In Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy, the origin of “Life” is sound and light. Beneath the surface, everyone of us is composed of frequencies and vibrations. Lama Tendar will teach the sacred sound of mantras and Tibetan singing bowls that leads the listeners to a satisfying state of deep relaxation and wellbeing.

The unique power of the Tibetan buddhism is based on dharma or buddha’s teaching of sutra and tantra. Sound is wisdom and vibration is compassion. Lama Tendar teaches the principle of healing as the wisdom of recognising afflictive mental sufferings and its causes. Through wisdom teaching one learns how to develop inner qualities of wisdom and compassion as antidotes to overcome mental afflictions. Such inner quality is the foundation of generating pure sound that calms coarse level mental afflictions and brings the mind to a state of tranquility. Such calmer state of mind is more suitable to conduct correct observation and therefore develop wise behaviour pattens that leads to true happiness.

Level 1/2

In level 1/2, Lama Tendar will teach:

1. How to live a meaningful life in this precious human rebirth
2. How to recognise the symptoms of coarse-level mental sufferings and understand their causes - mental afflictions and/or destructive emotions.
3. Learn and practice in an authentic way the sacred mantras and meditation of Medicine Buddha, Vajrasattva, Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, and Tara from Lama Tendar.
4. From the inner qualities of compassion and wisdom developed from these deity practices, one learns to generate pure sound for healing.
5. Learn in an authentic way to play Tibetan sound instruments including gongs, singing bowls, cymbals, and bell and dorje with mudras.
6. Learn to conduct guided healing meditation with sound and mantras for the healing of self and others.

Level 3/4

In the Level 3 and 4 course, Lama Tendar will teach:

1. Introduction to the three higher trainings in moral discipline, mental concentration and wisdom.
2. Generates the mind of great compassion as the motivation for healing of all sentient beings.
3. Continue to learn and practice in an authentic way the sacred mantras and meditation of Medicine Buddha, Vajrasattva, Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, and Tara.
4. Practice meditation on generating pure vajra body with channels and chakras.
5. Learn more advanced healing techniques.

Qualification of course level 1 & 2 is required.

MEDICINE BUDDHA HEALING COURSE

About Medicine Buddha Healing

Tibetans use an ancient form of medicine called “The Knowledge of Healing” whose origins are believed to be based on the teachings of the historical Buddha. In the Tibetan medical tradition, the concept of well-being takes into account the full dynamics of body, speech and mind to achieve effective and comprehensive healing. It utilises the power of sacred mantras and meditative stabilisation.

In Tibetan Buddhist healing, the notion of the law of karma implies infinite interlinked causes for any single event. The three afflictive emotions known as the “three poisons,” are considered to be the root of all illness. The first poison is desire or passion, which implies grasping at objects or pleasant experiences. The second poison is hatred or aversion, consists of pushing away unpleasant experiences or objects. Finally, ignorance or confusion which involves misunderstanding the nature of existence of an object or a particular experience, is the third poison of the mind.

In this course, purification of negative karma through Vajrasattva practice and cultivating great compassion through Chenrezig practice form a solid foundation for learning to condition one’s body-speech-mind to be just like that of the Healer Medicine Buddha.

About the Teacher

This 12-day course is taught by Lama Tendar who is a qualified teacher of Medicine Buddha Healing. Lama Tendar has been a Tibetan Buddhist monk since the age of 12. He received authentic teachings in the sacred practice of Highest Yoga Tantra from his Masters who have unbroken lineage of the Dharma.

Lama Tendar studied at Gyuto Ramoche Monastery in Lhasa for 8 years, where he trained with his teacher who was an authentic Tibetan Medicine Healer. Lama Tendar then studied further in Gyuto Monastery in India for 16 years, where he  became a qualified teacher in Mahayana Buddhism.

Lama Tendar is the founder of the Medicine Buddha Tantrayana Meditation Centre. He has been travelling through out Australia teaching dharma since 2004. He lives his life to benefit all sentient beings through the practice of wisdom and compassion.

About the Course

The course is for buddhist practitioners who wish to apply buddhist mind training in healing of oneself and others. Participants will receive Vajrasattva and Medicine Buddha empowerments, and learn to cultivate great compassion and the mind of enlightenment as inner qualities.

Through this course one learns to let go of the self-grasping mind of delusion, attachment, and anger. As a result, one develops realisation of the nature of mind, and learn to condition one’s body-speech-mind to be just like that of healer Medicine Buddha, in order to benefit all sentient beings. This course is taught in two parts.

Part I

1. Vajrasattva empowerment and daily practice; applying the four powers to purify negative karma.
2. Cultivating great compassion and Bodhichita as motivation for the healing of self and others.
3. Introduction to the Four Noble Truths: knowing the true suffering and its cause.
4. Introduction to Lam Rim Chen Mo: knowing the path of practice towards true happiness.
5. Introduction to calm abiding meditation: developing mental concentration.
6. Introduction to special insight meditation: precious human life; impermanence; karmic effects of non-virtuous actions; faults of samsara; and taking refuge in three jewels.
7. Medicine Buddha empowerment and Medicine Buddha practice, chanting and mantras.
8. Engaging mindfulness and guarding alertness to overcome self-grasping mind, desire and anger.
9. Applying sound instruments, guided meditation, and chanting in healing sessions.
10. How to give advice to people suffering mental stress, fears and depression.

Part II

1. Further work on special insight meditation: precious human life; impermanence; karmic effects of non-virtuous actions; faults of samsara; taking refuge in three jewels, great compassion and bodhichitta, and emptiness.
2. How to give advice to people suffering mental stress, fears and depression.
3. Engaging mindfulness and guarding alertness to overcome self-grasping mind, desire and anger.
4. Introduction to meditation on self-generation of deities and introduction to training of completion stage with chakras and channels.

Main Reference Books

Lama Tsong Khapa:

1. The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam Rim Chen Mo);
2. Three principal aspects of the path;
3. The harmony of emptiness and dependent-arising;

His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama:

1. The four noble truths;
2. Stages of Meditation: training the mind for wisdom;
3. Activating Bodhichita and a meditation on compassion.

Shantideva:

1. A guide to the Bodhisattva’s way of life