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Retreat Day (onsite only)

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Our monthly meditation retreat day at Lhagsam WHEN: Saturday February  26th, 10.30 - 16.00 WHERE: Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation LEVEL: All levels, beginners welcome If you would like to join, please send an email to info@lhagsam.ch to check whether there are still spaces available. "Meditation gives us breathing space in the mind; it gives us the space to experience. Normally our lives are so cluttered that we don't even have breathing space. But meditation gives us the breathing spaceso that things can arise, so that understanding anc experience can come up. Normally we are so busythat they can't surace, because there is no room...meditation is about coming back to our silent inner spaciuousness" Tenzin Palmo How about giving yourself the gift of withdrawing from this busy world for a day?  Turn off your phone, be in silence, settle your mind and look inwardly instead of following your senses to the external world. We will come together for a day of meditation. For anyone not being able to commit for the whole day, you can join half a day.  It is okay to leave or join during lunch break between 13:00 - 14:00, but please do so quietly, as we will be in silence. Beginners are encouraged to join the morning session at 10:30 AM as there would be more guidance in the morning and we will reduce interactions as we move deeper into the retreat. Schedule - 10:30 - 13:00 Setting Motivation, Shamatha Meditation - 13:00 - 14:00 lunch break - 14:00 - 16:00  Meditation, Dedication PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 30-50 CHF for the full day.  No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate upon arrival or online (via Paypal, Twint or E-Banking). Language: English Level: No prior knowledge required Registration: We will...

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Event Series Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara

Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Recently FPMT's Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recommended for Lhagsam to perform the Cittamani Tara Four-Mandala Offering Puja, everyone is welcome to join! This is to ensure a successful transition of Lhagsam to an FPMT center status, to find a great Center Director and for Lhagsam to be able to benefit numberless sentient beings. WHEN: Friday March 4, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm CET, Saturday March 5, 8.30 - 10.30 am CET Friday March 11, 4.00 pm - 6.00 pm CET, Saturday March 12, 8.30 - 10.30 am CET WHERE: Onsite & Online LEVEL: Intermediate. Some knowledge of Buddhism is of benefit but everyone is welcome! PDF: If you join us onsite, please bring your own device or printout to read the text. You can find it here: Cittamani Tara ZOOM LINK https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88296658110?pwd=djdQbGhLR2hPdnhVbGRXamcyRnRyZz09 Meeting ID: 882 9665 8110 Passcode: 940984 There are so many inner obstacles to the development of your mind, and these inner obstacles create many outer obstacles. Therefore, for the success of your Dharma practice, of your actualizing the graduated path to enlightenment, you must rely upon a special deity or Buddha, such as Tara. - Lama Zopa Rinpoche (Kopan Monastery, May 1987) It is important for Lhagsam's future that we do this practice together, therefore we invite all our friends and supporters to join us for one or more of the pujas. We have a great opportunity to collect great merit through this practice, as we will be doing it during the Days of Miracles, which this year will fall between the 3rd and 18th of March. Ven. Tsultrim will kinldy lead us through the practice. Cittamani Tara is the highest yoga tantra manifestation of the deity Tara. Tara, a female personification of the enlightened mind, is known as Tara the Liberator, an embodiment of...

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Event Series Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara

Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Recently FPMT's Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recommended for Lhagsam to perform the Cittamani Tara Four-Mandala Offering Puja, everyone is welcome to join! This is to ensure a successful transition of Lhagsam to an FPMT center status, to find a great Center Director and for Lhagsam to be able to benefit numberless sentient beings. WHEN: Friday March 4, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm CET, Saturday March 5, 8.30 - 10.30 am CET Friday March 11, 4.00 pm - 6.00 pm CET, Saturday March 12, 8.30 - 10.30 am CET WHERE: Onsite & Online LEVEL: Intermediate. Some knowledge of Buddhism is of benefit but everyone is welcome! PDF: If you join us onsite, please bring your own device or printout to read the text. You can find it here: Cittamani Tara ZOOM LINK https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88296658110?pwd=djdQbGhLR2hPdnhVbGRXamcyRnRyZz09 Meeting ID: 882 9665 8110 Passcode: 940984 There are so many inner obstacles to the development of your mind, and these inner obstacles create many outer obstacles. Therefore, for the success of your Dharma practice, of your actualizing the graduated path to enlightenment, you must rely upon a special deity or Buddha, such as Tara. - Lama Zopa Rinpoche (Kopan Monastery, May 1987) It is important for Lhagsam's future that we do this practice together, therefore we invite all our friends and supporters to join us for one or more of the pujas. We have a great opportunity to collect great merit through this practice, as we will be doing it during the Days of Miracles, which this year will fall between the 3rd and 18th of March. Ven. Tsultrim will kinldy lead us through the practice. Cittamani Tara is the highest yoga tantra manifestation of the deity Tara. Tara, a female personification of the enlightened mind, is known as Tara the Liberator, an embodiment of...

