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SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER
OF ST. JOHNSBURY

The 9 Stages of Shamatha

Taught by Michael Greenleaf

Course books: Taming the Mind and Walking the Bodhisattva Path. We will have them for sale at class and available in the library.

Taming the Mind, together with its companion course, Walking the Bodhisattva Path, introduces a student to the view and practice of Hinayana and Mahayana. These courses are based on a three-week seminar taught by SakyongMipham Rinpoche at Karme Choling in November 1999.

In Taming the Mind, Rinpoche presents the hinayana path of renouncing samsara and the joy of developing discipline on the path that leads to liberation. He emphasizes the importance of having the confidence that comes from understanding whatwe are doing and presents the path in a vast perspective.