The Essence of Mahayana
January 3, 2025 – January 6, 2025 PST
Gomde California is honored to welcome our esteemed lineage master and teacher, Phakchok Rinpoche, who will teach on the “Essence of the Mahayana” from Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation. Through Rinpoche’s teachings, we will examine the origin of samsara and how confusion arises out of emptiness and operates like a dream.
The Mahayana path, predicated on buddha-nature and traversable via our precious human life, when guided by a qualified spiritual teacher’s instructions, leads us to perfect buddhahood—from which radiates spontaneous, compassionate activity.
Rinpoche will address the key qualities needed on the path along with the four profound obstacles we face and their antidotes. Rinpoche will highlight the Four Immeasurables and the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as well as additional key points for deepening one’s practice of the bodhisattva path.
This will be a very special program at Gomde California, our first winter seminar with one of our primary and esteemed lineage teachers.
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