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Event Series Discovering Buddhism: REFUGE IN THE THREE JEWELS

Discovering Buddhism: REFUGE IN THE THREE JEWELS

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Find out what it means to take refuge in the Three Jewels and the essential practices of refuge. Learn about the advantage of taking lay vows and their role in enhancing our spiritual growth. WHEN: 4 Thursdays, March 3–24, 6:30 - 9.00 pm (CET – Zurich) WHERE: Online and Onsite LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced REGISTRATION: REGISTER HERE The formal entry point for becoming a Buddhist is to participate in a ceremony in which one takes refuge in – commits to rely upon – the Three Jewels or, as Lama Zopa Rinpoche says, the Three Rare Sublime Ones: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. Students will learn about absolute Buddha, Dharma and Sangha – the enlightened mind, the experiential knowledge in that mind, and the superior beings who’ve realized emptiness; and relative Buddha, Dharma and Sangha – the buddha of our time, Shakyamuni, the texts that present his teachings, and the ordained monks and nuns. Students also learn about the power of living in vows. Of the three levels of vows – those of individual liberation, the bodhisattva, and tantra – the first are taken after having taken refuge. Schedule 6:30 pm Meditation 6:50 pm Break 7:00 pm Teaching by Ven. Robina 8:30 pm Discussions 8.50 pm Conclusion & Dedication 9.00 pm End Discovering Buddhism is an FPMT study program aimed at giving Buddhist and non-Buddhist students a solid footing in the practice of Mahayana Buddhism. The program is not meant to be an academic study of Buddhism, it is meant to change our daily lives through experiential training in meditation and thought transformation. About the Teacher Ven. Robina Courtin, Australian-born, has a powerhouse personality and has been a Buddhist nun for nearly 40 years. Well known for her work with people in prisons, Ven. Robina’s life and work is the...

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Event Series Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara

Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Recently FPMT's Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recommended for Lhagsam to perform the Cittamani Tara Four-Mandala Offering Puja, everyone is welcome to join! This is to ensure a successful transition of Lhagsam to an FPMT center status, to find a great Center Director and for Lhagsam to be able to benefit numberless sentient beings. WHEN: Friday March 4, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm CET, Saturday March 5, 8.30 - 10.30 am CET Friday March 11, 4.00 pm - 6.00 pm CET, Saturday March 12, 8.30 - 10.30 am CET WHERE: Onsite & Online LEVEL: Intermediate. Some knowledge of Buddhism is of benefit but everyone is welcome! PDF: If you join us onsite, please bring your own device or printout to read the text. You can find it here: Cittamani Tara ZOOM LINK https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88296658110?pwd=djdQbGhLR2hPdnhVbGRXamcyRnRyZz09 Meeting ID: 882 9665 8110 Passcode: 940984 There are so many inner obstacles to the development of your mind, and these inner obstacles create many outer obstacles. Therefore, for the success of your Dharma practice, of your actualizing the graduated path to enlightenment, you must rely upon a special deity or Buddha, such as Tara. - Lama Zopa Rinpoche (Kopan Monastery, May 1987) It is important for Lhagsam's future that we do this practice together, therefore we invite all our friends and supporters to join us for one or more of the pujas. We have a great opportunity to collect great merit through this practice, as we will be doing it during the Days of Miracles, which this year will fall between the 3rd and 18th of March. Ven. Tsultrim will kinldy lead us through the practice. Cittamani Tara is the highest yoga tantra manifestation of the deity Tara. Tara, a female personification of the enlightened mind, is known as Tara the Liberator, an embodiment of...

