University Open Air: Tibetan Meditation Practice
We are so busy with our city life and forget to take care of our mental health. Here is an opportunity to learn how to take care of our mind. In this session, Dr. Chok will teach how to practice Tibetan meditation from a to z. He will teach what are the things we need to prepare before meditation and why body posture is the key foundation for meditation. He will further clarify types of meditation such as formal & informal meditation, shamatha & vipassana, mantra and deity meditation. Based on participants’ questions, interests and predispositions, he will teach some techniques for single-pointed meditation and some techniques for analytical meditation and maybe some mantra and deity meditation.
He will end the session with a guided meditation.
Notes: If possible, come with an empty stomach. If not, at least, do not eat a heavy lunch. Wear light and comfortable clothing, and please bring your yoga mat or something on which you lie down.
Dr. Chok Tenzin Monlam has dedicated his career to the continuance of Tibetan Buddhist culture and language in modern society. Ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, he studied and practiced as a Tibetan monk for ten years. Having advanced his studies through institutions for two decades, Dr. Chok has obtained multiple degrees in Buddhist and Tibetan studies, including his PhD from the University of Delhi. He has studied and trained for decades in Buddhist studies, Tibetan yoga, healing, and meditation under the direction of many renowned Tibetan teachers of the major and minor Tibetan Buddhist traditions. An author, translator, and language instructor, Dr. Chok served as the Head of the Research and Translation Department at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala for thirteen years before relocating to the United States in 2019. Dr. Chok has taught prolifically in India, the United States, and over a dozen other countries, offering diverse and inclusive teaching series on meditation, Tibetan yoga, healing, Buddhist philosophy, and Tibetan language.
University Open Air is generously supported by The Morris & Alma Schapiro Fund.
