For English please see below

Discovering Buddhism är ett tvåårigt program som består av 14 moduler som ger en solid introduktion till buddhistisk psykologi, filosofi och praktik. Om du är intresserad i att fördjupa dig i Buddhism är det här programmet för dig. Tyngdpunkten ligger på att allt material ska vara tillämpbart i dagliga livet och hjälpa oss utveckla mer glädje och lycka i livet. Varje modul består av flera sessioner med föredrag, guidade meditationer och en endagsretreat under ledning av vår lärare Venerable Michael. Deltagare kan välja att göra alla eller bara några av de 14 modulerna.
‘All about karma’ är den femte modulen i det tvååriga programmet Discovering Buddhism som startade i februari 2023. I den här modulen lär du dig huvudprincipen om hur Buddhismen ser på karma, som även kallas lagen om orsak och verkan. I denna modul skapar vi oss en tydligare förståelse för hur karma fungerar. Även om du inte har studerat tidigare moduler är du varmt välkommen att delta i den här modulen.

Läs mer om programmet Discovering Buddhism

Kursdatum: 4 oktober – 25 oktober
Veckodag: Onsdag
Tid: 18:00-20:00
Språk: Engelska
Plats: På centret och online via Zoom. När du köpt biljett får du ett mail med länken till Zoom-mötet.
Biljettpris: 600 kr
Sista anmälningsdag: 3 oktober
Anmälan/köpa biljett: Du registrerar dig på drop-in genom att köpa en biljett här på webbsidan, se “Tickets” nedan.

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Discovering Buddhism is a two-year program comprising 14 modules that give a solid introduction to Buddhist psychology, philosophy, and practice. If you are interested in immersing yourself in Buddhism, this is the program for you. The emphasis is on all material being applicable in daily life and helping us develop more joy and happiness. Each module consists of several sessions with talks, guided meditations, and practice retreats led by our resident teacher Venerable Michael.
The module ’All about karma’, is the fifth module in our two-year Discovering Buddhism course which started in February 2023. In this module you will learn the essential facts about karma, what buddhism refers to as the law of cause and effect, in relation to actions and their results. By participating in this course, we will generate a clear understanding about how karma works. Even if you have not studied previous modules in the Discovering Buddhism program, you are most welcome to participate in this module.

Read more about the Discovering Buddhism program

Practical information and how to register

Course dates: 4 October – 25 October
Weekday: Wednesday
Time: 18:00-20:00
Language: English
Location: At the centre and online via Zoom. When you have purchased a ticket you will receive an email with the link to the Zoom meeting.
Ticket price: 600 SEK
Last day of registration: 3 October
You register for the drop-in by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

About our Wednesday Evening Philosophy classes
Geshe Namdak’s Wednesday evening philosophy classes continue in 2023. Between May and November, we’ll take a deep-dive into new texts and new aspects of the Buddhist view of reality.

About this series
Liberation from suffering samsara and achieving enlightenment depend on the realisation of emptiness. To generate a clear understanding of emptiness, we need to depend on the works of the Indian masters and their philosophy. This course will explain the different views of emptiness in the schools of Buddhist Philosophy and will mainly focus on the Chittamātra and Mādhyamaka schools in the context of the eight uncommon points of the Prāsaṅgika School. At the conclusion of this course Geshe Namdak will summarize these important points of emptiness with An Experiential Song on the View, Recognising My Mother by Changkya Rolpai Dorje.

Download the text here. If you plan to attend in person, please bring your own copy of the text as print-outs will not be provided.

Pre-requisites (Is this for me?)
To attend this course, one should have a basic understanding of the Buddhist teachings and Buddhist philosophy.

Schedule

May: 10, 17, 24, 31
June: 7, 21, 28
July: 5, 12, 19
September: 6, 13, 20, 27
October: 4, 18, 25
November: 1, 8

Time

7 pm – 8.30 pm UK time

More information

A new Buddhist Philosophy course with Geshe Namdak (jamyang.co.uk)

About the Teacher
Our courses and classes on Buddhist philosophy and practice rely on a skilled teacher to bring them to life. We’re extremely fortunate to have a supremely qualified Resident Teacher to do just that. After completing his university studies in Hydrology, Geshe Namdak worked as an environmental researcher in the Netherlands. He began studying Buddhism at Maitreya Institute and was eventually ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama before completing the 20-year Geshe degree at Sera Jey monastic university in India, as well as the traditional one-year Vajrayana study program at Gyume Tantric College. Few people can combine this extensive Buddhist education with a rigorous scientific training. The result is Geshe Namdak’s unique teaching style, which is at once incisive, clear, warm and humorous.

For English please see below

I den här kursen lär du dig grunderna om buddhistisk meditation och tränar i olika meditationstekniker.

Kursen är lämplig för personer som möter både meditation och buddhism för första gången, och även för personer som har mediterat i andra traditioner men vill veta mer om hur meditation praktiseras i den tibetanska buddhistiska traditionen. Den ger en översikt över meditation och grundläggande meditationstekniker, inklusive andningsmeditation, mindfulness-meditation, visualiseringsmeditation och analytisk meditation. Du lär dig om vilka färdigheter som utvecklas i meditation och hur man använder dem i vardagen.

Varje kurstillfälle består av undervisning, frågestund och guidade meditationer som passar nybörjare. 

Läs mer om kursens innehåll.

PRAKTISK INFORMATION OCH HUR DU REGISTRERAR DIG

Kursdatum: 21 sep -12 okt (Kurstillfällen: 21 sep, 28 sep, 5 okt, 12 okt)
Veckodag: Torsdag
Tid: 18:00-19:30
Språk: Engelska
Plats: På centret.
Biljettpris: Minsta donation 450 kr / Drop-in 150 kr
Anmälan/köpa biljett: Du registrerar dig på kursen genom att köpa en biljett här på webbsidan, se “Tickets” nedan. 

