(Note this workshop was originally scheduled for May)
Lama Linda will follow up our initial March workhop with a deeper dive into several key verses of advice from Shantideva’s timeless eighth-century text “The Bodhisattva Way of Life,” aka “How to Bodhisattva.” Topics will include some surprising advice on how to practice patience in real life, and how to befriend impermanence and make time our ally on the path. We will also study some verses selected by participants, so be sure to preview the pdf linked below.

PDF of the verses | AUDIO of Part 1

In part 1, Lama Linda shared an overview of Shantideva’s The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, which could also be called, more informally, How to Be a Bodhisattva. This text illustrates the action plan of awakening, including the six paramitas, with hundreds of concise verses of specific, practical advice that are just as applicable in our twenty-first century lives as they were in his eighth-century Indian monastery. We took a brief tour of the overall structure of the book and then studied several key verses in a new chantable translation. 

Lama Linda will teach on Zoom, and Ekoji will also be open for those who would like to attend with the sangha in person. Attend by Zoom | directions & access to Ekoji

Lama Chödron, also known as Lama Linda, began formal practice in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in 1980. She served as resident instructor at Kagyu Samten Chöling in New Hampshire from 2000-2007, and completed the traditional three-year retreat at PTC in 2011. At PTC, she has served on the teaching staff and as an assistant in the three-year retreat. Besides PST, she teaches at other centers, including Palpung Drupchu Chodzong, in Washington, DC.  

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