Opening our Heart through Lojong (Mind Training)

By training our minds (Tib. lojong) we can learn to cope better with life's challenges and turn any negative circumstances into an opportunity to develop love, compassion and understanding. Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi gives an overview of Lojong and guides us in meditations.

This weekend Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi shows us ways how we can open our hearts to others and ourselves with mind training (Tib. lojong).

Our mind is the source of all our happiness and suffering. Stress and suffering arise because of our self-centered attitudes. Through the exercises from the Lojong, we learn to awaken a compassionate heart and bodhicitta in us, to overcome our self-centeredness and to let positive thoughts and emotions arise, which lead to a more peaceful and happier life for us and others. Tonglen meditation is also part of Lojong, whereby we can transform suffering through sending out (Tib. tong) and accepting (Tib. len).

By training our minds this way, we can learn to cope better with life’s challenges and turn any negative circumstances into an opportunity to develop love, compassion and understanding. Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi gives an overview of Lojong and guides us in meditations.

Friday, October 8
7 pm to 8:30 pm Introduction

Saturday, October 9
8 am to 8:30 am Meditation
10 am to 11:30 am Teaching
3 pm to 4:30 pm Teaching

Sunday, October 10
8 am to 8:30 am Meditation
10 am to 11:30 am Teaching

English with German translation.

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About Instructor

Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi

Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi is one of the resident lamas at Kamalashila Institute. He was born in Bhutan and studied and taught for 13 years at the Karma Shri Nalanda Monastic University in Rumtek, Sikkim. He received many teachings from H.E. Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. In 2004, Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi first went to the USA, where he still teaches today for Nitartha Institute, and then came to Germany. Since then, he has been living and teaching at Kamalashila Institute, and is visiting Buddhist centers throughout Europe and supervising Kamalashila city groups. He is a competent teacher of Buddhist philosophy and the meditation practices of sutra, tantra and Mahamudra, and an expert of the Abhidharma.

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Course Includes

  • 6 Lessons