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In this course you will learn the basics about Buddhist meditation and train in various meditation techniques. 

The course is suitable for people encountering both meditation and Buddhism for the first time, as well as for people who have done some meditation in other traditions but would like to know more about how meditation is practiced in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It provides an overview of meditation and basic meditation techniques, including breathing meditation, mindfulness meditation, visualization meditation, and analytical meditation. It includes an explanation of what kinds of skills are developed in meditation and how to apply them in daily life.

Each session consists of teachings, Q&A session, and guided meditations suitable for beginners.

Read more about the content of the course.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION AND HOW TO REGISTER

Course dates: 21 sep -12 oct (21 sep, 28 sep, 5 oct, 12 oct)
Weekday: Thursdays
Time: 18:00-19:30
Language: English
Location: At the centre.
Ticket price: Minimum donation 450 SEK / Drop-in 150 SEK
Registration/Buy ticket: You register for the course by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

For English please see below

Kursdatum:  7 okt
Veckodag: Lördag
Tid: 10:00-17:00
Språk: Engelska
Plats: På centret
Donation: 400 kr
Sista anmälningsdag: 6 okt
Anmälan/köpa biljett: Du registrerar dig på drop-in genom att köpa en biljett här på webbsidan, se “Tickets” nedan.

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This day is an opportunity for those who have received basic teachings on the Lamrim (graduated path to enlightenment) to dedicate further time in doing some of the actual practices in a supported group.

The day will begin with preliminary practices, which is a means to accumulate merit and purify negative karmas, followed by focused and analytical meditations on the topics of Lamrim. Doing such practices can be very rewarding as a way to strengthen and further develop one’s spiritual path, while learning the skills to enhance the quality of one’s daily practices at home. It also serves as a preparation for those who may wish to do longer retreats in the future.

Practical information and how to register

Course dates: 7 October
Weekday: Saturday
Time: 10:00-17:00
Language: English
Location: At the centre
Donation: 400 SEK
Last day of registration: 6 October
You register for the drop-in by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

Yeshin Norbu har glädjen att informera att vårt center nu har möjlighet att delta i en pilotkurs i fördjupad meditation som hålls av Maitreya Institute i Hollands före detta residenta lärare Venerable Gendun. Venerable Gendun har många års erfarenhet i både stabiliserande meditation (Shamata) och Vipassana och denna kurs erbjuder möjlighet att fördjupa kunskap och praktik i båda dessa. Vajrayogini Institute i Frankrike, Land of Joy i England samt Shantideva institute i New York deltar också i denna kurs.

Kursen kommer att hållas online på lördagar mellan kl. 15.30-18.00 med start den 2:a september och börjar med en timmes meditation följt av undervisning. Det finns ett förslag att ca. en gång i månaden kan vi organisera ett fysiskt tillfälle på centret då deltagare är välkomna att praktisera tillsammans kanske med lite fika.

Kursen löper totalt över fyra år, men det går bra att delta drop in, att registrera sig månadsvis eller en terminsvis. Undervisningarna spelas in och de som registrerar sig får tillgång till en digital plattform online där det går att ta del av missade meditationer. Denna kurs vänder sig med fördel till dem som har lite förkunskaper i Tibetansk Buddhistisk filosofi.

Varmt Välkomna att ta del av och pröva på denna fantastiska möjlighet!

Yeshin Norbu Team

This four-year online course provides students with long term, in-depth support in their meditative development. This weekly course will offer: 

• authentic traditional instructions, in contemporary language, aimed at providing a comprehensive set of meditation tools for students to transform their knowledge of the Dharma into personal experience.

• traditional and modern theories on supplementary topics such as models of healthy psychological and spiritual development, ritual, narrative, ethics, and social engagement.

• an international, community of meditators, online and live

Students will actively train in both shamatha and vipassana, gradually investigating the nature of self and phenomena. We will explore how we project layers (of ignorance) onto our perception and how to challenge these through reasoning and direct insight. This course is above all a practical one. It aims at helping students navigate their meditative lives successfully, both on and off the cushion. 

To complement the IDMT course we will also offer:

• Meditation Retreats – 4 annual retreats on vipassana, compassion, and mahamudra, offered both live at one of the centers and online. 

• Yogi Bootcamp – an intensive, guided 1-year meditation training with weekly personal interviews (call) for a small group of international students. 

Venerable Losang Gendun

After 20 years of practicing Theravada Buddhism Ven. Gendun became a monk in the Tibetan tradition in 2006. He studied Buddhist philosophy for nine years at Nalanda Monastery and practised under various teachers from Gelug and Theravada Forest traditions. In total, Ven. Gendun spent more than four years in retreat. He has been teaching for over 15 years in the Netherlands, France, Monaco, the US, and the UK. He actively promotes interfaith practice, contributes to Emouna, an international interreligious leadership network, and is an active promotor of gender equality. His main goal is to translate traditional methods into contemporary terms to make them accessible to a Western audience.

The Buddha Project

This meditation course is part of The Buddha Project led by Ven. Losang Gendun, a branch of which is the Buddha Research Project, an on-going collaboration between Buddhist contemplatives and scientific researchers from the universities of Nîmes and Lausanne, and the Mind & Life organization (founded by neuroscientist Francesco Varela in collaboration with H.H. the Dalai Lama). It is aimed at investigating transformative processes in long-term meditators, regarding such topics as mental health, perception, and self-transcendence. For the initial research it has been granted a European Varela Award.

Practical details

The In-Depth Meditation Training will run weekly on Saturdays and will consist of about 1-hour of guided meditation and 1,5 hours of teachings. The course offers a great opportunity for Buddhist practitioners. In the first year many of the foundational topics will be introduced, however a basic understanding of Mahayana Buddhism is a prerequisite to attend.

It will be given in English, with French translation, online via Zoom. The recordings will be made available after the sessions.

