Mahayana Mindfulness
Monday, April 1, 2013
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Venerable René will comment on the chapter on Mindfulness in Shantideva’s Bodhisattva Way of Life:
without guarding the mind attentively
but if the mind is bound with mindfulness,
everything becomes possible.
For a skilled bodhisattva,
each moment is transformed into virtue.
S/he will do all actions for others’ benefit,
and dedicate them towards enlightenment.
Venerable René was born in Switzerland in 1959. He first
encountered Buddhism at the age of 20, when he attended
the annual November course at Kopan Monastery in
Nepal. When he was 26 he took getsul (novice) ordination
in Dharamsala, India and took (gelong) full ordination the
following year.
In 1988, René entered Nalanda Monastery in France and
studied with Geshe Tegchok for four years during which
time he also completed the traditional 900,000 preliminary
practices (including 100,000 Vajrasattva recitations,
100,000 prostrations etc). Between 1993 to 1995 he
completed a 2½ year solitary retreat in Spain. Since then
Venerable René has continued to study, teach and guide
students in meditation and retreats worldwide, and was the
resident teacher at the Vajrapani Institute from 2002 to
2008.
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