The new Practical Buddhist Meditations

This is an introductory course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques and follows on from the Monday night sessions ‘Meditation for Beginners’. It is a down to earth, no nonsense guide to Buddhist meditation. It does not assume that you know anything at all about meditation or about Buddhism. It does not even assume that you are even interested in learning more about Buddhism. This course assumes simply that those who come are interested in learning something about meditation and Buddhist meditation in particular.

Overall, the following topics will be covered during this 6 week course:

• · meditation posture and arranging the body

• · purposes and benefits of meditation

• · different skills used in meditation and useful in daily life

• · the difference between meditation and simple relaxation

• · obstacles to meditation and their antidotes

• · advice for establishing a long-term meditation practice

• · using the benefits of meditation in everyday living

• · breathing meditations, mindfulness meditations, visualizations

• · analytical meditations: meditation on equanimity, transforming

· negative experiences into positive

with Venerable Mary or David Midgley

Suggested donation £5.50 per evening

Losar Celebrations

with Venerable Mary Reavey

Thursday 7th February 7:00am to 8:30pm

(See Schedule below)
 
Losar is the Tibetan New Year. Lama Zopa Rinpoche says that any merit (positive energy) created on this day is increased dramatically. This also applies to negative energy!

We will be celebrating Losar with Pujas, recitations and meditation- this will be beneficial to the centre, yourself and hopefully we can extend that to all other beings.

Please come at any time during the day and join in the sessions - don't worry if you come in the middle of a session- it will just be great to see you at the Centre.
 
7:30 - 8:00 Precepts
8:15 - 1:00 Sanghata Sutra Recitation/light offerings
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Lama Tsong Khapa Puja
3:15 - 4:00 Private Practice
4:30 - 5:30 White Tara Puja

------Break-----

7:00 - 8:30 Medicine Buddha Puja and Praises to the 21 Taras
 
We hope to see you there!

 This is an opportunity for new and older students to get together so please bring offerings to place on the altar and food to share afterwards.

Highlight - Puja, meditation and practice

Thursdays: 19:00- 20.30
with Ven Mary, Bob Smith or Bob Charlton

Most sessions will concentrate on the powerful Medicine Buddha Puja.

“Puja also means gathering. We gather together offerings and we gather
together practitioners in unison, to do the practice. We make an all-out effort to concentrate on the same space that stretches before our minds.
Understandably, individuals in group practice experience much stronger
inspirations than one can possibly feel while doing it all by oneself. In general, it has to be much better than just doing puja alone in our own rooms. “ : Lama Yeshe .

Everyone is welcome, Pujas are a community event. They are
energising and highly beneficial, so please come along.

Tsog and Lama Choepa (Guru Puja)

Twice a month, based on the lunar calendar, we do the Lama Chopa tsog.
Lama means Guru; Chopa means offering; and tsog means gathering or
party. The dates are published in the Jamyang programme. It starts at 7.00 in
the evening and lasts for under an hour and a half. We can each bring an
offering of some flowers or good quality food or non-alcoholic drink, which is
placed on the shrine. The food is distributed amongst the participants during
the ceremony, and can be eaten then, and/or taken home afterwards.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes it as a ceremony of prayer, chanting, music,
meditation and a ritual feast, directly appealing to our senses and emotions.
Lama Chopa provides an opportunity for those practising tantra to restore
and reaffirm their vows and pledges. But everyone is welcome to attend this
ceremony of making extensive offerings, actual and imagined, to the
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and particularly the Lama, and of accumulating
the positive energy needed to progress along the spiritual path.

The Lama Chopa text was composed by the first Panchen Lama, Losang
Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662). It is said to bring together all the essential
practices of Lam Rim (stages of the path), Lojong (mind training) and Highest Yoga Tantra. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to Geshe Tashi, describes Lama Chopa as one of the main Highest Yoga Tantra practices, but traditionally as a group practice, it can be practised by anyone.

Discovering Buddhism Module: All About Karma

Saturday 9th Feb 10:00 - 4:30 pm
Sunday 10th Feb 10:00 – 4.30 pm

Learn about the law of cause and effect and generate a clear
understanding about how karma works. Discover effective tools to
cultivate merit (positive energy/strength)– the cause of happiness and
success – and purify mistaken actions. In addition, explore ways to
become adept at dealing with life most effectively and thereby take
control of your future.

YOU MUST BOOK IN ADVANCE FOR THIS COURSE
Please email smile@jamyangleeds.co.uk by 28th January to
ensure that the course will run and you have a place.

