The Buddhist Center — Thubten Norbu Ling

Having pain or discomfort at work? Or in doing the activities you love? Are you wanting to feel more comfortable in your own body and movement? The Feldenkrais Method is an immensely useful tool in getting you there. The Feldenkrais Method cultivates awareness of our bodily habits and teaches us how to move with greater ease and comfort. Every Thursday from 5-6pm, we gather for an Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lesson.

The structure of a lesson helps to improve a certain pattern of movement like bending down, walking, breathing, or reaching up. It is a series of gentle, attention-filled movement, and most lessons are done lying on the floor. The lesson and verbal guidance of the instructor deepens the awareness of your body and the habits you have.

We all have habits, and they are necessary in our lives. Sometimes our habits are helpful to us, and sometimes not so much. But becoming aware of our habits and creating other options enables us to feel better in our bodies and improves our movement.
Come and learn something new about yourself:)

Dates: Thursdays, Sep 3rd- October 8, No class Sep 24
Teacher: Charok Lama
Level: Intermediate (open to all)
Participation is Online only
IMPORTANT ❗️Scroll to the bottom of the vent link to find the Zoom link

In Mahayana Buddhism, the five paths and ten grounds (bhumis) form the classic roadmap tracing the mind’s progression from ordinary confusion to full awakening. While often treated as distant, theoretical doctrine, this framework actually describes the underlying structure of genuine spiritual transformation.

Rather than treating these stages as abstract milestones, this course uses the traditional map to illuminate how practice works from the inside out.

In this course, participants will:
– Trace how understanding deepens—from intellectual study and conceptual insight to direct, unmediated experience.
– Investigate emotional liberation—distinguishing between temporarily suppressing disturbing habits and uprooting their underlying cause.
– Clarify the purpose of practice—using the traditional map to orient daily meditation, recognize subtle pitfalls, and understand where the path leads.
Join the course to transform your understanding of the path.

The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas was composed in the fourteenth century by the great sage Togme Sangpo and is one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most treasured texts. Recognizing their true potential and letting go of everything that could hinder them on their spiritual journey, bodhisattvas entrust themselves to the Mahayana path taught by the Buddha.

The simple verses in this brief text summarize that path to perfection, providing a wonderful and lucid explanation of how each of us can engage in the practices of bodhisattvas, coming to cherish living beings as the source of all happiness and ultimately being able to work solely for the welfare of all.

Teacher: Gen Don