Saturday 9 November 2024 (10:00 -12:30)
salle principale / main room
Registration
Sukhavati, a practice of deep spiritual friendship, was composed by Chögyam Trungpa.
Through a short liturgy and the recitation of a mantra, we invoque all our wisdom and compassion to help the deceased person.
This ceremony finishes with a celebration of life.
The program will cover:
-Preparing the altar for a Sukhavati
-How to welcome the loved ones of the deceased
-Study of the symbolism used in the Sukhavati text (and the conception of life and death in the Buddhist tradition).
-How to communicate this information to non-Buddhists
An actual Sukhavati will take place. It may be offered to people who have recently died.
An opportunity to explore questions will follow, including how to collaborate and skillfully bring together the elements so that a true Sukhavati can occur.
A former teacher of philosophy, Gisèle Laberge has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa for over 40 years. Practitioner and senior teacher of Buddhist and Shambhalian traditions at the Shambhala Center in Montreal, she continues to study the living tradition of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, introduced to the West by Chögyam Trungpa and Francesca Fremantle.
She has accompanied several people to the end of their lives, mainly young people, and created and directed the workshop “A Year to Live”, a contemplation of life and the death it includes, for 14 years.