Friday, November 8, 2019 at 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Mindstream - Luminous Meditation
2098 Walsh Avenue
Suite C1
Santa Clara, CA
Khenpo Paljor is going to teach compassion meditation,
the foundation of which is the Four Immeasurable: Love, Compassion, Joy
(Rejoice), Equinimity.
Cultivating compassion can open our hearts to the world
around us and decrease the self-fixation that lies at the root of suffering.
Our tendency to fixate on our own well-being creates anxiety and suffering.
Positive mental states like love and compassion erode the causes of
dissatisfaction.
Khenpo Paljor speaks English.
Khenpo Paljor Gyatso was born in Amdo, Tibet. He began
monastic life at nine and entered Larung Gar Five Sciences Buddhist Institute,
the largest Buddhist Institute in the world, at sixteen. He studied there for
12 years with many great masters, especially his root Guru Khenchen Jigme
Phuntsok and his successor Khenchen Tsultrim Lodro. He received many
empowerments and oral transmissions of the various schools, especially of the
profound Dzogchen transmission. He distinguished himself as an excellent
scholar among the 9000 students at Larung Gar, at the young age of 25 received
degree of Khenpo (equivalent of Ph.D in Buddhism).
Since 2004 Khenpo has served as a lecturer and
collaborator with Dr. Robert Clark, the Coordinator of the Tibetan Language
Program at Stanford University. He also taught meditation, mindfulness, and
stress reduction at Psychiatric Alternatives and Wellness Center in SF. Since
2017 he has been invited to teach Buddhism and meditation at the Pure Land Of
Iowa Buddhist and Meditation Center.
Retreat Schedule
9:15a - 9:30a Check in
9:30a - 10:30a Teaching & Meditation
10:30a -11:00 Walking Meditation
11:00 - 12:00p Meditation
12:00p - 1:30p Potluck Lunch (please bring food to share)
1:30p - -2:30p Meditation
2:30p - 3:00p Walking Meditation
3:00p - 4:00p Teaching, Meditation
4:00p - 4:30p Walking Meditation
4:30p - 5:30p Teaching & Meditation
Cost: Free
