Volume 38 #37 • 21–27 February, 2023 • Editor: Eve Jeffery Editorial/gigs: gigs@echo.net.au • Copy deadline: 5pm each Thursday Gig Guide deadline: 5pm each Friday • Advertising: adcopy@echo.net.au P: 02 6684 1777 • W: echo.net.au/entertainment
THE LIGHT OF LOVING KINDNESS ‘May the light of the sun and moon of loving kindness and compassion permeate the entire world forever more, dispelling the darkness of the suffering of beings, and filling space with peace and happiness’ – Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche. Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist teacher, scholar, and author of The Power of Mind, is returning to the Byron Shire for two events, the first being a public talk on Wednesday, February 28, from 6-8pm at the Mullumbimby Civic Memorial Hall, where he will speak on ‘The Four Immeasurables’. What are the four immeasurables? Well, last time he spoke in Mullumbimby in 2018, he spoke on the five poisons of the mind, and these are the antidotes – joy, equanimity, loving kindness, and compassion, all qualities that can be developed infinitely. In that way they are ‘immeasurable’. In his Wednesday public talk he will speak about how we can cultivate these qualities for ourselves – attendees are in for a treat. Admission is free and all are welcome. Following his public talk, Khentrul Rinpoche will present a weekend teaching on ‘Transforming Suffering and Happiness’. Khentrul Rinpoche was born in Tibet during the Cultural Revolution and was raised with hunger and scarcity. He witnessed for himself how some of the great practitioners of his day navigated the loss of family and friends, not without sorrow, but with an underlying imperturbable peace. In his weekend teaching, he will reveal some of the methods used by these great
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practitioners to keep that peace, that inner joy, no matter the difficulties they faced. These are remarkable and little-known tools for transforming adversity that ultimately confer great wellbeing. Khentrul Rinpoche says: ‘Peace and happiness can be attained, but not by searching for something in the outside world. They start within ourselves, then extend out to the entire globe’. Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist monk with three khenpo degrees – the equivalent to three PhDs – in Buddhist philosophy. He studied with the last generation of great masters, including H.H Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, H.H Penor Rinpoche, and H.H. Katog Moksa. He directs the Buddhist organisation Katog Choling – katog.org.
Saturday and Sunday, March 2 and 3, from 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm – both days, at the Ocean Shores Community Centre. Admission is free but organisers are asking for preregistration at katog.org/events for this weekend teaching so that they can have adequate printed materials on hand.
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