Yoga Vacation ProgramMarch 8 — 10, 2022
Peaceful Mind, Compassionate Heart
Practicing with Joy
Tenzin Dasel
Meditation is very helpful in training the mind to think differently while allowing the heart to open
compassionately. By shining the light of awareness from within, we discover a practical approach to cultivate joy, relaxation, deep contentment, and gratitude.
We shall learn a simple yet profound technique called the Four Immeasurables meditation. Buddhism emphasizes the cultivation of four “sublime” or “noble” attitudes toward all beings: loving-kindness (friendliness), compassion (willingness to cease suffering), appreciative joy (feeling happy for others), and equanimity (calmness based on wisdom). This meditation allows us to see deeply that just as we wish for happiness, to avoid suffering, and to be established in bliss without sorrow–the same is true for all living creatures.
When we cultivate the heart with a wish that all beings be free of suffering, it is called the compassionate thought. We will learn and practice techniques to train the mind to be authentically courageous and promote essential transformation. These techniques are used in Vajrayana Buddhist practices to create the wisdom and compassion needed to live and love fully. One needn’t be Buddhist, only human with a wish to grow more peaceful, loving, compassionate, and free.
Offered as 3 satsangs and 2 workshops
Venerable Tenzin Dasel is the lead teacher and meditation instructor at
Tashi Gatsel Ling, a registered non-profit Buddhist centre in Maine, USA.
Her vision is to serve as a bridge bringing Dharma to the west from the
east, in what she calls the rising of the “we-east” to weave the strengths of
western and eastern cultures and Dharma to create a global meaningful and
practical application of Buddha Dharma in the Twenty-first century. She teaches primarily in India and the US, and has participated in two Parliaments of the World’s Religions, and Sakyadhita International Conference for Buddhist Women.
She collaborates with several state and educational institutions to give talks on Buddhism and guide meditation for students and teachers.
Venerable Tenzin received ordination with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in
2017. She currently serves Bates College Office of Multifaith as the volunteer Buddhist Spiritual Advisor.
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