Online: Discovering the Dharma I Live Stream

RESILIENCE
build strength through inner joy

A DHARMAKAYA CENTER ONLINE PROGRAM

In Discovering the Dharma I, H.E. Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche sets out the twin foundations of Buddhism—compassion and wisdom—as well as guiding retreatants in the fundamentals of developing a strong meditation practice, over five days of engaged learning and guided practice.

This transformative teaching is available to live-stream online. You will receive the teachings, have the opportunity to ask questions during the question and answer period, follow the guided meditations and yoga, and participate in small-group discussions with other online participants. You will also have full access to the recordings after the retreat. See the schedule below for more details.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Mind: Cultivate Positive Energy
Observe the mind and how it affects our world. Learn to transform harmful thoughts to create a positive and helpful attitude. This helps you cultivate a positive relationship with all your experiences.

How to Meditate: Enhance Concentration and Calm Your Mind
Learn the purpose of meditation and experience first-hand the various techniques of calming meditation, known as Shamata. You will learn how to deal with obstacles to successful meditation as well as the physical and psychological preparation necessary for meditation.

Compassion and Bodhicitta: Cultivate and Integrate These Essential Qualities
Discover practices that develop your innate qualities of compassion. Learn to apply these techniques to generate the mind of bodhicitta.

Mental Purification: Uncover Attachments and Learn to Let Go
Learn how to let go of the attachments that lead to unhappiness. We all have the potential to cause suffering—for ourselves and others. Engage in a critical assessment of how attachment acts as an obstacle to happiness, and engage in profound meditation practices, such as “exchanging self with others,” that transform the energy of attachment into the root of happiness.

Daily Practice: Establish Consistency and the Skills to be Successful
Assemble the tools you need to develop a successful daily practice and receive the elements necessary to open the mind and develop wisdom through insight. Get some tips for making every action meaningful.

Taking Refuge: Give Yourself the Gift of Commitment to Practice
Learn what it means to take refuge in the Three Jewels and the benefits that flow from this. Understand how taking refuge helps to magnify your personal intention to achieve enlightenment.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Interactive sessions with question and answer periods
• Small group discussion
• Optional Refuge ceremony
• Guided meditations
• Tibetan yoga practice

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. Although it is part of the Discovering the Dharma series, the first three programs may be taken in any order.

SCHEDULE

Rinpoche will provide meditations to pursue between sessions. All times in the schedule below are provided in the Eastern Time Zone. For the first session global starting times are:

USA West: 4:45 PM, September 3
USA East: 7:45 PM, September 3
London: 12:45 AM, September 4
Berlin, Paris: 1:45 AM, September 5
New Delhi: 5:15 AM, September 5
Kathmandu: 5:45 AM, September 4
Bangkok: 6:45 AM, September 4
Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei: 7:45 AM, September 4
Sydney: 9:45 AM, September 4
Auckland: 11:45 AM, September 4

SCHEDULE

(subject to change)