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23 - 29 September, 2019
23 September
  • The Karma And Drama Of Relationships: A practical Buddhist approach

    Teacher: Melanie Polatinsky
    Cost: 3 day's accommodation + R250 surcharge
    Dates:

    melanie polatinskyWhat comes first? Karma or Drama? Our previous karma - going back many lifetimes - usually thrusts us into the dramas we experience in all our relationships. Yet, it is the drama of ups and downs that usually creates more karma! So both are important to examine. All we know is that difficult relationships cause us pain and suffering, but is there a way to deal with relationships more creatively? The answer is to learn to view difficult relationships in a completely different way. During this retreat we will study the Buddhist approach to relationships from which we will learn that we are the creators of all our drama and that we need to take responsibility for change no matter how difficult. We will see relationships as a mirror reflecting our repetitive imprints both positively and negatively. This 3-day workshop will include meditation, chi kung and periods of quiet and rest.

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    Melanie Polatinsky is a psychotherapist, and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, and has been empowered to teach by Lama Yeshe Rinpoche, Abbot of Samye Ling Monastery, in Scotland. She has worked, taught and conducted retreats in a variety of fields for the past 45 years. These include meditation, dream work, death and dying, bereavement, inner child work, relationships, karma and reincarnation, inner peace, the five Wisdoms, discovering your true potential, and many other Buddhist topics including a Dzogchen View of life. She has done several self-retreats in India at Palpung Sherabling Monastery. She runs a Tibetan Samye Dzong Centre in Johannesburg and is involved in ongoing teaching in the above fields as well as many aspects of Vajrayana practice. She also teaches a Bardo group to train people in the death and dying teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as extensive direct work with the dying and their families. She has a private practice in psychotherapy with a Buddhist approach.

27 September
  • Tibetan Dream Yoga: The practice of lucid dreaming

    Teacher: Geshe Lobsang Dhondup
    Cost: 2 day's accommodation + R350 surcharge
    Dates:

    geshe lobsangMost of us spend a third of our life asleep. Taking the average life span into account, this is equivalent to about twenty-five to thirty years. Even though the mental state is more subtle when the body is asleep, it doesn't mean that we can't have an alert, meditative, observing mind. In fact, certain practices prove to be even more effective during this state, as we are less distracted by the five physical senses. In order to access dreams and to turn them towards the Buddhist path, we first have to realise that we are in fact dreaming. Tibetan Dream Yoga is the original form of Lucid Dreaming documented for 1,000 years. Also known as Milam - the yoga of the dream state - it is a collection of advanced tantric techniques. Just like our Western understanding of lucid dreams, the initial aim is to awaken the consciousness in the dream, state. In the Tibetan tradition, dream yoga is also used to practise Bodhicitta (the seed of enlightenment) and to develop wisdom.

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    Geshe Lobsang Dhondup is the Cultural Officer to the the Office of Tibet in South Africa. He completed a 7-year study of Buddhist Philosphy and Ethics and was awarded a Geshe Degree by the Academy Council of Drepung Monastery in India. He  has taught Tibetan Language, Dialectics and Philosophy, moderated training workshops on Compassion and Emotional Intelligence and participated in workshops on Environmental Awareness. He is a regular participant in annual science education classes conducted by Emory University, USA.

28 September
  • Tibetan Dream Yoga: The practice of lucid dreaming

    Teacher: Geshe Lobsang Dhondup
    Cost: 2 day's accommodation + R350 surcharge
    Dates:

    geshe lobsangMost of us spend a third of our life asleep. Taking the average life span into account, this is equivalent to about twenty-five to thirty years. Even though the mental state is more subtle when the body is asleep, it doesn't mean that we can't have an alert, meditative, observing mind. In fact, certain practices prove to be even more effective during this state, as we are less distracted by the five physical senses. In order to access dreams and to turn them towards the Buddhist path, we first have to realise that we are in fact dreaming. Tibetan Dream Yoga is the original form of Lucid Dreaming documented for 1,000 years. Also known as Milam - the yoga of the dream state - it is a collection of advanced tantric techniques. Just like our Western understanding of lucid dreams, the initial aim is to awaken the consciousness in the dream, state. In the Tibetan tradition, dream yoga is also used to practise Bodhicitta (the seed of enlightenment) and to develop wisdom.

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    Geshe Lobsang Dhondup is the Cultural Officer to the the Office of Tibet in South Africa. He completed a 7-year study of Buddhist Philosphy and Ethics and was awarded a Geshe Degree by the Academy Council of Drepung Monastery in India. He  has taught Tibetan Language, Dialectics and Philosophy, moderated training workshops on Compassion and Emotional Intelligence and participated in workshops on Environmental Awareness. He is a regular participant in annual science education classes conducted by Emory University, USA.

29 September
  • Tibetan Dream Yoga: The practice of lucid dreaming

    Teacher: Geshe Lobsang Dhondup
    Cost: 2 day's accommodation + R350 surcharge
    Dates:

    geshe lobsangMost of us spend a third of our life asleep. Taking the average life span into account, this is equivalent to about twenty-five to thirty years. Even though the mental state is more subtle when the body is asleep, it doesn't mean that we can't have an alert, meditative, observing mind. In fact, certain practices prove to be even more effective during this state, as we are less distracted by the five physical senses. In order to access dreams and to turn them towards the Buddhist path, we first have to realise that we are in fact dreaming. Tibetan Dream Yoga is the original form of Lucid Dreaming documented for 1,000 years. Also known as Milam - the yoga of the dream state - it is a collection of advanced tantric techniques. Just like our Western understanding of lucid dreams, the initial aim is to awaken the consciousness in the dream, state. In the Tibetan tradition, dream yoga is also used to practise Bodhicitta (the seed of enlightenment) and to develop wisdom.

    View teacher details
    Geshe Lobsang Dhondup is the Cultural Officer to the the Office of Tibet in South Africa. He completed a 7-year study of Buddhist Philosphy and Ethics and was awarded a Geshe Degree by the Academy Council of Drepung Monastery in India. He  has taught Tibetan Language, Dialectics and Philosophy, moderated training workshops on Compassion and Emotional Intelligence and participated in workshops on Environmental Awareness. He is a regular participant in annual science education classes conducted by Emory University, USA.