In case someone is interested in taking the online course or knows someone who would,
pls. pass this info on to your contacts.
Yanira
---------- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Sandvik" <sandvik@...>
To: <aci12@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 4:55 PM
Subject: [aci12] OK, ACI14 the online class will start September 14
> See below. Feel free to forward this to anyone interested. Sign up
> before September 14!
>
> sarva mangalam, Kent
> ----
> ACI Courses
> ACI Course XIV – Lojong, Developing the Good Heart - Starts Wednesday
> September 14 2005
>
>
> ACI COURSE 14: Lojong, Developing the Good Heart
> Level 3 of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim).
>
> This Course presents classical advices on how to be a good person, and
> is based upon A Compendium of Texts on Developing the Good Heart
> (Lojong Gyatsa) by Muchen Konchok Gyeltsen (1300 AD). Lojong texts
> from the Compendium include: The Eight Verses (Tsik- gye Mar ) by
> Dorje Seng-ge (1044- 1123), the Wheel of Knives (Tsoncha Korlo) by
> Master Dharma Rakshita (1000 AD), Seven- Step Practice for Developing
> the Good Heart (Lojong Dun Dunma) by Geshe Chekawa (1101- 1175), The
> Advices of the Victorious One (Danlak) by Gyalwa Yang Gunpa (1213-
> 1258), and Freedom from the Four Attachments (Shenpa Shi- drel ) by
> Sachen Kunga Nyinpo (1092- 1158).
>
> Topics include: How to develop a good heart, how to practice
> throughout the day, how to develop the wish for enlightenment, the
> eight verses of mind training, 18 pledges for developing a good heart,
> the six keys to successful practice, the five powers, the five mental
> poisons, seven steps to developing a good heart, the three virtues,
> how to respond to the eight worldly thoughts, the real meaning of
> freedom from attachment, how to behave in difficult situations, the
> difference between how things happen and why things happen, how to
> send your mind into death (powa), and seeing angels.
>
> Location: Dharmagates Dharma center
> http://www.dharmagates.com/
> 980B Rincon Circle, San Jose, CA 95131
>
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=980+Rincon+Circle,+San+Jose+CA+95131&spn=0.021
474,0.027519&hl=en
> Instructor:Kent Sandvik
>
> Schedule: Wednesdays 7:30pm once a week, starting Wednesday September 14.
>
> Cost: The course is free, but we request those attending to share and
> help with printing the course material and supporting Dharmagates.
>
> Tibetan Track: If you wish, you could also do this course as a Tibetan
> track for learning key words and definitions in case you want to read
> Tibetan texts about this topic.
>
> Required background: Note that you could attend this course without
> taking any of the earlier ACI courses (this is true of all the ACI
> courses). This is open for anyone who is interested in this topic, no
> requirement to know Buddhism from before.
>
> NEW - ONLINE COURSE
>
> There will be a parallel online course with the some course for those
> who can't attend the class in San Jose California, but would still
> like to take the course.
>
> Go to http://groups-beta.google.com/group/aci14 and sign up on the
> mailing list. It's recommended that those who also do the San Jose
> class sign up on this mailing list. Check out any announcements on the
> aciwest-news mailing list (http://aciwest.acidharma.org).
>
>
>
> Sept 14: CLASS ONE: Eight Verses of Diamond Lion, Part One
> Sept 21: CLASS TWO: Eight Verses of Diamond Lion, Part Two
> Sept 28: CLASS THREE: Eight Extremes, Six Keys, Five Poisons
> Oct 5: CLASS FOUR: Seven Step Practice for Developing a Good Heart
> Oct 12: CLASS FIVE: Seven Points, Five Powers, Powa
> Oct 19: CLASS SIX: Freedom from the Four Attachments
> Oct 26: CLASS SEVEN: How Hell Exists; 12-Point Lojong
> Nov 2: CLASS EIGHT: The Wheel of Knives
> Nov 9: CLASS NINE: The Wheel of Knives, Part II
> Nov 16: CLASS TEN: Course Review
>
From: "Kent Sandvik" <sandvik@...>
To: <aci12@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 4:55 PM
Subject: [aci12] OK, ACI14 the online class will start September 14
> See below. Feel free to forward this to anyone interested. Sign up
> before September 14!
