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A Lama´s Love affair with the Dharma Continues
Written by: Gaea Yudron
After 50 years of dharma practice and 30 years of teaching, Lama Bruce Newman has no plans to retire.
Instead, he continues to develop meditation as an essential element of what he sometimes calls his “love affair with the dharma,” and of his ongoing efforts to share what he knows and sees with others.
Lama Bruce Newman ended a recent visit by saying, “I’ve got to get back to work.” For him, “getting back to work” means returning to his meditation cushion, usually for four hours each day.
In January Lama Bruce will be offering an online class based on Pema Chodron’s book “How You Live is How You Die.” Lama Bruce’s online classes are popular with a devoted group of American and Canadian participants, many of whom have been his dharma students for years.
“I tend to choose books by contemporary Tibetan teachers who are fluent in English and accustomed to Western culture,” he said. “I feel these are most useful for my students.”
This spring Lama Bruce will return to Ensenada, Mexico, where he teaches at Gyatrul Rinpoche’s center there. In April he will teach at Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche’s Rangjung Yeshe Gomde retreat center, in Leggett, California.
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Marig Munsel Program
MARIG MUNSEL is like Basic Training in Buddhism, a condensed version of traditional monastic training styled for Westerners. The focus is on building, step-by-step, a strong, solid, foundational understanding of Buddhism. Each year builds on the previous, which provides an unequaled method of structured Dharma study.
Understanding that this world is impermanent and your time is short, lessen attachment and learn to let go.
Regard all beings as your own parents and train tirelessly in being generous, disciplined, patient, enthusiastic, concentrated, and wise.
The nature of your mind is perfect awakening – understand, experience, and realize that.
Regard your master as a buddha and let your minds merge indivisibly.
– Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
Understanding that this world is impermanent and your time is short, lessen attachment and learn to let go.
Regard all beings as your own parents and train tirelessly in being generous, disciplined, patient, enthusiastic, concentrated, and wise.
The nature of your mind is perfect awakening – understand, experience, and realize that.
Regard your master as a buddha and let your minds merge indivisibly.
– Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche