Special program with Tibetan Buddhist master Ringu Tulku

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

With attachment, “I” and “me” are our most important and constant preoccupations. Attachment is closed. It doesn’t tolerate freedom or space. Non-attachment, on the other hand, is not like that. It is not about wanting and ownership. Love with non-attachment is generous, and spontaneously develops into compassion, which is the genuine wish for the joy and happiness of others without any thought of self-reward. When in a relationship with a spiritual friend, devotion with attachment will stunt our growth; with non-attachment, devotion is an open relationship that includes the entire world. Come join us to explore questions like:

• How are love, compassion and devotion different in the Buddhist view?

• How do we work with our attachments in relation to love, compassion and devotion?

ABOUT THE TEACHER

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu Order. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism under many great masters such as HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and HH Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche. He took his formal education at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok and Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India and has served as Professor of Tibetology in Sikkim for 17 years. His doctoral thesis was on the Ecumenical Movement in Tibet.

Since 1990 he has been traveling and teaching Buddhism and meditation at more than 50 Universities, Institutes and Buddhist Centres in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and Asia. He also participates in various interfaith dialogues. He authored several books on Buddhism as well as some children’s books both in Tibetan and European languages. He founded Bodhicharya (www.bodhicharya.org ), an international organization that coordinates the worldwide activities to preserve and transmit Buddhist teachings, to promote inter-cultural dialogues and educational & social projects. He also founded Rigul Trust which supports his projects in his birthplace, Rigul, Tibet (www.rigultrust.org ).

Learn more: http://www.westchesterbuddhistcenter.org/ringu-tulku-rinpoche/

LOCATION: Eileen Fisher Headquarters, 2 Bridge Street, Irvington, NY 10533 | map & directions

$20 Suggested Donation at the door

ABOUT OUR CENTER

Westchester Buddhist Center (WBC) is dedicated to the practice and study of Buddhism in general, and to the teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in particular (“Cutting through Spiritual Materialism“; “Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior”). Trungpa Rinpoche’s teaching style made Buddhism accessible to Western minds and lifestyles in the early 1970s, and brought the Shambhala Buddhist teachings on creating enlightened society to the West.

WBC was formed in 2009 in order to share the Tibetan Buddhist teachings and meditation practices propagated by Trungpa Rinpoche with friends and neighbors in Westchester County, New York. We also offer in-depth, text-based courses, and periodically host visiting Tibetan teachers and other noteworthy speakers, movies and other events.

Today, the Center is led by three senior students of Rinpoche: Jane and Derek Kolleeny and John Baker. Gene Bobker frequently leads meditation instruction. Teaching according to the perspective of Trungpa Rinpoche, WBC teachers emphasize an experiential Buddhism, one focused on ordinary, daily life. New and seasoned practitioners of all traditions are welcome!