Friday, August 19, 2011

HHDL live webcast teaching tonight from Helsinki

HH Dalai Lama will be teaching in Helsinki on lojong (thought transformation/mind training), on The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation, something he teaches on frequently.  It will be webcast live, but at 12AM Pacific Standard Time tomorrow morning ("tonight", midnight).   This may be of interest to those attending next week's day long retreat my brother-in-robes Ven. Chophel will be leading, or who have attended the teaching and meditation I led on this a few weeks ago.

http://dalailama2011.fi/in-english/


Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind


As long as our minds oscillate compulsively between agitation and dullness, wavering from one attentional imbalance to another, we may never discover the depths of human consciousness. Can the mind be irreversibly freed from its emotional afflictions, such as craving, hostility, depression, envy, and pride? Are there limits to our love and compassion? Is awareness finite and immutable? We know that the mind has powers of healing, which are sometimes attributed to the "placebo effect", and that it has the capacity to make us ill as well. What other powers lie dormant within human consciousness, and how can they be tapped? These questions have been posed by contemplatives throughout history, and focused attention has been a crucial tool in exploring them.
- Alan Wallace,
"The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind"

Thursday, August 11, 2011

HH Dalai Lama webcast teachings this weekend from France

Teaching in Toulouse, France on August 13 & 14: His Holiness will give teachings on Kamalashila's The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa) at the Zenith de Toulouse organized by Chemins de Sagesse - Toulouse 2011. Contact Website:www.dalailama-toulouse2011.fr


Time zone information here:


http://www.dalailama-toulouse2011.fr/EN/timezone_tables.htm#session1