Meditation for Creating a Pure World – A Pop-up Class
October 24 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
$15
In this special Thursday evening class we will learn a meditation to reduce our attachment to our body – making the inner mandala offering. The source of this practice is the text Great Treasury of Merit by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
Mandala means universe. When we make mandala offerings, we imagine we are offering a completely pure universe to all Buddhas. The mental action of mandala offering is a very powerful cause of spiritual realizations and good fortune in general. The secret ingredients – meditation on the emptiness of all things, and our own generation of the minds of giving, compassion for all living beings, and faith in enlightened beings.
This drop-in class is suitable for newcomers to the practice of meditation and Buddhism, and is particularly suitable for students who wish to engage in the Guru Yoga Mandala Offering sessions in the day retreat on Saturday, October 26 – Offering A Pure World Day Retreat.
Offering a Pure World Day Retreat Schedule
Session 1 9:00-10:30am
Session 2 11:00am-12:30pm
Session 3 2:00-3:30pm
Session 4 4:00-5:30pm