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Event Series Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara

Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Recently FPMT's Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recommended for Lhagsam to perform the Cittamani Tara Four-Mandala Offering Puja, everyone is welcome to join! This is to ensure a successful transition of Lhagsam to an FPMT center status, to find a great Center Director and for Lhagsam to be able to benefit numberless sentient beings. WHEN: Friday March 4, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm CET, Saturday March 5, 8.30 - 10.30 am CET Friday March 11, 4.00 pm - 6.00 pm CET, Saturday March 12, 8.30 - 10.30 am CET WHERE: Onsite & Online LEVEL: Intermediate. Some knowledge of Buddhism is of benefit but everyone is welcome! PDF: If you join us onsite, please bring your own device or printout to read the text. You can find it here: Cittamani Tara ZOOM LINK https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88296658110?pwd=djdQbGhLR2hPdnhVbGRXamcyRnRyZz09 Meeting ID: 882 9665 8110 Passcode: 940984 There are so many inner obstacles to the development of your mind, and these inner obstacles create many outer obstacles. Therefore, for the success of your Dharma practice, of your actualizing the graduated path to enlightenment, you must rely upon a special deity or Buddha, such as Tara. - Lama Zopa Rinpoche (Kopan Monastery, May 1987) It is important for Lhagsam's future that we do this practice together, therefore we invite all our friends and supporters to join us for one or more of the pujas. We have a great opportunity to collect great merit through this practice, as we will be doing it during the Days of Miracles, which this year will fall between the 3rd and 18th of March. Ven. Tsultrim will kinldy lead us through the practice. Cittamani Tara is the highest yoga tantra manifestation of the deity Tara. Tara, a female personification of the enlightened mind, is known as Tara the Liberator, an embodiment of...

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Event Series Discovering Buddhism: REFUGE IN THE THREE JEWELS

Discovering Buddhism: REFUGE IN THE THREE JEWELS

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Find out what it means to take refuge in the Three Jewels and the essential practices of refuge. Learn about the advantage of taking lay vows and their role in enhancing our spiritual growth. WHEN: 4 Thursdays, March 3–24, 6:30 - 9.00 pm (CET – Zurich) WHERE: Online and Onsite LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced REGISTRATION: REGISTER HERE The formal entry point for becoming a Buddhist is to participate in a ceremony in which one takes refuge in – commits to rely upon – the Three Jewels or, as Lama Zopa Rinpoche says, the Three Rare Sublime Ones: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. Students will learn about absolute Buddha, Dharma and Sangha – the enlightened mind, the experiential knowledge in that mind, and the superior beings who’ve realized emptiness; and relative Buddha, Dharma and Sangha – the buddha of our time, Shakyamuni, the texts that present his teachings, and the ordained monks and nuns. Students also learn about the power of living in vows. Of the three levels of vows – those of individual liberation, the bodhisattva, and tantra – the first are taken after having taken refuge. Schedule 6:30 pm Meditation 6:50 pm Break 7:00 pm Teaching by Ven. Robina 8:30 pm Discussions 8.50 pm Conclusion & Dedication 9.00 pm End Discovering Buddhism is an FPMT study program aimed at giving Buddhist and non-Buddhist students a solid footing in the practice of Mahayana Buddhism. The program is not meant to be an academic study of Buddhism, it is meant to change our daily lives through experiential training in meditation and thought transformation. About the Teacher Ven. Robina Courtin, Australian-born, has a powerhouse personality and has been a Buddhist nun for nearly 40 years. Well known for her work with people in prisons, Ven. Robina’s life and work is the...

