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SPECIAL EVENT Four Noble Truths: The Buddha's First Teaching 3-Day Workshop: Teachings by Lopon Rita Gross Friday, March 30, 2012 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Saturday, March 31, 2012 Noon - 6:00 pm Sunday, April 1, 2012 Noon - 5:00 pm Tsogyaling Meditation Center of Evanston is honored to present Lopon Rita Gross — "Lopon" means "Senior Teacher" in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition — one of the foremost Buddhist scholars in the West. Registration Seating is limited. Select your preferred method of payment below. Then, please contact Nancy Floy at 847.491.1122 x11 or click here to email to get additional information about the event location. Limited scholarship opportunities opportunities available; contact Nancy for more information. $150.00 for the 3-day workshop To Register Online: Use the PayPal button below: To Register by Check/Money Order: Checks can be mailed to: Tsogyaling Meditation Center Attn: Nancy Floy 1818 Dempster Street, Evanston, IL 60201 About the Workshop After his enlightenment experience, Siddhartha Gautama, now the Buddha, made the momentous decision to teach others what he had discovered. His first disciples were five companions with whom he had earlier struggled to find enlightenment. He spoke to them in a short sermon that contained four claims — the Four Noble Truths that have been the foundation of Buddhism from that day until now. On this basis, Buddhism spread around the world and from that simple foundation, a multitude of texts, meditation practices, and philosophical systems have evolved. The Four Noble Truths are deceptively simple. They can be memorized in a few minutes but it requires a lifetime of contemplation to experience their profundity. In this introductory level workshop, students will have the opportunity to study and practice with one of the foremost Buddhist teachers in the West. Lopon Rita will give meditation instruction and her teachings on the Four Noble Truths with plenty of time for discussion. This weekend program is ideal for beginning level students, as well as seasoned meditators and scholars and we welcome people of all faiths, philosophies and walks of life. Come join us for this very special opportunity to practice meditation and study the teachings of the Buddha in order to come to a deeper understanding of the nature of our own suffering and suffering in the world. About Lopon Rita Gross Known as a warm, humorous, and very clear teacher, Rita M. Gross’ teaching involves a rare combination of academic and dharmic perspectives. She has extensive training and experience both as a professor of comparative studies in religion and as a Buddhist dharma teacher authorized to teach in several Tibetan Buddhist lineages. Her Buddhist teaching is non-sectarian and she teaches for both Zen and Vipassana centers as well as Tibetan centers. She has authored many books including A Garland of Feminist Reflections: Forty Years of Religious Reflection and Religious Feminism and the Future of the Planet: A Buddhist-Christian-Feminist Conversation and has served as editor for others. Recommended text: Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching by Ajahn Sucitto. Location Heartwood Center, upstairs classroom 1818 Dempster Street Evanston, IL [ map ] Free street parking is available and you can use the Evanston Plaza shopping center lot in the southwest corner of the Dempster/Dodge intersection near Subway. (The signs say they will tow, but the property management company has graciously waved the restriction for Heartwood.) The Dempster bus that picks up at the Davis stop arrives in front of the building in about 10 minutes.	Lopon Rita Gross Recommended text: Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching by Ajahn Sucitto.
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TSOGYALING Meditation Center Tibet Girls School

SPECIAL EVENT
Four Noble Truths: The Buddha's First Teaching

3-Day Workshop: Teachings by Lopon Rita Gross

Friday, March 30, 2012
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Noon - 6:00 pm
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Noon - 5:00 pm

Tsogyaling Meditation Center of Evanston is honored to present Lopon Rita Gross — "Lopon" means "Senior Teacher" in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition — one of the foremost Buddhist scholars in the West.

Registration

Seating is limited. Select your preferred method of payment below. Then, please contact Nancy Floy at 847.491.1122 x11 or click here to email to get additional information about the event location. Limited scholarship opportunities opportunities available; contact Nancy for more information.

$150.00 for the 3-day workshop

To Register Online: Use the PayPal button below:

To Register by Check/Money Order: Checks can be mailed to:

Tsogyaling Meditation Center
Attn: Nancy Floy
1818 Dempster Street, Evanston, IL 60201

About the Workshop

After his enlightenment experience, Siddhartha Gautama, now the Buddha, made the momentous decision to teach others what he had discovered. His first disciples were five companions with whom he had earlier struggled to find enlightenment. He spoke to them in a short sermon that contained four claims — the Four Noble Truths that have been the foundation of Buddhism from that day until now. On this basis, Buddhism spread around the world and from that simple foundation, a multitude of texts, meditation practices, and philosophical systems have evolved. The Four Noble Truths are deceptively simple. They can be memorized in a few minutes but it requires a lifetime of contemplation to experience their profundity.

In this introductory level workshop, students will have the opportunity to study and practice with one of the foremost Buddhist teachers in the West. Lopon Rita will give meditation instruction and her teachings on the Four Noble Truths with plenty of time for discussion. This weekend program is ideal for beginning level students, as well as seasoned meditators and scholars and we welcome people of all faiths, philosophies and walks of life. Come join us for this very special opportunity to practice meditation and study the teachings of the Buddha in order to come to a deeper understanding of the nature of our own suffering and suffering in the world.

About Lopon Rita Gross

Garland of Feminist Reflections Known as a warm, humorous, and very clear teacher, Rita M. Gross’ teaching involves a rare combination of academic and dharmic perspectives. She has extensive training and experience both as a professor of comparative studies in religion and as a Buddhist dharma teacher authorized to teach in several Tibetan Buddhist lineages. Her Buddhist teaching is non-sectarian and she teaches for both Zen and Vipassana centers as well as Tibetan centers. She has authored many books including A Garland of Feminist Reflections: Forty Years of Religious Reflection and Religious Feminism and the Future of the Planet: A Buddhist-Christian-Feminist Conversation and has served as editor for others.

Recommended text: Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching by Ajahn Sucitto.

Location

Heartwood Center, upstairs classroom
1818 Dempster Street
Evanston, IL [ map ]

Free street parking is available and you can use the Evanston Plaza shopping center lot in the southwest corner of the Dempster/Dodge intersection near Subway. (The signs say they will tow, but the property management company has graciously waved the restriction for Heartwood.) The Dempster bus that picks up at the Davis stop arrives in front of the building in about 10 minutes.

Lopon Rita Gross