>
> sarva mangalam, Kent
> ----
> ACI Courses
> ACI Course XIV – Lojong, Developing the Good Heart - Starts Wednesday
> September 14 2005
>
>
> ACI COURSE 14: Lojong, Developing the Good Heart
> Level 3 of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim).
>
> This Course presents classical advices on how to be a good person, and
> is based upon A Compendium of Texts on Developing the Good Heart
> (Lojong Gyatsa) by Muchen Konchok Gyeltsen (1300 AD). Lojong texts
> from the Compendium include: The Eight Verses (Tsik- gye Mar ) by
> Dorje Seng-ge (1044- 1123), the Wheel of Knives (Tsoncha Korlo) by
> Master Dharma Rakshita (1000 AD), Seven- Step Practice for Developing
> the Good Heart (Lojong Dun Dunma) by Geshe Chekawa (1101- 1175), The
> Advices of the Victorious One (Danlak) by Gyalwa Yang Gunpa (1213-
> 1258), and Freedom from the Four Attachments (Shenpa Shi- drel ) by
> Sachen Kunga Nyinpo (1092- 1158).
>
> Topics include: How to develop a good heart, how to practice
> throughout the day, how to develop the wish for enlightenment, the
> eight verses of mind training, 18 pledges for developing a good heart,
> the six keys to successful practice, the five powers, the five mental
> poisons, seven steps to developing a good heart, the three virtues,
> how to respond to the eight worldly thoughts, the real meaning of
> freedom from attachment, how to behave in difficult situations, the
> difference between how things happen and why things happen, how to
> send your mind into death (powa), and seeing angels.
>
> Location: Dharmagates Dharma center
> http://www.dharmagates.com/
> 980B Rincon Circle, San Jose, CA 95131
>
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=980+Rincon+Circle,+San+Jose+CA+95131&spn=0.021
474,0.027519&hl=en
> Instructor:Kent Sandvik
>
> Schedule: Wednesdays 7:30pm once a week, starting Wednesday September 14.
>
> Cost: The course is free, but we request those attending to share and
> help with printing the course material and supporting Dharmagates.
>
> Tibetan Track: If you wish, you could also do this course as a Tibetan
> track for learning key words and definitions in case you want to read
> Tibetan texts about this topic.
>
> Required background: Note that you could attend this course without
> taking any of the earlier ACI courses (this is true of all the ACI
> courses). This is open for anyone who is interested in this topic, no
> requirement to know Buddhism from before.
>
> NEW - ONLINE COURSE
>
> There will be a parallel online course with the some course for those
> who can't attend the class in San Jose California, but would still
> like to take the course.
>
> Go to http://groups-beta.google.com/group/aci14 and sign up on the
> mailing list. It's recommended that those who also do the San Jose
> class sign up on this mailing list. Check out any announcements on the
> aciwest-news mailing list (http://aciwest.acidharma.org).
>
>
>
> Sept 14: CLASS ONE: Eight Verses of Diamond Lion, Part One
> Sept 21: CLASS TWO: Eight Verses of Diamond Lion, Part Two
> Sept 28: CLASS THREE: Eight Extremes, Six Keys, Five Poisons
> Oct 5: CLASS FOUR: Seven Step Practice for Developing a Good Heart
> Oct 12: CLASS FIVE: Seven Points, Five Powers, Powa
> Oct 19: CLASS SIX: Freedom from the Four Attachments
> Oct 26: CLASS SEVEN: How Hell Exists; 12-Point Lojong
> Nov 2: CLASS EIGHT: The Wheel of Knives
> Nov 9: CLASS NINE: The Wheel of Knives, Part II
> Nov 16: CLASS TEN: Course Review
>