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Experiencing Emotions with a Spacious Mind
“The Subtle Body” Teachings in the Dzogchen Tradition
Do you find yourself ……
- unable to be totally relaxed, always sitting on the edge, ready to jump?
- restless, feeling guilty when you have nothing to do?
- constantly swiping your smart phone, even when there’s nothing important to see?
- having sudden mood change in certain weather, seeing certain things, or smelling certain smell?
- playing online games to the point of feeling sick, but you simply can’t stop yourself?
If you do, your Subtle Body is out of balance!
In the Tibetan tradition, the subtle body may be best understood as the place where emotions emerge and abide, asserting a tangible effect on the physical body.The subtle body is not about the knowing mind, nor about the sensing body (gross body). It is “subtle” because it is difficult to detect any particular movements when it is in a balanced state. Yet, when the subtle body’s natural equilibrium gets out of balance, we experience emotions, blockages, anger, ordepression. If we don’t take care of it, over time the recurring emotions will become unexplainable habitual patterns, until one day they just erupt out of proportion.
The subtle body connects the body and mind, and is the home of the emotions that influences both. Persistent imbalance has a negative effect on our physical wellbeing as well as our awareness capability. Finding inner balance requires much more than merely using common sense. Transforming the subtle body needs the heart and mind working together to gently recognize and accept whatever feelings and emotions we experience. In a balanced state, we are in touch with our “essence love” – an internal feeling of “okayness” or “bliss”, which is unaffected by external phenomenon. This is the foundation of a healthy “self”.
This 3-day teachings aim to introduce the concepts of the gross body, the subtle body and their relationships with the mind; and how they function separately and collectively. Over the years, Rinpoche has developed a unique teaching style, combining western psychology, neurosciences and the Buddhist views. Through meditation practices Tsoknyi Rinpoche will guide us through the healing process of the unbalanced subtle body due to speediness in modern life style. Learning will be intensive in a retreat environment with a combination of teaching, experiential practices and meditation.
Starting 2017, Tsoknyi Rinpoche has officially incorporated the Subtle Body teaching as a preliminary of the Dzogchen curriculum. The Subtle Body teaching is now a prerequisite for subsequent Dzogchen teachings, such as Trekcho, Bardo and so forth.
The Subtle Body Teaching with Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Date : 17th – 19th December 2023
Venue : Regal Riverside Hotel, 34-36 Tai Chung Kiu Road, Shatin, Hong Kong
Rinpoche will teach in English, with Cantonese and Putonghua translation
Requirements: This is a public retreat open to all, no prerequisites required.
Registrants must be 16 years old or over.
Course Fees:
HKD 1,800 per Person
HKD 900 per Ordained Sangha
Remarks:
- Only seats are available. There are no provisions for meditation cushions.
- Please arrange your own accommodations and meals.
Online teachings
This course will not be streamed online.
As instructed by Rinpoche, teachings of Trekcho cannot be shared with those not physically present. Only video of Subtle Body can be recorded.
Video Recording of Subtle Body
HKD 600 per person
HKD 300 per Ordained Sangha
The video link will be sent to the registered email address after 3 days of teachings.
Dzogchen Teachings of Trekchö (Thoroughly cutting through) with Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Trekchö, or cutting through, practice of the Great Perfection, which directly introduces the student to the luminous purity of the mind’s essence.
Trekchö is the thorough cut of cutting through, cutting the obscurations completely to pieces, like slashing through them with a knife. So the past thought has ceased, the future thought hasn’t yet arisen, and the knife is cutting through this stream of present thought. But one doesn’t keep hold of the knife either, one lets the knife go, so there is a gap…Even if only a little piece of the basic state is visible, if it is the genuine, real thing, that is the recognizing of dharmakaya.
~~~ Tsoknyi Rinpoche (Carefree Diginity) p. 28-29
Date : 20th – 23rd December 2023
Venue : Regal Riverside Hotel, 34-36 Tai Chung Kiu Road, Shatin, Hong Kong
Rinpoche will teach in English and Tibetan with translation in Cantonese, Mandarin and English
Requirements: Completion of The Subtle Body teaching is a must.
Registrants must be 16 years old or over.
Course Fees:
HKD 2,200 per Person
HKD 1,100 per Ordained Sangha
Remarks:
- The retreat content or schedule is subject to Ven. Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s final decision and may be changed without prior notice.
- Please ensure that you are physically fit to fully attend the retreat and bring your own medication if necessary.
Mandala Offerings
Mandala offerings is a practice that combines the best of meditation, mantra, purification, and offerings in one powerful act. The offerings of body, speech, mind, and merits enhances turning of the wheel of Dharma, resulting in accumulation of merits. The mandala will be offered in groups of five people, with HK$ 5,000 per group. Please fill in your request in the registration form.
Glazed Vajrasattva Statue
Vajrasattva once vowed, “Anyone who hears my name, visualizes me, and recites my mantra will have all their sins purified. Otherwise, I will not become a Buddha.” The glazed statues of Vajrasattva will be blessed by the Dharma Assembly as well as the puja can be requested for HK$ 2,000 each. Please fill in your request in the registration form.
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Teachings completed
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