Schedule

Wednesday 7pm Open Practices:

  • Ngondro
  • Chenrezig
  • Green Tara

  • These practices are open to anyone and do not require empowerment or transmission.  If you are new to Tibetan
    Buddhism, please come a little early  by 6:30pm  to get some simple orientation to these practices.  Please email the 
    Florida DDC or call 813-313-6362 / 850-445-0387 to confirm that we're meeting.  Practice is at 1103 Hays Street.


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    Saturday Morning Practices
    :

  • Natural Love & Wisdom
  • The 2nd Saturday of the month from 10:00 - 11:00am, led by Rebecca Spainhower and associated with the Foundation
    for Active Compassion
    . These guided meditations are 
    adapted from the Dzogchen tradition of Tibet to help participants deepen their experience of liberating wisdom and loving compassion — the essence of the spirit of enlightenment (bodhicitta). Each session consists of chanting, breathing, and meditation practice, and is followed by a brief Q&A.

  • Open Awareness
  • The 4th Saturday of the month from 10:00 - 11:00am, associated with the Natural Dharma Fellowship and again led by Becky.  Experience the natural ease of open awareness practice in the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Through chanting, breathing, and resting, allow your heart and mind to relax in the freshness of the Great Perfection  everything
    left just as it is. Practice sessions are followed by a brief practice-related discussion period.

    Becky Spainhower is a student and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism in the Dzogchen and Mahamudra traditions. She is an associate teacher with the Natural Dharma Fellowship and with the Foundation for Active Compassion
     Please join our
    Google Group for regular announcements.  Practices are at 1103 Hays Street.


    Restricted Practices
    :

  • Yangzab Three Roots
  • Chö
  • Vajrakilaya
  • Medicine Buddha
  • Achi Chokyi Drolma
  • Dharmapalas
  • These practices are open to those who have received empowerment and transmission.  As such, these practices are not publicly advertised.  If you have these empowerments and transmissions, please contact the Florida DDC so that you can
    join us!


    Special Practices
    :

    There are special practices (such as tsok) and practice intensives offered throughout the year.  Please join our Google Group for announcements.


    Upcoming Events
    :

    Unless specifically indicated, all of our events are open to anyone and do not require prerequisites. All teachings will be
    given at 1103 Hays Street unless noted otherwise.

    • Traga Rinpoché:  March 20-23, 2010 - Natural Liberation: Padmasambhava's Teachings on the Six Bardos.
    • Drupon Thinley Nyingpo Rinpoché:  April 6-8, 2010 - Topic to be announced; consecration of stupa in Havana, FL.
    • Gapé Lama (unconfirmed):  May 2010 - Topic to be announced


    Previous Events
    :

    • Lama Acharya Gursam:  October 2008 - Achi Chokyi Drolma teachings
    • Thubten Nyingpo Rinpoché:  2009
    • Drupon Thinley Nyingpo Rinpoché:  February 2009 - Phowa teachings
    • Lho Ontul Rinpoché:  November 12-15, 2009 - Vajra Vidarana Healing & Purification ceremony; Healing Chö; Dudul Gyalpo, Demon Destroying King Empowerment & Practice teachingsAmulet of the Sun and Moon; Urgyen Kaldren
      Drenzey Practice and Tsok.

     

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