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Autumn city retreat in the Netherlands – The Bardos – 18-25 Oct.

The Tibetan Buddhist center Phuntsok Chö Ling in Rotterdam is organizing its Autumn city retreat* from Friday 18 until Friday 25 October 2019

This city retreat* is about the bardos of living and dying. These seven days, filled with teachings and meditation, take place in our temple in Rotterdam from Friday 18th till Friday 25th of October 2019. It’s also possible to attend only the weekend or midweek.

Bardo is a Tibetan word that simply means ‘transition’ or ‘intermediate state’. A gap between the completion of one situation and the onset of another. The word bardo is commonly used to denote the intermediate state between death and rebirth. In reality, bardos are occurring continuously throughout both life and death. They are seen as unique moments whereby the possibility of liberation or enlightenment is heightened. 

During this profound week Lama Jigmé will teach about impermanence in order to become more aware of and accepting it. This can help in everyday life to deal with loss and setbacks easier and eventually lead to less (or no) fear during the transition to the bardo of death.

The retreat is open for everyone. Therefore we appreciate it if you share our email with other people in your network who might be interested in this subject.

Practical information

Dates
Friday 18 until Friday 25 October 2019 

Participation

  • Weekend Fri – Sun;
  • Midweek Mon – Fri;
  • Full retreat Fri – Fri

Location
Phuntsok Chö Ling, Oostkousdijk 17b, 3024 CL Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Time

  • Friday 18 October 19.30 to 22.00h;
  • Saturday 19 until Friday 25 October: 09.30 to 17.00h

Language
English with simultaneous translation into Dutch

Extra
Daily vegetarian / vegan lunch is included

Please note! We offer an early bird discount when booked before 27th of September 2019! 

Please check PCL website for more information and the different prices: phuntsokcholing.org. For questions or comments, please contact: events@phuntsokcholing.org.

* It’s good to realise that what we call a retreat here in the West, strictly speaking and traditionally, is not a real retreat, since we sleep at home or in a hostel or hotel and follow the teachings during the day. For that reason we call the retreats held in our temple ‘city retreats’.

“Impermanence is my best friend, everything is temporary. Everything is like the weather, good and bad, it comes and goes.”

~ Lama Jigmé Namgyal

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Courses

Courses – Autumn 2019

Dear friends,

We are pleased to announce that the registrations for the upcoming courses starting in January are open.
Please check the information about the courses here.

For organisational reasons, please confirm your attendance at the courses by sending us an e-mail at info@tibetculture.lu.

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Retreat

The Practice of Chöd – by Lama Jigme Namgyal (in the Netherlands)

Dear friends,

The Tibetan Buddhist center Phuntsok Chö Ling is organizing a Chöd retreat from 2 to 11 August in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Chöd is a traditional Buddhist practice and taught by our Tibetan teacher Lama Jigmé Namgyal. It literally means ‘to cut through’, and is a powerful method for cutting through dualistic grasping of the mind—the origin of suffering.

Chöd is a practice for letting go of the ego, and clearing the obstacles to discover the true nature of the mind. It is an effective practice that can be learned by anyone.

Lama Jigmé explains more about the practice in the video here.

This ten-day city retreat is a unique opportunity for those interested in becoming acquainted with a practice that is not taught very often in The Netherlands.

For more information, or to register, click on one of the links below, or write to events@phuntsokcholing.org.

Following is some brief information on the ten-day retreat:

The Practice of Chöd with Lama Jigmé
Ten-day Summer Retreat
Friday 2 August – Sunday 11 August
Phuntsok Chö Ling – Oostkousdijk 17B – Rotterdam

Further information on registering and the costs for attending the weekend, the week, or the entire retreat are available on the website of Phuntsok Chö Ling.

Register here.

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Meditation

Summer group meditation – Sundays 6pm – 7pm

We are happy to announce that during the Summer break the Centre will be open for group meditation on Sundays from 6 pm to 7 pm.

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Culture Event Uncategorized

“Little Tibet” in Ciné Utopia 12 July

The Centre Culturel Tibétain is happy to announce that it is organizing a special cinema event on Friday, 12th July 2019, in Ciné Utopia, with the presence of filmmaker and actor Sonam (Nawang N. Anja-Tsang).