Practical information and how to register:

Course dates (Term 1): 2 Sept – 25 Nov
Weekday: Saturday
Time: 15:30-18:00 European Central Timezone
Language: English
Location: Online (zoom link will be sent after registration)
Donation: drop in 250 SEK, monthly 800 SEK, term 1800 SEK
Last day of registration: you can join any time
You register for the drop-in by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

The genre of “lojong”, which literally means “training the mind” or “transforming the mind”, originated in eleventh century Tibet when it was introduced by the great master Lama Atisha.

Once kept secret, they are widely available nowadays. These practical teachings work as powerful antidotes to undesired mental habits and attitudes that result in dissatisfaction and relationship problems. It can be said that the real focus of lojong teachings is the relationships that we have: with our families, friends, colleagues, enemies, and the world at large. 

Tengyur Rinpoche will teach an 8-week course on the classical lojong text, “Seven-point mind training” by the 12^th century Tibetan master Geshe Chekawa. 

The first session will be devoted to introduction to lojong and preliminary practices followed by sessions where we will delve deeper into the subjects of the text.

All sessions will have Q&A sessions.

This course is open for all.

Readings for the class:

1. The life story of Atisha Dipamkara:

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Atisha-Dipamkara/5717

2. The life story of Dromtonpa:

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Dromton-Gyelwa-Jungne/4267

About Tengyur Rinpoche: Tengyur Rinpoche is a geshe lharampa graduate from Sera Jey Monastery, a junior English translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama since 2012, currently doing Master’s program at Harvard Divinity School. He was born in Tawang in the north-eastern part of India and became a monk at the age of nine. He founded Thubten Shedrubling Foundation in Tawang, a buddhist center and a modern school that offers free education to needy children. In 2021, Tengyur Rinpoche led the founding of Wisdom Bridges, Inc. a US-based NGO that is dedicated to helping children in remote Himalayan communities to fulfill their potential through education that bridges traditional wisdom and modern learning and sustains their language and culture.

Practical information and how to register:

Course dates: 8 Oct – 26 Nov ( October 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 12, 19, 26)
Weekday: Sunday
Time: 16.00-17.30 CET, 10.00-11.30 EST 
Language: English
Location: Online (zoom link will be sent after registration)
Donation: 70 sek reduced, 140 sek standard, 210 sek sponsor, Sangha free

Last day of registration: you can join any time
You register for the drop-in by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

Konceptet PunkYoga är egentligen inget märkvärdigare än att utgå från filosofin och tanken med fysisk yoga, att yoga utifrån den egna kroppens och sinnets behov här och nu. PunkYoga är dynamisk yoga i rörelse, där kroppen följer andningen in och ur varje rörelse. Här får du både sucka, fräsa och tårar är helt okej. Det handlar om att släppa loss och inte vara så ordentlig och rätt, huvudsaken är att det känns bra.
PunkYoga riktar sig till alla kroppar, oavsett erfarenhet av yoga. Kasta föreställningen om att det är bara viga, smala, atletiska människor som kan yoga. Vi släpper loss kroppens spänningar och dagens sinnesstämningar, där var och en yogar efter hens förmåga och utifrån var och ens behov. Vi ses sju måndagar från den 13 februari och därefter var annan måndag under våren. Yogamatta finns i lokalen, men vill du ta med egen matta går det självklart bra. Klädvalet är helt fritt så länge du kan röra dig löst och ledigt i paltorna. Varje pass är 60 minuter och byggs upp allt eftersom tillsammans, vi utgår från de eventuella låsningar och spänningar som sitter i såväl kroppen som knoppen. Passet inleds med att känna in kropp och sinne, därefter fysiska yogaövningar. Om du efter passet vill ha en stunds meditation är du välkommen att delta på centrets dropp-in meditation.

Ingrid YogaLander är licensierad yoga och meditationslärare enligt Yoga Alliance 200.

Praktisk information och hur du registrerar dig

Kursdatum: 11/9, 25/9, 9/10, 23/10, 6/11, 20/11
Veckodag: Måndag
Tid: 16.45-17.45
Språk: Svenska
Plats: På centret
Sista anmälningsdag: Samma dag, 5 minuter i 16.45

To join online please use this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87664620075?pwd=RW85bGwwT2F1NWpaV1U1UFZLVTZVQT09

Meeting ID: 876 6462 0075
Passcode: monday

For English please see below

På måndagar kan det extra passa bra att ge sig själv lite andrum och en paus för att mentalt förbereda sig inför veckan. Vår meditationsklass börjar med att i stillhet landa i både kropp och sinne. Därefter leds du genom en enkel analytisk meditation på teman som exempelvis livets förgänglighet eller medkänsla.

Praktisk information och hur du registrerar dig

Veckodag: Måndag
Tid: 18:00-19:00

Språk: Engelska
Plats: På centret och online

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Monday is a perfect day for setting up our motivation for the whole week. We will start with stillness meditation to relax the mind and body and continue with analytical meditation, such as meditation on perfect human life, impermanence, or compassion. Monday drop-ins are open for everyone. 

Practical information and how to register

Weekday: Monday
Time: 18:00-19:00

Language: English
Location: At the centre and online

Praktisk information och hur du registrerar dig

Kursdatum: 19/9, 10/10, 24/10
Veckodag: Tisdag
Tid: 16.45-17.30
Språk: Svenska
Plats: På centret
Sista anmälningsdag: Samma dag, 5 minuter i 16.45

For English please see below

De stegvisa lärorna, också kända som lam-rim, tillhandahåller en struktur inom vilken alla Buddhas sutraläror får plats, från start till slut. Lam-rim visar tydligt hur alla läror hör ihop och är menad som en personlig instruktion för vår egna spirituella utveckling. 

Kursen Lamrin: den stegvisa vägen till upplysning är för dem som har studerat Discovering Buddshism eller andra program inom tibetansk Buddhism och som vill göra en genomgång av lam-rim och fokusera på meditation och reflektion. 

