À propos du cours

This five-week recorded course introduces the short daily practice of White Tara, l'un des bodhisattvas de compassion les plus célèbres du bouddhisme tibétain. Emanated from the tears of the compassionate Avalokiteshvara, peaceful White Tara is said to witness the suffering of beings through her seven eyes, and she soothes their fear, calms their anguish, heals their suffering—both individual and communal—and extends their lives. This is a lineage practice particularly relied upon in times of domestic and community turmoil and disharmony, and when personal or family health is threatened.

White Tara practices have long been popular in Kagyu and Nyingma communities; this particular short practice was composed years ago by Sakyong Mipham to soothe illness, disharmony, and suffering in the Shambhala community.

The lung (transmission de lecture) qui seront fournis, and the course will be comprised of practice sessions and talks on compassion practice and the tradition of White Tara.

Prérequis: This course is open to practitioners who have a grounding in mindfulness meditation (at least one year) and who are ready to commit to a compassion practice.

Program Details

This course is comprised of talks recorded at Drala Mountain Center’s White Tara program in April, 2019. It also includes the lung (transmission de lecture) for the practice, pourparlers, contemplations, live group practice, and an online discussion forum. To practice on your own, you need to have received the lung and have taken the Refuge Vow. (Group practice is open to all.)

Le cours est asynchrone. Vous pouvez visionner les conférences enregistrées à votre convenance. Live sessions were recorded and are available within the course.

À propos de l'enseignant

Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, where she has taught since 1978. As Buddhist practitioner since the early 1970’s, she became a student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1974, and was empowered as an acharya (Professeur principal) du Sakyong Mipham Rinpoché dans 2000. Her teaching specialties are meditation practice, Enseignements Shambhala, Buddhist philosophy, tantric Buddhism, and contemplative higher education. Son livre, Le souffle chaud de Dakini (Shambhala 2001), explores the feminine principle as it reveals itself in meditation practice and everyday life for women and men. She has also edited Meditation and the Classroom: Pédagogie contemplative pour les études religieuses (SOLEIL 2011). She and her husband, Richard, have two adult children and three grandchildren.