Lama Karma Drodhul Weekend Teaching October 24-26
Karma Thegsum Choling Jacksonville is honored to welcome Lama Karma Drodhul October 24-26 to teach the practice of Chöd & give the Chöd Empowerment. Lama Karma is a resident teacher visiting from our parent monastery, Karma Triyana Dharmachakra. This is a rare opportunity to receive a teaching & empowerment not given frequently from an authentic Tibetan Buddhist teacher.
Public Talk:
How to Be Friendly with Fear
Friday, October 24th 7:00 PM:
Public Talk: How to Be Friendly with Fear In Tibetan Buddhism, fear is understood to arise from our attachment to self and our misunderstanding of the mind’s true nature. Lama Karma Drodhul will guide us in transforming fear into a companion on the path, learning to see it as a friend. In person or Zoom
Weekend Teaching:
Chöd Teaching & Empowerment
Saturday & Sunday, October 25th & 26th
The offering practice of Chöd is associated with the great Tibetan female master Machik Labdrön. It is based on the fearless vision of The Heart Sutra, which proclaims the basis for all experience as being the empty and luminous mind.
Through visualization and chanting, the Chöd practitioner symbolically surrenders grasping after an illusory “self,” and makes an offering of all they have and own to benefit all beings in the universe. The practice is often done to pacify mental and physical afflictions and bring harmony to one’s environment.
Chanting the Chöd practice is accompanied by several musical instruments: a bell, a Chöd drum, and a kangling (horn). KTC Jax has the Chöd practice text, Chöd drum, and a kangling available to borrow or purchase during the weekend. We request you bring your own Tibetan bell if you have one.
SUGGESTED DONATIONS:
We kindly ask for a $60 suggested donation to attend the weekend teaching and empowerment but please donate what is in your financial means.
PLEASE NOTE: KTC Jax brings authentic Buddhist teachers to the Jacksonville area year-round for programs and retreats. Suggested donations are requested to offset the costs associated with holding these special events. We always greatly appreciate your generosity, but no one has ever been turned away because they couldn’t make a donation.
PRE-REQUISITES: To attend the teaching and/or receive the empowerment, one must first have or intend to take the Buddhist Vow of Refuge, taking the Buddha as their teacher, the Dharma as their path and the Sangha as their Community. Refuge will be given Saturday afternoon before the empowerment. ***Zoom Attendance is restricted to practitioners already doing Chöd practice***
Schedule:
Saturday, October 25th
10:00am – Noon Teaching
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Refuge & Empowerment (In Person Only)
Sunday, October 26th
10:00am – Noon Teaching
2:00pm – 4:00pm Group Chöd practice
This eventbrite ticket is good for online viewing or In Person attendance at KTC Jacksonville
Location: 4168 Herschel Street Jacksonville FL 32210
You can also register in person day of the event.
About Lama Karma: Lama Karma is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher and former president of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery in Woodstock, NY. He also is the nephew of KTD’s first Abbot, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, and assisted Khenpo Rinpoche at KTD. As a youth, Lama Karma excelled in all aspects of dharma study at Thrangu Monastery and Thrangu Rinpoche sent him to the United States to deepen his understanding of the dharma under the tutelage of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche.
Lama Karma Drodul is a skilled writer in classical Tibetan. His published books include Amrita of Eloquence: A Biography of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche and Siddhas of Ga.
Learn more about Lama Karma at https://kagyu.org/teachers/resident_LamaKarmaDrodhul
