Dzogchen Center Cambridge: Calendar

Dzogchen Center Cambridge

Calendar and Events

Ongoing practices		Weekly Dzogchen Meditation Every Monday evening, 7:30 pm These weekly sittings (other than those on the Dzogchen Center Cambridge calendar) are led by authorized senior students of Lama Surya Das and Lama John Makransky. Cambridge Friends Meeting House Chapel, 5 Longfellow Park (off Brattle Street), Cambridge, MA. All are welcome. For more information, contact cambridge@dzogchen.org. Meditations on Natural Love and Awareness Every second Saturday, 10:00am Every fourth Wednesday, 7:30pm These are guided meditations on love and compassion as expressions of innate awareness. They include practices of bodhichitta and the bodhisattva path. Lama John Makransky urges all his students in practice to attend these sessions as often as possible. Cambridge Friends Meeting House Parlor, 5 Longfellow Park (off Brattle Street), Cambridge, MA. All are welcome. For more information about the Saturday pratice group, contact Jane Moss (781) 259-9822 or e-mail jbmoss123@comcast.net. For more information about the Wednesday pratice group, contact Ana Hristic at anahristic@gmail.com. Foundational Practices (Ngondro) Every first Saturday, 10:00am (by invitation only) A practice group meets each month to do Dudjom Tersar Ngondro under the guidance of Lama Surya and Lama John. Ngondro are foundational practices to take refuge, affirm the bodhisattva resolve, offer one’s experienced world as mandala, purify the mind through Vajrasattva, and merge with the lineage of masters through Guru yoga. Permission from Lama John Makransky is a prerequisite Cambridge Friends Meeting House Parlor, 5 Longfellow Park (off Brattle Street), Cambridge, MA. All are welcome. For more information about the Ngondro pratice group, contact Bob Morrison at aberfalls@gmail.com.
Special Events		The listings below are Cambridge Dzogchen Center events with with Lama Surya Das, Lama John Makransky, Lama Choying Palmo, and other teachers. For further information on other Dzogchen events -- including one-day retreats, weeklong intensive retreats,and workshops -- please see the main Dzogchen Center calendar, or click the links below: Teachings by Lama Surya Das Teachings by Lama John Makransky Teachings by Lama Palmo For information on meeting times for other practice groups affiliated with the Dzogchen Center, see the Practice Groups page. Please see our Event Registration FAQ for full details on registration, parking, scholarships, and other questions you may have regarding any of the events listed below.
September 2007		Monday, September 10, 7:30 p.m. Awakening Through Love: Unveiling Your Deepest Goodness with Lama John Makransky Book reading and talk followed by book signing and refreshments Cambridge Friends Meeting House (reception in the Cambridge Friends Room), 5 Longfellow Park (off Brattle Street), Cambridge, MA. All are welcome. For more information, contact cambridge@dzogchen.org. Saturday, September 29, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Awakening Through Love: Unveiling Your Deepest Goodness with Lama John Makransky A One-Day Retreat St. John's Chapel, Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA. All are welcome. For retreat flyer and secure online registration, see http://www.dzogchen.org/retreats/index.htm. Students free with student ID.
October 2007		Wednesday, October 3, 7pm Awakening Through Love: Unveiling Your Deepest Goodness Book Signing and Reception with Lama John Makransky and responses from Father Michael Himes (BC Dept. of Theology) and Professor Richard Kearney (BC Dept. of Philosophy) Boston College Department of Philosophy. Lecture Hall 127, Merkert Chemistry Building, 2609 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Doors Open at 7 PM. Parking Available on the Boston College Campus For further information, contact Carol Marsh at pkreiner@rcn.com Monday, October 8, 7:30 p.m. Meditation and Teaching with Lama Surya Das Cambridge Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park (off Brattle Street), Cambridge, MA. All are welcome. For more information, contact cambridge@dzogchen.org.
November 2007		Friday – Saturday, November 2 – 3 Life's Big Questions from a Buddhist Perspective with Lama Surya Das Weekend Retreat Friday 7:30 PM, Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM St. John's Chapel, Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA. All are welcome. For retreat flyer and secure online registration, see http://www.dzogchen.org/retreats/index.htm. Students free with student ID.
December 2007		Saturday, December 8, 10 am. – 5 p.m. One-Day Retreat with Lama Choying Palmo Cambridge Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park (off Brattle Street), Cambridge, MA. All are welcome. For more information, contact cambridge@dzogchen.org.