A Weekend Retreat on the Seven Points of Mind Training
Online via Zoom
with Tim Olmsted
From learning to recognize the essence of mind, to bringing wisdom and compassion into our everyday lives, the Seven Points of Mind Training is an indispensable guide to developing Bodhicitta, the commitment to the awakening of all beings.
These teachings with Senior Tergar Instructor Tim Olmsted show us that our problems and difficulties can be the raw material that allow us to awaken authentic love and compassion for ourselves and others.
This training is attributed to the great 11th-century scholar and meditation master Atisha Dipamkara. Originally passed in secret from teacher to student, these teachings are now considered an essential training for anyone who aspires to travel the path of awakening. They are open to new students and old hands alike, regardless of one’s faith.
The weekend will consist of periods of meditation, teachings on key points of the text, and discussion. Please join us for what will surely be a transformative weekend.
DONATION
$180 Sponsor fee
$135 Base fee
$80 Reduced fee (for those with financial limitations)
November 6th and 7th 8am to 4PM
SCHEDULE
8:00 - 8:30 am Calm Abiding Meditation (led by KSC Lamas)
9:00 - 10:15 am Teaching and Practice
TEA - STRETCH
10:45 - 12:00 PM Teaching and Practice
LUNCH
1:00 - 2:15 PM Teaching and Practice
BREAK
2:45 - 4 PM Teaching and Practice
Tim Olmsted
Tim Olmsted has been a student of meditation for more than forty years. For twelve of those years, he lived in Nepal, working as a psychotherapist and studying with many of the greatest Buddhist teachers of our time, including Mingyur Rinpoche’s father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Tim is the founder, with Mingyur Rinpoche, of The Yongey Foundation. He is also a senior instructor for Mingyur Rinpoche’s worldwide meditation community, Tergar International. He has also served as the director of Gampo Abbey, the largest Buddhist monastery in North America. Tim is the president of the Pema Chödrön Foundation.