The First Turning of the Wheel
Don Handrick teaches on the Four Noble Truths
Thursday, July 27th
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Thursday, July 27, is a special day of the Tibetan calendar that commemorates Buddha's first teaching so Don Handrick will be teaching on the Four Noble Truths.
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Using Work as a Spiritual Path
Friday, July 28th
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Most of us spend a good portion of our lives working at our jobs, engaging in the “busy-ness” that is fundamental for our livelihood but which often seems quite removed from the serenity we are seeking on the spiritual path. In this session, we will discuss how we can utilize Buddhist principles in our approach to work in order to develop more clarity, inspiration, and fulfillment in our jobs and overcome the drudgery, stress, and frustration which frequently occur.
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The Joy of Letting Go
Breaking Free of Harmful Habits
Retreat Saturday & Sunday
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
July 29th & 30th
Many of life’s difficulties and complications are products of our own negative habitual thoughts and actions, but those harmful habits need not control our lives.
In this weekend course, we’ll examine a variety of these persistent and destructive patterns in order to learn how to disempower them and cultivate new behaviors rooted in truth and genuine well-being.
Many of life’s difficulties and complications are products of our own negative habitual thoughts and actions, but those harmful habits need not control our lives.
In this weekend course, we’ll examine a variety of these persistent and destructive patterns in order to learn how to disempower them and cultivate new behaviors rooted in truth and genuine well-being.
For six months each year, Don Handrick serves as the resident teacher at Thubten Norbu Ling, in Santa Fe, NM, a center affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). During that time, he also teaches at Ksitigarbha Tibetan Buddhist Center in Taos, NM, and volunteers for the Liberation Prison Project, teaching Buddhism once a month at a local prison. Since 2012 he has been an active member of the Interfaith Leadership Alliance of Santa Fe.
Don spends the other half of each year as a touring teacher for the FPMT, visiting centers around the world. In 2015, Don had the honor of being selected to lead the renowned November Course, a one month teaching and meditation retreat held annually at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Don's study of Buddhism began in 1993 after reading The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche. Over the next two years he practiced with Sogyal Rinpoche's organization, until he began attending classes in 1996 with Venerable Robina Courtin at Tse Chen Ling in San Francisco.
Don left the Bay Area in 1998 to attend the FPMT's Masters Program of Buddhist Studies in Sutra and Tantra, a seven-year residential study program conducted at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Tuscany, Italy, taught by the scholar and kind Spiritual Friend, Geshe Jampa Gyatso. He successfully completed all five subjects of this program in 2004, receiving an FPMT final certificate with high honors. Don then moved to Santa Fe, serving as the Spiritual Program Coordinator for Thubten Norbu Ling before being appointed resident teacher in 2006.
Don has received teachings from many esteemed lamas in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ribur Rinpoche, Choden Rinpoche, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok.
Don spends the other half of each year as a touring teacher for the FPMT, visiting centers around the world. In 2015, Don had the honor of being selected to lead the renowned November Course, a one month teaching and meditation retreat held annually at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Don's study of Buddhism began in 1993 after reading The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche. Over the next two years he practiced with Sogyal Rinpoche's organization, until he began attending classes in 1996 with Venerable Robina Courtin at Tse Chen Ling in San Francisco.
Don left the Bay Area in 1998 to attend the FPMT's Masters Program of Buddhist Studies in Sutra and Tantra, a seven-year residential study program conducted at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Tuscany, Italy, taught by the scholar and kind Spiritual Friend, Geshe Jampa Gyatso. He successfully completed all five subjects of this program in 2004, receiving an FPMT final certificate with high honors. Don then moved to Santa Fe, serving as the Spiritual Program Coordinator for Thubten Norbu Ling before being appointed resident teacher in 2006.
Don has received teachings from many esteemed lamas in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ribur Rinpoche, Choden Rinpoche, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok.
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching at Light of the Path Retreat, North Carolina, US, May 2014. Photo by Roy Harvey.
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Spring/Summer Class Update
Meditation 101 Class; This is an introduction to the Buddhist methods of meditation.
Saturday mornings 11:00-12:00 pm
Drop In Meditation: All meditators welcome. Saturday mornings 11:00 - 1:00 pm
Buddhism In A Nutshell Class: Presented in ten - 1 hour sessions and covers the basic principles of Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism.
New Class Starts June 11th - Sunday mornings, 11:00 - 12:00 pm
Book Study Group: Announcing our new book to study: The Beautiful Way of Life: A Meditation on Shantideva's Bodhisattva Path. Wednesday evenings 6:30 pm- 7:30 pm.
See Calendar section for all details.
Dharmakaya Buddhist Center
6165 Ridgeview Ct. #G Reno NV 89519
Affiliated with Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
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