Please join us as we take an unusual and deep dive in to one of the most mysterious and rarely presented teachings on the nature of reality. We will learn how to apply this instruction to every experience of life and mind. To fully understand the nature of reality is to fully understand the nature of mind, the mind of pure awareness.
Retreat Theme and Prerequisites
To become awakened and enlighten the mind, there are many sutras of the Buddha that are important to understand, but there is only one that has to be fully understood to permanently overcome the suffering of ignorance.
That Sutra is the Prajnaparamita, called the second turning of the wheel of dharma. Lama Philip will lead a compassionate and transformative teaching with meditations into the vital teaching on awakening.
To transform the ignorance of dualistic mind to the mind of perfect wisdom, it’s essential to penetrate the deepest meaning of this teaching. The condensed form of this series of sutras is called the Heart Sutra.
The Buddha taught 100,000 verses of Sutra to expound on the (Buddha’s) understanding of the wisdom of his mind. In these verses he clearly described his perfect view of reality, “the way things are." The most famous teaching arises from his perfection in the “Heart Sutra," describing the pure essence of this perfect vision of reality in just 100 verses.
Enrollment is open to all with no prerequisites.
Retreat Schedule
There were three sessions a day that include teaching, meditation and Q&A.
The retreat was offered online through zoom from March 24 - 26, 4pm start time to 12pm end time on Sunday March 26th.
Benefits and Inclusions
What Will I Learn and Benefits of This Teaching:
The True nature of ourselves, other and the world around us with meditation experience to support this understanding.
How Buddha Nature is present here and now.
How clinging to the belief in an intrinsic sense of self is the cause of underlying suffering and how we can be liberated from this wrong view.
We will see how precisely that the wisdom of emptiness is inseparable from compassion.
How to integrate the view of emptiness in everyday life.
We will go beyond any intellectual notions of emptiness to the deepest realization of our true nature.
What Is Included?
Zoom teaching, Q&A, and practice sessions with Lama Phillip.
Guided meditation and teaching sessions with Lama Phillip.
Access to supporting written material.
Access to retreat recordings on vimeo.
About The Teacher
Lama Pemba spent the earlier part of his life in various communities around Colorado's Rocky Mountains. Lama Pemba developed a practice in the tradition of Zen Buddhism in 1999 while studying at the University of Art and Design in Kyoto Japan. During this period of his life, he co-founded a very successful garden design business in the Roaring Fork Valley. He continued his studies and was introduced to Tibetan Buddhism in 2001 thru Summit Dharma Center.
He finds the practice of mindfully centered awareness to be an amazing counter point to his former mode of being. As a gentle giant, Phillip glows with love and kindness and enjoys bringing joy to others as he is able. He recognizes the blessings of his life and his primary concern is to be of assistance to others.
His dedication has led him to do pilgrimages to the holy sites of Tibet, Bhutan, India and Thailand. He also completed several 10 day Vipasanna retreats and 30 day silent retreats before spending some 3 years primarily focused on deep retreat in Thailand and the Himalaya region. He owns Escape Garden Design Company in Aspen, Colorado.
Lama Pemba enjoys finding ways to apply the Buddha's teachings to everyday life. He has been married to his wife, Jill for over 40 years and has children and grandchildren; lovingly integrating his spiritual life with a householder's responsibilities. Phillip is known and well-received for his heartfelt presence and clear Dharma teaching, as well as a profound dedication to his practice.