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Art, Music, and Spiritual Practice - with Darin McFadyen & Claire Thompson
Wednesday, January 18 2012, 7 - 8:30pm.
A comparison of the creative process and the spiritual path. Come discuss how, like great artists, great musicians, and great yogis, we can find that perfect balance of inspiration and technique, practice and improvisation, to make beauty in our art and life.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/art-music-and-spiritual-practice
Becoming a Warrior Saint - Part 1, the Essentials with Larry Wolf
Sundays, 1 - 3pm, January 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012.
This Course is the first in a three-part series based upon A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, a classic text by Master Shantideva. Learn how to live like a warrior saint, someone on fire to reach perfect happiness and save the world. Learn why this path is so cool, how to begin the quest, and how to practice and think like a warrior saint. The classes will include an overview of the six perfections (the main activities of the warrior saint), the proper way to treat disturbing thoughts, and an explanation of the perfections of giving and kindness.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dharma-essssials-10---becoming-a-warrior-saint
The Art of Reasoning: Asian Classics Formal Course 13, with Jesse Fallon
Saturdays, Oct 29; Nov 5 & 19; Dec 10, 1 - 5:45pm.
We will cover the structure of Buddhist logic and the forms of Buddhist debate. Topics include: the correct motivation for debate; how studying logic leads to perceiving emptiness; valid perception; an outline of all existing things; and the reason why suffering has an end.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aci-13-the-art-of-reasoning
How Karma Works: Asian Classics Formal Course 5, with Mary Kay Dyer
Mondays, November 7 - January 2, 7:00 - 9:00pm and Saturday, December 17, 3:00 - 5:00pm.
This course offers information about the Buddhist worldview of cause and effect, often referred to with the Sanskrit word - karma. Much of the material derives from the early written scriptures in the Abhidharma Kosha and the Indian Detailist School, but there are also presentations from the other schools: Logic, Mind Only and Middle Way.
www.ustream.tv/channel/how-karma-works
Lam Rim: Teachings on Interdependence, with Camilo Cerro
Friday, October 7th - Sunday, October 9th. The classes will focus on trying to establish the relationship between karma, emptiness, and dependent arising. We will begin with some review on karma and the twelve links of dependent arising, with an emphasis on link seven - feeling.
Interdependence is covered at the end of vol. 2 and the beginning of vol. 3 in Geshe Sopa's commentary of the Lam Rim Chenmo by Je Tsongkapa (1357-1419).
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/teachings-on-interdependence
Meditations in Emptiness 1, with Jesse Fallon
Starting Wednesday, November 2nd. A once-a-week class looking at this pivotal text on the Wisdom of the Middle Way, mainly using translations by Lama Christie and Lama Marut. We will delve into some of the deepest conceptual teachings on emptiness with the goal of smashing our conceptions. Daily meditations will allow for the wisdom to go deeper into our being.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/meditations-in-emptiness-1
Making Choices: Ethical Priorities, with Jesse Fallon
Saturday, September 24, 7 - 9pm. As we continue our lives as spiritual persons, it can seem hard to choose how to prioritize our time in the light of all the amazing opportunities to be of service. We'll go over some guidelines on how to choose.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/making-choices-ethical-priorities
Meditation for Peace on the 10th Anniversary of September 11th,
With Special Guest Teacher Upasaka Culadasa (John Yates)
September 9 - 11, 2011 at the Vajramudra Center.
In honor of the 10th anniversary of September 11th, we are hosting a very special weekend with master meditation teacher Culadasa - John Yates - from Southern Arizona. Culadasa is the meditation teacher for Camilo Cerro, Jesse Fallon, and other teachers in our lineage.
