weekend
Sustaining members of CCT: 36 €/weekend
Donating members of CCT and PCL: 30 €/weekend
Students, unemployed, retired: 20 €/weekend

Please pay by bank transfer to the Centre’s account:

IBAN: LU79 1111 2413 8246 0000 / BIC: CCPLLULL,
Centre Culturel Tibétain, Asbl
Reference: Bardo (and your name)

In Tibetan Buddhism, students traditionally make a donation to their teachers for special teachings. Such donations can be done directly to the Phuntsok Namgyal Ling Foundation, as it will be a contribution to Lama Jigmé’s project to buy a piece of land where practitioners can do serious retreats and studies.

Please register by sending an email to events@tibetculture.lu

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Eight Consciousnesses – 9-16 October – in Rotterdam or online

The Tibetan Buddhist center Phuntsok Chö Ling is organizing a study week in Rotterdam on The Eight Consciousnesses. Members of CCT and students of Lama Jigmé can also participate online.
Please find below all information.

The Eight Consciousnesses

Lama Jigmé Namgyal will give teachings during an eight day study week. The teachings are (except for the Friday night) given in the mornings, so there will be a possibility to reflect and meditate in the afternoon. For members of Phuntsok Chö Ling and Centre Culturel Tibetain it is possible to attend the teachings online. The subject of the teachings is: the eight consciousnesses.

The eight consciousnesses are explained in the Buddhist philosophy. They are a classification developed in the tradition of the Yogacara school of Buddhism. The eight consciousnesses are the five senses supplemented by the mind, defilements of the mind and finally kunzi namshe. This last one is the ground consciousness, or storehouse of the mind, which is the basis for the other seven and therefore the basis for our emotions and thoughts, our happiness and suffering. Causes, conditions, and interdependence is necessary for things to arise in the mind; they don’t appear without reason. To free ourselves from suffering we need to first understand the cause of our suffering. To understand the cause of suffering we need to understand our mind and how the eight consciousnesses are interconnected.

Practical information

Date: Friday 9 until Friday 16 October 2020
Participation: Weekend Fri/Sun; Midweek Mon/Fri; Full study week Fri/Fri
Location: Phuntsok Chö Ling, Oostkousdijk 17b, 3024 CL Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Time: Friday 9 October: 19.30 to 21.30h;
Saturday 10 until Friday 16 October:  10.00 to 13.00h
Language: English
Other: No lunch is included

For questions or comments, please contact: events@phuntsokcholing.org

Registration: https://my.phuntsokcholing.org/shop/event?wsID=97

Tickets

Regular, full event: € 170, weekend: € 60, midweek € 110, online full event € 110
Members, full event: € 120, weekend € 40, midweek € 80, online full event € 80

Discounts are available for students or people with low income. For more information, check the options when you click for registration (= Aanmelden in Dutch).

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Event Retreat

Chöd Summer study week – 10-19 July – in Rotterdam or online

The Tibetan Buddhist center Phuntsok Chö Ling is organizing a Chöd Summer study week in Rotterdam. It is also possible to participate online.

Dudjom Lingpa’s Chöd

Study Week Summer 2020
Friday 10th – Sunday 19th of July

After a period in which traveling was prohibited, we are delighted to welcome Lama Jigmé Namgyal back to our centre in Rotterdam.
 
During a 10-day Summer study week Lama Jigmé will be teaching about the practice of Chöd. Chöd is Tibetan and literally translates to ‘cutting through’. Chöd is practiced as a skillful means to cut through obstacles like our own disruptive emotions, also referred to as inner enemies.

Chöd contains the entirety of the Mahayana teachings, combining skilful means (bodhicitta) with wisdom (prajnaparamita), as well as tantric visualization and pure perception. Different forms of Chöd are practiced in Dzogchen, the great perfection. Successful practice allows the practitioner to abide in the natural state of rigpa, free from fear.

In the Dudjom Tersar Tröma Nagmo Chöd lineage, which started with the great master and treasure revealer Dudjom Lingpa, Lama Jigmé Namgyal is the fourth teacher. It’s a very short and unbroken lineage, as a result, Lama Jigmé’s teachings are straight from an authentic source.

The study week can be followed by anyone who has previously received Chöd instructions. If this is not the case, but you do have sufficient knowledge on the basic principles of Buddhist views, please contact us for consultation.

