Healing in Tibetan Buddhism

HEALING IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM
with KHEN RINPOCHE

WHEN:  6:30 pm, Friday, Oct. 24 - Sunday, Oct, 26, 2008

WHERE:  The Yoga Sanctuary
               190 Main Street
                Northampton

COST:  Advance tickets: $20 per session
             Seniors:  $10 per
session
             Day of the event: $25 & $12

DESCRIPTION:
Khen Rinpoche, Geshe Lobzang Tsetan Abbot, Tashi Lhumpo
Monastery founder director, Siddhartha School, Leh, Ladakh, India and David
Gardiner, associate professor of Religion, Colorado College, are featured at this special event.
Healing in Tibetan Buddhism is presented in partnership
with the Friends of Khen Rinpoche, The Yoga Sanctuary, members of the Western
Mass Tibetan Association and the Tibetan community.

EVENT ON SATURDAY, OCT. 25:  umass.edu/fac/calendar/asian/events/WhiteTara.html
White Tara is the female Bodhisattva of
compassionate activity, the supreme mother and collective manifestation of the
enlightened activity of all the Buddhas.
She is said to see all suffering and
respond to requests for help. Her yogic method promotes health and extending
one’s lifespan.
Following an overview of meditative practices in Buddhist
traditions and the method of deity yoga in Tibetan Buddhism by Professor
Gardiner, Khen Rinpoche will give a White Tara blessing and lead a guided
meditation in White Tara practice.
A condensed text (sadhana) will be available
for daily practice.
Open to all, regardless of prior initiation or practice

EVENT ON SUNDAY, OCT. 26:   umass.edu/fac/calendar/asian/events/TheHealing.html
According to the Four Medical Tantras that are the
basis of Tibetan medicine, the fundamental causes of disease are the three
poisonous delusions that lead to imbalances of the bodily systems: ignorance,
attachment, and hatred.
Physical treatments cannot have a lasting effect unless
accompanied by spiritual transformation.
The Lapis Healing Master,
(Medicine Buddha), one of the most honored figures in the Buddhist pantheon, is
referred to as a great physician, the repetition of whose name and mantra is
said to grant protection from worldly dangers and freedom from untimely death.

Professor Gardiner will review meditative practices in Buddhist traditions
and the method of deity yoga in Tibetan Buddhism, after which Khen Rinpoche will
give a Medicine Buddha blessing and lead a guided meditation in Medicine Buddha
practice.
A condensed text (sadhana) will be available for daily practice.
Open to all, regardless of prior initiation or practice.