Den första timmen består av en föreläsning, följt av diskussion och avslutningsvis minst en halvtimmes meditation tillsammans över ett specifikt ämne inom lam-rim. 

Kursens struktur baseras på häftet “Kopan Monastery lam-rim outline” som sammansatts av Venerable Karin Valham. Det finns tillgängligt i vår bokshop. 

Texten är indelad i förberedande övningar och övningar av de s.k. small, medium och great scope av lam-rim. Övningarna inom varje scope är vidare indelade i flera ämnen som ska studeras och mediteras över. Eftersom en djupgående förståelse av alla ämnen inom de tre scopen är väsentlig för spirituell framgång, kommer Venerable Michael också att använda andra källor för lam-rimläror för att komplettera detta häfte. 

Medium scope:

• De fyra ädla sanningarna
• Sanningen om lidandet
• Den verkliga orsaken till lidande
• Tolv länkar av samberoende uppkomst

Great scope

• Jämnmod
• Att generera Bodhicitta: det fullständigt öppna hjärtat
• De sex perfektionerna
• Samatha: stillhetsmeditation
• Tomhet

Läs mer om våra buddhistiska kurser 

PRAKTISK INFORMATION OCH HUR DU REGISTRERAR DIG

Kursdatum: 5 sept – 5 dec (ingen lektion den 31 oct)
Veckodag: Tisdag
Tid: 18:00-20:00
Språk: Engelska
Plats: På centret och online via Zoom. När du köpt biljett får du ett mail med länken till Zoom-mötet.
Biljettpris: 1950 kr / 170 kr online drop-in
Anmälan/köpa biljett: Du registrerar dig på kursen genom att köpa en biljett här på webbsidan, se “Tickets” nedan.

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The graded stage teachings, also known as the lam-rim, provide a structure into which we can fit all of Buddha’s sutra teachings, from start to finish. The lam-rim clearly shows how all the teachings fit together and is intended as a personal instruction for our own spiritual development.

Lamrim: the graduated path to enlightenment course is for those who have studied Discovering Buddhism or other study programs within Tibetan Buddhism and would like to do a review of lam-rim and focus on meditation and reflection.

There will be teachings during the first hour, followed by some time for discussion, and at least half an hour for doing meditation practice together on the specific lam-rim topic.

The course structure will be based on the booklet “Kopan Monastery lam-rim outline” compiled by Venerable Karin Valham. They are available in our book shop.

The text is divided into preliminary practices and the training of the small, medium and great scopes of the lam-rim. The specific training of each scope is further divided into various topics which are to be studied and meditated on. As an in-depth understanding on each of the topics of the three scopes is essential for one’s spiritual progress, Venerable Michael will also be using other sources of lam-rim teachings to compliment the simple outline and meditations of this booklet.

Medium scope: 

• The four noble truths
• True suffering
• True cause of suffering
• Twelve branches of dependent arising

Great scope

• Equanimity
• Generating Bodhicitta; the totally open heart
• The six perfections
• Samatha: Calm abiding meditation
• Emptiness

Read more about our Buddhist courses

PRACTICAL INFORMATION AND HOW TO REGISTER

Course dates: 5 sept – 5 dec (there is no class on 31 oct)
Weekday: Tuesday
Time: 18:00-20:00
Language: English
Location: At the centre and online via Zoom. When you have purchased a ticket you will receive an email with the link to the Zoom meeting.
Ticket price: 1950 SEK / 170 SEK online drop-in
Last day of registration: 4 September
Registration/Buy ticket: You register for the course by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

For English please see below

I den här kursen lär du dig grunderna om buddhistisk meditation och tränar i olika meditationstekniker.

Kursen är lämplig för personer som möter både meditation och buddhism för första gången, och även för personer som har mediterat i andra traditioner men vill veta mer om hur meditation praktiseras i den tibetanska buddhistiska traditionen. Den ger en översikt över meditation och grundläggande meditationstekniker, inklusive andningsmeditation, mindfulness-meditation, visualiseringsmeditation och analytisk meditation. Du lär dig om vilka färdigheter som utvecklas i meditation och hur man använder dem i vardagen.

Varje kurstillfälle består av undervisning, frågestund och guidade meditationer som passar nybörjare. 

Läs mer om kursens innehåll.

PRAKTISK INFORMATION OCH HUR DU REGISTRERAR DIG

Kursdatum: 21 sep -12 okt (Kurstillfällen: 21 sep, 28 sep, 5 okt, 12 okt)
Veckodag: Torsdag
Tid: 18:00-19:30
Språk: Engelska
Plats: På centret.
Biljettpris: Minsta donation 450 kr / Drop-in 150 kr
Anmälan/köpa biljett: Du registrerar dig på kursen genom att köpa en biljett här på webbsidan, se “Tickets” nedan. 

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In this course you will learn the basics about Buddhist meditation and train in various meditation techniques. 

The course is suitable for people encountering both meditation and Buddhism for the first time, as well as for people who have done some meditation in other traditions but would like to know more about how meditation is practiced in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It provides an overview of meditation and basic meditation techniques, including breathing meditation, mindfulness meditation, visualization meditation, and analytical meditation. It includes an explanation of what kinds of skills are developed in meditation and how to apply them in daily life.

Each session consists of teachings, Q&A session, and guided meditations suitable for beginners.

Read more about the content of the course.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION AND HOW TO REGISTER

Course dates: 21 sep -12 oct (21 sep, 28 sep, 5 oct, 12 oct)
Weekday: Thursdays
Time: 18:00-19:30
Language: English
Location: At the centre.
Ticket price: Minimum donation 450 SEK / Drop-in 150 SEK
Registration/Buy ticket: You register for the course by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

Yeshin Norbu har glädjen att informera att vårt center nu har möjlighet att delta i en pilotkurs i fördjupad meditation som hålls av Maitreya Institute i Hollands före detta residenta lärare Venerable Gendun. Venerable Gendun har många års erfarenhet i både stabiliserande meditation (Shamata) och Vipassana och denna kurs erbjuder möjlighet att fördjupa kunskap och praktik i båda dessa. Vajrayogini Institute i Frankrike, Land of Joy i England samt Shantideva institute i New York deltar också i denna kurs.

