The Manchester Shambhala Meditation Group will be offering a 6 week course entitled Walking the Bodhisattva Path. It will be held Tuesday evenings from 7:00pm to 9:00pm, July 7th - August 11th. The course will be taught by Roger Guest and Jason Newman.

Walking the Bodhisattva Path presents the Buddhist teachings on awakening the heart and turning our perspective outward toward helping others. We will be using the books Taming the Mind and Walking the Bodhisattva Path (copies will be available for purchase at class) and Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (copies will be held at Northshire Bookstore for us). The reading syllabus is provided below.

The suggested donation is $10 per class, or $50 for the 6-week course, though we welcome any contribution. The Manchester Shambhala Meditation Group is located at 107B Bonnet Street, Manchester, VT. For more information, please contact Bethany at 802-375-6353 or Martha at 802-325-3146.

R E A D I N G S :

Class 1 - July 7

TMWBP: Talk 8: 104-106 & 114-117, Talk 9: 126-128

CTSM: “The Open Way” & “The Bodhisattva Path”

Class 2 - July 14

TMWBP: Talk 9: 128-135

Class 3 - July 21

TMWBP: Talk 8: 105-114, Talk 10: 136-144

Class 4 - July 28

TMWBP: Talk 1: Engaging Bodhichitta

CTSM: 170-178

Class 5 - August 4

TMWBP: Talk 10: 147-150, Talk 11: 152-156

CTSM: “Shunyata”

Class 6 - August 11

Same as class 5

Manchester Shambhala Meditation Group will be hosting a tag sale with proceeds to benefit the center, so we can make improvements and fund future programs. (more…)

Please join us for our monthly nyinthun on Sunday morning from 9am - noon. We will be doing sitting and walking meditation, and a short period of shamatha yoga.

In the afternoon, we will be gathering at Emerald Lake State Park on Rt.7 in East Dorset for a sangha picnic. Everyone is welcome and please bring your family and friends! Also bring a potluck dish to share. Swimming and paddling are possible activities. Check back here for more info soon. Admission to the park is $3 for adults, $2 for kids 4-13, and free for 3 and under. For more info on the park, follow this link.

The Manchester Shambhala group will not be broadcasting these talks from our center, but we are making the info available to anyone who wishes to participate as an individual.

Shambhala Online will offer an online broadcast of the first two days of this summer’s Sangha Retreat with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Gampo Acharya Pema Chodron live from Shambhala Mountain Centre!

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The Manchester Shambhala Meditation Group is pleased to offer a 6-week course on The Nine Stages of Shamatha, running Tuesday nights May 26th - June 23rd from 7-9pm, plus a Sunday practicum (meditation and teaching) on June 28th from 9am-1pm. (more…)