Sunday, August 21, 2011

Dealing with Anger by Lama Jhampa Shaneman on September 15 to 22

Dealing with Anger

Treasure Valley Dharma Friends is pleased to present

Lama Jhampa Shaneman

September 15 to 22, 2011

The Buddha taught how to counteract anger not by subduing external situations but by working with the mind. Anger disturbs our own and others peace and leads to suffering. It does not bring good resolutions to problems. We may see anger as a protector but it only leads to suffering.

Using the teachings of classical Buddhist texts Jhampa Shaneman will explore ways to help counteract and abandon anger including meditation techniques.

Santideva wrote:
Where would I possibly find enough leather
With which to cover the surface of the earth?
But wearing leather just on the soles of my shoes
Is equivalent to covering the earth with it.

Likewise it is not possible for me
To restrain the external course of things;
But should I restrain this mind of mine
What would be the need to restrain all else?




Thursday, Sept 15, and Friday, Sept 16, 7 – 8:30 pm
Saturday, Sept 17, 10-11:30 am and 1-2:30 pm
Sunday, Sept 18, 9 - 10:30 am
Monday, Sept 19, through Thursday, Sept 22, 7 – 8:30 pm

All sessions at LTTT Temple, 2312 W. Overland Road
(just east of the Overland-Vista intersection)
$15 per session or $75 for all
No one turned away for lack of funds

Jhampa Shaneman studied Mahayana Buddhism in Dharamsala, India from 1971 until 1984. He was an ordained monk during those years. He studied with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness's senior tutor Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Ven. Geshe Rabten, Geshe Dhargaye and other revered Lamas of that time. Jhampa has translated for Masters of all the 4 sects of Tibetan Buddhism over the last 25 years and carries various lineages from these traditions. In 1980, Jhampa entered the traditional Great Retreat and spent the next three and a half years on the mountain above Dharmsala, India.