How do we navigate suffering, old age, sickness and death in ways that enrich our search for meaning and purpose? What can we actually do with our minds, and in our outer actions, to promote peace for ourselves and others? Why is understanding the emptiness of inherent existence a tremendous relief to those who understand it? Where do healing practices, such as Medicine Buddha, fit into our understanding of the nature of samsara/cyclic existence?
This course will offer techniques for healing and philosophical discussions into the nature of suffering, wellbeing and being of benefit to the world.
While this class is geared towards Dharma Students with background in, and deep connection to Tibetan Buddhism, it is also open to everyone interesting in exploring different ways of thinking and healing.
Dates: Sundays
8, 15, 22 and 29 November
Time: 10 am – 11:30 a.m. AEDT
Location: via Zoom. If there is sufficient interest a group will gather for morning tea and the teachings in the Kunsang Yeshe Gompa.
About the teacher – Venerable Yonten
Venerable Lozang Yonten was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 2003. Ven. Yönten moved to Australia and studied extensively under Gyurmé Khensur Rinpoche Geshe Tashi Tsering (at Chenrezig Institute) from 2002-2009 before moving to India to study at Thosamling Institute from 2010-2011. In 2012, she became registered In-Depth teacher with the FPMT and was requested to become the resident teacher at Kunsang Yeshe Retreat Centre in New South Wales, Australia where she remained for three years and frequently visited up until the pandemic.
From 2015 onwards, Ven Yönten was mainly based in New Zealand at Mahamudra Centre. During that period, she divided her time between leading retreats in New Zealand and teaching philosophy at Human Spirit: Buddhist Psychoanalytic Training Program in Israel, as well as offering classes and retreats in various parts of Europe.
She then moved back to the USA in 2021 where she offered retreats and courses at Vajrapani Institute and Land of Medicine Buddha, both in California, before joining the Maitripa College as their Chaplain. She now is also the Abbess of the Maitripa Rabjungma community for trainee nuns.