​Buddhism in a Nutshell 
& Meditation 101

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Every Other Sunday 
​11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
In Person  

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Buddhism in a Nutshell and Meditation 101 are introductory courses that provides an overview of Tibetan Buddhist concepts and meditation. It is also suitable for people who have heard or read some Buddhist teachings but would like a more structured approach to understanding the path to enlightenment as taught by the Buddha.
​ It begins with an introduction to the life of Shakyamuni Buddha and then discusses the Buddha’s first teaching on The Four Noble Truths: the truths of suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the path to the cessation of suffering. This teaching is common to all Buddhist traditions and forms the cornerstone for all the other teachings given by the Buddha.

It also provides an overview of Tibetan Buddhism based on the three principal aspects of the path to enlightenment—renunciation, bodhichitta, and the right view of emptiness—as taught in the stages of the path teachings and based on the short text 'Foundation of All Good Qualities' by, Lama Tsong Khapa.  The course also provides the foundations of meditation practice and five guided meditations suitable for beginners.
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(Please register below if you are going to attend in person.)

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Led by Trey Ligon
Center Director 
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New Discussion Group 
​Ongoing Every Saturday - 11am (online)

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An Open-Hearted Life: Transformative Methods for Compassionate Living from a Clinical Psychologist and a Buddhist Nun
Russell Kolts and Ven. Thubten Chodron
 
A life overflowing with compassion. It sounds wonderful in theory, but how do you do it? This guide provides practical methods to living with this wonderful quality, based on traditional Buddhist teachings and on methods from modern psychology--particularly a technique called Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT). The methods presented by the two authors--a psychotherapist and a Tibetan Buddhist nun--turn out to have a good deal in common. In fact, they complement each other in wonderful ways. Each of the 64 short chapters ends with a reflection or exercise for putting compassion into practice in various life situations.
 
We’d like to invite you to live one year with an open heart by putting the reflections at the end of each chapter into practice each day and getting together with this discussion group bi-weekly to share your experiences with living an open-hearted life. 

Guided Meditation Group

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Every Wednesday & Friday 
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
(Online) 

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​Meditation is an effective, yet simple, way of dealing with many stresses in life. There is a growing body of scientific evidence of meditation being highly effective at reducing physical and mental stress.

Every week we focus on one topic on the Lam Rim using excellent meditations from Kathleen McDonalds' "How to Meditate" that are suitable for anyone interested in exploring and incorporating the benefits of meditation into their daily lives, regardless of whether you are a Buddhist practitioner or not. 


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​Led by Cyndy
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​Tonglen Meditation Practice Group

Every Monday 6:30-7:30

Hybrid (in Person & Online) 
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​The practice of Tonglen, taking and giving, encapsulates the practices of loving-kindness and compassion. Atisha wrote: “Because of the negative result of the faults of attachment and confusion, habituate the mind to exchanging self and other.” By engaging in this meditation practice we learn to think more about giving to others and less about our own selfish desires.

Join us for this amazing meditation practice and reap the benefits of learning how to generate loving kindness and compassion in your life.

​Led by Mary Powers 

(Please register below if you are going to attend in person.)
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Medicine Buddha Study Group  


​​Every other Saturday 
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Hybrid (Online)

This study group will explore the benefits of meditating on the Medicine Buddha.

​The first half of the hour will be spent reading and discussing Lama Zopa Rinpoche's masterful book, Ultimate Healing: The Power of Compassion. In the second half of the hour, we will engage in the Medicine Buddha Meditation.  

(Please register below if you are going to attend in person.)
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Led by Cyndy
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​Dharmakaya Buddhist Center Membership

We want to make supporting our center simple. We are launching a new, single level of membership — $50 per month. This simplified structure provides members with access to all of Dharmakaya Buddhist Center's  programming. Consider joining now! All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

We want to be generous with our membership so everything is included with a minimum $50 per month membership: all classes, meditations, weekend retreats, Saturday workshops – everything! There is great merit in supporting the Dharma … please consider how you can help.

Whatever level you choose, every dollar is critical to the support of our teachers, our programs, our center, and our ability to grow and flourish in Northern Nevada. We are a 100% volunteer-run organization, so your offerings will be well utilized.  

As always, Dharmakaya Buddhist Center offers access to all programs for free to anyone who cannot afford to pay.

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​Dharmakaya Center

6490 South McCarran Blvd. Building D2- Suite 41
Reno, Nevada 89519
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                           Affiliated with the 
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
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