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Event Series Discovering Buddhism: REFUGE IN THE THREE JEWELS

Discovering Buddhism: REFUGE IN THE THREE JEWELS

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Find out what it means to take refuge in the Three Jewels and the essential practices of refuge. Learn about the advantage of taking lay vows and their role in enhancing our spiritual growth. WHEN: 4 Thursdays, March 3–24, 6:30 - 9.00 pm (CET – Zurich) WHERE: Online and Onsite LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced REGISTRATION: REGISTER HERE The formal entry point for becoming a Buddhist is to participate in a ceremony in which one takes refuge in – commits to rely upon – the Three Jewels or, as Lama Zopa Rinpoche says, the Three Rare Sublime Ones: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. Students will learn about absolute Buddha, Dharma and Sangha – the enlightened mind, the experiential knowledge in that mind, and the superior beings who’ve realized emptiness; and relative Buddha, Dharma and Sangha – the buddha of our time, Shakyamuni, the texts that present his teachings, and the ordained monks and nuns. Students also learn about the power of living in vows. Of the three levels of vows – those of individual liberation, the bodhisattva, and tantra – the first are taken after having taken refuge. Schedule 6:30 pm Meditation 6:50 pm Break 7:00 pm Teaching by Ven. Robina 8:30 pm Discussions 8.50 pm Conclusion & Dedication 9.00 pm End Discovering Buddhism is an FPMT study program aimed at giving Buddhist and non-Buddhist students a solid footing in the practice of Mahayana Buddhism. The program is not meant to be an academic study of Buddhism, it is meant to change our daily lives through experiential training in meditation and thought transformation. About the Teacher Ven. Robina Courtin, Australian-born, has a powerhouse personality and has been a Buddhist nun for nearly 40 years. Well known for her work with people in prisons, Ven. Robina’s life and work is the...

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Retreat Day (onsite only)

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Our monthly meditation retreat day at Lhagsam WHEN: Saturday April 2nd, 10.30 - 16.00 WHERE: Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation LEVEL: All levels, beginners welcome If you would like to join, please send an email to info@lhagsam.ch "Meditation gives us breathing space in the mind; it gives us the space to experience. Normally our lives are so cluttered that we don't even have breathing space. But meditation gives us the breathing spaceso that things can arise, so that understanding anc experience can come up. Normally we are so busythat they can't surace, because there is no room...meditation is about coming back to our silent inner spaciuousness" Tenzin Palmo How about giving yourself the gift of withdrawing from this busy world for a day?  Turn off your phone, be in silence, settle your mind and look inwardly instead of following your senses to the external world. We will come together for a day of meditation. For anyone not being able to commit for the whole day, you can join half a day.  It is okay to leave or join during lunch break between 13:00 - 14:00, but please do so quietly, as we will be in silence. Beginners are encouraged to join the morning session at 10:30 AM as there would be more guidance in the morning and we will reduce interactions as we move deeper into the retreat. Schedule - 10:30 - 13:00 Setting Motivation, Shamatha Meditation - 13:00 - 14:00 lunch break - 14:00 - 16:00  Meditation, Dedication PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 30-50 CHF for the full day.  No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate upon arrival or online (via Paypal, Twint or E-Banking). Language: English Level: No prior knowledge required Registration: We will meet at our location in Zurich. If you...

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Medicine Buddha Puja

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Join our Medicine Buddha Puja onsite or online! WHEN:  Saturday, 04:00 - 06:00 pm CET WHERE: onsite & online LEVEL: Intermediate - Advanced (beginners are welcome) Join us via Zoom under the following link and login:Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/910346209?pwd=ajRQQlk5NTM1aHJlZ2Z0UGtnUy9BQT09 Meeting ID: 867 1617 3585 Password: 637172 REQUEST DEDICATION A Medicine Buddha Puja consists of meditations, visualisations, reciting mantras, and prayers, including taking refuge and generating bodhicitta, the seven limb practice, mandala offering, followed by the request prayers. The session is concluded with dedications. The Seven Medicine Buddhas made special prayers to benefit beings of degenerate ages, hence in the sutric tradition this is considered one of the most powerful practices, which possesses the greatest and quickest blessings. This practice purifies and heals on all levels – physical, mental, spiritual and environmental. In our monthly Medicine Buddha Practice and in this Puja we will make dedications to all the beings who need help and support at the time. If you would like for us to make a special dedication to yourself, friend or family member, please fill out the Request Dedication Form. PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 0 - 20 CHF. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate upon arrival or online (via Paypal, Twint or E-Banking). Language: English Level: Intermediate - Advanced. Previous knowledge in buddhist practices is helpful. Beginners are still welcome. We will happily give you a small introduction!

Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Join this Four Mandala Tara Offerings to Cittamani practice and experience how to engage in the puja, led by Miffi Maxmillion - our teacher for Demystifying Tibetan Buddhist Rituals. We will chant praises to the 21 Taras, make long mandala offerings, strew flowers, and present offerings with the traditional hand gestures (mudras). This offering ceremony is chanted in both English and Tibetan. It is rich in symbolism. WHEN: Saturday April 30, 10.00 am – 12.00 am CETWHERE: online & onsiteLEVEL: Intermediate. Some knowledge of Buddhism is of benefit, but everyone is welcome! PDF: If you join us onsite, please bring your own device or printout to read the text. You can find it here: Cittamani Tara Join us onsite or on Zoom under the following link! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82760731053?pwd=NS9HeVgwV1cxWWF1YTJIYjIyKzZEQT09 Meeting ID: 882 9665 8110 Passcode: 940984 Cittamani Tara Puja is a highest yoga tantra practice that invokes Cittamani Tara, well-known as a source of swift assistance in all temporal and spiritual matters. She is called upon to bring success – including for situations involving family, relationships, business, and career – and for protection from all negativities and fears. She is also invoked in times of emergency, personal distress and difficulty, health problems, for the quick removal of obstacles, and when rapid wisdom is needed. Arya Tara is the manifestation of all the buddhas’ enlightened activity, and this ceremony is particularly helpful in removing obstacles, receiving help in emergencies, resolving conflicts, and energizing spiritual practice. In the aspectof Cittamani Tara, she quickly benefits the mind of those who pray to her. Tara is the guardian from all fears and anxieties. She arrives, ready to put to right the most terrible of situations. Everyone will benefit from this practice, whether they are religious or not. There will be an opportunity to make personal dedications...

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Retreat Day (onsite only)

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Our monthly meditation retreat day at Lhagsam WHEN: Saturday June 4th, 10.30 - 16.00 WHERE: Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation LEVEL: All levels, beginners welcome If you would like to join, please send an email to info@lhagsam.ch "Meditation gives us breathing space in the mind; it gives us the space to experience. Normally our lives are so cluttered that we don't even have breathing space. But meditation gives us the breathing spaceso that things can arise, so that understanding anc experience can come up. Normally we are so busythat they can't surace, because there is no room...meditation is about coming back to our silent inner spaciuousness" Tenzin Palmo How about giving yourself the gift of withdrawing from this busy world for a day?  Turn off your phone, be in silence, settle your mind and look inwardly instead of following your senses to the external world. We will come together for a day of meditation. For anyone not being able to commit for the whole day, you can join half a day.  It is okay to leave or join during lunch break between 13:00 - 14:00, but please do so quietly, as we will be in silence. Beginners are encouraged to join the morning session at 10:30 AM as there would be more guidance in the morning and we will reduce interactions as we move deeper into the retreat. Schedule - 10:30 - 13:00 Setting Motivation, Shamatha Meditation - 13:00 - 14:00 lunch break - 14:00 - 16:00  Meditation, Dedication PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 30-50 CHF for the full day.  No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate upon arrival or online (via Paypal, Twint or E-Banking). Language: English Level: No prior knowledge required Registration: We will meet at our location in Zurich. If you...