This weekend of teachings will give people an opportunity to study and meditate with a great teacher who teaches peace, through meditation and through action. By our efforts now, we can heal the hurts of the past.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/meditation-for-peace
Proof of Future Lives Asian Classics Formal Course 4 with Larry Wolf
Mondays, August 29 - October 24. Topics include: the definition of valid perception, the three levels of perception, who has valid perceptions and how, evaluating things beyond our direct perception, how great compassion is developed, the nature of omniscience, the material cause of the mind, proofs of the mind's source, proofs for the existence of past and future lives, and how desire leads to rebirth - an explanation of crucial links in the chain of dependent origination.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aci-formal-course-04-2011
Continuing the Magic: Daily Spiritual Practice, with Jesse Fallon
Saturday, August 27, 7 - 9pm. Riding on the waves of the Summer Retreat, this class will offer tools on how to continue, improve, or begin your spiritual practice in daily life.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/continuing-the-magic
No Problems, No Worries, No Dramas: How to Live a Happy Life Through Thick and Thin
Teaching by Lama Marut with guided meditation by Cindy Lee. Monday Evening, August 15th, 2011, 7:30pm.
Lama Marut teaches on transforming your problems into opportunities and learning how to live the good life -- both in the sense of working on being a better person, and in the sense of relaxing into a more fun, genuine and free existence.
Cindy Lee leads a meditation on making the most of this precious life.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lama-marut---the-no-worries-tour
Death and the Realms of Existence: Dharma Essentials 8 with Mary Kay Dyer
Sundays in June, 2011. Topics include: the three main realms of existence, the intermediate state (bardo), the causes to be reborn in each realm; the four principles of karma, the advantages of cultivating an awareness of death; how to meditate on death correctly; and how to see the purity.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/de-8-with-mary-kay-dyer
DON'T PANIC! A Guide to Ethical Behavior and Vows, taught by Camilo Cerro
Three teachings, starting May 20th, 2011. We've all heard the expression, "what goes around, comes around," but do we really believe it and act accordingly?
Cultivating ethical behavior is the foundation of a spiritual practice. The way that we have treated others with our deeds of body, speech and mind is what causes us to experience everything in our world the way we do now.
Buddhist vows are codes of conduct for how to live a life that is less selfish and more kind and compassionate. It is through discipline that we are able to find freedom. We can learn how to break free from our negative habitual patterns and tendencies and create new positive habits that will lead to a happier life.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/don-t-panic-camilo-cerro
One + Three = Two: The Magic of Third-Party Karma
with Lindsay Crouse and Rick Blue, March 2011.
Confrontation and conflict are not the way to get what you want in relationships, in life, in general. This class will show you astounding ways to use third-party karma as an elegant method to create successful and lasting relationships.
This is not just a class for couples. This will work for any relationship you want to fix or to create.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/magic-of-third-party-karma
Freedom Vows, Refuge Commitments and The Book, with Mary Kay Dyer
in March of 2011. The practice of Mahayana Buddhism means bringing happiness to oneself and others. This generally requires changes in one's thinking and actions. Vows of personal commitment are a support for these endeavors. This course covers the vows and commitments of individual freedom, which provide a foundation for the bodhisattva vows and Mahayana Buddhist practice. These two sessions are appropriate for those hearing this information for the first time and for those seeking additional ideas about how to improve their practices.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/freedom-vows-refuge-commitments-and-the-book
The Links of Dependent Origination, with Camilo Cerro
March 4th-6th, 2011. The classes will cover the twelve links of dependent origination and how karma and vows function in our daily lives.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-twelve-links-of-dependent-origination
ACI 18: The Great Ideas of Buddhism, Part 3,
Asian Classics Formal Review Course with Jesse Fallon. February 9th-March, 2011.
This third in the three-part Great Ideas series summarizes the last five ACI Formal Courses (ACI 11 - 15), which represent the traditional training of a Tibetan Buddhist Master. There are some who take the review courses before taking the corresponding basic courses, in which case this review course acts as a preview.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aci-review-course-18
Buddhist Refuge: Asian Classics Formal Course 2
with Mary Kay Dyer. January 31st - April, 2011.
Level 1 of the Perfection of Wisdom: The material for this course comes from a commentary on Master Asanga's Jewel of Realization by Kedrup Tenpa Dargye. Topics presented include: what it means to seek refuge in the ideas of Buddhism, paths for reaching permanent happiness (nirvana), doing so with the intention to help others (Bodhicitta) and proofs about the true nature of reality (emptiness). Related courses are: VI: the Diamond Cutter Sutra and XV: What the Buddha Really Meant.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aci-formal-class-2-buddhist-refuge
A Meditative New Year's Eve at the Vajramudra Center
December 31, 2010. Bring in the New Year with a night of quiet and meaningful meditations surrounded by warm hearts at the Vajramudra Center. Meditations will be led by Phil Salzman, Mary Kay Dyer, and Jesse Fallon.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/meditative-new-year-s-eve
ACI 17: The Great Ideas of Buddhism, Part 2,
Asian Classics Formal Review Course with Jesse Fallon. December through January, 2011. This second in the three-part Great Ideas series summarizes the second five ACI Formal Courses (ACI 6 - 10), which represent the traditional training of a Tibetan Buddhist Master. There are some who take the review courses before taking the corresponding basic courses, in which case this review course acts as a preview.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aci-review-course-17
The Diamond-Cutter Sutra: Dharma Essentials 6,
with Mary Kay Dyer, November - December 2010. The material for this course comes from commentaries on the Buddha's teachings about the true nature of reality. These ideas are espoused by the Madhyamika or Middle Way Schools of Buddhism. They include: the existence of things through names and labels, the two extremes of existence, the Six Perfections, the four bodies of a Buddha, the Five Paths and the Bodhisattva Levels.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dharma-essentials-6---the-diamond-cutter-sutra
Lama Christie McNally and Ian Thorson visit Cape Ann
With Ven. Lobsang Chukyi and Julie Upton, December 2010.
All video is available at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lama-christie-mcnally-visits-cape-ann.
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• Evening talk by Lama Christie McNally - "Path to Save the World" at Woodmans Essex Room.
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•Morning Meditation class with Julie Upton. View the video.
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• Evening talk with Lama Christie and Ian Thorson - "Yoga For Peace: A Day Long Workshop", at Woodmans Essex Room.
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•Afternoon Meditation class with Venerable Lobsang Chukyi - "A Taste of Daily Practice". View the video.
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•"Yoga for Those Who Don't and Do", with Venerable Lobsang Chukyi and Julie Upton. View the video.
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• Evening Dharma talk with Lama Christie - "Guru Yoga", at the Vajramudra Center.
View part 1 and part 2.
Karma and the Path,
with Camilo Cerro. The classes will cover karma as presented by Je Tsong Khapa in the Lam Rim Chenmo. It will be an in-depth orthodox presentation on what karma is and how it works. Misconceptions people have about karma will also be covered, as well as some things that students have never heard about it. The path aspect will present a linear cumulative chronology for a student to understand where they are and what they need to concentrate on next.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/karma-and-the-path-with-camilo-cerro
ACI 16: The Great Ideas of Buddhism, Part 1,
Asian Classics Formal Review Course with Jesse Fallon.
This first in the three-part Great Ideas series summarizes the first five ACI Formal Courses, which represent the traditional training of a Tibetan Buddhist Master. There are some who take the review courses before taking the corresponding basic courses, in which case this review course acts as a preview.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aci-formal-course-16
Three Steps to Heaven - Exploring Yoga Tantra
Taught by David White, in October 2010. Tantra has wrongly been regarded as bizarre ritual, a system of sexual calisthenics, or as incomprehensible dogma, requiring patience, scholarship and practice beyond the capacity of the ordinary (wo)man.
All are very wide of the mark. Tantra is a vision and a practice, of a life lived in total freedom, a life of loving with no bounds, with no limit - not as an ideal, but as an actual and ever-present experience. And it's very close...
We'll explore truths from Eddie Cochrane, Master Saraha, and the Astavakra Gita
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/yoga-tantra---three-steps-to-heaven
Wrestling with The Man
Taught by David White, in October 2010. If you are not your own - and if that's supposed to be a good thing - then what's going on?
'Wrestling with The Man' - what happens when surety is gone, about who you are, and how your world exists? What's left? With what do we replace those? More mis-apprehensions? Or shall we take the opportunity to understand the Awakened? We'll lean on the wisdom of The Man, Arya Nagarjuna, for understanding, if not solace.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lama-david---wrestling-with-the-man
The Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Part 2,
Asian Classics Formal Course 11 with Jesse Fallon.
