Day Retreat with Tsering Paldron: How to Improve our world by training our mind
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Tsering was born in Lisbon, and travelled to Brussels in 1973, at the age of 19, where she first encountered Tibetan Buddhism.
She did a three years retreat in the 80’s in France, under the guidance of Dudjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and under the supervision of Pema Wangyal Rinpoche. She also received teachings from many lamas of all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
She is a student of Ringu Tulku Rinpoche and has been teaching and traveling since 1992. She also served as a translator for many teachers, over the years.
She founded Bodhicharya Portugal in 2011 and she has been running it since then.
You can learn more about her, by visiting her website.
## How to Improve Our World by Training Our Mind
We perceive the world through our mind; suffering and happiness are our mind’s experiences. An untrained mind is our worst enemy, and the source of much unhappiness, whereas a trained one is the basis for inner and outer peace and harmony. That is why it is so important to train it.
Buddhism is essentially a method to do just that, and there are many ways and approaches. During this day retreat we will explore some of them, within the context of mind training.
The mind training ('Lojong' in Tibetan) which we will study today's Day Retreat, originated more thn 1000 years ago. It has been annotated in various forms; the best known is Chekawa Yeshe Dorje's root text,'Seven Points of Mind Training'. This consists of 59 somewhat cryptic slogans, designed to be memorised.
The most famous practice included in this text is the so-called 'tong-len' (sending-taking) practice. During this day retreat, Tsering will teach this and discuss more of the practices included in Chekawa's text.
Please see here ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojong](https://usa.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a881f102bd51d266a248c576b&id=31a5c680e4&e=46b932c969)) for a more complete discussion of lojong.
Beginners welcome.
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Password: 025316
Cost
We would appreciate the suggested donation of £20 or more for this day retreat from participants. This can be paid into the Bodhicharya London account. If this is more than you can afford, your company is always more valuable than money. But we do need your help in order to survive.
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Bank Account
Name: Bodhicharya London
Bank: Co-operative Bank
Account Number: 6518 5203 Bank Sort Code: 08-92-99
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About Bodhicharya London’s Day Retreats
Bodhicharya London is under the guidance of Ringu Tulku. We have been doing stimulating monthly day retreats at the Helios Centre for a number of years. Now, we are continuing with the online Zoom platform.We do a number of meditation sessions interspersed with the discussions and breaks for lunch, tea and biscuits. By the end of the day, we will have done about three hours of meditation in total. Some meditation sessions will be guided.
Future Day Retreats are listed here:
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