When
Thursday evenings 7 - 8:30PM
April 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29.
Cost
- Base fee: $90
- Sponsor fee: $120*
- Student/Senior (65+): $60
- Work-study: (prior permission required) $45
* Those who pay the sponsor fee help support those who cannot afford to pay the full workshop fee.
The Path of the Bodhisattva
A six week Seminar with Tergar Instructor Cortland Dahl
The bodhisattva ideal is to help all sentient beings become buddhas. This lofty intention lies at the core of Mahayana Buddhism. In this six-week seminar, we will explore the core teachings of this tradition, learning how we ourselves can emulate the great bodhisattvas of times past by developing the mind of awakening, or bodhichitta, and practicing the six perfections of generosity, discipline, patience, effort, meditation, and wisdom.
The detailed outline for this course is as follows:
Class I: The Bodhisattva Ideal and the Two Forms of Bodhichitta
Class II: Perfection of Generosity and Discipline
Class III: Perfection of Patience and Effort
Class IV: Perfection of Meditation
Class V: Perfection of Wisdom
Class VI: Perfection of Wisdom (part II)
There are no prerequisites for this class.
Classes will include presentations by Cortland Dahl, as well as guided meditations and discussion.
About Cortland Dahl
Cortland began meditating in 1993 while a student at the University of Minnesota, in the years that followed, he practiced and studied a number of Buddhist traditions and traveled extensively throughout Asia, where he spent time on retreat in Japan, Burma, India, and Nepal. Following this period of travel, Cortland returned to the United States to pursue a master’s degree in Buddhist Studies at Naropa University. He then lived in India and Nepal for seven years, which gave him the opportunity to immerse himself in the Tibetan language and spend more time in retreat.
Since 2003, Cortland has interpreted for various Tibetan lamas and taught courses on Buddhism and Tibetan language throughout the world. He founded the Rime Foundation in 2004 and, under the direction of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, started the Tergar institute in 2006. As an author and translator, Cortland has published numerous works, including Entrance to the Great Perfection: A Guide to the Dzogchen Preliminaries; Great Perfection, Volumes I & II; and Deity, Mantra and Wisdom: Development Stage Meditation in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra.
Cortland currently serves as Chairman of Tergar International and lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where he is pursuing a PhD under the guidance of Dr. Richard Davidson. Read more...
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The mission of the Tergar Meditation Community is to make the ancient practice of meditation accessible to the modern world. For centuries, the practice of meditation has been used by countless individuals to transform suffering into joy and confusion into wisdom. Tergar meditation and study programs are designed to facilitate this transformation. Under the guidance of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, a remarkable Tibetan teacher celebrated for his ability to make the practice of meditation accessible to people of all backgrounds, the Tergar community of meditation centers and practice groups provides a comprehensive course of meditation training and study, with programs for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. Read more...