About this Event
Join Lama Rod Owens and The Consciousness Explorers Club for a day of practice aiming to expand and deepen our capacity to say “yes” to liberation and joy. Together, we'll explore the visionary, imaginative and embodied practice of mandala offering, helping us to engage with every aspect of experience as an opulent and abundant offering given freely to the entire universe, in order to dissolve dualistic conditioning and patterns of reactivity. Embodying this ethic of unconditional love and generosity fuels our agency to skillfully abolish everything that limits liberation in daily life, in our relationships with others, and in alliance with the Land. Over time and with practice, we decolonize our experience of phenomenal reality by reclaiming the full radiance of joy, clarity, and awakened care that is the actual inheritance of all beings.
During this day-long retreat, offered in person in Toronto and virtually over zoom, Lama Rod will guide practices and discussion which connect the classical mandala offering from the Indo-Tibetan tantric tradition to the werk/work of in these times. Participants will learn how to weave mandala offering into formal practice and throughout every aspect of daily living and dying, attuning to the somatic, perceptual, creative, and political aspects of the offering for collective liberation and mutual aid. To this end, we will call in support and joyful inspiration from the Land, plant allies, ancestral wisdoms, and the unseen.
About the teacher
Lama Rod Owens is a Black Buddhist Southern Queen. An international influencer with a Master of Divinity degree in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School. Author of Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger and co-author of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation, his teachings center on freedom, self-expression, and radical self-care.A leading voice in a new generation of Buddhist teachers with over 11 years of experience, Lama Rod activates the intersections of his identity to create a platform that’s very natural, engaging, and inclusive. Applauded for his mastery in balancing weighty topics with a sense of lightness, the Queen has been featured by various national and international news outlets. Wanna keep tabs on what Lama Rod is doing next? Be sure to sign up for his email list here and stay tuned to his website here for upcoming offerings.
About the event
This session is being offered on a "pay what you're able to" model, with a wide sliding scale to accomodate all income ranges and the option to attend in person in Toronto or online via zoom. The Consciousness Explorers Club is a registered not-for-profit with the mission of making meditation and personal growth practices fun and accessible to all.For those attending online, a zoom link for the workshop will be provided upon registration. An audio recording of the session will be shared with all registered participants after the event.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Friends House, 60 Lowther Avenue, Toronto, Canada
CAD 0.00 to CAD 154.69