Kursen kommer att hållas online på lördagar mellan kl. 15.30-18.00 med start den 2:a september och börjar med en timmes meditation följt av undervisning. Det finns ett förslag att ca. en gång i månaden kan vi organisera ett fysiskt tillfälle på centret då deltagare är välkomna att praktisera tillsammans kanske med lite fika.

Kursen löper totalt över fyra år, men det går bra att delta drop in, att registrera sig månadsvis eller en terminsvis. Undervisningarna spelas in och de som registrerar sig får tillgång till en digital plattform online där det går att ta del av missade meditationer. Denna kurs vänder sig med fördel till dem som har lite förkunskaper i Tibetansk Buddhistisk filosofi.

Varmt Välkomna att ta del av och pröva på denna fantastiska möjlighet!

Yeshin Norbu Team

This four-year online course provides students with long term, in-depth support in their meditative development. This weekly course will offer: 

• authentic traditional instructions, in contemporary language, aimed at providing a comprehensive set of meditation tools for students to transform their knowledge of the Dharma into personal experience.

• traditional and modern theories on supplementary topics such as models of healthy psychological and spiritual development, ritual, narrative, ethics, and social engagement.

• an international, community of meditators, online and live

Students will actively train in both shamatha and vipassana, gradually investigating the nature of self and phenomena. We will explore how we project layers (of ignorance) onto our perception and how to challenge these through reasoning and direct insight. This course is above all a practical one. It aims at helping students navigate their meditative lives successfully, both on and off the cushion. 

To complement the IDMT course we will also offer:

• Meditation Retreats – 4 annual retreats on vipassana, compassion, and mahamudra, offered both live at one of the centers and online. 

• Yogi Bootcamp – an intensive, guided 1-year meditation training with weekly personal interviews (call) for a small group of international students. 

Venerable Losang Gendun

After 20 years of practicing Theravada Buddhism Ven. Gendun became a monk in the Tibetan tradition in 2006. He studied Buddhist philosophy for nine years at Nalanda Monastery and practised under various teachers from Gelug and Theravada Forest traditions. In total, Ven. Gendun spent more than four years in retreat. He has been teaching for over 15 years in the Netherlands, France, Monaco, the US, and the UK. He actively promotes interfaith practice, contributes to Emouna, an international interreligious leadership network, and is an active promotor of gender equality. His main goal is to translate traditional methods into contemporary terms to make them accessible to a Western audience.

The Buddha Project

This meditation course is part of The Buddha Project led by Ven. Losang Gendun, a branch of which is the Buddha Research Project, an on-going collaboration between Buddhist contemplatives and scientific researchers from the universities of Nîmes and Lausanne, and the Mind & Life organization (founded by neuroscientist Francesco Varela in collaboration with H.H. the Dalai Lama). It is aimed at investigating transformative processes in long-term meditators, regarding such topics as mental health, perception, and self-transcendence. For the initial research it has been granted a European Varela Award.

Practical details

The In-Depth Meditation Training will run weekly on Saturdays and will consist of about 1-hour of guided meditation and 1,5 hours of teachings. The course offers a great opportunity for Buddhist practitioners. In the first year many of the foundational topics will be introduced, however a basic understanding of Mahayana Buddhism is a prerequisite to attend.

It will be given in English, with French translation, online via Zoom. The recordings will be made available after the sessions.

Practical information and how to register:

Course dates (Term 1): 2 Sept – 25 Nov
Weekday: Saturday
Time: 15:30-18:00 European Central Timezone
Language: English
Location: Online (zoom link will be sent after registration)
Donation: drop in 250 SEK, monthly 800 SEK, term 1800 SEK
Last day of registration: you can join any time
You register for the drop-in by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

The genre of “lojong”, which literally means “training the mind” or “transforming the mind”, originated in eleventh century Tibet when it was introduced by the great master Lama Atisha.

Once kept secret, they are widely available nowadays. These practical teachings work as powerful antidotes to undesired mental habits and attitudes that result in dissatisfaction and relationship problems. It can be said that the real focus of lojong teachings is the relationships that we have: with our families, friends, colleagues, enemies, and the world at large. 

Tengyur Rinpoche will teach an 8-week course on the classical lojong text, “Seven-point mind training” by the 12^th century Tibetan master Geshe Chekawa. 

The first session will be devoted to introduction to lojong and preliminary practices followed by sessions where we will delve deeper into the subjects of the text.

All sessions will have Q&A sessions.

This course is open for all.

Readings for the class:

1. The life story of Atisha Dipamkara:

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Atisha-Dipamkara/5717

2. The life story of Dromtonpa:

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Dromton-Gyelwa-Jungne/4267

About Tengyur Rinpoche: Tengyur Rinpoche is a geshe lharampa graduate from Sera Jey Monastery, a junior English translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama since 2012, currently doing Master’s program at Harvard Divinity School. He was born in Tawang in the north-eastern part of India and became a monk at the age of nine. He founded Thubten Shedrubling Foundation in Tawang, a buddhist center and a modern school that offers free education to needy children. In 2021, Tengyur Rinpoche led the founding of Wisdom Bridges, Inc. a US-based NGO that is dedicated to helping children in remote Himalayan communities to fulfill their potential through education that bridges traditional wisdom and modern learning and sustains their language and culture.

