The Six Bardos - Part Two: Dying As Best One Can

7:00pm 04 May 2018 - 4:00pm 07 May 2018

Cost: £0.00

Venue: Samye Ling

To book this course please select it in the Extras offered after you have chosen your accommodation on the booking form. Please click here to book.

Practical teachings for the end of life and beyond from Atisha’s Seven Point Mind Training

a retreat led by Ken Holmes

Akong Rinpoche often said that of all the various Buddhist teachings helping one prepare for death, the best for the modern Western practiser are those from the Seven Points. The retreat will take people through various areas of very practical work, such as dealing with family, possessions and relationships on the outside and one’s own mind and experiences on the inside. The course will include one or maybe two simulations of a peaceful death. Particularly useful for anyone already engaged in the Seven Points process, this retreat will contains much helpful advice, reflection and practice useful for anyone. Our experience is that it not only prepares for death but awakens one to life.

Course starts in the evening of Friday 4th May and ends 16.00 hrs Monday 7th May.

This course is preceded by Part One on the previous weekend.  Click here for details. 
Open to everyone.

There is no fee for this course although donations are welcome. Your offering will help with the Monastery's considerable running costs, as well as the expenses incurred in inviting teachers.  Donations may be made in the Reception Office.

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The Buddhist principle is to be everybody's friend, not to have any enemy.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Meditation means simple acceptance.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Only the impossible is worth doing.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Whenever we see something which could be done to bring benefit to others, no matter how small, we should do it.
Chamgon Khentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Freedom is not something you look for outside of yourself. Freedom is within you.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Hasten slowly, you will soon arrive.
Jetsun Milarepa
It doesn’t matter whatever comes, stop judging and it won’t bother you.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Whatever obstacles arise, if you deal with them through kindness without trying to escape then you have real freedom.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
To tame ourselves is the only way we can change and improve the world.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Strive always to be as kind, gentle and caring as possible towards all forms of sentient life.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Every sentient being is equal to the Buddha.
Chamgon Kentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Wherever and whenever we can, we should develop compassion at once.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Reminding ourselves of how others suffer and mentally putting ourselves in their place, will help awaken our compassion.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche