All are welcome to the upcoming two day teaching next month, that  Dr. Fred Cooper will give on the Shangpa Kagyu lineage Lha-Shi practice of the 4 Deities, online and in-person at the Herman Rednick Center in Questa, NM.

This is a Condensed Unified Practice of all the Deities in one Mandala. Jamgon Kongtrul said:

“The contemplative practice of the Lama Vajradhara grants the highest accomplishments in this very life. Speedy attainment of the stages of the path depends upon two factors. Dispelling of hindrances and enhancement of contemplative experience. The ultimate method for dispelling outer hindrances is that of the Protector; for inner ones that of Tara. The very best method for the outer enhancement of loving kindness and compassion is the practice of Avalokiteshvara; for the inner enhancement of bliss and heat we practice Vajrayogini. Thus a single session of this practice covers every stage of the path. You can accomplish this in three months ofundistracted practice. Meditation upon this without fail at each dawn session, brings about ordinary and extra-ordinary accomplishments!”

SCHEDULE:

Friday, May 17, 2024:

first session 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

break: 3:00- -3:30 p.m.

second sesion: 3:30- 5:30 p.m.

evening  practice: 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 18, 2024: 

first session 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

break:  11:00-11:30

second session:  11:30-1:00

Pot luck lunch: 1:30

This teaching will be in person and on zoom;  please RSVP, noting if you will be here in person or on zoom, to : hilece.r@gmail.com  anytime from now until  May 15,  so we can send materials to you beforehand.

Suggested donation is $15/session or $50 for the two days. Your donations help us bring the teachers and are a needed part in maintaining the center. Truly – donation only, so if someone has no funds for attending, no problem! For those who can donate, donations can be made on line via earthjourney.org on the donation button via papal. There is a space for noting to whom, …it can be noted for Fred or for Earth Journey.  Donations noted for Fred donations get collected and sent to Fred. Those to Earth Journey go there. Out of donations made in person to EJ, a very small portion is given to Herman Rednick Trust for internet etc. costs at the Herman House.

 No one turned away for lack of funds.

Dr.  Fred Cooper is a close disciple of H.E. Khentin T’ai Situpa, and recipient of direct Mahamudra Transmissions from H.E. T’ai Situpa, H.E. Kalu Rinpoche and V.V. Mingyur Rinpoche. Fred has been teaching at Kagyu Centers in the U.S. for over thirty years. He has been Program Director for Theoretical Physics at the National Science Foundation and is currently associated with the Santa Fe Institute and Los Alamos National Labs. He is President of KSK Buddhist Center.