Practical information and how to register:

Course dates: 8 Oct – 26 Nov ( October 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 12, 19, 26)
Weekday: Sunday
Time: 16.00-17.30 CET, 10.00-11.30 EST 
Language: English
Location: Online (zoom link will be sent after registration)
Donation: 70 sek reduced, 140 sek standard, 210 sek sponsor, Sangha free

Last day of registration: you can join any time
You register for the drop-in by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

To join online please use this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87664620075?pwd=RW85bGwwT2F1NWpaV1U1UFZLVTZVQT09

Meeting ID: 876 6462 0075
Passcode: monday

For English please see below

På måndagar kan det extra passa bra att ge sig själv lite andrum och en paus för att mentalt förbereda sig inför veckan. Vår meditationsklass börjar med att i stillhet landa i både kropp och sinne. Därefter leds du genom en enkel analytisk meditation på teman som exempelvis livets förgänglighet eller medkänsla.

Praktisk information och hur du registrerar dig

Veckodag: Måndag
Tid: 18:00-19:00

Språk: Engelska
Plats: På centret och online

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Monday is a perfect day for setting up our motivation for the whole week. We will start with stillness meditation to relax the mind and body and continue with analytical meditation, such as meditation on perfect human life, impermanence, or compassion. Monday drop-ins are open for everyone. 

Practical information and how to register

Weekday: Monday
Time: 18:00-19:00

Language: English
Location: At the centre and online

For English please see below

De stegvisa lärorna, också kända som lam-rim, tillhandahåller en struktur inom vilken alla Buddhas sutraläror får plats, från start till slut. Lam-rim visar tydligt hur alla läror hör ihop och är menad som en personlig instruktion för vår egna spirituella utveckling. 

Kursen Lamrin: den stegvisa vägen till upplysning är för dem som har studerat Discovering Buddshism eller andra program inom tibetansk Buddhism och som vill göra en genomgång av lam-rim och fokusera på meditation och reflektion. 

Den första timmen består av en föreläsning, följt av diskussion och avslutningsvis minst en halvtimmes meditation tillsammans över ett specifikt ämne inom lam-rim. 

Kursens struktur baseras på häftet “Kopan Monastery lam-rim outline” som sammansatts av Venerable Karin Valham. Det finns tillgängligt i vår bokshop. 

Texten är indelad i förberedande övningar och övningar av de s.k. small, medium och great scope av lam-rim. Övningarna inom varje scope är vidare indelade i flera ämnen som ska studeras och mediteras över. Eftersom en djupgående förståelse av alla ämnen inom de tre scopen är väsentlig för spirituell framgång, kommer Venerable Michael också att använda andra källor för lam-rimläror för att komplettera detta häfte. 

Medium scope:

• De fyra ädla sanningarna
• Sanningen om lidandet
• Den verkliga orsaken till lidande
• Tolv länkar av samberoende uppkomst

Great scope

• Jämnmod
• Att generera Bodhicitta: det fullständigt öppna hjärtat
• De sex perfektionerna
• Samatha: stillhetsmeditation
• Tomhet

Läs mer om våra buddhistiska kurser 

PRAKTISK INFORMATION OCH HUR DU REGISTRERAR DIG

Kursdatum: 5 sept – 5 dec (ingen lektion den 31 oct)
Veckodag: Tisdag
Tid: 18:00-20:00
Språk: Engelska
Plats: På centret och online via Zoom. När du köpt biljett får du ett mail med länken till Zoom-mötet.
Biljettpris: 1950 kr / 170 kr online drop-in
Anmälan/köpa biljett: Du registrerar dig på kursen genom att köpa en biljett här på webbsidan, se “Tickets” nedan.

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The graded stage teachings, also known as the lam-rim, provide a structure into which we can fit all of Buddha’s sutra teachings, from start to finish. The lam-rim clearly shows how all the teachings fit together and is intended as a personal instruction for our own spiritual development.

Lamrim: the graduated path to enlightenment course is for those who have studied Discovering Buddhism or other study programs within Tibetan Buddhism and would like to do a review of lam-rim and focus on meditation and reflection.

There will be teachings during the first hour, followed by some time for discussion, and at least half an hour for doing meditation practice together on the specific lam-rim topic.

The course structure will be based on the booklet “Kopan Monastery lam-rim outline” compiled by Venerable Karin Valham. They are available in our book shop.

The text is divided into preliminary practices and the training of the small, medium and great scopes of the lam-rim. The specific training of each scope is further divided into various topics which are to be studied and meditated on. As an in-depth understanding on each of the topics of the three scopes is essential for one’s spiritual progress, Venerable Michael will also be using other sources of lam-rim teachings to compliment the simple outline and meditations of this booklet.

Medium scope: 

• The four noble truths
• True suffering
• True cause of suffering
• Twelve branches of dependent arising

Great scope

• Equanimity
• Generating Bodhicitta; the totally open heart
• The six perfections
• Samatha: Calm abiding meditation
• Emptiness

Read more about our Buddhist courses

PRACTICAL INFORMATION AND HOW TO REGISTER

Course dates: 5 sept – 5 dec (there is no class on 31 oct)
Weekday: Tuesday
Time: 18:00-20:00
Language: English
Location: At the centre and online via Zoom. When you have purchased a ticket you will receive an email with the link to the Zoom meeting.
Ticket price: 1950 SEK / 170 SEK online drop-in
Last day of registration: 4 September
Registration/Buy ticket: You register for the course by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

About our Wednesday Evening Philosophy classes
Geshe Namdak’s Wednesday evening philosophy classes continue in 2023. Between May and November, we’ll take a deep-dive into new texts and new aspects of the Buddhist view of reality.

About this series
Liberation from suffering samsara and achieving enlightenment depend on the realisation of emptiness. To generate a clear understanding of emptiness, we need to depend on the works of the Indian masters and their philosophy. This course will explain the different views of emptiness in the schools of Buddhist Philosophy and will mainly focus on the Chittamātra and Mādhyamaka schools in the context of the eight uncommon points of the Prāsaṅgika School. At the conclusion of this course Geshe Namdak will summarize these important points of emptiness with An Experiential Song on the View, Recognising My Mother by Changkya Rolpai Dorje.