Questions or comments? Please contact: events@phuntsokcholing.org

Online and physically present attendees

Due to Corona virus regulations a maximum of 20 people are allowed at our centre. Therefore the study week can also be followed online via Zoom meetings. This option has reduced prices.

People who register to be present at the temple, are asked to also partially follow the study week online. Depending on the number of participants, we will inform you which days we ask you to follow the teachings online and which days you are welcome at the temple. On online days we ask you to not come to the temple as we cannot let you enter.
 
Exceptions are made for people of our event team that perform crucial tasks and for those who have not attended a Chöd study week before.

Practicalities

Date:   Friday 10th until Sunday 19th of July 2020 

Participation options: Weekend FRI – SUN;
Midweek MON – SUN; 
Full study week FRI – SUN.

Location:   Online via Zoom and/or:
Phuntsok Chö Ling
Oostkousdijk 17B
3024 CL Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Time:   Friday 10th of July: 19:30 – 21:30H;
Saturday 11th – Sunday 19th July: 10:00 to 13:00H.

Language:   English 

Other:   unlike previous study weeks, lunches will not be served
Prices:   Standard 10 day study week  € 240,- 
Webinar 10 day study week  € 180,- 
 
Discounts available for members of PCL and CCT, and students or people with low income. For weekend and midweek prices and more information, check the options when you click registration (= AANMELDEN in Dutch).
 
We look forward welcoming you to these profound teachings. 
 
Register now for your online or offline spot: https://www.phuntsokcholing.org/agenda/detail/?oswsID=95

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Online weekend teachings – The Bardo of life and the Bardo of dying – 12-14 June

The Centre Culturel Tibétain is happy to announce an online weekend teaching by Lama Jigmé Namgyal on the bardo of life and the bardo of dying. The teaching will be given online, through webinar.

The Bardo of life and of dying
 
There is no distinction as to religious, cultural or social background, the truth is that everyone has a life and everyone will die one day. According to the wisdom of Buddha we can actually use our lives to prepare for death. In the Buddhist approach, life and death are seen as one whole, where death is the beginning of another chapter of life. Death is a mirror in which the entire meaning of life is reflected. This view is central to the most ancient school of Tibetan Buddhism.
 
Bardo (Tib. བར་དོ་) is a Tibetan word that simply means a ‘transition’ or a gap between the completion of one situation and the onset of another. ‘Bar’ means ‘in between’ and ‘do’ means ‘suspended’ or ‘thrown’.
 
The word bardo is commonly used to denote the intermediate state between death and rebirth, but in reality, bardos are occurring continuously throughout both life and death, and are junctures when the possibility of liberation, or enlightenment, is heightened.
 
One of the central characteristics of the bardos is that they are periods of deep uncertainty. This uncertainty, which already pervades everything now, becomes even more intense, even more accentuated after we die.
 
During this weekend Lama Jigmé Namgyal will teach about the bardo of life and the bardo of dying.

Language: English. On Friday and Saturday Lama Jigme will be teaching in his mother language Tibetan, with translation to English by Dr. Dylan Esler.

Where: Online. You will receive a zoom link.

When:
Friday,     12 June: 19:30-21:30
Saturday, 13 June:  9:30-13:00
Sunday,    14 June: 9:30-13:00

Price:
Non-members: 60 €/weekend
Sustaining members of CCT: 54 €/weekend
Donating members of CCT and PCL: 45 €/weekend
Students, unemployed, retired: 30 €/weekend

Please pay by bank transfer to the Centre’s account:

IBAN: LU79 1111 2413 8246 0000 / BIC: CCPLLULL,
Centre Culturel Tibétain, Asbl
Reference: Bardo (and your name)

In Tibetan Buddhism, students traditionally make a donation to their teachers for special teachings. Such donations can be done directly to the Phuntsok Namgyal Ling Foundation, as it will be a contribution to Lama Jigmé’s project to buy a piece of land where practitioners can do serious retreats and studies.

Please register by sending an email to events@tibetculture.lu

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Online Public Lecture – Finding stability in times of change – 9 May

On Saturday May 9th, Lama Jigmé will give an online public lecture: “Finding stability in times of change” (10am CEST).

If you want to join the lecture please register by sending an email to info@phuntsoknamgyalling.org. 
 
If we are attentive to our own experience, we will see that everything is constantly changing: this holds true not only for the outer world, including the economic and political realities that shape society but also for our friends and family, and also for our emotions. Although we may not always realize this, sometimes change can be for the best. If we try to artificially stop change, we cause more suffering, because we are resisting the very nature of reality. The point is to learn to influence the causes and conditions that bring about both suffering and happiness, and to find inner stability in the midst of change.
 
This session is open to all, irrespective of religion, background or nationality.
 
Location: Online
When: Saturday May 9th 2020
Time: 10:00 – 12:00 CEST
Register: info@phuntsoknamgyalling.org (we will send you a link upon payment of the fee)
Price: 10,- (or more if you wish). It will be a contribution to Lama’s project to buy a piece of land where practitioners can do serious retreats and studies. 

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Online Facilitators’ Workshop 11 April 2020

Dear friends,

we invite you to take part in our online seminar:

HOW TO GUIDE COMMUNICATION PROCESSES BASED ON A PRACTICE OF MEDITATION

This seminar is open to everybody. No special preparation or certain level of practice is necessary.

When:   11 April 2020 from 10:00 to 14:00
Where:  online (we will send you an invitation link to Zoom)

More information here.

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Online Vajrasattva Study Weekeend

Dear friends,

The Tibetan Buddhist center Phuntsok Chö Ling is organizing a online Vajrasattva Weekend from 3 to 5 April.
 

Online Study Weekend | The Healing Meditation of Vajrasattva

Friday 3 until Sunday 5 April 2020

Lama Jigmé Namgyal will give teaching this study weekend on the practice of Vajrasattva. He will teach online and because of that it will be able for everyone to attend this weekend. After you have registered you will get a link for the webinar, so you can attend the teachings from home or anywhere you like.

This practice is a powerful method of purification and has great healing power for body and mind. In these turbulent times, where diseases and fear are playing important roles, it is beneficial to meditate and reflect on the wisdom of this practice.

Through the meditation of Vajrasattva and the process of purification, we are acknowledging that we have knowingly and unknowingly done, said, and thought many things that were not beneficial and were often quite harmful. To maximize the potency of Vajrasattva practice, we rely on what are called the four opponent powers: support, regret, resolution and action. 

In the absolute sense there is nothing to be purified, no one purifying, and no act of purification. But since we cannot seem to leave it at that, the defilements and obscurations arise. In the illusory perception of our ego-clinging, we experience endless suffering. Since we feel a need for purification, we have this practice as a relative skillful means.

With years of experience as a teacher in the west, Lama Jigmé Namgyal teaches with humor, practical examples and careful.

The weekend is intended for people that want to know more about this practice and the wisdom behind it. Knowledge of Buddhism or meditation is not needed, the method is suitable for everyone.

If you have any questions or perhaps doubts about whether this weekend suits you well, please contact us at: events@phuntsokcholing.org

Practical information
Online study weekend, whereby you can use the chat function to ask questions or react on the teachings. Lama Jigmé teaches in English.

Time schedule
Friday:  19.30 – 21.30; 
Saturday and Sunday:  10.00 – 13.00

Prices
Regular: € 53
Regular minimum: € 45
Members: € 38
Member minimum: € 30

Please register here.

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Tenzin Pamo 1 March 2020 at the CCT

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“Kalachakra – l’éveil” in Ciné Utopia 28 February

The Centre Culturel Tibétain is happy to announce that it is organizing a special cinema event on Friday, 28 February 2020, in Ciné Utopia.

“Kalachakra – l’éveil”  is a documentary feature film directed by Natalie Fuchs and it was released in September 2017.

Immersed in the colorful and vibrant setting of Dharamsala, India, the woman and 3 other individuals from very different backgrounds come together to face their deepest fears as they approach the transformational power of the Kalachakra initiation. Through this film, we enter and discover an ancient and yet unknown dimension where death meets life, a dimension which changes someone forever.

For more information see here.

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Thangka Painting Workshop – 1 March 2020

The Centre Culturel Tibétain is happy to invite you once again to a Thangka painting workshop led by Tharpen Lingtsang, the son of Gega Lama, on 1 March 2020. 

For more information, please visit the page of the event here.