Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM PST (January 6th to January 27th)
Online and In-Person at the Nyingma Institute
Cultivating the “four immeasurable” states of mind––love, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity––is a classic Buddhist practice that teaches us to transcend our ordinary ways of being and our limited ways of understanding. It is an essential practice in developing bodhicitta: the mind and intention for enlightenment. Contemplating the four immeasurables undermines the commitment to the concerns of the self and turns the mind to the welfare and happiness of others.
These “immeasurables” serve as an antidote to suffering, negativity, and emotionality. Buddhist practitioners would often devote time every day to this practice as part of their Bodhisattva training, and in this four-week course, we will use mantra, visualization, and meditation practices to heighten appreciation of these immeasurable qualities. Discussion will center on breaking through barriers to bring compassion, joy, love, and peaceful equanimity into everyday life. Selected readings will be provided. Open to all who wish to see through confusion and limitation to what is beyond measure.
Instructors: Hugh Joswick and Mark Henderson.