We continue our training in how to be a hero to save all beings in this second of three courses on being a bodhisattva. In this course we cover how to never get angry, the value of having fun in our spiritual endeavors, and meditation on exchanging self and others.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aci-formal-course-10---how-to-be-a-warrior-saint---part-1-with-jesse-fallon
No More Enemies At All - with Lindsay Crouse
Why are our families battlegrounds? Why do our relationships degenerate?
This is a war we can stop.
This class will go deeply into the true causes for being relaxed and happy with those closest to you.
Happiness doesn't come from someone else. If you want to be happy, stop trying to find happiness.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/no-more-enemies-at-all-with-lindsay-crouse
Bok Jinpa: The Essentials of Courses I & II with Julie Upton
In August and September, 2010. The ancient texts and sages agree that achieving the wisdom and realizations necessary to gain true happiness requires a strong meditation practice, but anyone who has tried meditation knows how hard developing this can be. This four-class course will concentrate on how to work towards, and achieve, a deep state of single-pointed concentration in order to explore the truth of ultimate reality. It is primarily a practice-oriented class centered on focusing the mind.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bok-jinpa-essentials
Joyful Living: The Sacred in Everyday Life
with Shadi Mogadime, September, 2010. We find joy when we are connected to the sacred - however we define that. This class will explore this idea and present practical tips on how to bring this deep happiness into our lives.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/joyful-living-the-sacred-in-everyday-life
LIVING SIMPLY/SIMPLY LIVING
Lama Marut teaches at Woodman's hall, August 23 and 24, 2010.
How can we reconcile the relationship between the spiritual and the worldly?
Lama Marut's teachings counteract discontentment and frenetic activity with practical methods for living a calmer, saner, more meditative life.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lama-marut-living-simply-simply-living-essex-ma
The Magic of Empty Masters - Lessons from the Lineage
Teaching with Cindy Lee, Guided Meditation with Lama Marut, August 22nd, 2010.
These magnificent stories from some of the masters of our Yoga and Buddhist lineages are
a helpful inspiration for our own practice. The Mahasiddhas display great magical powers,
superhuman abilities and 'crazy wisdom.' But for those who have seen the true nature of
reality, it is we who are crazy. Enjoy an evening with some of the masters of the lineage.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/magic-of-empty-masters
The Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Part I,
Asian Classics Formal Course 10 with Jesse Fallon.
A bodhisattva is someone who has dedicated their life to two things: joyfully serving all living beings and attaining total enlightenment in order to best do so.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aci-formal-course-10---how-to-be-a-warrior-saint---part-1-with-jesse-fallon
The Six Flavors of Emptiness and What's Up With Those Buddhist Schools?
A talk by Jesse Fallon, August 2010.
6 different levels of wisdom about how the world works, along with an introductory explanation of the 4 classical schools of Buddhism and how they all fit together in a person's spiritual career.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/6-flavors-of-emptiness
Lojong - Developing the Good Heart,
Asian Classics Formal Course 14. Taught by Lindsay Crouse May - July, 2010.
The teachings of Lojong are some of the most radical in all of Buddhism. They are where the rubber meets the road. You can't study the concept of emptiness, or have sweet talks about compassion, without changing what you are doing when you step out the door.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lojong-with-lindsay-crouse-aci-14
Making Sense of Reincarnation: The Proof of Future Lives,
taught by Larry Wolf, June, 2010.
We will learn Buddhist logic and how, from a Buddhist perspective, we perceive the world, to explore and strengthen our understanding of what happens at death.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dharma-essentials-4-with-larry-wolf
The Great Awakening Tour
Lama Marut and Cindy Lee's visit to Cape Anne in April, 2010.
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• RUNNING A CAR BOMB INTO YOUR SELF CHERISHING: The Radical Techniques of Lojong.
Lama Marut explodes the transformative potential of the Tibetan Buddhist technique known as lojong - developing the good heart.
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• THE TWO REALITIES: Teachings from Arya Nagarjuna and Master Shantideva. Teaching by Lama Marut.