Download the text here. If you plan to attend in person, please bring your own copy of the text as print-outs will not be provided.

Pre-requisites (Is this for me?)
To attend this course, one should have a basic understanding of the Buddhist teachings and Buddhist philosophy.

Schedule

May: 10, 17, 24, 31
June: 7, 21, 28
July: 5, 12, 19
September: 6, 13, 20, 27
October: 4, 18, 25
November: 1, 8

Time

7 pm – 8.30 pm UK time

More information

A new Buddhist Philosophy course with Geshe Namdak (jamyang.co.uk)

About the Teacher
Our courses and classes on Buddhist philosophy and practice rely on a skilled teacher to bring them to life. We’re extremely fortunate to have a supremely qualified Resident Teacher to do just that. After completing his university studies in Hydrology, Geshe Namdak worked as an environmental researcher in the Netherlands. He began studying Buddhism at Maitreya Institute and was eventually ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama before completing the 20-year Geshe degree at Sera Jey monastic university in India, as well as the traditional one-year Vajrayana study program at Gyume Tantric College. Few people can combine this extensive Buddhist education with a rigorous scientific training. The result is Geshe Namdak’s unique teaching style, which is at once incisive, clear, warm and humorous.

For English please see below

We dedicate this practice to the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Vi gör Medicinbuddha-praktik tillsammans, ledd av Venerable Michael Yeshe. Att praktisera tillsamman ger en känsla av tillhörighet och stärker våra intention. Det sägs att utöva ensam är att tända en gnista, medan att praktisera i grupp är som en flammande brasa. När vi praktiserar tillsammans för vi stöd av gruppen att göra vår utövning mer fokuserad, intensiv och djup. De goda effekterna av vår utövning sprider sig som ringar på vattnet, så låt oss bidra till fred i världen genom att utöva tillsammans! 

I slutet på Medicin Buddha praktiken dedikerar vi den positiva energin vi skapat genom att genomföra praktiken till välmåendet av alla levande varelser. Vi ber och dedikerar också för individer – för sjuka, bortgångna och för lycka och välgång i alla möjliga aktiviteter

Du kan skicka dedikationer till [email protected]. 

Välkommen!

Läs mer om våra buddhistiska drop-in.

Praktisk information och hur du registrerar dig

Datum: 20 oktober
Veckodag: Fredag
Tid: 18:00-19:30
Språk: Engelska
Plats: På centret
Biljettpris: Minsta donation 50 kr.
Sista anmälningsdag: Samma dag, 5 minuter i 18:00
Anmälan/köpa biljett: Du registrerar dig genom att köpa en biljett här på webbsidan, se “Tickets” nedan.

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We do Medicine Buddha practice together, led by Venerable Michael Yeshe. Group practices create a sense of belonging and add strength to our intentions. It is said that a solitary practice is like a spark, while a group practice is like a raging fire. When we practice together we get support from the group to make our practice more focused, intensive, and deep. The positive effects of our practice spread like ripples on water, so let’s contribute to peace in the world by practicing together! 

In the end of the Medicine Buddha Practice we dedicate the positive energy we have created by doing the practice to the well-being of all sentient beings. We pray and dedicate for individuals as well – for sick, dying, dead, and for success in activities.

You can send your dedications to [email protected]. 

Welcome! 

Read more about our Buddhist drop-in events.

Practical information and how to register

Dates: 20 October
Weekday: Friday
Time: 18:00-19:30
Language: English
Location: At the centre
Ticket price: Minimum donation 50 SEK
Last day of registration: The same day, 5 minutes to 18:00
Registration/Buy ticket: You register by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

Yeshin Norbu har glädjen att informera att vårt center nu har möjlighet att delta i en pilotkurs i fördjupad meditation som hålls av Maitreya Institute i Hollands före detta residenta lärare Venerable Gendun. Venerable Gendun har många års erfarenhet i både stabiliserande meditation (Shamata) och Vipassana och denna kurs erbjuder möjlighet att fördjupa kunskap och praktik i båda dessa. Vajrayogini Institute i Frankrike, Land of Joy i England samt Shantideva institute i New York deltar också i denna kurs.

Kursen kommer att hållas online på lördagar mellan kl. 15.30-18.00 med start den 2:a september och börjar med en timmes meditation följt av undervisning. Det finns ett förslag att ca. en gång i månaden kan vi organisera ett fysiskt tillfälle på centret då deltagare är välkomna att praktisera tillsammans kanske med lite fika.

Kursen löper totalt över fyra år, men det går bra att delta drop in, att registrera sig månadsvis eller en terminsvis. Undervisningarna spelas in och de som registrerar sig får tillgång till en digital plattform online där det går att ta del av missade meditationer. Denna kurs vänder sig med fördel till dem som har lite förkunskaper i Tibetansk Buddhistisk filosofi.

Varmt Välkomna att ta del av och pröva på denna fantastiska möjlighet!

Yeshin Norbu Team

This four-year online course provides students with long term, in-depth support in their meditative development. This weekly course will offer: 

• authentic traditional instructions, in contemporary language, aimed at providing a comprehensive set of meditation tools for students to transform their knowledge of the Dharma into personal experience.

• traditional and modern theories on supplementary topics such as models of healthy psychological and spiritual development, ritual, narrative, ethics, and social engagement.

• an international, community of meditators, online and live

Students will actively train in both shamatha and vipassana, gradually investigating the nature of self and phenomena. We will explore how we project layers (of ignorance) onto our perception and how to challenge these through reasoning and direct insight. This course is above all a practical one. It aims at helping students navigate their meditative lives successfully, both on and off the cushion. 

To complement the IDMT course we will also offer:

• Meditation Retreats – 4 annual retreats on vipassana, compassion, and mahamudra, offered both live at one of the centers and online. 

