Latest DVD Course: Chogyam Trungpa on meditation
Tonight is the second Monday for MEDITATION: WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT, a DVD course at the Halifax Shambhala Centre that features Chogyam Trungpa teaching meditation at Naropa Institute in the summer of 1974. Last week the meditation instruction given by Trungpa Rinpoche was shown. The quality of the video image is a bit weak in this first tape -- and there's only so much that can be done to improve it. Starting with week 2, the quality is much better, although still the old black and white. The Instruction itself is quite penetrating and profound -- while still very simple and direct.
This week is a talk on mindfulness meditation, or shamatha, in which Chogyam Trungpa speaks of shamatha or basic meditation as building a staircase to enlightenment.
The course is being sponsored by the Chogyam Trungpa Legacy Project together with the Shambhala Centre. These are newly remastered DVDs, with much improved sound and image. The idea is to have this course in Halifax as a pilot project and then to encourage other centres and individuals to present the course.
A poster and flyer were designed by Liza Matthews, of the Shambhala SUN staff. Beautiful poster -- which we put up at a number of locations around Halifax.
Last week there were about 8 to 10 new students, just starting to meditate, and several dozen people with a long-established practice, and everything in between. The material seems to speak to both new and old. After the tape, we had discussion groups that are being run by experienced teachers and meditation instructors. I was quite impressed with the sense of "Group Mind" or intelligence among the instructors - -several of whom attended the original course 30 some years ago.
We are hoping to build on the success of the TIBETAN BUDDHIST PATH class that was shown to audiences of more than 100 in Halifax in the spring. AFter this meditation course, we're looking at the TANTRA course from Naropa in 1974 or a course on SKILFUL MEANS AND WISDOM from California, 1976.
Hoping to revive this blog now that the Fall is here. Next on my agenda: a report about an interview with Khandro RInpoche concerning the Legacy Project.
This week is a talk on mindfulness meditation, or shamatha, in which Chogyam Trungpa speaks of shamatha or basic meditation as building a staircase to enlightenment.
The course is being sponsored by the Chogyam Trungpa Legacy Project together with the Shambhala Centre. These are newly remastered DVDs, with much improved sound and image. The idea is to have this course in Halifax as a pilot project and then to encourage other centres and individuals to present the course.
A poster and flyer were designed by Liza Matthews, of the Shambhala SUN staff. Beautiful poster -- which we put up at a number of locations around Halifax.
Last week there were about 8 to 10 new students, just starting to meditate, and several dozen people with a long-established practice, and everything in between. The material seems to speak to both new and old. After the tape, we had discussion groups that are being run by experienced teachers and meditation instructors. I was quite impressed with the sense of "Group Mind" or intelligence among the instructors - -several of whom attended the original course 30 some years ago.
We are hoping to build on the success of the TIBETAN BUDDHIST PATH class that was shown to audiences of more than 100 in Halifax in the spring. AFter this meditation course, we're looking at the TANTRA course from Naropa in 1974 or a course on SKILFUL MEANS AND WISDOM from California, 1976.
Hoping to revive this blog now that the Fall is here. Next on my agenda: a report about an interview with Khandro RInpoche concerning the Legacy Project.
Labels: Buddhist classes, Chogyam Trungpa, meditation
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