Date: Saturday, 8th July 2023
Time: 10am to 4:30pm
The Buddhist notion of mind encompasses all subjective experience: sensual, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. There are perceptual as well as conceptual types of awareness, and there are gross, subtle, and very subtle levels of awareness. What Westerners commonly call “mind” is, from a Buddhist point of view, made up of many parts and functions through a co-operation of those parts—each of which is in flux. Any person’s stream of awareness is made up of infinite moments, each of which arises in dependence upon certain types of causes and conditions.
Buddhist training focuses on how to remove non-virtuous states of mind—such as craving and hatred—and cultivate virtuous states of mind—such as love and wisdom. Thus one can gradually remove the inner causes of suffering and cultivate the inner causes of happiness, benefiting both oneself and the world.
Schedule
10:00am -11:00am - Teaching & Short Meditation
Tea Break - 30min
11:30am to 12:30am - Teaching
Lunch - 1 hr
1:30pm to 2:00pm - Walking Meditation (around the grounds)
2pm to 3:00pm - Teaching
Tea Break - 30min
3:30pm to 4:30pm - Teaching
About the Teacher
Dechen Rochard is a Buddhist practitioner since 1984 and is a disciple of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. After engaging in several 3-month solitary retreats in the UK, including at Lam Rim Wales, she completed the first ten years of the Geshe degree program, including Madhyamaka, at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics (Dharamsala, India). She continued her studies of Madhyamaka with Geshe Lhundub Sopa for over a decade, translating and editing his oral commentary on the Insight section of Tsongkhapa’s Lamrim Chenmo (Wisdom Publications, 2017). With a lifelong love of philosophy and its practical applications, she obtained a B.A. in Philosophy (University of London, 1979) and a PhD in Buddhist Philosophy (University of Cambridge, 2013). Since 2014 she has been working for The Dalai Lama Foundation translating a compendium of teachings based on the writings of the classical Indian Buddhist masters. She is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Religion and Theology, University of Bristol, and a Fellow of the Dalai Lama Centre for Compassion, Oxford.
Who Should Attend?
This course is good for beginners and intermediate level or anyone interested in psychology.
Access to Teachings
Teachings will be delivered onsite at Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, Pentwyn Manor, Penrhos, Raglan, Usk, Wales, NP15 2LE.
Since we are gradually re-opening the centre, no food will be available onsite so please do bring your own lunch.
Hot drinks and refreshments will be available.
Booking & Registration
Please book by selecting one of the ticket options below. Please come to the reception area and we’ll register your attendance by your name. If you prefer to donate onsite, please select Donate Onsite.
Donations
We are firmly convinced that donations (either in work or financially) must only be given in accordance with ability and no-one should ever feel unable to attend teachings due to financial difficulty. Buddhist teachings are traditionally given freely, however the Centre does rely entirely on voluntary support. Donations for these teachings will be gratefully received and be used to continue the necessary maintenance work and upgrades to the Centre so that it can continue to re-open and welcome visitors. Please explore suggested donations as listed below.
Important Note: Our system uses PayPal to take donations. If you do not have a PayPal Account you can pay as a Guest. Please click the link ‘Try Another Way’ , then follow instructions for ‘Pay by Debit or Credit Card’.
Date: Saturday, 8th July 2023
Time: 10am to 4:30pm
The Buddhist notion of mind encompasses all subjective experience: sensual, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. There are perceptual as well as conceptual types of awareness, and there are gross, subtle, and very subtle levels of awareness. What Westerners commonly call “mind” is, from a Buddhist point of view, made up of many parts and functions through a co-operation of those parts—each of which is in flux. Any person’s stream of awareness is made up of infinite moments, each of which arises in dependence upon certain types of causes and conditions.
Buddhist training focuses on how to remove non-virtuous states of mind—such as craving and hatred—and cultivate virtuous states of mind—such as love and wisdom. Thus one can gradually remove the inner causes of suffering and cultivate the inner causes of happiness, benefiting both oneself and the world.
Schedule
10:00am -11:00am - Teaching & Short Meditation
Tea Break - 30min
11:30am to 12:30am - Teaching
Lunch - 1 hr
1:30pm to 2:00pm - Walking Meditation (around the grounds)
2pm to 3:00pm - Teaching
Tea Break - 30min
3:30pm to 4:30pm - Teaching
About the Teacher
Dechen Rochard is a Buddhist practitioner since 1984 and is a disciple of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. After engaging in several 3-month solitary retreats in the UK, including at Lam Rim Wales, she completed the first ten years of the Geshe degree program, including Madhyamaka, at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics (Dharamsala, India). She continued her studies of Madhyamaka with Geshe Lhundub Sopa for over a decade, translating and editing his oral commentary on the Insight section of Tsongkhapa’s Lamrim Chenmo (Wisdom Publications, 2017). With a lifelong love of philosophy and its practical applications, she obtained a B.A. in Philosophy (University of London, 1979) and a PhD in Buddhist Philosophy (University of Cambridge, 2013). Since 2014 she has been working for The Dalai Lama Foundation translating a compendium of teachings based on the writings of the classical Indian Buddhist masters. She is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Religion and Theology, University of Bristol, and a Fellow of the Dalai Lama Centre for Compassion, Oxford.
Who Should Attend?
This course is good for beginners and intermediate level or anyone interested in psychology.
Access to Teachings
Teachings will be delivered onsite at Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, Pentwyn Manor, Penrhos, Raglan, Usk, Wales, NP15 2LE.
Since we are gradually re-opening the centre, no food will be available onsite so please do bring your own lunch.
Hot drinks and refreshments will be available.
Booking & Registration
Please book by selecting one of the ticket options below. Please come to the reception area and we’ll register your attendance by your name. If you prefer to donate onsite, please select Donate Onsite.
Donations
We are firmly convinced that donations (either in work or financially) must only be given in accordance with ability and no-one should ever feel unable to attend teachings due to financial difficulty. Buddhist teachings are traditionally given freely, however the Centre does rely entirely on voluntary support. Donations for these teachings will be gratefully received and be used to continue the necessary maintenance work and upgrades to the Centre so that it can continue to re-open and welcome visitors. Please explore suggested donations as listed below.
Important Note: Our system uses PayPal to take donations. If you do not have a PayPal Account you can pay as a Guest. Please click the link ‘Try Another Way’ , then follow instructions for ‘Pay by Debit or Credit Card’.
