Open to all practitioners
IN-PERSON AT Berkeley shambhala center with the teacher — in addition to online or in-person group gatherings at the Davis & Sonoma SHAMBHALA CENTERS • Presented by Northern California Shambhala
In the Kagyu Buddhist lineage of teachings, natural awareness is the heart of meditation. This is called “mahamudra,” the “great seal” of luminous emptiness.
There are three streams: sutra mahamudra, tantra mahamudra, and essence mahamudra. Sutra mahamudra engages the practices of shamatha (consciencia) and vipashyana (insight) meditación. Tantra mahamudra uses vajrayana skillful means of visualization and mantra. Essence mahamudra is realizing the nature of mind.
In this group retreat — open to all practitioners, we will follow the teachings and practices outlined in Traleg Rinpoche’s profound text Mente tranquila: Autoliberación a través de la meditación Mahamudra. Rinpoche guides us in contemplating our human birth, karmic cause-and-effect, death and impermanence, and the limitless loving-kindness and compassion of awakened heart.
Attend from anywhere in the world via Zoom, and if you are in proximity to the San Francisco Bay Area, you can attend in-person with the teacher and others at Berkeley, or gather in-person with groups at the Davis or Sonoma Shambhala Centers.
Partial attendance is fine, but please plan to attend full days, if possible.
Viernes, Junio 28 to Tuesday, Julio 2
Morning session • 9:30 yo igual 12:30 pm (PDT)
Afternoon session • 2:30 a 5:30 pm (PDT)
A more detailed schedule will be posted to the Summer Retreat Landing page for attendees, as we get closer to the retreat time. The Landing page link will be shared in the ‘Welcome Letter’ sent out to registrants.
Si tienes preguntas, please contact Irv Kirschbaum at kirschi3 [en] gmail [punto] com
GAYLON FERGUSON, Doctor, ha dirigido retiros de meditación grupal desde 1976. Enseñó en Stanford, la universidad de washington, y la Universidad de Naropa, donde fue miembro principal del cuerpo docente durante quince años. The author of three books, the most recent (Marzo 2024) es Welcoming Beginner’s Mind: Zen and Tibetan Buddhist Wisdom on Experiencing Our True Nature. Gaylon’s others books are Vigilia Natural (on the four foundations of mindfullness) y Valentía natural (on fear and fearlessness as a path to manifesting bravery). All of these are available where books are sold. His articles have appeared in Lion’s Roar, Triciclo, y la revista Buddhadharma. Gaylon also contributed the foreword to the pioneering collection negro y budista: Lo que el budismo puede enseñarnos sobre la raza, Resiliencia, Transformación y Libertad (Shambhala, 2020).
Retreat attendance is open to all practitioners. Attend from anywhere in the world via Zoom, and if you are in proximity to the San Francisco Bay Area, you can attend in-person with the teacher at the Berkeley Center, or in-person with groups at the Davis or Sonoma Shambhala Centers.
What to expect
The retreat will include sitting and walking meditation and instruction, dharma talks, silencio, contemplación, discusión, and movement. We will support each other in maintaining the joyful discipline of retreat in community.
Vajrayana practitioners
As in previous retreats, we will practice all together as well as in smaller practice groups based on the Trungpa Rinpoche guru yoga sadhana, Bestowing Supreme Blessings: Dharma Sagara. Previous experience with this sadhana is not required.
Partial attendance
If you can’t attend for the whole retreat you are welcome to drop in for a full day or more.
Política de generosidad
Nadie será rechazado por falta de fondos.. Paying the full program or patron price provides much needed support to Northern California Shambhala. For more information please see our generosity policy.
Registro
Please register and pay in advance to make certain you receive all the relevant information before the retreat. The Welcome letter containing the Zoom links and other important information will be sent to paid registrants in June.
Contacto
For further information, por favor contactar: Irv Kirschbaum at kirschi3 [en] gmail [punto] com
Sábado & Domingo, Junio 22 a 23 • 9:00 pm a 5:00 pm
In-person only at the Berkeley Shambhala Center
We are excited to host Gaylon Ferguson as our summer retreat teacher in person for the first time in many years, and to celebrate his joining us in both mind and body, he has agreed to offer Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows, also after a long hiatus in the Bay Area.
The practices and ceremonies around the vows will be held the weekend before the Summer Retreat. If you are interested in exploring this opportunity, please mark your calendars y read more here.
Highly recommended if you plan on taking vows is Gaylon’s Shambhala Online Course: ser budista: Explorando el voto de refugio which begins Sat, Abril 6 (three 2-hour sessions, 6 de abril–20)
Si tienes preguntas, por favor contactar Irv Kirschbaum at kirschi3 [en] gmail [punto] com
Junio 28 to July 2 • Friday to Tuesday • 9:30 yo igual 5:30 pm (PDT)
Open to all practitioners. Attend from anywhere in the world via Zoom, and if you are in proximity to the San Francisco Bay Area, you can attend in-person with the teacher at the Berkeley Center, or in-person with groups at the Davis or Sonoma Shambhala Centers.
Registro Please register and pay in advance to make certain you receive all the relevant information before the retreat.