Buddhism has two wings, compassion and wisdom, which work together to create a soaring practice. In this teaching, Lama Marut will focus on the wing of wisdom.
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• DIVINE MADNESS: Sitting at the Feet of the Master - Part 2.
Teaching by Cindy Lee, plus Guided Meditation with Lama Marut.
The path of devotion is sometimes considered to be the fastest path to liberation... But with speed comes a certain danger. In this class, Cindy Lee explores some of the peaks and pitfalls of the deep practice of working with a Master
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• THE MEANING OF LIFE. Teachings by Lama Marut.
Monty Python famously asked the question many of us ponder, "What is the meaning of life?" Lama Marut answers this age-old question in this talk. Should we choose to accept it, each and every one of us has a mission and a purpose.
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• Maroke Ceremony for Mary Kay Dyer, Grace Sullivan and Larry Wolf.
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ACI Formal Course 9 - Living the Ethical Life,
taught by Jesse Fallon in April and May, 2010.
The way to happiness for ourselves is easy to say, harder to do: Stop harming life and start helping it.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aci-formal-course-9---living-the-ethical-life
Vajramudra Open House 4-25-10
Lama Jesse Fallon's teaching on Wise Desire and Vajramudra Kirtan Band doing The Heart Sutra and Diamond Angel in the Sky.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6441891
Yoga: A Brief History of the Beginning of the End
Taught by David White, April 2010.
Yoga is the beginning of the end - of ignorance and suffering. Yoga is the direct experience of union with the divine, of knowing self-as-divine. In two classes, we'll fly through history (and herstory) and texts, beginning with the early Vedas and their offspring the Upanishads. We'll look at different ways that humankind has understood its world-reality, and constellated it with deities. From this arise the ways that we have related to the divine, and the various practices known as yoga. We'll trace the unfolding of spiritual traditions later known as Hindu and Buddhist, along with dramatic developments such as Kashmir Shaivism, the Nathas and Hatha Yoga, and the Tantric path. In the second class we'll also look at the more 'modern' texts of yoga, the Yoga Sutras and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/yoga-a-brief-history-of-the-beginning-of-the-end-taught-by-david-white
The Yoga of Devotion
Taught by David White, in March of 2010.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-yoga-of-devotion
Perfect Wisdom, Perfect Happiness,
taught by David White, in February, 2010. Since you, and you alone, are the creator of this world, and of everything in it, it's YOUR world. So you'd better find out how it works ...
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/perfect-wisdom-perfect-happiness
Death and the Realms of Existence - Asian Classics Formal Course 8
taught by Jesse Fallon, in January, 2010.
Topics include: The realms of existence; the six types of beings including the intermediate state; the causes to be reborn in each realm; ways of taking rebirth; the conditions needed for human birth; how world systems form, evolve and are destroyed; the four principles of karma; the six sufferings; and correct death awareness.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ca-aci-8--death-and-realms-of-existence
Dharma Essentials 3 - Applied Meditation
with Mary Kay Dyer, in January 2010.
Are you looking for more quiet and meaning in your life? Why not give meditation a try.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dharma-essentials-3-applied-meditation
Family Happiness Hour
at the Vajramudra Center. Sunday mornings, 10:30am - 12:00pm. A time for individuals and families to joyously come together and celebrate ...
exploring the Dharma through sacred movement, music, teaching and refreshments.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/happiness-hour
Finding Your Spiritual Teacher
Taught by Jesse Fallon, September 18th and 25th, 2009. A two-night public talk on: why you would want a spiritual teacher, how to create the causes to find your teacher, and an explanation of different qualities and types of spiritual teachers.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/finding-your-spiritual-teacher
The Teachings of Jesus and the Buddha, with Venerable Marut.
April 28th to April 30th, 2009. These teachings will focus on the three primary components of these two authentic spiritual traditions: renunciation, compassion and wisdom.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jesus-and-the-buddha
Live Video Broadcasts:
Visit the ACI-Cape Ann Sangha's live broadcast homepage:
http://www.ustream.tv/user/ACI-CapeAnn
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