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Event Series Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga

Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga

Join us for the live online teachings with Geshe Sherab and get a deep understanding of the Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga – and learn how you can effectively implement it in your daily practice and when in retreat. WHEN: Friday June 10, 17 and 24, and July 1, 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm CETWHERE: OnlineLEVEL: Intermediate. Some basic understanding of Mahayana Buddhism is of benefit. Beginners are welcome as well! LANGUAGE: English. You can join the event here on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82963831175?pwd=cWordXRkelJxd0p3NWloemNnSHFHdz09Meeting ID: 829 6383 1175Passcode: 045673 Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga is a particularly powerful practice for receiving the blessings of one’s personal teacher and developing the realization of guru devotion. Also known as the Hundred Deities of Tushita (Ganden Lha Gyama), it is a seven-limb practice related to Lama Tsongkhapa, a great Tibetan scholar, saint, and yogi of the 14th century. This practice is much used when in LamRim retreat, to be done before the daily contemplation on the graduated path to enlightenment. During the teachings, Geshe Sherab will explain the sadhana in depth and lead the practice. Find the sadhana here: Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Lama Tsongkhapa is the founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and revitalizer of many sutra and tantra lineages and the monastic tradition in Tibet. Click here for a biography from the FPMT website.   About the Teacher Geshe Thubten Sherab was born in 1967 in a small village in the province of Manang, the western part of Nepal, to a Kagyu-Nyingma family. He entered Kopan Monastery at the age of nine and completed his geshe studies at Sera Jey monastery in South India, followed by a year at Gyumed Tantric College. He then completed retreat and teaching assignments in the United States and Asia. Since then, Geshe Sherab served the Foundation for...

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Saka Dawa

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Saka Dawa: Join us to practice together on the merit-multiplying day! WHEN: June 14, 6:00 pm  - 09:00 pm CET CATEGORY: Buddhist Practice LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89000901587?pwd=OUR3bmIxZFhlWDZHUHRDaVNkRVI0dz09 Meeting ID: 890 0090 1587 Passcode: 091386 Happy Saka Dawa! On Wednesday, June 14, is the fifteenth day of the fourth Tibetan lunar month, the day to celebrate Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing into parinirvana. Any actions done during Saka Dawa, both auspicious and harmful, are multiplied in their power. Karmic results are said to be multiplied by one hundred million times, so don't miss this precious opportunity! It is a very powerful time to practice and increase one’s commitment to both practice and study. To make the best of this special day, we do the following onsite and online: 06.00 pm Welcome 06.10 pm Equalizing and exchanging self with others incl. tonglen 06.50 pm Break 07.00 pm Recitation of the Vajra Cutter Sutra 08.20 pm Break 08.30 pm Vajrasattva Purification Meditation and dedications 09.00 pm Goodnight You can come and go as you please, if you would only like to join for one or two of the practices. If possible, bring the text for the the Sutra on your phone or tablet. You find it here: Vajra Cutter Sutra Everyone is welcome. Let’s practice together, rejoice and have a good time! PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 0 - 15 CHF. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate upon arrival or through PayPal. Language: English

Event Series Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga

Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga

Join us for the live online teachings with Geshe Sherab and get a deep understanding of the Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga – and learn how you can effectively implement it in your daily practice and when in retreat. WHEN: Friday June 10, 17 and 24, and July 1, 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm CETWHERE: OnlineLEVEL: Intermediate. Some basic understanding of Mahayana Buddhism is of benefit. Beginners are welcome as well! LANGUAGE: English. You can join the event here on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82963831175?pwd=cWordXRkelJxd0p3NWloemNnSHFHdz09Meeting ID: 829 6383 1175Passcode: 045673 Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga is a particularly powerful practice for receiving the blessings of one’s personal teacher and developing the realization of guru devotion. Also known as the Hundred Deities of Tushita (Ganden Lha Gyama), it is a seven-limb practice related to Lama Tsongkhapa, a great Tibetan scholar, saint, and yogi of the 14th century. This practice is much used when in LamRim retreat, to be done before the daily contemplation on the graduated path to enlightenment. During the teachings, Geshe Sherab will explain the sadhana in depth and lead the practice. Find the sadhana here: Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Lama Tsongkhapa is the founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and revitalizer of many sutra and tantra lineages and the monastic tradition in Tibet. Click here for a biography from the FPMT website.   About the Teacher Geshe Thubten Sherab was born in 1967 in a small village in the province of Manang, the western part of Nepal, to a Kagyu-Nyingma family. He entered Kopan Monastery at the age of nine and completed his geshe studies at Sera Jey monastery in South India, followed by a year at Gyumed Tantric College. He then completed retreat and teaching assignments in the United States and Asia. Since then, Geshe Sherab served the Foundation for...

