Like last year, due to the Corona virus outbreak, this year’s Bodhicharya Summer Camp will still be happening via Zoom. Rinpoche has kindly agreed to teach online for five days. There will be a session a day, with time for questions & answers too.
Like every year, the online Summer Camp will be accessible to everyone, even to those who do not have a deep knowledge of the Buddhist path and did not attend previous years’ sessions.
Summer Camp attendance will be on a donation basis. Donations will be used for offerings to Rinpoche, as well as to the translators. We value your contribution.
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Donagh Coleman is a Finnish-Irish-American documentary filmmaker and medical anthropology doctoral student at the University of California Berkeley, whose present film project and dissertation research focuses on Tukdam, the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of dying in meditation. Donagh Coleman holds degrees in Philosophy and Psychology and Music and Media Technologies from Trinity College Dublin, and a MA in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley.
In what Tibetan Buddhists call tukdam, advanced meditators die in a consciously controlled manner in meditation. Though declared clinically dead, they often stay sitting upright in meditation posture; remarkably, their bodies remain fresh and lifelike, without signs of decay for days, sometimes weeks after clinical death. Indeed, from a Tibetan Buddhist point of view, the meditators are not dead yet; it is believed that consciousness is still present, which is keeping the body from decaying.
Translation into German, Portuguese and French
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/325545986?pwd=NmwySm4zNnR3aGxxM0k3T2tHZ2tUQT09
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Rinpoche suggested that Summer Camp participants could gather in smaller groups, for group practice and further discussion on the topic. Below a list of times and practices the local English, Italian, and German-speaking Bodhicharya groups will be doing during the five days of teachings.
Bodhicharaya UK groups, London, Oxford and Kent are offering this daily programme of meditation, sadhana and yoga practice as well as a discussion group to complement Rinpoche’s teachings and contribute to the online Summer Camp retreat experience. Please feel free to join in as much or as little as you would like and is convenient for you each day.
All of the below offerings are available through the following Zoom link:
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/325545986?pwd=NmwySm4zNnR3aGxxM0k3T2tHZ2tUQT09
Meeting ID: 325 545 986
Password: 025316
07:30 – 08:30 Calm Abiding Meditation
Silent meditation meeting. Together, we shall practice ‘Shamatha’ (Calm Abiding) meditation. Please feel free to drop in and out if you can’t attend the whole meditation.
10:00 – 10:45 Chenrezig Practice
The Chenrezig Practice is the most widely practised Tibetan Buddhist meditation which involves recitation, a visualisation and mantras. It is designed to stabilise the mind in compassion.
We will be doing this practice together in Tibetan with English translation. It involves a simple visualisation, reading the text together and reciting the mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum”. Through doing this practice, we invoke love and compassion for all sentient beings in the form of Chenrezig, a symbol of the compassion of all Buddhas.
All are welcome, no previous experience or knowledge of Buddhism required.
11:00 – 12:00 Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga
We will practise some simple bodywork for health, vitality, relaxation and well-being. Suitable for all abilities and experience levels. We will bear in mind the rest of the day’s programme, so this hour can complement sitting practice etc. Everything will be guided so just come along in loose comfortable clothing and with somewhere to sit and lie down comfortably, to hand. A little more detail about Kum Nye can be found at: https://sites.google.com/site/acupuncturekumnyeyoga/kum-nye
12:00 – 13:00 White Tara Sadhana
We will use Tenga Rinpoche’s short Sadhana text and practise both in English and Tibetan, using a new translation based on Ringu Tulku’s commentary. All welcome. Please download the text from the very bottom of the page below, for this session (White Tara Sadhana RT Translation June21).
https://sites.google.com/site/acupuncturekumnyeyoga/white-tara-group
13:00 – 13:40 Medicine Buddha Practice
The Medicine Buddha Practice we shall do is a concise Tibetan Buddhist meditation which involves recitation, a visualisation and mantras. It is designed to improve stability and health. It can be done by everybody who has the necessary authorisation.
NO PROGAMME
AT THOSE TIMES
18:00 – 18:30 Calm Abiding Meditation
Together, we shall practice ‘Shamatha’ (Calm Abiding) meditation.
18:30 – 19:30 Study and Reflection on the Teachings
An opportunity to discuss and reflect on Rinpoche’s daily teachings together, using the “break out room” feature in Zoom for larger groups.
Facilitators: Bodicharya UK groups
12 am – 1 pm. White Tara Sadhana followed by Shinay Practice.
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm. Group Discussion based on Rinpoche’s teaching
Zoom: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71255931704?pwd=T2cyeXJwbWsvNnM1aUFoQnMzalZXZz09
Meeting ID: 712 5593 1704
Passcode: 769996
Afternoons of Friday July 23, Saturday July 24, Sunday July 25, and Monday July 26
4 pm ET / 2 pm MT / 1 pm PT
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Die 5 Kräfte des Lojong und die Mahayana Instruktionen als Vorbereitung auf den Tod“
Nach Kommentaren von Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
Die 5 Kräfte des Lojong angewandt auf die Vorbereitung auf den Tod sind:
1/ Die Kraft des Pflanzens von weißen Samen
2/ Die Kraft der Widmung
3/Die Kraft der Exposition eigener Verfehlungen
4/ Die Kraft der Bestrebung
5/ Die Kraft der Gewöhnung
„…Auch wenn wir noch nie diese Kontemplationen praktiziert haben, ist es nie zu spät damit anzufangen, um den Sterbeprozess zu unterstützen, weil sie die Wirkung aller unserer guten Bemühungen verstärkt. Diese Praxis wird deshalb den Sterbeprozess erleichtern“.
Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
Nach der Lektüre wird es noch Zeit für eine Diskussionsrunde über das letzte Teaching von Ringu Tulku Rinpoche geben!
Mit Francoise Guillot
Sa. 24.07. 10:30-12:00 Uhr Zoom-Meeting beitreten
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83824208515?pwd=M0ZTUTl4RWY1dy9TVGRNUFVPR3h4Zz09 Meeting-ID: 838 2420 8515 Kenncode: 2707
So. 25.07. 10:30-12:00 Uhr Zoom-Meeting beitreten
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89176013535?pwd=M1pLTkVwakdDWHVTTXhXUFdhRHhpQT09 Meeting-ID: 891 7601 3535 Kenncode: 2707
Ogni sera 18.30 – 19.30 (ora Italiana)
Durante il periodo del Summer Camp rifletteremo sugli insegnamenti di Rimpoche in gruppo. Faremo inoltre delle brevi sessioni di meditazione Shamata per far decantare e interiorizzare gli insegnamenti prima di rientrare nella dimensione della quotidianita’.
Zoom ID: 3241106743
PW: Marpa
24.-27.7. joka aamu klo 9-10 Suomen aikaa
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Meeting ID: 899 9674 0322