Module 1 (of a 5-Module series)

Date: Every Tues. from Sept. 13 to Oct. 18, 2022

Time: 10:00 – 11:45 am PST
Cost: $170 (a special 30% discount is available for our Sangha)
Online via Zoom: Recordings are available after each session

We are very pleased to announce an exciting collaboration with Dharma College to offer a deep exploration of mind’s true nature. Based on Tarthang Tulku’s groundbreaking text, Revelations of Mind, Dr. Richard Dixey will guide us on a journey into discovering the inner workings and potential of our own mind.

The book Revelations of Mind is a contemporary yet profound teaching for liberating the modern mind. This six-week course will work from Searcher Reaches Lands Limits, an in-depth commentary written by Dr. Dixey.

How is our ordinary consciousness constructed? Why is internal chatter and stress such a central part of our experience? How can we access non conceptual engagement when all we have is a web of words? In this course we will explore the structure of perception, the role language plays in self and other identity, and the roots of human suffering.

Each Module is comprised of six one and a half-hour classes, which includes exercises and discussion. A further four sections will be offered during the course of the year.

This course includes:

Week 1: The Central Importance of Mind

Week 2: Understanding the Regime of Mind

Week 3: Language and the Framing of Reality

Week 4: Seeing the Reactivity of Mind

Week 5: Seeing Through the Loops of Mind

Week 6: Questioning Identity

This course is open to all who are interested in the nature of mind and experience. It is especially suited for those who are studying the Khorde Rushen with Khandro Kunzag and will be sure to enrich your practice.

From Khandro Kunzang:

Revelations of Mind, and the commentary Searchers Reaches Lands Limit, present profound contemporary approaches to traditional Buddhist teachings on the discovering our true nature. I found this course to be a perfect support for traditional Dzogchen practices as it illuminates profound concepts that can get lost in translation and cultural differences. Richard’s teaching style is engaging, thought provoking and frankly, ingenious. I am very excited to be able to make this course available to our students and highly encourage those who are taking the Khorde Rushen to enroll in this course to supplement your training.

For more information, and to register, please follow the link below to Dharma College and enter code DECHEN for our Sangha’s 30% discount.

https://dharma-college.corsizio.com/c/6238edfd0141ab9ca85a432e

Dates for the next Modules:

Module 2: Nov. – Dec.

Module 3: Jan. – Feb.

Module 4 – March – April

Module 5 – May -June

Searcher Reaches Land’s Limits | Dr. Richard Dixey | Begins Sep 13th 2022 from Dharma College on Vimeo.

Dr. Richard Dixey holds a Ph.D. and MSc. from London University, and a B.A. from Oxford University. Following 14 years as the director of the Bioelectronic Research Unit in London, he founded Phytopharm plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange that developed western pharmaceuticals based on traditional medicines.

Since 1972, through his interest in Buddhism, he has worked on the interface between scientific and spiritual perspectives and has travelled extensively in the Himalayas, India and South East Asia. He and his wife Wangmo, who is the eldest daughter of Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, are co-directors of the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation International, which is dedicated to the rebuilding of the Buddhist culture of India. He is also on the faculty of Dharma College in Berkeley and is an advisor to the Khyentse Foundation.