Winter 2012 Schedule

In this third weekend of Shambhala training, we work in a deliberate way to bring the mindfulness and awareness we cultivate during meditation practice into everyday life. Alive to our sense perceptions, we can venture in the world with a vulnerability that is fearless, gentle, and awake.

For more information please email:  wos1@shambhalaottawa.ca.

Instructor : David Fowler

Prerequisite: Level II.
Suggested donation: $145. ($195 for Level III and Course III when you register for both at the Level).

Level IV at Juniper Hill Retreat Centre

Juniper Hill Retreat Centre is located in the midst of the Trent River rolling hills, with 30 acres of fields, forests and trails, providing tranquility and privacy to deepen one's spiritual practice through meditation.

About Awakened Heart : Shambhala Training, Level IV

The fourth in the series of Shambhala Training weekend workshops. With trust in basic goodness and daring to experience the sharp edge of reality, we move forward with gentleness, increased awareness, and inquisitiveness about the world, as it is. We can extend ourselves to others fully and with kindness.

The program includes meditation instruction and practice, formal talks on the Shambhala teachings, group discussion, and personal interviews.

The companion, evening course for this weekend in the Way of Shambhala series is Fearlessness in Everyday Life. 

Prerequisite: Warrior in the World : Shambhala Training, Level III.

Dates: Friday Jan 13th 6pm - Sun Jan 15th 4pm   

Arrival: Friday between 4pm-6pm. Dinner at 6pm. First talk at 7:30 pm      

Departure: Sunday 4pm ish  

Where: Juniper Hill Retreat Centre, 7 km north of Warkworth, Ontario. Two hours east of Toronto. 

Cost: $175 (Includes meals & shared accommodations - double occupancy). Generosity policy applies.

Further details (what to bring, how to get here, carpooling, accommodations etc) when you register.  

To register contact Madeline at 705-632-0793 or conacher.allen@gmail.com 

Deadline to register Dec 31,2011.  

Through exploring the depth of perception, one engages the elemental and magical strength inherent in the world. The principle of drala refers to the sacred energy and power that exists when we step beyond aggression.

For more information please email: wos2@shambhalaottawa.ca

Director: Myra Woodroffe

Prerequisite: Level Windhorse
Suggested donation: $160.

In Shambhala Training Level IV, we learn how to awaken and open our heart so that we can communicate fully with our world. Through trust in basic goodness and the daringness to experience the sharp edges of reality, we move forward with gentleness, increased awareness, and inquisitiveness about the world, as it is.

For more information please email: wos1@shambhalaottawa.ca

Instructor : Suzanne Côté

Prerequisite: Level III.
Suggested donation: $145 ($195 for Level IV and Course IV when you register for both at the Level)

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The four dignities are introduced as a path and a process, which describe a warrior's maturing and widening sphere of benevolent engagement in the world. The training in the dignities allows one to maintain awareness and delight at each stage. Meek is a study of the grounded, humble and gentle beginning stages of a warrior's journey. Here one trains to overcome arrogance, and to understand the effects of one's actions. Perky focuses on cultivating sharp, vibrant and uplifted energy through natural discipline. Overcoming the trap of doubt, the warrior of perky is able to accomplish his or her activities with a sense of nobility and ease.

For more information contact: wos2@shambhalaottawa.ca

Instructor : Mark Frutkin

Prerequisite: Level Drala
Suggested Donation: $160 (plus $25 materials fee).

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By sharpening our awareness and finding the open clear sky of mind—a delightful source of wisdom and uplifted energy—we trust our nature enough to let go into the present moment.

For more information please email: wos1@shambhalaottawa.ca.

Instructor : Shastri Henry Chapin

Prerequisite: Level IV.
Suggested donation: $145. ($195 for Level V and Course V when you register for both at the Level)

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These fruitional dignities refer to the extraordinary skill of a practiced warrior. No longer afraid of making mistakes, the unconventional and visionary perspective of the outrageous warrior combines with the skill of spontaneous inscrutability to create benefit for others on a large scale.

For more information please email: wos2@shambhalaottawa.ca

Instructor : Bozica Costigliola

Prerequisite: Meek & Perky
Suggested Donation: $160

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Way of Shambhala I culminates in the Rigden weekend. The Rigden is a representation of our basic enlightened nature and embodies the principle of unconditional bravery. Historically, rigdens were enlightened rulers - those who could "rule their world" based on their unwavering experience of basic goodness. This weekend includes a formal transmission of windhorse practice, and study of the Six Ways of Ruling.

For more information please email: wos1@shambhalaottawa.ca

Director: Acharya Richard John

Prerequisites: Wisdom in Everyday Life and Level V, or completion of the Sacred Path program and some introductory Buddhist classes.
$165

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This program is based on a Shambhala text that works with our relationship to the material world and our sense perceptions. It teaches the practice of enriching presence, the ability to instantly sense the inner wealth within oneself, phenomena, and the natural world. Drawing wisdom from The Letter of the Golden Key, a Shambhala root text that addresses our relationship to the material world and our sense perceptions, we will learn the practice of enriching presence—the ability to instantly sense the inner wealth within ourselves, phenomena and the natural world.

For more information please email: wos2@shambhalaottawa.ca

This program is one of the prerequisites for Warriors’ Assembly.

Instructor : Shastri Henry Chapin

Prerequisite: Outrageous and Inscrutable
Suggested Donation: $160 (plus materials fee, approx. $54).

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