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WESTSIDE MEDITATION GROUP
SITTING PRACTICE
Every Sunday, 4pm - 6pm
Santa Monica Zen Center
1001A Colorado Ave (Northeast corner of 10th & Colorado)
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Directions: Take the Lincoln Blvd. offramp from the 10 freeway, and head north on Lincoln Blvd. for 1 block, turn East on Colorado Ave. and go 2 blocks. The building is on the North side of the street. Enter though the alley on Colorado. The door to the Zen Center is immediately to your left as you enter the alley. There is a small blue and white sign, "Santa Monica Zen Center" to the left of the door.
WEEKDAY EVENING TALKS
TUESDAY EVENINGS @ 7:30pm
AWAKENED HEART
A five week course beginning February 19
with Tom Gottlieb and Anne Saitzyk
$75 donation
Through meditation and seeing our basic nature, we are able to drop the inward struggle, extend out, and see all experience without the overlay of our own concepts. The experience of basic nature brings more warmth and openness, then leads to a connection with a spiritual friend who is an inspiration and example for real compassion and true warriorship, which is practicing and living for the benefit of others.
THURSDAY EVENINGS @ 7:30pm
THE MYTH OF FREEDOM
A DVD presentation by Pema
Chödrön from June-July, 2007
Suggested donation $10 per class
Talk 3 - "Working with Emotions ," Thursday, April 10
Talk 4 - "Meditation in Action ," Thursday, May 8
Talk 5 - "The Open Way," Thursday, June 12
Talk 6 - "Devotion"
Thursday, July 10
Pema
Chödrön teaches from Chogyam Trungpa's famous text: "The Myth Of Freedom." This six talk commentary is Pema's most recent seminar.
Pema
Chödrön is a fully ordained nun and the main teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada. She first met her main teacher, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1972 and studied with him until his death in 1987. Trungpa Rinpoche's unique ability to express the essence of Buddhist teachings in the language and imagery of Contemporary American culture makes "The Myth of Freedom" one of the best sources of Buddhist doctrine ever written. In this book, Trungpa explores how our attitudes and preconceptions bind us to repetitive patterns of frustration and despair. He also explains how meditation can bring into focus the causes of frustration and how these negative forces can aid us toward advancing toward true freedom.
NEW! An opportunity to practice before the program is now offered. Meditation will start at 6:30pm and end at 7:15pm. Feel free to come sit for any part of those 45 minutes before we view the video at 7:30pm.
This program is hosted by Lynda Golan and Stanley Weiser. Lynda is a licensed psychotherapist, a trained meditation instructor, and an artist/painter. Stanley is a senior student of Trungpa Rinpoche, and an award-winning writer for screen (Wall Street) and television who has worked with Oliver Stone, Robert DeNiro and James Woods, among many others. Meditation instruction will be available, and the tapes will be followed by group discussion.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON TALKS
The Awakened State of Mind
with ACHARYA ALLYN LYON
March 30, 2008 at 5:00pm
SHAMBHALA TRAINING: HEART OF WARRIORSHIP
TBA
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