January 9 and 10th, 2016 10 am-4:30 pm
With Geshe Kalsang Gyatso
Dzogchen, also known as the “great perfection,” is considered the path of self-liberation and the highest form of teaching in the Yunddrung Bon tradition.
The Seven Mirrors of Dzogchen is a powerful heart-essence teaching that offers a direct introduction to the clear, open awareness of the Dzogchen view as well as methods for maintaining this state.
The Seven Mirrors was directly transmitted by the Bon master Dranpa Namkha to Lungton Lhanyen in the 12th century. The Seven Mirrors is a short work of thirty pages, and thus it is ideal for a weekend teaching.
In this brief work are taught seven mirrors that give quintessential instruction on the topics of: preliminaries, view, meditation, result, conduct, the teaching regarding the pure realms and the six migrations, and the ultimate summary of the teaching. As the Seven Mirrors states about its own teaching:
This is the essence of the teachings:
Like seeing your own face in a mirror,
you will see the principle of the clear, innate self-awareness.
The seven mirrors are:
1. The heart mirror of the view
2. The heart mirror of the meditation
3. The heart mirror of the result
4. The heart mirror of conduct
5. The heart mirror that explains the pure realms and lands of samsara
6. The heart mirror of six-fold consummation
7. The heart mirror that explains the benefit of meeting with this teaching
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso was born in 1972 in Horpan Village in Amdo Ngwa, Eastern Tibet. In 1986, at the age of 14 he entered Nangzhig Monastery. There he received his monk vows from Gyawob Rinpoche.
In 1990, he continued his studies at the Menri Monastery in India. He received vows and initiations from His Holiness Menri Trizin Rinpoche and studied under the guidance of Menri Ponlob Rinpoche. In 1995 he moved to Triten Norbutse Monastery where he studied Dzogchen and Tantra under Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche and teachings on the Sutra from Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche. In 2003, Kalsang Gyatso received his Geshe degree and is one of the main teachers at Triten Norbutse Monastery teaching Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen.
Location
1608 Bonita Road, San Pablo CA 94806
Donation $115
Lunch will be provided
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