With Thanissara, Elaine Yeh, and Djuna Devereaux
Mondays, 9-10:30am PT
This 8-week practice and study course will introduce and guide participants through core dimensions of the Kuan Yin Dharmas. These teachings and practices have been particularly effective and deeply important for SMS founders Thanissara and Kittisaro through over 40 years of cultivation and have inspired Elaine on her quest to understand and heal the heart-mind.
This course features eight pre-recorded video presentations from Kittsaro’s original Introducing the Kuan Yin Dharmas Course, supported by in-depth weekly sessions including orientation and reflection on the material as well as practice instruction, group discussion, and reflection with questions and answers.
Introducing the Kuan Yin Dharmas draws inspiration from Kittisaro’s primary guides and teachers, Master Hsuan Hua and Ajahn Chah. It is also informed by Kittisaro and Thanissara’s adaptation of this ancient Dharma to contemporary culture, Elaine Yeh’s many years as a monastic within Master Hua’s lineage, and Djuna Devereaux’s application of the Kuan Yin practices in her practice, teaching, and healing work.
The teaching team will share from their own practice and experience working with this profound and unique Dharma Door.
CLASS TOPICS INCLUDE:
Devotional and mantra practice.
The inconceivable power of reciting Kuan Yin’s name.
The protective healing response of the Great Compassion Mantra.
Kuan Yin’s meditation method, Shurangama samadhi: Indestructible Abiding.
The mutually supportive relationship of recitation and contemplation of the deathless.
Ceremonial practice—The Great Compassion Ceremony.
A specific focus on the unification of the classical Theravada insight practices and the Mahayana teachings around Kuan Yin and the Bodhisattva Path.
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Eight weekly classes to review at home.
Eight weekly online meetings with Thanissara, Elaine, and Djuna, Mondays 9-10:30am PT.
There is homework that accompanies each lesson. (Homework and recorded class time 2-2.5 hours weekly).
CLASS DATES AND WEEKLY TOPICS:
April 1 – 8: Universal Door
April 8 – 15: Great Compassion Mantra
April 15 – 22: The Surangama Sutra
April 22 – April 29: The Heart Sutra
April 29 – May 6: Chan
May 6 – 13: Kuan Yin Compassion Ceremony
May 13 – 20: Kuan Yin Compassion Ceremony Reflections
May 20 and Onwards: Kuan Yin Course Reflections
COST:
Benefactor Rate – $360.00
Sustaining Rate – $280.00
Base Rate – $200.00
Subsidized Rate – $120.00
This course is offered on a sliding scale so that we can support Sacred Mountain Sangha and continue to offer dharma teachings, hold space for sangha in difficult times, and encourage a more peaceful, inclusive world.
For those who can contribute more than the base rate, please consider doing so as you will be helping others to be able to practice with us and keeping SMS going.
All registrations over the base rate are fully tax-deductible as SMS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
*No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you are unable to contribute at the suggested rates below please email info@sacredmountainsangha.org and we will register you manually and accept your dana offering, whether it be a monetary offering or one’s dedicated practice and presence in the class sangha.