Cost £45 – Concessions £35 for the weekend or £25/20 per day

This course is certificated. To complete the certificated course you will
be required to complete an essay or lead one meditation session on
Karma.

Discovering Buddhism Module: All About Karma

With Ven Mary Reavey assisted by Tony Nicely

Saturday 9th Feb 10:00-4:30pm
Sunday 10th Feb. 10:00 – 4.30pm

Learn about the law of cause and effect and generate a clear
understanding about how karma works. Discover effective tools to
cultivate merit (positive energy/strength)– the cause of happiness and
success – and purify mistaken actions. In addition, explore ways to
become adept at dealing with life most effectively and thereby take
control of your future.

YOU MUST BOOK IN ADVANCE FOR THIS COURSE
Please email smile@jamyangleeds.co.uk by 28th January to
ensure that the course will run and you have a place.
Cost £45 – Concessions £35 for the weekend or £25/20 per day

This course is certificated. To complete the certificated course you will
be required to complete an essay or lead one meditation session on
Karma.

Meditation for Beginners
with Jay Simpson or Venerable Mary

This drop-in session will enable you to experience and learn basic meditation techniques to help you unwind, de-stress and calm your mind.

Suggested donation £4.00 per evening

The new Practical Buddhist Meditations

This is an introductory course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques and follows on from the Monday night sessions ‘Meditation for Beginners’. It is a down to earth, no nonsense guide to Buddhist meditation. It does not assume that you know anything at all about meditation or about Buddhism. It does not even assume that you are even interested in learning more about Buddhism. This course assumes simply that those who come are interested in learning something about meditation and Buddhist meditation in particular.

Overall, the following topics will be covered during this 6 week course:

• · meditation posture and arranging the body

• · purposes and benefits of meditation

• · different skills used in meditation and useful in daily life

• · the difference between meditation and simple relaxation

• · obstacles to meditation and their antidotes

• · advice for establishing a long-term meditation practice

• · using the benefits of meditation in everyday living

• · breathing meditations, mindfulness meditations, visualizations

• · analytical meditations: meditation on equanimity, transforming

· negative experiences into positive

with Venerable Mary or David Midgley

Suggested donation £5.50 per evening

Highlight - Puja, meditation and practice

Thursdays: 19:00- 20.30
with Ven Mary, Bob Smith or Bob Charlton

Most sessions will concentrate on the powerful Medicine Buddha Puja.

“Puja also means gathering. We gather together offerings and we gather
together practitioners in unison, to do the practice. We make an all-out effort to concentrate on the same space that stretches before our minds.
Understandably, individuals in group practice experience much stronger
inspirations than one can possibly feel while doing it all by oneself. In general, it has to be much better than just doing puja alone in our own rooms. “ : Lama Yeshe .

Everyone is welcome, Pujas are a community event. They are
energising and highly beneficial, so please come along.

Tsog and Lama Choepa (Guru Puja)

Twice a month, based on the lunar calendar, we do the Lama Chopa tsog.
Lama means Guru; Chopa means offering; and tsog means gathering or
party. The dates are published in the Jamyang programme. It starts at 7.00 in
the evening and lasts for under an hour and a half. We can each bring an
offering of some flowers or good quality food or non-alcoholic drink, which is
placed on the shrine. The food is distributed amongst the participants during
the ceremony, and can be eaten then, and/or taken home afterwards.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes it as a ceremony of prayer, chanting, music,
meditation and a ritual feast, directly appealing to our senses and emotions.
Lama Chopa provides an opportunity for those practising tantra to restore
and reaffirm their vows and pledges. But everyone is welcome to attend this
ceremony of making extensive offerings, actual and imagined, to the
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and particularly the Lama, and of accumulating
the positive energy needed to progress along the spiritual path.

The Lama Chopa text was composed by the first Panchen Lama, Losang
Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662). It is said to bring together all the essential
practices of Lam Rim (stages of the path), Lojong (mind training) and Highest Yoga Tantra. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to Geshe Tashi, describes Lama Chopa as one of the main Highest Yoga Tantra practices, but traditionally as a group practice, it can be practised by anyone.

Meditation for Beginners
with Jay Simpson or Venerable Mary

This drop-in session will enable you to experience and learn basic meditation techniques to help you unwind, de-stress and calm your mind.

