Lamrim is a special set of instructions that includes all the essential teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni arranged in such a way that all his Hinayana and Mahayana teachings can be put into practice in a single meditation session. It was compiled by the great Indian Buddhist Master Atisha, who was invited to Tibet by King Jangchub Ö in AD 1042, and who spent the rest of his life there spreading pure Dharma. There is a completely pure and unbroken lineage of these Lamrim instructions from Buddha Shakyamuni up to our present day Spiritual Guides.

Many great Kadampa Teachers have said that it is far more important to gain experience of Lamrim than it is to attain clairvoyance, miracle powers, or high social status. This is true because in previous lives we have often possessed clairvoyance and potent miracle powers, and many times in the past we have been in the highest positions in the human and god realms, but despite this we continue to experience uncontrolled rebirth and physical and mental suffering caused by anger, attachment, jealousy, and confusion.
 

If we gain deep experience of Lamrim there will be no basis for these problems; we shall be completely free of all of them.

Schedule:
Friday, January 2nd

Introduction: Meditation from a Buddhist Perspective 

6:30pm-8pm 
 

Saturday, January 3rd

9am-10am Precious Human Life

11am-12pm Death

2pm-3pm Dangers of Lower Rebirth

4pm-5pm Going for Refuge
 

Sunday, January 4th

9am-10am Karma

2pm-3pm Renunciation

4pm-5pm Meditation on the determination to recognize, reduce, and abandon our self-grasping ignorance the root of samsaric rebirth
 

Monday, January 5th

9:30am-10:30am Meditation on our determination to engage in the actual path to liberation, the three higher trainings

11:30am-12:30pm Meditation on our determination to attain true cessations
 

Tuesday, January 6th

9:30am-10:30am Meditation on cherishing on all living beings

11:30am-12:30pm Meditation on universal compassion

6:30pm-7:30pm Meditation on the supreme good heart, bodhichitta
 

8pm-9pm Meditation on our determination and promise to sincerely practice the six perfections
 

Wednesday, January 7th

9:30am-10:30am Training on meditation on Emptiness

11:30am-12:30pm Meditation on relying on our Spiritual Guide