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MAHAMUDRA RETREAT WITH PAULA CHICHESTER

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Join us for this two-day retreat with Paula Chichester, giving us talks and guided meditations on how we engage compassionate feelings within a Mahamudra awareness in order to empower our inner nature with restorative healing and complete wholeness, to share with all beings. WHEN: Saturday, 12 November, 10 am – 5 pm  WHEN: Sunday 13 November, 10 am – 3 pm WHERE: Onsite and Online LEVEL: Open for everyone, but some knowledge is of benefit You can join the event here on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86427893078?pwd=VEswcXZpWk56MmtmcVZuODMySHgxUT09 Meeting ID: 864 2789 3078 Passcode: 248464 Mahamudra, a Sanskrit word meaning “great seal,” refers to an advanced and sophisticated system of meditation on the nature of the mind, and the realizations gained through it. Having a focus shifting from the content to the experience of the experience, the ultimate goal is to achieve a non-dual awareness by observing emptiness (Sanskrit: Shunyata) like “a mindful fish not even stirring the water while swimming”. Each day will start with a short guru yoga based on “The Yoga of the Inseparability of the Guru and Avalokiteshvara”, which Paula Chichester will introduce in depth on Friday 11 November.   Paula Chichester is known for her friendly, experiential teaching style that evolves from 4 decades of training in Tibetan Buddhist meditation, healing arts, yoga and chi gong. Her ability to distill and impart the essence of these disciplines is inspired by her teacher, Lama Thubten Yeshe. Read more PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 0 – 80 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: Open for everyone, but this is meant as a basic introduction.

Event Series Mahamudra Retreat with Paula Chichester

Mahamudra Retreat with Paula Chichester

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Join us for this two-day retreat with Paula Chichester, giving us talks and guided meditations on how we engage compassionate feelings within a Mahamudra awareness in order to empower our inner nature with restorative healing and complete wholeness, to share with all beings. WHEN: Saturday, 12 November, 10 am – 5 pm  WHEN: Sunday 13 November, 10 am – 3 pm WHERE: Onsite and Online LEVEL: Open for everyone, but some knowledge is of benefit You can join the event here on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86427893078?pwd=VEswcXZpWk56MmtmcVZuODMySHgxUT09 Meeting ID: 864 2789 3078 Passcode: 248464 Mahamudra, a Sanskrit word meaning “great seal,” refers to an advanced and sophisticated system of meditation on the nature of the mind, and the realizations gained through it. Having a focus shifting from the content to the experience of the experience, the ultimate goal is to achieve a non-dual awareness by observing emptiness (Sanskrit: Shunyata) like “a mindful fish not even stirring the water while swimming”. Each day will start with a short guru yoga based on “The Yoga of the Inseparability of the Guru and Avalokiteshvara”, which Paula Chichester will introduce in depth on Friday 11 November.   Paula Chichester is known for her friendly, experiential teaching style that evolves from 4 decades of training in Tibetan Buddhist meditation, healing arts, yoga and chi gong. Her ability to distill and impart the essence of these disciplines is inspired by her teacher, Lama Thubten Yeshe. Read more PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 0 – 80 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: Open for everyone, but this is meant as a basic introduction.

Lhabab Duchen

ONLINE ONLY

Join us to practice together on this merit-multiplying day! WHEN: Tuesday November 15, 5.00 - 9.00 pm CET WHERE: Online LEVEL: Open for everyone Join us on Zoom under the following link and login. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81432541643?pwd=QXJuVW5QUVBXN2ZMaWxKb2tUcFFudz09 Meeting ID: 814 3254 1643 Passcode: 940434 Lhabab Duchen celebrates Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s return to the Earth from the God-Realm of the Thirty-Three after teaching the Dharma for several months to the Gods, including his mother, Mayadevi, who died a week after Buddha’s birth and had been reborn in this realm. Due to Lhabab Duchen being a merit-multiplying day, the karmic results of any actions done on this day are multiplied 100 million times. To make the best of this special day, we do the following practices: 5.00 pm Welcome 5.10 pm Golden Light Sutra Recitation 6.30 pm Break 6.40 pm Tonglen Meditation 7.20 pm Break 7.30 pm Green Tara Practice 8.45 pm Dedications 9.00 pm End The most beneficial thing to have peace and to stop the wars is recitation of the Golden Light Sutra. This is the most beneficial thing to bring peace, everyone should try to do this, no matter how busy they are, even to recite one or two pages, even a few lines.  So by reciting the whole text is unbelievably beneficial, one collects extensive merits, liberates numberless sentient beings from the oceans of suffering and brings them to enlightenment. – Lama Zopa Rinpoche Read more about the benefits of reciting the Golden Light Sutra here. You can come and go as you please, if you would only like to join for one or two of the practices. Everyone is welcome. Let’s practice together, rejoice and have a good time! PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 0 - 20 CHF. No one will be turned away due to lack of...

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Retreat Day (Onsite Only)

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Please note the changed times for Saturday November 20th: 12.30 -16h WHEN: Sunday November 20th, 12.30 - 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 half a day?  Turn off your phone, be in silence, settle your mind and look inwardly instead of following your senses to the external world.   Schedule - 12:30 - 14:00 Setting Motivation, Shamatha Meditation - 14:00 - 14:15 Tea break - 14:15 - 16:00  Meditation, Dedication PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 0-30CHF 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 would like to join, please send an email to info@lhagsam.ch

Book Club

ONLINE ONLY

Join us reading and discussing! WHEN: Saturday, November 26th 2022, 7 - 9 pm CET WHERE: Online LEVEL: The book club is open to anyone who is interested to meet and discuss the books we read Please note that registration is required. Register here Join our relaxed and easy-going book club! You find more information here. Book Title: Enlightened Vagabond: The Life and Teachings of Patrul Rinpoch Author: Matthieu Ricard Colorful stories about and profound teachings of Patrul Rinpoche, one of the most impactful teachers and thinkers in the Tibetan tradition from the nineteenth century. The life and teachings of the wandering yogi Patrul Rinpoche - a revered Buddhist master and scholar of nineteenth-century Tibet - come alive in true stories gathered and translated by the French Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard over more than thirty years, based on the oral accounts of great contemporary teachers as well as written sources. Patrul's life story reveals the nature of a highly realized being as he transmits the Dharma in everything he does, teaching both simple nomads and great lamas in ways that are often unconventional and even humorous, but always with uncompromising authenticity PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: free Language: English Level: open for everyone Registration: Register here

Event Series Medicine Buddha Practice

Medicine Buddha Practice

ONLINE ONLY

Join our monthly Medicine Buddha practice! WHEN:  Monthly on Fridays, 7.00 - 8.30 pm CET WHERE: 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 Practice consists of meditations, visualizations, 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 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!