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Event Series Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga

Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga

Join us for the live online teachings with Geshe Sherab and get a deep understanding of the Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga – and learn how you can effectively implement it in your daily practice and when in retreat. WHEN: Friday June 10, 17 and 24, and July 1, 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm CETWHERE: OnlineLEVEL: Intermediate. Some basic understanding of Mahayana Buddhism is of benefit. Beginners are welcome as well! LANGUAGE: English. You can join the event here on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82963831175?pwd=cWordXRkelJxd0p3NWloemNnSHFHdz09Meeting ID: 829 6383 1175Passcode: 045673 Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga is a particularly powerful practice for receiving the blessings of one’s personal teacher and developing the realization of guru devotion. Also known as the Hundred Deities of Tushita (Ganden Lha Gyama), it is a seven-limb practice related to Lama Tsongkhapa, a great Tibetan scholar, saint, and yogi of the 14th century. This practice is much used when in LamRim retreat, to be done before the daily contemplation on the graduated path to enlightenment. During the teachings, Geshe Sherab will explain the sadhana in depth and lead the practice. Find the sadhana here: Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Lama Tsongkhapa is the founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and revitalizer of many sutra and tantra lineages and the monastic tradition in Tibet. Click here for a biography from the FPMT website.   About the Teacher Geshe Thubten Sherab was born in 1967 in a small village in the province of Manang, the western part of Nepal, to a Kagyu-Nyingma family. He entered Kopan Monastery at the age of nine and completed his geshe studies at Sera Jey monastery in South India, followed by a year at Gyumed Tantric College. He then completed retreat and teaching assignments in the United States and Asia. Since then, Geshe Sherab served the Foundation for...

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Event Series Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga

Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga

Join us for the live online teachings with Geshe Sherab and get a deep understanding of the Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga – and learn how you can effectively implement it in your daily practice and when in retreat. WHEN: Friday June 10, 17 and 24, and July 1, 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm CETWHERE: OnlineLEVEL: Intermediate. Some basic understanding of Mahayana Buddhism is of benefit. Beginners are welcome as well! LANGUAGE: English. You can join the event here on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82963831175?pwd=cWordXRkelJxd0p3NWloemNnSHFHdz09Meeting ID: 829 6383 1175Passcode: 045673 Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga is a particularly powerful practice for receiving the blessings of one’s personal teacher and developing the realization of guru devotion. Also known as the Hundred Deities of Tushita (Ganden Lha Gyama), it is a seven-limb practice related to Lama Tsongkhapa, a great Tibetan scholar, saint, and yogi of the 14th century. This practice is much used when in LamRim retreat, to be done before the daily contemplation on the graduated path to enlightenment. During the teachings, Geshe Sherab will explain the sadhana in depth and lead the practice. Find the sadhana here: Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Lama Tsongkhapa is the founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and revitalizer of many sutra and tantra lineages and the monastic tradition in Tibet. Click here for a biography from the FPMT website.   About the Teacher Geshe Thubten Sherab was born in 1967 in a small village in the province of Manang, the western part of Nepal, to a Kagyu-Nyingma family. He entered Kopan Monastery at the age of nine and completed his geshe studies at Sera Jey monastery in South India, followed by a year at Gyumed Tantric College. He then completed retreat and teaching assignments in the United States and Asia. Since then, Geshe Sherab served the Foundation for...

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Retreat Day (onsite only)

