Don Handrick
26-28 October 2018
Sunshine Room, the Park, Findhorn, Scotland
Public Talk Friday 26 October, 7.30pm: Staying Sane in Difficult Times
Weekend 27+28 Oct: Making our Lives Meaningful
Pubic Talk: Friday 26 October
7.30pm Sunshine Room
Staying Sane in Trying Times
Most of us would agree that we are living in quite challenging times, and it is important to have some perspective on things in order to maintain our sanity. The Buddha’s eternal advice is to work with our minds in the midst of whatever we encounter, using our spiritual practice to make the best out of these trying times – but perhaps we haven’t been that successful! In this session we will examine the ways that we are being continually tested in this era and discuss how to transform the current political climate into “grist for the mill,” allowing us to truly learn and grow from all that we’re experiencing.
Weekend Teachings: Saturday 27 9.30am-6pm and Sunday 28 October 9.30am-5pm
Sunshine Room,
Making Our Lives Meaningful: Lama Tsongkhapa’s Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Practicing Buddhism does not amount to sitting in quiet meditation and performing exotic rituals. It consists mainly of working with our minds throughout our lives to develop positive qualities and abandon negative habits. By doing so, we can become progressively happier and more peaceful. What to practice, however, can at times seem daunting, as there are so many sutras, teachings and commentaries by many great Buddhist masters. Drawing from Lama Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Aspects of the Path, this weekend course will explore how to take the essence of all the Buddhist teachings and turn them into a meaningful practice. We will learn practical methods to integrate the teachings into our daily lives, transforming even common tasks into powerful actions that lead to enlightenment.
About Don Handrick:
For six months each year, Don Handrick serves as the resident teacher at Thubten Norbu Ling, in Santa Fe, NM, a center affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). During that time, he also teaches at Ksitigarbha Tibetan Buddhist Center in Taos, NM, and volunteers for the Liberation Prison Project, teaching Buddhism once a month at a local prison. Since 2012 he has been an active member of the Interfaith Leadership Alliance of Santa Fe.
Don spends the other half of each year as a touring teacher for the FPMT, visiting centers around the world. In 2015, Don had the honor of being selected to lead the renowned November Course, a one month teaching and meditation retreat held annually at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Don's study of Buddhism began in 1993 after reading The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche. Over the next two years he practiced with Sogyal Rinpoche's organization, until he began attending classes in 1996 with Venerable Robina Courtin at Tse Chen Ling in San Francisco.
Don left the Bay Area in 1998 to attend the FPMT's Masters Program of Buddhist Studies in Sutra and Tantra, a seven-year residential study program conducted at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Tuscany, Italy, taught by the scholar and kind Spiritual Friend, Geshe Jampa Gyatso. He successfully completed all five subjects of this program in 2004, receiving an FPMT final certificate with high honors. Don then moved to Santa Fe, serving as the Spiritual Program Coordinator for Thubten Norbu Ling before being appointed resident teacher in 2006.
Don has received teachings from many esteemed lamas in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ribur Rinpoche, Choden Rinpoche, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok.
Details
Venue: Sunshine Room, 505 East Whins, The Park, Findhorn IV36 3TH
Suggested donations: Whole weekend + Public Talk: £120- £80 (sliding scale)
Public Talk only: £15- £7 (sliding scale)
Bookings: contact [email protected]
Several options for meals are available.
Accommodation: check local B+B list:
7.30pm Sunshine Room
Staying Sane in Trying Times
Most of us would agree that we are living in quite challenging times, and it is important to have some perspective on things in order to maintain our sanity. The Buddha’s eternal advice is to work with our minds in the midst of whatever we encounter, using our spiritual practice to make the best out of these trying times – but perhaps we haven’t been that successful! In this session we will examine the ways that we are being continually tested in this era and discuss how to transform the current political climate into “grist for the mill,” allowing us to truly learn and grow from all that we’re experiencing.
Weekend Teachings: Saturday 27 9.30am-6pm and Sunday 28 October 9.30am-5pm
Sunshine Room,
Making Our Lives Meaningful: Lama Tsongkhapa’s Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Practicing Buddhism does not amount to sitting in quiet meditation and performing exotic rituals. It consists mainly of working with our minds throughout our lives to develop positive qualities and abandon negative habits. By doing so, we can become progressively happier and more peaceful. What to practice, however, can at times seem daunting, as there are so many sutras, teachings and commentaries by many great Buddhist masters. Drawing from Lama Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Aspects of the Path, this weekend course will explore how to take the essence of all the Buddhist teachings and turn them into a meaningful practice. We will learn practical methods to integrate the teachings into our daily lives, transforming even common tasks into powerful actions that lead to enlightenment.
About Don Handrick:
For six months each year, Don Handrick serves as the resident teacher at Thubten Norbu Ling, in Santa Fe, NM, a center affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). During that time, he also teaches at Ksitigarbha Tibetan Buddhist Center in Taos, NM, and volunteers for the Liberation Prison Project, teaching Buddhism once a month at a local prison. Since 2012 he has been an active member of the Interfaith Leadership Alliance of Santa Fe.
Don spends the other half of each year as a touring teacher for the FPMT, visiting centers around the world. In 2015, Don had the honor of being selected to lead the renowned November Course, a one month teaching and meditation retreat held annually at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Don's study of Buddhism began in 1993 after reading The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche. Over the next two years he practiced with Sogyal Rinpoche's organization, until he began attending classes in 1996 with Venerable Robina Courtin at Tse Chen Ling in San Francisco.
Don left the Bay Area in 1998 to attend the FPMT's Masters Program of Buddhist Studies in Sutra and Tantra, a seven-year residential study program conducted at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Tuscany, Italy, taught by the scholar and kind Spiritual Friend, Geshe Jampa Gyatso. He successfully completed all five subjects of this program in 2004, receiving an FPMT final certificate with high honors. Don then moved to Santa Fe, serving as the Spiritual Program Coordinator for Thubten Norbu Ling before being appointed resident teacher in 2006.
Don has received teachings from many esteemed lamas in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ribur Rinpoche, Choden Rinpoche, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok.
Details
Venue: Sunshine Room, 505 East Whins, The Park, Findhorn IV36 3TH
Suggested donations: Whole weekend + Public Talk: £120- £80 (sliding scale)
Public Talk only: £15- £7 (sliding scale)
Bookings: contact [email protected]
Several options for meals are available.
Accommodation: check local B+B list:
