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EWAM CHODEN TIBETAN BUDDHIST CENTER presents TWO DAYS of TEACHINGS BY LAMA JAMPA THAYE Saturday, April 6, 1 – 4pm RI-ME : THE NONSECTARIAN APPROACH TO BUDDHIST PRACTICE Sunday, April 7, 1 – 4pm RANG TONG AND SHEN TONG: TWO APPROACHES TO ULTIMATE REALITY RI-ME: THE NONSECTARIAN APPROACH TO BUDDHIST PRACTICE The Rime, or ‘boundary-less,’ movement began in Tibet in the 19th century. It was not a new school but rather a move away from the narrow mindedness of sectarian rivalry and recognition of the power inherent in the teachings of all the major Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Lama Jampa will guide us through the Three Vehicles that are common to all the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and explain how the Rime spirit is so important for the proper development of Tibetan dharma in the West today. RANG TONG AND SHEN TONG: TWO APPROACHES TO ULTIMATE REALITY Lama Jampa explores the highest view regarding the true nature of mind and reality, the Middle Way View. A correct understanding of the view is essential to the development of meditative realization. Lama Jampa will illustrate the profundity of the view through delineating two subtly different presentations, the view of intrinsic emptiness (Rangtong) and the view of extrinsic emptiness(Shentong). Donation and Location: $30 each teaching or $50 for both Members, Seniors and Youth (under 24) donation: $20 each Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center, 254 Cambridge Ave., Kensington, CA Visit our site www.ewamchoden.org for detailed directions. Parking is very limited – please ride-share. Lama Jampa Thaye is a scholar and meditation master trained in the Sakya and Kagyu traditions by his two principal teachers, His Holiness Sakya Trizin and Karma Thinley Rinpoche. Lama Jampa obtained his PhD in Tibetan Buddhist history and served as Lecturer of Buddhist Studies and the History of Ideas for over twenty years at the University of Manchester. He was appointed by Karma Thinley Rinpoche to be his dharma- regent in 1977. Since then he has traveled extensively giving teachings and initiations and is the author of numerous books and dharma treatises. More info about Lama Jampa can be found at www.dechen.org .

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