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Our monthly meditation retreat day at Lhagsam WHEN: Saturday July 9th, 10.30 - 16.00 WHERE: Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation LEVEL: All levels, beginners welcome If you would like to join, please send an email to info@lhagsam.ch "Meditation gives us breathing space in the mind; it gives us the space to experience. Normally our lives are so cluttered that we don't even have breathing space. But meditation gives us the breathing spaceso that things can arise, so that understanding anc experience can come up. Normally we are so busythat they can't surace, because there is no room...meditation is about coming back to our silent inner spaciuousness" Tenzin Palmo How about giving yourself the gift of withdrawing from this busy world for a day?  Turn off your phone, be in silence, settle your mind and look inwardly instead of following your senses to the external world. We will come together for a day of meditation. For anyone not being able to commit for the whole day, you can join half a day.  It is okay to leave or join during lunch break between 13:00 - 14:00, but please do so quietly, as we will be in silence. Beginners are encouraged to join the morning session at 10:30 AM as there would be more guidance in the morning and we will reduce interactions as we move deeper into the retreat. Schedule - 10:30 - 13:00 Setting Motivation, Shamatha Meditation - 13:00 - 14:00 lunch break - 14:00 - 16:00  Meditation, Dedication PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 30-50 CHF for the full day.  No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate upon arrival or online (via Paypal, Twint or E-Banking). Language: English Level: No prior knowledge required Registration: We will meet at our location in Zurich. If you...

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Discovering Buddhism: Transforming Problems

Learn the disadvantages of self-cherishing and the advantages of cherishing others. Learn to employ the special techniques of mind training (lojong) to transform problems into happiness. WHEN: 4 Thursdays, July 7–28, 6:30 - 9.00 pm (CET – Zurich) WHERE: Online LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced REGISTRATION: REGISTER HERE A radical approach to the achievement of bodhichitta is to learn to greet problems with a happy mind. For the brave practitioner, this is the quickest method to eliminatethe obstacles to our development: our delusions. The various practices known in Tibetan as lojong, mind transformation, are studied in this module. Schedule 6:30 pm Meditation 6:50 pm Break 7:00 pm Teaching by Ven. Robina 8:30 pm Discussions 8.50 pm Conclusion & Dedication 9.00 pm End Discovering Buddhism is an FPMT study program aimed at giving Buddhist and non-Buddhist students a solid footing in the practice of Mahayana Buddhism. The program is not meant to be an academic study of Buddhism, it is meant to change our daily lives through experiential training in meditation and thought transformation. About the Teacher Ven. Robina Courtin, Australian-born, has a powerhouse personality and has been a Buddhist nun for nearly 40 years. Well known for her work with people in prisons, Ven. Robina’s life and work is the subject of the award-winning documentary ‘Chasing Buddha‘. She teaches full time around the world at the centers of her teachers’ organization, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Read more PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: You would make us very happy by supporting us with a donation. Suggested donation is 0 – 30 CHF. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate online (via Paypal, Twint or E-Banking). Language: English. Level: Beginner to Advanced. Registration: REGISTER HERE

Discovering Buddhism: Transforming Problems

Learn the disadvantages of self-cherishing and the advantages of cherishing others. Learn to employ the special techniques of mind training (lojong) to transform problems into happiness. WHEN: 4 Thursdays, July 7–28, 6:30 - 9.00 pm (CET – Zurich) WHERE: Online LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced REGISTRATION: REGISTER HERE A radical approach to the achievement of bodhichitta is to learn to greet problems with a happy mind. For the brave practitioner, this is the quickest method to eliminatethe obstacles to our development: our delusions. The various practices known in Tibetan as lojong, mind transformation, are studied in this module. Schedule 6:30 pm Meditation 6:50 pm Break 7:00 pm Teaching by Ven. Robina 8:30 pm Discussions 8.50 pm Conclusion & Dedication 9.00 pm End Discovering Buddhism is an FPMT study program aimed at giving Buddhist and non-Buddhist students a solid footing in the practice of Mahayana Buddhism. The program is not meant to be an academic study of Buddhism, it is meant to change our daily lives through experiential training in meditation and thought transformation. About the Teacher Ven. Robina Courtin, Australian-born, has a powerhouse personality and has been a Buddhist nun for nearly 40 years. Well known for her work with people in prisons, Ven. Robina’s life and work is the subject of the award-winning documentary ‘Chasing Buddha‘. She teaches full time around the world at the centers of her teachers’ organization, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Read more PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: You would make us very happy by supporting us with a donation. Suggested donation is 0 – 30 CHF. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate online (via Paypal, Twint or E-Banking). Language: English. Level: Beginner to Advanced. Registration: REGISTER HERE