Suggested donation £4.00 per evening

The new Practical Buddhist Meditations

This is an introductory course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques and follows on from the Monday night sessions ‘Meditation for Beginners’. It is a down to earth, no nonsense guide to Buddhist meditation. It does not assume that you know anything at all about meditation or about Buddhism. It does not even assume that you are even interested in learning more about Buddhism. This course assumes simply that those who come are interested in learning something about meditation and Buddhist meditation in particular.

Overall, the following topics will be covered during this 6 week course:

• · meditation posture and arranging the body

• · purposes and benefits of meditation

• · different skills used in meditation and useful in daily life

• · the difference between meditation and simple relaxation

• · obstacles to meditation and their antidotes

• · advice for establishing a long-term meditation practice

• · using the benefits of meditation in everyday living

• · breathing meditations, mindfulness meditations, visualizations

• · analytical meditations: meditation on equanimity, transforming

· negative experiences into positive

with Venerable Mary or David Midgley

Suggested donation £5.50 per evening

Highlight - Puja, meditation and practice

Thursdays: 19:00- 20.30
with Ven Mary, Bob Smith or Bob Charlton

Most sessions will concentrate on the powerful Medicine Buddha Puja.

“Puja also means gathering. We gather together offerings and we gather
together practitioners in unison, to do the practice. We make an all-out effort to concentrate on the same space that stretches before our minds.
Understandably, individuals in group practice experience much stronger
inspirations than one can possibly feel while doing it all by oneself. In general, it has to be much better than just doing puja alone in our own rooms. “ : Lama Yeshe .

Everyone is welcome, Pujas are a community event. They are
energising and highly beneficial, so please come along.

Tsog and Lama Choepa (Guru Puja)

Twice a month, based on the lunar calendar, we do the Lama Chopa tsog.
Lama means Guru; Chopa means offering; and tsog means gathering or
party. The dates are published in the Jamyang programme. It starts at 7.00 in
the evening and lasts for under an hour and a half. We can each bring an
offering of some flowers or good quality food or non-alcoholic drink, which is
placed on the shrine. The food is distributed amongst the participants during
the ceremony, and can be eaten then, and/or taken home afterwards.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes it as a ceremony of prayer, chanting, music,
meditation and a ritual feast, directly appealing to our senses and emotions.
Lama Chopa provides an opportunity for those practising tantra to restore
and reaffirm their vows and pledges. But everyone is welcome to attend this
ceremony of making extensive offerings, actual and imagined, to the
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and particularly the Lama, and of accumulating
the positive energy needed to progress along the spiritual path.

The Lama Chopa text was composed by the first Panchen Lama, Losang
Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662). It is said to bring together all the essential
practices of Lam Rim (stages of the path), Lojong (mind training) and Highest Yoga Tantra. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to Geshe Tashi, describes Lama Chopa as one of the main Highest Yoga Tantra practices, but traditionally as a group practice, it can be practised by anyone.

Meditation for Beginners
with Jay Simpson or Venerable Mary

This drop-in session will enable you to experience and learn basic meditation techniques to help you unwind, de-stress and calm your mind.

Suggested donation £4.00 per evening

Wednesdays: 19:00 to 21:00 on 27th Feb, 5th Mar, 12 Mar, 30 Apr

Guided Lam Rim Meditations

Join with others to reflect and engage more deeply with Lam Rim meditations.
These group guided meditations are a wonderful way of maintaining the
energy of retreat and daily practice.

Suggested donation £5.50 per evening

Highlight - Puja, meditation and practice

Thursdays: 19:00- 20.30
with Ven Mary, Bob Smith or Bob Charlton

Most sessions will concentrate on the powerful Medicine Buddha Puja.

“Puja also means gathering. We gather together offerings and we gather
together practitioners in unison, to do the practice. We make an all-out effort to concentrate on the same space that stretches before our minds.
Understandably, individuals in group practice experience much stronger
inspirations than one can possibly feel while doing it all by oneself. In general, it has to be much better than just doing puja alone in our own rooms. “ : Lama Yeshe .

Everyone is welcome, Pujas are a community event. They are
energising and highly beneficial, so please come along.

