Tag: Living the Awakened Heart Training

Meditation, Student's Question

Panic as a sign of insight & The Four Noble Truths in the Living the Awakened Heart Training

It is exactly how insight starts to develop – the panic reaction is as deep as samsara itself. There would be no samsara if there were no panic. Sometimes we let things get so close to the edge that the panic manifests as raw panic and we have to start working with the reality of that – not running away or trying to avoid it – it is the First Noble Truth of Dukkha Continue reading Panic as a sign of insight & The Four Noble Truths in the Living the Awakened Heart Training

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Student's Question

Are We Fooling Ourselves? Lama Shenpen talks to a student about checking that our motivation and practice is genuine

We don’t have to be perfect before we begin – so yes we do start off taking Refuge and practising Dharma with mixed motives. There is no point in developing renunciation if people don’t have a sense of something they trust in first.  If they don’t trust in anything at all then what is the point of banging on about suffering and impermanence? Continue reading Are We Fooling Ourselves? Lama Shenpen talks to a student about checking that our motivation and practice is genuine

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Lama Shenpen Teaching, Video Teaching

Video teaching: Overview of Lama Shenpen’s Living the Awakened Heart Training

Lama Shenpen gave a teaching in November, giving an overview of her Living the Awakened Heart Training, describing how Dharma is taught in the Awakened Heart Sangha. In the video Lama Shenpen explains all the different areas of practice and training, and how they relate to each other and the tradition. Continue reading Video teaching: Overview of Lama Shenpen’s Living the Awakened Heart Training

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Lama Shenpen Hookham British female Buddhist teacher
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Join Lama Shenpen’s Living the Awakened Heart Training

Join other students around the world who are participating in the Living the Awakened Heart Training – the structured, comprehensive, supported, distance learning programme in Buddhist meditation, reflection and insight. The training, which is open to all, brings the profound Dzogchen and Mahamudra teachings to a Western audience in an experiential, accessible way, through ‘spiral learning.’ Discover the Truth for yourself: Follow a Buddhist approach of … Continue reading Join Lama Shenpen’s Living the Awakened Heart Training

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