The Total Flowering of Activity to Help Others:
Profound Instructions of the Glorious Shangpa Kagyu
May 2nd - 4th
Friday 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday 10:00 am - noon & 2:00 - 4:00 pm
In-person & via Zoom
Base Tuition: $140
Benefactor Tuition: $175
Reduced Tuition: $90 (financial need)
Registration link: https://www.kscashland.org/lama-sarah-harding-2025
About The Weekend
In the 1970s the late great Kalu Rinpoche traveled extensively in the West including North America. Where there was interest among those listening to these early teachings Rinpoche gave the Chenrezig empowerment and recommended this service as a daily practice for anyone interested in Tibetan Buddhism and the strengthening of compassion. It had long been practiced at his monastery in India.
Lama Sarah will introduce the meditation and we will do the practice during the weekend. It includes The Four Thoughts Which Turn the Mind toward the Dharma Refuge and Bodhicitta and visualizing Chenrezig the Bodhisattva of Compassion as well as your primary teacher.
The practice unfolds as we meditate on compassion for all beings utilizing both Chenrezig’s mantra and the Tonglen practice of welcoming and offering. The meditation concludes with a renewing of concern for all beings and a dedication of the benefits of the practice to them.
Especially for this teaching visit Lama Sarah is providing a new edition of the service including a new translation. The wisdom dakini Niguma is associated with this practice so Lama Sarah will also teach on her translation of Niguma’s Aspiration Prayer.
This weekend will introduce the visualization style of meditation as well as the chance to deepen one’s connection to two compassion practices -- Chenrezig and Tonglen. The teachings are suitable for those interested in learning more about either of these styles of meditation as well as those drawn to a new expression of compassion practice.
Sarah Harding has been studying and practicing Buddhism since 1974 and has been teaching and translating since completing a three-year retreat in 1980 under the guidance of Kyabjé Kalu Rinpoché. She was associate professor at Naropa University for twenty-five years in Boulder Colorado where she currently resides and has been a fellow of the Tsadra Foundation since 2000. She specializes in literature with a focus on tantric practice. Her publications include Ornament of Dakpo Kagyu Thought; Creation and Completion; The Treasury of Knowledge: Esoteric Instructions; Niguma Lady of Illusion; and two volumes on Chö and Shijé from The Treasury of Precious Instructions.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kagyu Sukha Chöling, Clear Creek Drive, Ashland, OR, USA, United States
