Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The Tibetan Book of Meditation talks


On May 2 and 3, Jivamukti Yoga Center in New York was overtaken by Lama Christie's family, friends, students, and teachers, all gathering to celebrate the publication of her new book, The Tibetan Book of Meditation. They were rewarded with two nights of talks about meditation and the opportunity to buy this wonderful new book. Here are the talks: day one, and day two. Enjoy!

In early October Lama Christie taught a new set of meditation teachings at another book release party -- this time at Mahasukha Center in Los Angeles. Here are the links for that teaching.video, day 1 audio, and day 2 audio.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Israel, 2009

The lamas' first talk was on Israeli Independence Day, May 28th, which is a huge holiday, starting the night before with fireworks and dance parties. Every green spot in Tel Aviv was filled with families having picnics, barbecuing, enjoying the day. Everyone told us that it was a very bad day to have teachings, but in spite of that, we had a big crowd.

Here is the *link* to the first day's talk, "Path of Wisdom for a Perfect World". And the first day's reading: *link*.

The next day was all about yoga, Tibetan Heart Yoga series 4, all about inner winds. Mercedes and Nyingpo taught asanas, and later, Lama Dvora taught the philosophy section: *link*. Mercedes also learned and sang a beautiful Israeli song, Mi Ha-Ish, or "Who is the man". *link*

In the afternoon, Geshe Michael and Lama Christie taught *asanas*, and later a talk on How Yoga Works, which is available *here*. And *here* is the link to the reading for that talk.