Meditation
Nothing Starts, Nothing Stops
January 2022
To stop our negative experiences, we often look to where they started – yet is it possible to pinpoint where they began? We can never truly find the stopping or starting of anything. Considering this helps us let go of our fixed view of things, to see new possibilities for change and happiness in our lives. This contemplation, based on the Yoga Sutra, examines this fascinating concept in practical ways.
Meditate Creative
January 2019
Inspiration seems to come and go spontaneously. There’s a cool method to make sure creative ideas stay flowing when you need them to, and to have the clarity to know when an idea will manifest into song, dance, or story. Meditative awareness opens the heart to hear sounds and see movements on a different level inside and out. You can be filled with creative energy whenever you want! Do something different this new year, and start knowing how to use classical meditation techniques to unleash your inner repertoire as you share creative moments with others to spark their imagination. Fire up creativity, as we together, enjoy artistic connections with everyone.
Dream of a Midsummer Night
August 2015
Come explore insights and meditations on emptiness, and have fun searching for the thing that is not there. Experience meditations that are focused upon the truth of “emptiness:” the fact that there is nothing in our lives which is not coming from how we treat others around us. Using logical reasoning, explore the play of illusion we project onto the blank screen of our lives and learn how to awaken from the dream of misperceptions we live by. Once we see that the way things truly work in the world is completely different than what we have always thought, we can realize new possibilities for happiness!
Meditations on the Diamond Cutter Sutra
May 2018
During the last two years, Venerable Chunzom has taught upon the great ideas of the Diamond Cutter Sutra. We’ve used the ancient Indian commentary of Master Kamalashila, with secrets that haven’t been explored for over a thousand years.
In the final teaching of this series, the Buddha answers five mysterious questions from his student, Subhuti:
1) How do I build a Buddha paradise?
2) Is the Diamond Cutter a book, or an idea?
3) How can you write if the pen never touches the paper?
4) How did I help make the Buddha get enlightened, before I even met him?
5) Should I say I know, when I do, or say I don’t?
Somewhere in the answers to these questions is the key to getting everything we want in our life. We’ll explore the inside of our minds in meditations on these questions.
Meditations on the Diamond Cutter Sutra
February 2018
Enjoy inner success all day! Master Kamalashila’s book called The Meaning of the Diamond Cutter teaches us to meditate for knowledge that will make every moment successful. Come meditate to deepen your understanding how the wisdom of the Diamond Cutter Sutra can create a meaningful life. Venerable Chunzom will highlight some of the extraordinary meditations that have been taught on this text over the past years in New York City.
Master Kamalashila:
Meditations on the Diamond Cutter Sutra
5 classes in course
Spring 2017
Lord Buddha gives us a roadmap for reaching enlightenment and entering a diamond body that simultaneously serves all living beings, everywhere.
Master Kamalashila's meditations will guide us all the way!
Diamond Cutter Review
February 2017
Meditations that highlight the wisdom of the Diamond Cutter Sutra, come from a commentary by Master Kamalashila. This Meditation Review class gives a deeper understanding of the sutra and prepared students for a February 2017 teaching in NYC.
Meditation Masterpieces
5 classes in course
June 2016
Design a successful meditation practice that helps you to live with wisdom and love all day. This series of classes reveals a beautiful lifestyle that makes every meditation a masterpiece. Master Kamalashila’s Stages of Meditation will refine your art of meditation, as his exceptional presentation on The Meaning of the Diamond Cutter exquisitely exhibits what to focus on during your daily meditation to make your day, your life, exactly how you wish it to be.
Dance of the Lion
Fall 2017 - Winter 2018
In "The Dance of the Lion" meditations, we travel through different states of mind. Discover how the mind operates in the desire realm where we now live, and move it to the form and formless realms.
Why do this? To realize how everything we ever see is popping out of mental seeds that are planted when we are nice, or not nice, to someone else! The Lion’s Dance meditations examine the subtle part of our world our senses aren't normally tuned fine enough to experience. Gain the mental quiet to put your mind into different states at will – this is the dance to see emptiness directly.
The Art of Procrastination
September 2016
You think there’s nothing going on. You stop to pause from doing what you think you’re supposed to do. The Art of Procrastination within creative moments gives the unknown a space to appear. Through meditation methods taken from ancient texts, writers and any creative persons can tap into
that flow of creativity and keep it going. Bring in your creative obstacles and let’s workshop together to see how procrastination can be inspirational.
The Essence of Meditation
May 2016
Authentic, classic meditation techniques are used to understand more about each stage the mind must travel through in a single meditation session.
Celebration Meditation
November 2015
Recline with a cup of tea, relax after a full day, and rejoice about what you have done. Consciously pausing to meditate on the acts of kindness that you do waters those sweet seeds to rise into immeasurable flowers of joy every day.
Journey to Happiness
Through Creative Meditation
July 2010 - Nicaragua
Teachings from Buddhist Text A Book to Please Those with the Core of Goodness by Master Chone Drakpa Shedrup
Untie the mystery at your heart to bring happiness and find creative ways to connect with the world. All the beauty in it branches out from the center of your body. It calls you to it, but it already comes from you, from your inner inspirations. They will bring you the completion of happiness that begins with the creation of your art. Learn ancient meditation techniques to open the doors of expression and bring everything you want into the world. There is a sacred place for everyone.
Journey to Open the Subtle Body
The yoga of inner winds and consciousness
June 2010 - NYC
While clearing the route to
Crucial points at the
Chakras of the channels,
The map of the inner body
Is revealed.
You can then find where
Misperceptions of reality
Stir and stop in
Meditations that open
The subtle passage
To wisdom and bliss.
Teachings from
A Book to Please Those with the Core of Goodness
by Master Chone Drakpa Shedrup
Movement Meditation
September 2009
The Winds of the Heart
Move to the sounds & rhythms
of your inner winds & thoughts
in guided explorations of movement
Your Good Heart
April 2009 - NYC
In Buddhism, Lojong or good heart training has been composed and passed down in an oral tradition from Lama to student for thousands of years, and has flowed into the open teachings around the world. These specific techniques are now regarded as some of the most inspiring and practical ways of living a rich spiritual life.
Lojong is meant for the business executive, the school teacher, the busy mom, as well as the spiritual practitioner up in the mountains. Listen closely and apply these teachings for fast, surprising results in your life.
Step Up to Meditation
February 2010
In meditation, the mind can climb to new insights. Often we never get off the ground. Learn how to use practical solutions to mental obstacles, and walk the line between distractions and dullness. This experiential class is filled with classical methods based on Master Kamalashila (750 AD). Move through the different levels of concentration toward your goals on the meditation cushion and in life.