The Middle Way Initiative is a non-profit Buddhist organization that supports and encourages spirited conversation around the Buddha’s most essential teachings.
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Lojong is the Tibetan word for mind training. It is a tried and true process of bringing clarity to the way we understand and experience the interdependence between our mind and its world. As clarity increases through Lojong, our capacity to create harmony in our relationships grows, and our spiritual life helps us gracefully navigate the uncertainty of life.
For this program, Dungse Jampal Namgyel and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, will join forces to share their enthusiasm for the Lojong teachings, which will include teachings, guided meditations and lively conversation. This program will be held at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, CO, and online.
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Please join us on Saturday, December 21, 2024 from 10am to 12 pm USA MT for the OQ Live Conversation: “The Universe Held in Names” with Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel and Krishna Das. This event is offered livestream via Zoom in English and in Portuguese simulcast translation. Recordings will be available after the event for free to event registrants.
Krishna Das, affectionately known as KD, is an American vocalist known for his performances of Hindu devotional music, or kirtan. Elizabeth will ask Krishna Das to share his experience as a close disciple of the Northern Indian Saint, Neem Karoli Baba (Maharahhi), the devotional practice of call-and-response chanting, and the way Bakti (or devotion) is expressed in his tradition. We are truly looking forward to having him on our next OQ Live Conversations.
Registration opens soon!
In Episode 504, Elizabeth explores devotion, one of the many aspects of faith. Through stories and inquiry, she brings us through various meanings of devotion. Elizabeth examines devotion as an experience, along with cultural and interpersonal challenges that can arise through misunderstanding the teacher/student dynamic. When understood more clearly, devotion hastens the process of spiritual awakening for the student.
Our Middle Way Initiative Donor Campaign runs through December 31, 2023. All donors who have given a total of $108 USD or more during 2023 will be entered in a random drawing for an archival matte paper print of Kongtrul Rinpoche’s oil painting “Light Coming Through.”
