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Buddhist Presentation of Pat’s Trip to Southeast Asia - Feb 22 |
| Presentation will be after walking meditation and 20 minute sitting meditation beginning at our usual time, 7:00 pm. Slideshow will be about 45 minutes with a chance to ask questions and share stories. |
| Instructor: Pat Komarow, Dharma Teacher, Rocky Mountain Insight |
| Dates: February 22, 2010 |
| Time: 7:00 PM |
| Registration: Please RSVP to me directly with questions and confirmation of coming via email at pkomarow@comcast.net or call 719-375-1922. This is very important so we have enough chairs. |
Location: Rocky Mountain Insight
2525 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite A
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Map to RMI |
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• Therigatha: Poetry of Enlightenment by Buddhism's First Women - Feb 25 |
As visible as the arts and artistic expression are in Zen and Tibetan Buddhism,
so too the Theravada tradition includes inspiring poetic expression pointing to the
experience of enlightenment.
Join us in discovering the Therigatha, a collection of the first Buddhist women
poets. The class will draw on this ancient text dating from contemporaries of the
Buddha's to women writers three hundred years after his death.
Come contemplate these beautiful works. Men and women are joyfully invited to
share in this experience. |
| Instructor: Co-taught by Pat Komarow and Lucinda Green, Dharma teachers, Rocky Mountain Insight |
| Dates: Saturday, February 25, 2011 |
| Time: 9 - 11 AM |
| Registration: Register by February 18. Send fee of $25 made payable to Lucinda Green, PO Box 6386, Colorodo Springs, CO 80934-6386. |
Location: Rocky Mountain Insight
2525 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite A
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Map to RMI |
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• Therigatha: Poetry of Enlightenment by Buddhism's First Women - Feb 26 |
| As visible as the arts and artistic expression are in Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, so too the Theravada tradition includes inspiring poetic expression pointing to the experience of enlightenment. This evening's talk will focus on this ancient text dating from contemporaries of the Buddha's to women writers three hundred years after his death. Join us for an evening of inspiring poetry and contemplation. Author of Pathway to Freedom: Applying the Teachings of the Buddha, it is Lucinda's profound joy to share the Dharma. |
| Instructor: Lucinda Green Ph.D., Dharma teacher, Rocky Mountain Insight |
| Dates: February 26, 2012 |
| Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
| Registration: No registration needed. |
| Location: Insight Community of Colorado, First Unitarian Church (on the corner of 14th and Lafayette Streets) 1400 Lafayette Street, Denver
1400 Lafayette St. |
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| Meditation Class |
• Anapanasati: Mindfulness of the Breath - Mar 6 |
The class draws upon Larry Rosenberg’s book Breath by Breath and will focus On the Sixteen Contemplations of the Breath taken from the Ananpanasati Sutta And the Four Foundations of Mindulness.
The first class cultivates four contemplations in the Body Group leading to sensitivity and calming the whole body.
The second class cultivates four contemplations in the Feelings Group leading to sensitivity of pleasure and calmness and four contemplations in the Mind Group leading to steadiness and liberation.
The third class cultivates four contemplations in the Wisdom Group leading to a realization of impermanence which helps us relinquish or let go. |
| Instructor: Pat Komarow, Dharma Teacher, Rocky Mountain Insight |
| Dates: Tuesdays, March 6 - March 20 |
| Time: 7 to 8:30 PM |
| Registration: Class fee of $50, registration instructions to follow. |
Location: Rocky Mountain Insight
2525 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite A
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Map to RMI |
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• Vipassana Meditation: Intro class - Apr 12 |
| Insight (Vipassana) Meditation, from the Buddhist tradition, includes practices to calm and concentrate the mind. Calm and concentration allow insights that lead to clarity and wisdom. |
| Instructor: Beth Chorpenning, Dharma teacher, Rocky Mountain Insight |
| Dates: Thursdays, April 12 - May 3 |
| Time: 6:30-8:00 |
| Registration: Please register by April 5th. Make checks payable to Beth Chorpenning. Send fee of $60 with name, address and phone to Beth Chorpenning, 5150 High Ridge Rd., Manitou Springs, CO 80829. For more information call 719-685-5575 or email bchorpenning@skybeam.com |
Location: Rocky Mountain Insight
2525 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite A
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Map to RMI |
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| Retreat |
• Spring 2012 Meditation Retreat - Apr 27 to 29 |
| Ease your body and mind with a weekend, silent, retreat at the Franciscan Retreat Center located at Mount St. Francis. If you have never attended a silent meditation retreat before, you are in for a moving experience. A silent retreat is a rare and precious opportunity to focus solely on the most earnest questions of the heart and to spend some days in silence in a beautiful, natural setting. |
| Instructor: Lucinda Green Ph.D., Dharma teacher, Rocky Mountain Insight |
| Dates: April 27 through 29 |
| Time: Residential retreat |
| Registration: Registration due April 10. $80 Deposit due at time of registration. Cost $185 (Includes shared room and meals) Questions? Contact Pat Byme owermum27@yahoo.com 719.687.6081 |
| Location: Franciscan Retreat Center |
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