“Little Tibet” is a documentary by Nawang N. Anja-Tsang and Joseph Brett, published on April 5, 2011.

In this movie Sonam goes on a journey to one of the highest places on earth in search of Tibet outside of Tibet.

For more information see here.

 

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Courses Event Retreat

Introduction to Phowa Luxemburg – 22/23 June 2019

The Centre Culturel Tibétain is happy to announce that it is organizing a special weekend from Saturday 22 June to Sunday 23 June 2019 in Luxembourg during which Lama Jigmé will teach the basics of Phowa.

Phowa (Tibetan: འཕོ་བ) or the transference of consciousness, is a powerful method which enables you, if you practice it well during your life, to transfer your consciousness to a pure field at the time of death. There are many levels of transference. By becoming familiar with this method during your lifetime, the moment of death is no longer something to fear, but rather becomes a moment of spiritual triumph and liberation. As you might know, Lama Jigmé holds some very special instructions from his Phowa master, Akyong Siddhi Tulku, who was an extraordinarily accomplished master of Phowa. It is Lama Jigmé’s deepest wish to share these teachings with those who wish to receive them, and to benefit beings at the most important and most vulnerable moment of their lives, the moment of dying.

Knowledge of Buddhism or experience with meditation is not necessary, the method is suitable for everyone.

In December 2019, Lama Jigmé and the CCT will organize a 5-day Phowa retreat in Luxembourg. If you want to participate, it is advisable to follow this introduction first, unless you have previously received Phowa instruction from Lama Jigmé. 

Please be aware that this programme may not be suitable for people with certain mental health conditions. If you have a history of mental health problems, please contact the Phowa programme staff to discuss the possibility of attending. 

Practical information
Participation is only possible for the whole weekend, not for single days.

Location: Centre Culturel Tibétain, 1, rue Charlotte Engels, Luxembourg

Time: Saturday  10:00 – 12:00, 14:00 – 17:00 
              Sunday    11:00 – 13:30

Language: English

Price:  Non-members: 54 €
               Regular members of CCT: 48 €
               Donating members of CCT and members of PCL: 40 €
               Students/unemployed/retired: 27 €

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

IBAN: LU79 1111 2413 8246 0000 / BIC: CCPLLULL,
Centre Culturel Tibétain, Asbl
Reference: Introduction to Phowa 2019

Lunch is not included.

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

 

 

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Culture

Concert – Hear my prayer

The Luxembourg University Choir has organized 3 concerts entitled ‘Hear my prayer’ and will perform pieces by Bach, Barber, Jenkins, Mendelssohn. Entrance is free. Donations from all 3 concerts will go to Golog Support Foundation. See you there!

Saturday, 30 March (Trinitarian Church, Vianden), 8pm
https://eventsinluxembourg.lu/en/node/96169

Tuesday, 2 April (St. Peter & Paul Church, Bertrange), 8pm
https://eventsinluxembourg.lu/en/node/96171

Friday, 5 April (St. Joseph Church, Limpertsberg), 8pm
https://eventsinluxembourg.lu/en/node/96173

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Culture Lectures

Chaire Satsuma 2018-19, Université catholique de Louvain

Approcher la méditation bouddhique au Tibet ancien : Entre repérage doxographique et expérience contemplative
Dr Dylan Esler
 
Dates : Les jeudis 21 mars, 4 avril, 25 avril et 9 mai 2019, de 16h15 à 18h15
 
Lieu : Local C 430 (ERAS 76 FIAL) (Institut orientaliste) du Collège Érasme, Place Blaise Pascal 1, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
 
Résumé : Si la méditation fait partie intégrante du chemin bouddhique vers l’éveil, les présupposés pédagogiques concernant sa théorie et sa pratique divergent selon les différentes écoles. Ces différences sont particulièrement visibles lors des périodes de brassage culturel, lors desquelles des traditions bouddhiques issues de divers milieux se côtoient.
Une des périodes charnières de l’histoire culturelle du Tibet est celle dite de « l’âge sombre » ou « âge de la fragmentation », se situant entre la désintégration du pouvoir politique centralisé suite à l’assassinat du roi Darma Triu Dumtsen en 842 apr. J.-C. et l’introduction de nouvelles lignées bouddhiques au début du 11e s. Malgré le désarroi politique de cette époque, le bouddhisme ne disparut pas au Tibet, loin s’en faut, mais fut au contraire préservé par des maîtres tantriques qui, en-dehors des institutions monastiques, assurèrent la continuité de la transmission parmi leurs proches disciples au sein de lignées familiales.

