ONLINE: The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom
With Lara Braitstein
March 30 - 31, 2024
The Heart Sutra is among the best-known Mahayana Sutras. At only 522 words, it is also among the shortest. Condensed, complex, and profound, its capacity to illuminate the profound doctrine of emptiness is unparalleled. Join Lara Braitstein in exploring some of the many uses and interpretations of this short, brilliant text. We will look together at the ways that meaning is created and experienced through chanting, reciting, writing and – of course – reading this powerful sutra.
OPEN TO ALL
There are no prerequisites for this program; it is appropriate for meditators at all levels and those simply interested in exploring the teachings.
SCHEDULE
Saturday, March 30
| 1:00-2:30 PM | Session One |
Sunday, March 31
| 1:00-2:30 PM | Session Two |
Teacher
Lara Braitstein
Lara Braitstein is a professor of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism at McGill University (Montreal, Canada). She taught for a number of years at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (New Delhi, India), has taught at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute (Kathmandu, Nepal), and is a teacher in the Bodhi Path community. She specializes in Mahayana & Vajrayana Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Hagiography, and Tibetan/Himalayan Buddhist literature and historiography.
Learn more about Lara Braitstein
Lara Braitstein is a professor of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism at McGill University (Montreal, Canada). She taught for a number of years at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (New Delhi, India), has taught at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute (Kathmandu, Nepal), and is a teacher in the Bodhi Path community. She specializes in Mahayana & Vajrayana Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Hagiography, and Tibetan/Himalayan Buddhist literature and historiography.
Learn more about Lara Braitstein
