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Free Sunday Chant, Tea, & Talk
Free Evening Programs on Sunday:
5:00 - 5:15 PM / Free Chant
5:45 - 6:00 PM / Tea & light refreshments
6:00 - 7:00 PM / Free Talk (topics below)
Each Sunday from 6-7 PM, a free talk on Nyingma teachings or related topics is presented by a Nyingma Institute faculty member or guest lecturer.
May 13, Bob Byrne on “Gratitude”
On this Mother’s Day, Nyingma Institute instructor, Bob Byrne, will explore the sense and meaning of gratitude from the perspective of the Dharma. Through discussion and practice, Bob will illustrate that sharing and expanding the feeling of gratitude can open new dimensions in our experience.
May 20, Bob Russo, “Skillful Means as Fundamental to Dharma Practice & Development.”
Our work brings us amazing opportunities for fulfillment and spiritual growth. How can we tap into this under-appreciated and under-utilized reservoir? Bob Russo will explore the challenging insights and practical instructions of “Skillful Means” for Dharma practice, inner development, and conscious work. Bob Russo has served as a project coordinator under Tarthang Tulku’s guidance for over forty years.
May 27, Olivia Hurd on “Transforming Negative Emotions with Mindful Awareness”
What wisdom can we learn from our emotions, and how can we work with them to relax their tightening grip? Tarthang Tulku writes that our problems do not lie in what we experience, but in the attitude we have towards it. It is possible to shift familiar reactive habit patterns of mind and body so that we don’t lose balance and patience. Nyingma Psychology instructor Olivia Hurd will discuss ways we can apply awareness to wake up to what is happening in our lives even amidst an emotional reaction.
June 3, Lama Palzang & Nathan Gallanter on “Activating the Sacred through Drumming and Chanting”
This talk will provide students with the opportunity to connect to the purpose, context, and use of sacred music in the Tibetan tradition, as well as to experience it in a light-hearted, relaxed manner.
Learn about the process of hand-crafting very large drums; their use and context in Tibetan Buddhist ritual practice; and finally join us in experiencing 10 large drums resounding together with sacred chants and prayers. Staff member and carpenter Nathan Gallanter will speak to the recently completed multiple-month process of creating over 10 drums for ritual use at Nyingma Institute. Lama Palzang, Co-Dean and faculty member, will talk about the context and purpose of ceremonial music in Tibetan Buddhist ritual practice, speaking from his experience as a trained lama.
The practice of chanting aloud with musical accompaniment enlivens and activates energies in the body and mind. It can harmonize and expand your field of experience, help clarify the mind, or be used to strengthen altruistic intentions. For a practitioner, these elements are part of an experiential method of focusing energy and amplifying positive intentions in transformative ways.
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