Comme de nombreux courants bouddhiques, d’origine aussi bien indienne que chinoise, existaient au Tibet à cette époque, il incombait aux érudits tibétains de classifier ces différentes traditions doctrinales et contemplatives afin de parvenir à une synthèse proprement tibétaine. La classification doxographique doit donc être perçue non pas comme une forme de spéculation abstraite, mais comme un processus de clarification doctrinale qui est en dialogue avec la pratique contemplative. C’est dans cette optique que nous examinerons, lors de ce cours-conférence, une des classifications les plus anciennes et originales de cette époque, celle proposée par Nubchen Sangye Yeshe (10e s.), tout en la comparant à d’autres doxographies du même genre et en abordant la question plus large de l’interaction de l’expérience méditative et du repérage doxographique dans la construction d’une tradition contemplative.

Séance 1 : Éléments de contexte
 Les sources : les manuscrits de Dunhuang et autres témoignages – Le roi Trisong Detsen et l’établissement du bouddhisme au Tibet – Fondation du monastère de Samye – Le(s) débat(s) de Samye – L’effondrement de l’empire – La figure de Nubchen Sangye Yeshe

Séance 2 : Portrait croisé de doxographies tibétaines
Profusion des classements doxographiques – Schémas de quatre, neuf et douze véhicules – Points de convergences et de divergences entre ces schémas

Séance 3 : Comparaison du Mahāyāna classique et du Chan tibétain
Les approches graduelle et simultanée – L’enjeu politique d’une différence doctrinale

Séance 4 : Comparaison de la voie tantrique et du Dzogchen
Le Mahāyoga tantrique au Tibet – La consolidation du Dzogchen – Les liens entre affinité contemplative et construction doxographique

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Courses

Courses – Spring 2019

Dear friends,

We are pleased to announce that the registrations for the upcoming courses starting in April are open.
Please check the information about the courses here.

For organisational reasons, please confirm your attendance at the courses by sending us an e-mail at info@tibetculture.lu.

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Lama

Phowa Ireland 26-28 April 2019

Lama Jigmé will be returning to Ireland for a weekend of teachings on Phowa, also described as transference of consciousness at the moment of death.

When:
Friday 26th April – 7.30 pm
Sat. 27th and Sun. 28th April – 10 am to 5 pm

Where: 
“Center” Feakle, County Clare (V94W2Y8), Ireland
 
Cost for weekend:
€120 (nonresidential, lunch included. Concessions available)

This is a very special opportunity to receive teachings on this unique practice. Lama Jigmé  is happy for people to receive this teaching regardless of how familiar or not they may be with the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Initially he hesitated to teach such a profound  method  in the West but knowing how efficacious the practice is and seeing how some people may benefit from understanding something of the nature of the transitional consciousness at the moment of death, he has decided that it is timely to offer this instruction now.

Although to a complete newcomer some of the concepts and ways of seeing embodied in this practice may seem hard to grasp, there is no doubt that everyone will come away with a deeper understanding and for those who wish to build on this, there will be many opportunities in the future to do so.

Lama will teach in English with regular intervals to  summarise any difficult points and clarify any mispronunciations by him of the English terms.

A  light lunch will be provided. 

For those needing or wanting overnight accommodation nearby, the Clare Ecolodge (situated in Feakle village, less than 1 mile from Center) is offering us very reasonable rates for single, double & dormitory-style rooms. They will also provide an ample continental breakfast (again for a very good price).  We can really recommend it. Please contact Vicki for more info, or contact the Ecolodge  at  loughnaneshostel@gmail.com, quoting Rates for Vicki at Center. 

There are also various AIRBNB possibilities in the vicinity.

It is intended to restrict the numbers attending to 20 people. Those wishing to attend should register their intention by email please, as soon as possible.  Registration is secured on receipt of a deposit of €50 before April 15th.  (Methods for payment will be sent to you personally on receipt of your registration email).

There are possibilities that those who wish to attend but who are unable to pay the full amount may avail of a reduction.

Contact buddhalarung@gmail.com for registration and event details.