Event: Daylong with Ken Bradford ~ Teaching LIVE from the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959. Join us in-person only.
Title: Deepening Compassion
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2023
Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: Sliding Scale $60 - $90
Registration: contact Juanita juanita@mtstream.org
As we tame the mind through calm abiding, it becomes possible to train that mind to better handle chaotic, difficult situations and disturbing mindstates. The basic practice of mindfulness specializes in cultivating stillness and insight through choiceless awareness. The practice of tonglen – let’s call it heartfulness – deepens felt awareness by deliberately opening to and letting go of intense emotions and fixations. In this practice we choose to walk boldly into the fire of passions, allowing ourselves to be both more deeply touched and released. Enhanced heartfulness thus spontaneously deepens compassion for self and other.
This also clears the way to simply let openness be; and in being open to recognize that the essence of the mind is of the nature of openness: unconstructed, unbound, unceasing and quietly delightful. Grounded in calm abiding, practices of tonglen for self, for others, and as a launch into non-dual/awakened presence will be taught and discussed.
Pre-registration is required.
To register, contact juanita@mtstream.org
Registration sliding scale: $60 - $90
No one turned away for lack of funds. Limited partial scholarships are available.
Dana: During the daylong, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Ken as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings.
Health Recommendations & Testing Requirement: Masks are optional. Only participate at your optimal health condition, even if you have tested negative for COVID. Refrain from participating if you have a fever or any cold or allergy symptoms such as coughing, sneezing, runny nose, or low energy due to these symptoms. Please bring proof (a photo is acceptable) of a negative rapid COVID test the morning of the program. If you have any questions, feel free to contact juanita@mtstream.org
Ken Bradford Bio: Ken is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net