London-October Course

We are delighted to announce our “City Retreat” course with several Diamond Way Teachers including Tomek Lehnert, Maggie Lehnert, Michaela Fritzges, Manfred Maier and others!

The course will be from 14-16 October 2016 and will take place in the Beaufoy, our London Centre.

PROGRAM

Teacher and Student in Diamond Way Buddhism: Lama Ole and Hannah and our closest Karma Kagyu Masters.

Friday, 14th October
20.00 Public Lecture by Tomek Lehnert: Buddhist Meditation in Everyday life
Afterwards: Traveling Teacher Panel

Saturday, 15th October
8.00 Individual practice
9.00 Breakfast
10.00-11.30 16th Karmapa Meditation
11.30-13.00 Ngondro explanations
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Lecture by Maggie Lehnert: The Life Story of a great Buddhist Master Lobpon Tsechu Rinpoche
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Lecture by Manfred Maier: Student – Teacher Relationship in Diamond Way Buddhism
Afterwards: Traveling Teacher Panel

Sunday, 16th October
8.00 Individual practice
9.00 Breakfast
10.00-11.00 Diamond Mind Meditation – common practice for everyone
11.00 Lecture by Michaela Fritzges: Holding the view
Afterwards: Q&A with Traveling Teacher Panel
14.00 – lunch
16.00 Lecture by Maggie Lehnert: The Shamarpas of Tibet and the Life Story of the last Shamar Rinpoche.
Afterwards: Q&A with Traveling Teacher Panel

ABOUT TRAVELING TEACHERS

Tomek Lehnert was born in 1956 in Gdansk, Poland. In January 1983, during martial law in Poland, Tomek met Lama Ole Nydahl, took Buddhist refuge and became Lama Ole’s student.
He began traveling with Lama Ole and Hannah in 1987 and has been helping to organize their activity.
Tomek is the author of ‘Rogues in Robes’, Blue Dolphin Publishing, 1998, a chronicle of a controversy over the recognition of HH the 17th Karmapa. He continues helping and travelling with Lama Ole.

Maggie Lehnert met Buddhism in Poland, back in the eighties. For many years she has been a close student of Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche and traveled with him around the world as his personal assistant and translator. At present she lives in Spain where she looks after the Stupa in Benalmadena and regularly gives introductory lectures on various Buddhist topics.

Michaela Fritzges was born in Berlin, Germany in 1959. She took refuge in 1984 and became a Buddhist teacher in 1994. She studied for three terms at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute in New Delhi, India. From 1994- 2009, she lived in the Buddhist Center Kiel in Northern Germany. She now continues teaching in Diamondway Buddhist Centres all over the world.

Mandfred Maier is a Diamondway Traveling Teacher from Germany. He is a practicing Buddhist since 1982. Manfred gives lectures on Buddhism all over the world and he is Board member of the German “Regionalverband” of 15 Buddhist Centres in Germany. He works as a Music Teacher and lives with his family in the Diamonwady Buddhist Centre in Villingen-Schwenningen in South Germany.

REGISTRATION AND PRICES

Registration is now open! Please register on this link.

REGISTRATION BEFORE 1st OCTOBER

If you register before the 1st October and you need accommodation:

– Friday (including dinner, lecture and accommodation): £21
– Saturday and Sunday (on each day: 3 meals, all lectures and events, accommodation): £30/day

If you register before 1st October and you do not need accommodation:

– Friday (including dinner and lecture): £11
– Saturday and Sunday (on each day: 3 meals, all lectures and events): £20/day

REGISTRATION AFTER 1st OCTOBER

If you register after 1st October and you need accommodation:

– Friday (including dinner, lecture and accommodation): £23
– Saturday and Sunday (on each day: 3 meals, all lectures and events, accommodation): £35/day

If you register after 1st October and you do not need accommodation:

– Friday (including dinner and lecture): £12
– Saturday and Sunday (on each day: 3 meals, all lectures and events): £25/day

NO REGISTRATION

Please note, if you do not register, we cannot guarantee accommodation.

– Friday (including dinner and lecture): £13 + £12 for accommodation if available
– Saturday and Sunday (on each day: 3 meals, all lectures and events): £35/day + £12/ night for accommodation based if available

ALL PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE ON THE DAY IN CASH