• Yogi Bootcamp – an intensive, guided 1-year meditation training with weekly personal interviews (call) for a small group of international students. 

Venerable Losang Gendun

After 20 years of practicing Theravada Buddhism Ven. Gendun became a monk in the Tibetan tradition in 2006. He studied Buddhist philosophy for nine years at Nalanda Monastery and practised under various teachers from Gelug and Theravada Forest traditions. In total, Ven. Gendun spent more than four years in retreat. He has been teaching for over 15 years in the Netherlands, France, Monaco, the US, and the UK. He actively promotes interfaith practice, contributes to Emouna, an international interreligious leadership network, and is an active promotor of gender equality. His main goal is to translate traditional methods into contemporary terms to make them accessible to a Western audience.

The Buddha Project

This meditation course is part of The Buddha Project led by Ven. Losang Gendun, a branch of which is the Buddha Research Project, an on-going collaboration between Buddhist contemplatives and scientific researchers from the universities of Nîmes and Lausanne, and the Mind & Life organization (founded by neuroscientist Francesco Varela in collaboration with H.H. the Dalai Lama). It is aimed at investigating transformative processes in long-term meditators, regarding such topics as mental health, perception, and self-transcendence. For the initial research it has been granted a European Varela Award.

Practical details

The In-Depth Meditation Training will run weekly on Saturdays and will consist of about 1-hour of guided meditation and 1,5 hours of teachings. The course offers a great opportunity for Buddhist practitioners. In the first year many of the foundational topics will be introduced, however a basic understanding of Mahayana Buddhism is a prerequisite to attend.

It will be given in English, with French translation, online via Zoom. The recordings will be made available after the sessions.

Practical information and how to register:

Course dates (Term 1): 2 Sept – 25 Nov
Weekday: Saturday
Time: 15:30-18:00 European Central Timezone
Language: English
Location: Online (zoom link will be sent after registration)
Donation: drop in 250 SEK, monthly 800 SEK, term 1800 SEK
Last day of registration: you can join any time
You register for the drop-in by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

The genre of “lojong”, which literally means “training the mind” or “transforming the mind”, originated in eleventh century Tibet when it was introduced by the great master Lama Atisha.

Once kept secret, they are widely available nowadays. These practical teachings work as powerful antidotes to undesired mental habits and attitudes that result in dissatisfaction and relationship problems. It can be said that the real focus of lojong teachings is the relationships that we have: with our families, friends, colleagues, enemies, and the world at large. 

Tengyur Rinpoche will teach an 8-week course on the classical lojong text, “Seven-point mind training” by the 12^th century Tibetan master Geshe Chekawa. 

The first session will be devoted to introduction to lojong and preliminary practices followed by sessions where we will delve deeper into the subjects of the text.

All sessions will have Q&A sessions.

This course is open for all.

Readings for the class:

1. The life story of Atisha Dipamkara:

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Atisha-Dipamkara/5717

2. The life story of Dromtonpa:

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Dromton-Gyelwa-Jungne/4267

About Tengyur Rinpoche: Tengyur Rinpoche is a geshe lharampa graduate from Sera Jey Monastery, a junior English translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama since 2012, currently doing Master’s program at Harvard Divinity School. He was born in Tawang in the north-eastern part of India and became a monk at the age of nine. He founded Thubten Shedrubling Foundation in Tawang, a buddhist center and a modern school that offers free education to needy children. In 2021, Tengyur Rinpoche led the founding of Wisdom Bridges, Inc. a US-based NGO that is dedicated to helping children in remote Himalayan communities to fulfill their potential through education that bridges traditional wisdom and modern learning and sustains their language and culture.

Practical information and how to register:

Course dates: 8 Oct – 26 Nov ( October 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 12, 19, 26)
Weekday: Sunday
Time: 16.00-17.30 CET, 10.00-11.30 EST 
Language: English
Location: Online (zoom link will be sent after registration)
Donation: 70 sek reduced, 140 sek standard, 210 sek sponsor, Sangha free

Last day of registration: you can join any time
You register for the drop-in by purchasing a ticket here on the website, see “Tickets” below.

Konceptet PunkYoga är egentligen inget märkvärdigare än att utgå från filosofin och tanken med fysisk yoga, att yoga utifrån den egna kroppens och sinnets behov här och nu. PunkYoga är dynamisk yoga i rörelse, där kroppen följer andningen in och ur varje rörelse. Här får du både sucka, fräsa och tårar är helt okej. Det handlar om att släppa loss och inte vara så ordentlig och rätt, huvudsaken är att det känns bra.
PunkYoga riktar sig till alla kroppar, oavsett erfarenhet av yoga. Kasta föreställningen om att det är bara viga, smala, atletiska människor som kan yoga. Vi släpper loss kroppens spänningar och dagens sinnesstämningar, där var och en yogar efter hens förmåga och utifrån var och ens behov. Vi ses sju måndagar från den 13 februari och därefter var annan måndag under våren. Yogamatta finns i lokalen, men vill du ta med egen matta går det självklart bra. Klädvalet är helt fritt så länge du kan röra dig löst och ledigt i paltorna. Varje pass är 60 minuter och byggs upp allt eftersom tillsammans, vi utgår från de eventuella låsningar och spänningar som sitter i såväl kroppen som knoppen. Passet inleds med att känna in kropp och sinne, därefter fysiska yogaövningar. Om du efter passet vill ha en stunds meditation är du välkommen att delta på centrets dropp-in meditation.

Ingrid YogaLander är licensierad yoga och meditationslärare enligt Yoga Alliance 200.

Praktisk information och hur du registrerar dig

Kursdatum: 11/9, 25/9, 9/10, 23/10, 6/11, 20/11
Veckodag: Måndag
Tid: 16.45-17.45
Språk: Svenska
Plats: På centret
Sista anmälningsdag: Samma dag, 5 minuter i 16.45