Embracing Emotions as the Path

Ngak’chang Rinpoche will give teachings on the nature of emotion—the powerful dimension of potential self-liberation, in which we can explode the banal confines of our addiction to mediocrity. Rinpoche will introduce the startlingly simple and direct method of Dzogchen trèk-chöd, through which we can realize both our most painful and most joyous emotions as innate limitlessness. Dzogchen teachings are not for those without strong emotions, or without the courage to experience their heights and depths as an opportunity to be totally alive.

“In order to be real, to dance ecstatically in the dimension of our own individual experience, we need to welcome the raw texture of whatever we may feel. We need to embrace the energy of our own being with tender ferocity.”

—Ngak’chang Rinpoche

Rinpoche will give the empowerment of Ma-gÇig Labdrön on Saturday evening, after a dinner break. The rest of the weekend will consist of talks by Rinpoche and teachers from the local Aro sangha, questions and answers, group yogic song practice, and silent sitting meditation. No prerequisites.

dBang (Empowerment) of Ma-gÇig Labdrön

The great woman meditation master of Tibet.

Saturday, February 15, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Teachings on Embracing the Emotions as the Path

Saturday, February 15, 2014, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 16, 2014, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.