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Book Club

Join us reading and discussing! WHEN: Friday, May 27, 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. About the book in May: Book Title: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World Author: Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject was joy. Both winners of the Nobel Prize, both great spiritual masters and moral leaders of our time, they are also known for being among the most infectiously happy people on the planet. From the beginning the book was envisioned as a three-layer birthday cake: their own stories and teachings about joy, the most recent findings in the science of deep happiness, and the daily practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives. Both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu have been tested by great personal and national adversity, and here they share their personal stories of struggle and renewal. PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: free Language: English Level: open for everyone Registration: Register here

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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Introduction to Meditation

ONSITE & ONLINE Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, 8002, Switzerland

Introduction to Meditation is open to anyone who is interested to begin a meditation practice and to join our weekly Shamatha meditation when we put these skills into practice. WHEN: Monday, June 13, 2022 05.45 - 06.45 pm CEST WHERE: Onsite & Online LEVEL: All levels, beginners welcome Registration: Registration is required as this short introduction is offered based on demand. REGISTER HERE When you achieve shamatha one result is incredible mental pliancy. Your mind follows your wishes and focuses wherever you like for as long as you like. - Geshe Lhundub Sopa Shamatha means ‘to abide in peace’. It is the practice of tranquillity or stabilizing meditation – a method of allowing the mind to be more focused, calm and relaxed.  This short introduction to meditation is offered for those curious about what meditation is and is not. Instructions on Shamatha meditation will be taught in this short 60 minutes together. Participants have the opportunity to stay with us for one more hour of Shamatha practices after this introduction.  It's also suitable for those who would like in-person guidance. Participating in our weekly Monday Shamatha mediation (19:00 - 20:00) is open without registration. Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/910346209?pwd=ajRQQlk5NTM1aHJlZ2Z0UGtnUy9BQT09 Meeting ID: 910 346 209 Password: 068950 PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 0 - 20 CHF.  No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate upon online (via Paypal, Twint or E-Banking). Language: English Level: No prior knowledge required. Registration: Registration for the introduction is required: REGISTER HERE  

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

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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Discovering Buddhism: Intensive Practice Day

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Discover practices that develop our innate qualities of compassion. Apply these techniques in meditation to generate the mind of bodhichitta, known as the very heart of Buddha’s teachings. WHEN: Sunday, June 26, 10:00 am - 04.00 pm (CET – Zurich) WHERE: Online and onsite LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced REGISTRATION: REGISTER HERE Each FPMT Discovering Buddhism course ends with an intensive practice day, which is designed to review the material one more time and to practice the meditations in a retreat setting. It can also be a great way to get a summary of the course, if you did not have the chance to attend regularly. Everyone is welcome. Schedule 10.00 am – 12.00 pm  Meditation 1 & 2 12.00 pm – 02.00 pm  Lunch break – Bring a vegetarian dish to share! 02.00 pm – 04.00 pm  Meditation 3 & 4   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.   PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: You would make us very happy by supporting us with a donation. Suggested donation is 0 – 50 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

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 Medicine Buddha Puja

Medicine Buddha Puja

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Join our monthly Medicine Buddha Puja! WHEN:  Monthly on Saturdays, 5:00 - 7:00 pm CEST WHERE: online & onsite 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 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 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!

HHDL Birthday Celebration

Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, Zurich, Switzerland

Happy Birthday! We will spend this evening together to celebrate His Holiness Dalai Lama's birthday.   WHEN: Wednesday, 6. July, 07.00 pm - 09.30 pm CET CATEGORY: Buddhist Practice, Meditation and Coming Together LEVEL: Everyone is welcome Join us via Zoom or at the Lhagsam location. Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88981082038?pwd=NENXMVdlaVhnaXQvaWVXT0oxSGppQT09 Meeting ID: 889 8108 2038 Passcode: 707984 For as long as space remains, for as long as sentien beings remain, until then may I too remain to dispel the miseries of the world. - Shantideva The evening's program is: 7.00-7.15: Welcome Bring your own flowers, candles, candy, cake or whichever you find suitable Lhagsam offering a cake to HHDL If you join us on zoom, you can likewise offer from your side of the screen 7.15-8.30: Avalokiteshvara Guru Yoga We’ll recite the Sadhana ”The Inseparability of the Spiritual Master and Avalokiteshvara” - composed by HH the 14th Dalai Lama We’ll do 1000 Mani Chants on the mala and dedicate these to HHDL 8.30-8.40: Break 8.40-9.10: Tonglen We’ll meditate on giving and taking, Tonglen 9.15-9.30: Longlife Prayers to His Holiness and Dedication Prayers You can join for any part of the program! PRACTICAL INFORMATION Level: No prior knowledge required Language: English Cost: Suggested donation is 0 - 15 CHF. Noone will be turned away due to lack of funds. Find out how to donate here.

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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Death Café

Museum Rietberg Gablerstrasse 15., 8002, Zürich, Switzerland

We are organising a Death Cafe picnic edition! At a Death Cafe people gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. WHEN: July 9, 4:30 – 7 pm CET WHERE: Museum Rietberg (at Lhagsam in case of rain) LEVEL: Everybody is welcome! REGISTRATION: Registration is required, please REGISTER HERE The objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'. A Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counselling session. This event is organized by Lhagsam members with the simple wish of bringing people together, sharing our thoughts and creating connections. The Death Cafes are always offered: On a not for profit basis In an accessible, respectful and confidential space With no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product or course of action Alongside refreshing drinks and nourishing food – and cake! The Death Cafe model was developed by Jon Underwood and Sue Barsky Reid from the UK. The idea originates with the Swiss sociologist and anthropologist Bernard Crettaz (fr), who organized the first café mortel in 2004. If the weather allows, we will meet in front of the Museum Rietberg and then find a nice spot to sit. There are benches, but please bring a blanket or whatever you need to make yourself comfortable. In case of bad weather, we will meet at Lhagsam. Please register, so we can send you more information some days in advance. PRACTICAL INFORMATION About the Death Café: This is a religiously neutral event, open for everybody to participate and share Level: No prior knowledge required Language: We speak German and English. Registration: REGISTER HERE Cost: Free (donations welcome)