Dharmakaya Buddhist Center
Elaine Jackson teaches on Meditation
Who Are We?
Friday Public Talk, November 10th
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday Retreat, November 11th & 12th
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Throughout history people have wondered about human nature. The Buddha taught that our true nature is fundamentally pure, loving, compassionate and wise. Buddha advised that we each have the potential to awaken to this fact…to achieve an enlightened state of peaceful awareness that is immutable. In “Awakening the Mind and Lightening the Heart”, His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaches that we can achieve enlightenment only through the practice of meditation. “Without it,” he says, “there is no way to transform our minds.” The purpose of meditation is to completely and permanently eliminate all suffering and sources of suffering from within the mind and to empower that pure mind to achieve enlightenment. Meditation is awakening to something within us that is already there…our Buddha nature, our fundamental Buddha potential, our clear light mind.
Let us come together and practice meditation.
Elaine Jackson has been a student of Tibetan Buddhism since meeting the incomparable Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 1977. In that same year, she was one of the early founders of Vajrapani Institute. Living at Vajrapani Institute afforded the opportunity to receive teachings and initiations from innumerable, most highly revered, Tibetan Masters including His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Since the 1970's, Elaine has served in various capacities on numerous Boards including: The Mind and Life Institute, Tara Redwood School, For Tibet, the San Lorenzo Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Boulder Creek Business Association, as well as Vajrapani Institute and Land of Medicine Buddha. In 1989, while raising three children, she founded Sincerely Yours, a design/print/copy business in Boulder Creek, California where she served as owner until selling it in 2008. She also served as the Vajrapani Institute Executive Director for five and a half years, retiring in October 2009.
Elaine has attended many, many group retreats and teachings. In January 1998 she began undertaking annual month-long solitary retreats in order to deepen her practice. In April 2014, she completed a three-year silent retreat together with her Partner, Keith Emmons. Since emerging from that retreat, she continues to lead a contemplative life while offering teachings and meditation support.
Since the 1970's, Elaine has served in various capacities on numerous Boards including: The Mind and Life Institute, Tara Redwood School, For Tibet, the San Lorenzo Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Boulder Creek Business Association, as well as Vajrapani Institute and Land of Medicine Buddha. In 1989, while raising three children, she founded Sincerely Yours, a design/print/copy business in Boulder Creek, California where she served as owner until selling it in 2008. She also served as the Vajrapani Institute Executive Director for five and a half years, retiring in October 2009.
Elaine has attended many, many group retreats and teachings. In January 1998 she began undertaking annual month-long solitary retreats in order to deepen her practice. In April 2014, she completed a three-year silent retreat together with her Partner, Keith Emmons. Since emerging from that retreat, she continues to lead a contemplative life while offering teachings and meditation support.
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Latest news and updates on the LIVE schedule
Light of the Path 2017 sessions start at 5:30 a.m., 10 a. m., 4 p.m., and 7:30 p. m. The retreat runs through September 17.
Which of these sessions will be lead by Lama Zopa Rinpoche will vary day by day and will only be known at the last minute.
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Watch previous teachings at LOP 2017 in various languages here.
Download audio of the teachings and guided meditations here.
Find out about the teaching schedule of Lama Zopa Rinpoche here.
Participants of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s 2016 Light of the Path retreat, Black Mountain, North Carolina, US, August 2016. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab
Fall 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 Buddhism.
Sunday mornings, 11:00 - 12:00 pm
Book Study Group: Announcing our new book study: How to Meditate, by Kathleen McDonald
Wednesday evenings 6:30 pm- 7:30 pm.
See Calendar section for all details.
Dharmakaya Buddhist Center
6165 Ridgeview Ct. #G Reno NV 89519
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