Bon Buddhist Retreat: Being with Dying and Illness with Tempa Dukte Lama

German translation provided, click here for retreat description in German

Bodhicharya Hospice (Germany)
Kinzigstrasse 25, 10247 Berlin Friedrichhain, U-Bahn Samariterstrasse

Sat Oct 25, 2008: 10am-5:30pm and Sun June 29, 10:30am-1pm

In this contemplative workshop we will explore teachings from the ancient Tibetan Bon tradition on being with dying and illness and the art of conscious dying. We will use meditation, exercises and dialogue to look deeply into the process of death and dying in our life and the lives of others. In the ‘Nine Successive Ways of Bon Teachings’ the 4th Way focuses on death, dying, and healing, and how to free ourselves from afflictive emotions that can cause sickness and make it difficult to live and die peacefully. These teachings encourage us to use death itself as a basic practice to develop strength within ourselves that helps us keep our heart and mind free from fear and judgment. Through looking into our own mortality and the nature of the dying process with an open, fearless mind we will have a deeper, more experiential understanding of the dying process and of how to provide support and guidance to the dying during the time preceding death, the moment of death, and the time following death.

This retreat is for those who are ill or in the process of dying, for caregivers, health professionals, and people working closely with dying people or animals. More generally, this retreat is for all who would like to look into the meaning of death and dying in their lives and learn more about letting go.

Tempa Dukte Lama is a teacher of the Tibetan Bon Buddhist tradition who has been living in the US for the last 6 years. He has taught and co-taught many workshops and retreats on death and dying, meditation, and contemplative Bon healing practice. Tempa Lama has received the traditional Tibetan monastic training in Menri monastery under the close guidance of H.H. Menri Trizin Rinpoche, the worldwide spiritual leader of the Bon Buddhist tradition.

To register please contact Bodhicharya Hospice hospiz@bodhicharya.de, phone (+49)-(0)30-29009740