Meditations on Illusion and Vast Compassion: The Twelve Examples of Illusion & The Outer, Inner and Secret Practices of Chenresig 

 

6th Annual Dzogchen Retreat at the Wangapeka

with Lama Mark Webber (Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen)

Description:

With transmissions and methods of great love and wisdom for all beings, there are three themes for this year’s Dzogchen retreat:

1. Classic meditations on loving-kindness, compassion and opening the vast gate of Bodhicitta.
    
2. Meditations on the Twelve Examples of Illusion: Guidance on the famous Buddhist practices focused on the illusory nature of all experience. These practices are called Dzogchen/Mahamudra with support. We use themes and contemplations to bring deepening awareness to appearance-emptiness.
    
3. The Empowerment and outer, inner and secret practices of the Sole Syllable Chenresig: From the Dzogchen lineage of the Drikung Kagyu, we apply effortless compassion-emptiness to illuminate all beings in all realms to be free of suffering and bewilderment as to mind’s nature and qualities.

February 23 – March 12, 2023

Wangapeka Retreat Centre, South Island, New Zealand

Enquiries & Registration:

For all enquiries and to express interest in attending this retreat, please contact the course manager, Jonathan Chambers:

e: info@openbreath.org

p: +64 21 1860 476

Formal registration for this retreat opens in early October and will be through the Wangapeka website.

Course Cost:

We are still finalizing costs for this retreat as Lama Webber’s overall 2023 NZ teaching schedule takes shape.  Stay tuned for updates in the coming weeks.

About Lama Mark Webber:

Lama Mark Webber (Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen) has been studying and teaching Buddha-dharma for over forty years. For thirty years his main root teacher was the great Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche who taught all three cycles of the Buddha’s teachings, including Abhidhamma, Vipassana in the lineage of Mahāsi Sayādaw, generation and completion stage practices of the Tantrayana and Mahamudra/Dzogchen of many lineages, especially of the Karma Kagyu and Sakya. More recently under the guidance and request of Drikung Lho Ontul Rinpoche, Lama Webber has been principally teaching the richness of the Drikung Mahamudra and Drikung Yangzab Dzog-chen traditions.

He has a deep and long-term interest and collaboration in a number of scientific fields and the arts which he integrates with the teaching of Buddhism.

Lama Webber’s compassionate activities demonstrate a profound commitment to freeing beings from innumerable suffering states. His emphasis with practitioners and students is on uncovering pure Dharma to reveal its extraordinary benefits and share the great joy of its deep study, meditative practices and integration into all aspects of our lives.

For more information on Lama Mark Webber:

markwebber.org/ Facebook
crystalmountain.org
nybcc.org
dharmacentre.org