The Women’s Group: Support for Women in Spiritual Practice Six Saturdays: Sep 2, Oct 21, Nov 18, Dec 16, Jan 13, Feb 24 The Women’s Group provides a rich, supportive environment for women in spiritual practice. The group will meet with Lama Pallden monthly on 6 Saturdays for three hours; each session includes meditation, teaching and sharing of experience. Under Lama Palden’s guidance, the group will be studying the book, Machik’s Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of Chöd, translated by Sarah Harding. In this book. Machik Lapdrön, the great eleventh[...]

THE PRACTICE OF Six-arm Mahakala (Tibetan: Chagdrukpa), the fierce form of Chenresig, and the primary Shangpa lineage protector, helps practitioners overcome obstacles on the path to enlightenment and in daily life.  Lama Döndrup will lead the practice each month. Prerequisites: Open only to those who have had the Six Arm Mahakala (Chagdrukpa) empowerment and been taught the practice. Location: Sukhasiddhi Center, Fairfax CA. Cost: Donation. Contribute online or by cash or check when attending the event. Questions? Contact Us   Lama Döndrup has practiced and studied in the Buddhist tradition[...]

Opening the Gate: Monday Evening Quiet Meditation Beginning September 11, 2017: Every Monday at 7:00pm In these turbulent times, we are all looking for a place of sanctuary where we can find peace and meaning. Please join us on Monday evenings for a simple group meditation where we can feel the support of shared silence and discover the inner sanctuary that lies within each individual heart as well as our collective heart. Meditating with a group can be a powerful support for beginning or deepening your spiritual practice. Join Barbara[...]

Tuesday Morning Lujong (Tibetan Yoga) and Meditation Beginning Sept. 5, 2017: Every Tuesday 9:30 – 11:00 am Meditation is a way to calm the mind and allow our natural deep well of serenity, love and wisdom to flourish in our hearts. minds and in our daily lives. But we all know it is not easy to sit quietly. To do so we need to have harmony between our body and mind, to be grounded in the present moment, and to feel stable, confident and whole. Lujong, Tibetan yoga, has been[...]

Exploring the Heart Sutra: The Core Buddhist Teaching on Emptiness 8 Wednesday evenings: October 11 – December 6, 2017, 7:00-8:30pm (No class on November 22, 2017) THE QUINTESSENCE of the Great Wheel of Buddhism is contained in the enigmatic and pith Heart Sutra. In this series of eight sessions, we will explore the meaning of the words of this profound sutra, finding ways of applying this to our daily lives and meditation practice. Please join me as we journey together and strengthen our aspiration to perfect wisdom. Each class will[...]

Lojong: The Seven Points of Mind Training 8 Thursday evenings: Sept 28 through Nov 16, 2017, 7:00-8:30pm IN THIS CLASS, we will begin the investigation the Seven Points of Mind Training and fifty-nine slogans designed to help us to transform all of life’s circumstances into practice. The fifty-nine slogans form a very skillful set of antidotes to the habitual patterns of thoughts and emotion that cause us suffering These teachings were brought to Tibet in the eleventh century and have since been practiced by all Tibetan lineages. Each class will[...]

Sungkor meeting. Open only to Sungkor participants.

  The Clear Light Institute of Sukhasiddhi Foundation invites you to join the conversation:   A Death Cafe is an open, respectful, confidential and safe space where people can discuss death and impermanence, and reflect on what is of most importance and value in life. We live in a culture that denies old age, sickness, death and impermanence. Death Cafe opens the discussion and aspires to provide a safe space for all of us to evolve into a society that accepts death as a part of life. The venue is[...]

Pointing out the Dharmakaya: Experiencing the Pure, Open Nature of Mind 5 Sunday Evenings: Oct 15, 29, Nov 5,12, Dec 10; 6:30-8:00pm Mahamudra is a practice that leads one to directly experience the open, luminous, pure nature of mind. The Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje (1556–1603) is renowned for his three definitive texts on Mahamudra. Pointing Out the Dharmakaya is the most pith and accessible of these three, and is the focus of this class. The text, Pointing Out the Dharmakaya, has 2 main topics: Shamatha (calm abiding) and Vipashyana (insight)[...]