1:00 – 3:30 p.m ET

Over de retraite

This is the wonderful Seal of the Dharma, the Three Doors of Liberation. If you learn and practice it, you will certainly attain pure knowledge.

– De Boeddha

Tijdens deze mini-retraite, we zullen de Sutra van Boeddha over het Dharmazegel en de Drie deuren naar bevrijding bestuderen en erover nadenken. The Seals are Leegte, Signlessness En Aimlessness. Volgens de Boeddha, deze drie deuren zijn doorgangen die leiden naar vrijheid van lijden. The purpose of this mini-retreat is to encourage practitioners to recognize and embody their own freedom and power – and bring the Buddha’s teaching into their daily life.

This Mini-Retreat Offers:

• An opportunity to study a Buddhist Sutra in community
• An opportunity to deepen your understanding of the Buddha’s teachings
• Instructions on practical applications of Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
• Teachings on Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s advice on postmeditation practice
• An opportunity to engage in meditation from the comfort of your own home or practice space
• Journaling opportunities
• Discussion and Question & Answer periods
• Connecting with other meditation practitioners

Aanbevolen lectuur (niet verplicht):

Houd er rekening mee dat: Chaplain Alley will screen share the Buddha’s discourse and share it with attendees on Zoom.

Oud pad: Witte wolken, Het levensverhaal van de Boeddha door de eerbiedwaardige Thich Nhat Hahn

Sutra – Discourse on the Dharma Seal & The Three Doors of Liberation. Plum Village [Taishō Revised Tripiṭaka 104. Related: op 80]

https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/discourse-on-the-dharma-seal-the-three-doors-of-liberation

Vereisten

Geen vereisten, although a basic understanding of Buddhism is recommended.

Over de leraren

Steeg Smit is an ordained Shambhala Buddhist Minister of Religion (Upadhyaya) Kapelaan aan de Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, VS. She is currently in-residence at Providence Zen Center and holds precepts in Korean Zen. Alley is a US military war veteran who specializes in spiritual care, mortuary affairs, and teaching Buddhism. She has been a student of Shambhala and Zen since 1999. [email protected] 

Meli-Tashi Blij is the End-of-Life Coordinator for Seattle Shambhala Center, a death doula, and somatic educator. Her Buddhist path began in 1997 in the Zen tradition, and in 2007 she found the Shambhala teachings. She’s taken Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows, and is a vajrayana student. She helps foster ‘community death care’ education and connections.