"Meditations on Bodhisattva Path": a six-session course to start at Bodhi Sampanna on August 16

PR Log (Press Release) – Aug 09, 2009 – Bodhi Sampanna, a Buddhist Meditation & Study Centre, invites you to "Meditations on the Bodhisattva Path" course starting August 16, Sunday. The course will introduce the participants to various Buddhist meditation techniques practiced on the Bodhisattva Path to Enlightenment. This will be done through a series of teaching and meditation sessions. The first course - 'Meditations on Developing the Four Immeasurable Mental Attitudes" - will start on August 16 and will consist of 6 sessions:
1.   Introduction to Shamatha (Tranquil Abiding) and Vipashyana (Insight) meditations
2.   Meditations on the Four Immeasurable Mental Attitudes of Universal Love (Maitri), Compassion (Karuna), Altruistic Joy (Mudita) and Equanimity (Upeksha)
3.   Meditations on Generating the Mind of Awakening
4.   Meditations on Eliminating Root Afflictions of the Mind - attachment through understanding of Impermanence (Anityata)
5.   Meditations on Eliminating Root Afflictions of the Mind - ignorance through understanding Dependent Origination (Pratitya-samutpada)
6.   Meditation on Eliminating Root Afflictions of the Mind - ignorance through understanding Emptiness (Shunyata)
The course will be conducted by Venerable Khangser Rinpoche, a prominent Buddhist scholar and practitioner. A holder of several meditation lineages, Rinpoche teaches at Sera Jey Buddhist Monastic University in Karnataka.

Schedule of the 1st session - "Introduction to Shamatha (Tranquil Abiding) and Vipashyana (Insight) meditations:
August 16, Sunday, 2009

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM: teaching on how to develop Tranquil Abiding meditation, followed by guided meditation session
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM: Q & A session
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM: tea break
11:50 AM - 12:35 PM: teaching on how to develop Vipashyana meditation, followed by guided meditation session
12:35 PM - 1:00 PM: Q & A session

Consecutive sessions will be separated by a month.
Venue: Chitramayee State Gallery of Fine Art, Kavuri Hills, Madhapur, Hyderabad
Contact info: mob. 98663 24910, info@dharmamegha.org
The course is free and open to everyone.