Tsog and Lama Choepa (Guru Puja)

Twice a month, based on the lunar calendar, we do the Lama Chopa tsog.
Lama means Guru; Chopa means offering; and tsog means gathering or
party. The dates are published in the Jamyang programme. It starts at 7.00 in
the evening and lasts for under an hour and a half. We can each bring an
offering of some flowers or good quality food or non-alcoholic drink, which is
placed on the shrine. The food is distributed amongst the participants during
the ceremony, and can be eaten then, and/or taken home afterwards.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes it as a ceremony of prayer, chanting, music,
meditation and a ritual feast, directly appealing to our senses and emotions.
Lama Chopa provides an opportunity for those practising tantra to restore
and reaffirm their vows and pledges. But everyone is welcome to attend this
ceremony of making extensive offerings, actual and imagined, to the
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and particularly the Lama, and of accumulating
the positive energy needed to progress along the spiritual path.

The Lama Chopa text was composed by the first Panchen Lama, Losang
Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662). It is said to bring together all the essential
practices of Lam Rim (stages of the path), Lojong (mind training) and Highest Yoga Tantra. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to Geshe Tashi, describes Lama Chopa as one of the main Highest Yoga Tantra practices, but traditionally as a group practice, it can be practised by anyone.

How to be mindful in daily life

A Public Teaching by Venerable Barbara Shannon

1st March 2008, 10:00am to 4:30pm at JBCL, Whingate, Leeds

Practicing sitting meditation allows one to develop one’s ability to relax and
one’s ability to be mindful. However, the point of the practice is not to do
sitting meditation. Rather it is to cultivate the ability to live mindfully, to live
with less suffering, to live one’s life fully. Venerable Barbara will explain
practical and straight forward methods of being more mindful in everyday life.

Venerable Barbara has been ordained as a nun since 1988 and lived and
worked in India for many years. She now studies with Geshe Tashi at
Jamyang London and is an online tutor for the Foundation of Buddhist
Thought. She also works as a Health visitor in Wandsworth.

Suggested donation £25/20

Meditation for Beginners
with Jay Simpson or Venerable Mary

This drop-in session will enable you to experience and learn basic meditation techniques to help you unwind, de-stress and calm your mind.

Suggested donation £4.00 per evening

Wednesdays: 19:00 to 21:00 on 27th Feb, 5th Mar, 12 Mar, 30 Apr

Guided Lam Rim Meditations

Join with others to reflect and engage more deeply with Lam Rim meditations.
These group guided meditations are a wonderful way of maintaining the
energy of retreat and daily practice.

Suggested donation £5.50 per evening

Highlight - Puja, meditation and practice

Thursdays: 19:00- 20.30
with Ven Mary, Bob Smith or Bob Charlton

Most sessions will concentrate on the powerful Medicine Buddha Puja.

“Puja also means gathering. We gather together offerings and we gather
together practitioners in unison, to do the practice. We make an all-out effort to concentrate on the same space that stretches before our minds.
Understandably, individuals in group practice experience much stronger
inspirations than one can possibly feel while doing it all by oneself. In general, it has to be much better than just doing puja alone in our own rooms. “ : Lama Yeshe .

Everyone is welcome, Pujas are a community event. They are
energising and highly beneficial, so please come along.

Tsog and Lama Choepa (Guru Puja)

Twice a month, based on the lunar calendar, we do the Lama Chopa tsog.
Lama means Guru; Chopa means offering; and tsog means gathering or
party. The dates are published in the Jamyang programme. It starts at 7.00 in
the evening and lasts for under an hour and a half. We can each bring an
offering of some flowers or good quality food or non-alcoholic drink, which is
placed on the shrine. The food is distributed amongst the participants during
the ceremony, and can be eaten then, and/or taken home afterwards.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes it as a ceremony of prayer, chanting, music,
meditation and a ritual feast, directly appealing to our senses and emotions.
Lama Chopa provides an opportunity for those practising tantra to restore
and reaffirm their vows and pledges. But everyone is welcome to attend this
ceremony of making extensive offerings, actual and imagined, to the
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and particularly the Lama, and of accumulating
the positive energy needed to progress along the spiritual path.

The Lama Chopa text was composed by the first Panchen Lama, Losang
Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662). It is said to bring together all the essential
practices of Lam Rim (stages of the path), Lojong (mind training) and Highest Yoga Tantra. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to Geshe Tashi, describes Lama Chopa as one of the main Highest Yoga Tantra practices, but traditionally as a group practice, it can be practised by anyone.

Thursdays: 20.00 to 21:00 – 6th Mar, 3rd Apr, 1 May

Purification Practices
with Venerable Mary or Bob Charlton

These sessions will be practical purification sessions concentrating on either
the 35 Confessional Buddhas Prostration Practice or the Vajrasattva
Purification practice (short version).