Vajra Dance of Six Spaces of Samantabhadra with Kyu Kyuno
Open to the Public. Out of town participants wishing to stay overnight in the Tsegyalgar East Dorm, contact: geko@tsegyalgar.org
COST:
Students: free, by donation
SUGGESTED DONATIONS:
General Public:
Entire Workshop: $60
Single Session: $20
DCA/SSI Members,
Entire Workshop: $45
Single Session: $15
SCHEDULE:
Friday, November 11
5 pm - 7 pm
Saturday, November 12
10 am - Noon
2 pm - 4 pm
Sunday, November 13
10 am - Noon
2 pm - 4 pm
*For directions visit: https://umafacweb1.admin.umass.edu/Online/defaultP.asp?menu_id=C30C9CFA-973E-4416-803F-2299F50E24E0
[To enter the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall stage for the vajra dance course. All participants should enter the the space from the back as the front entrance will be closed. So enter the Lobby from the plaza and exit down the stairs (facing the pond), turn right and walk to the entrance marked as Production. ]
What is the Dance of Vajra?
The Vajra Dance is a meditation in movement. In the Dzogchen Teaching sound and movement are very important because they are the means to integrate oneself into the state of contemplation.
The Vajra Dance is principally a practice to harmonize the energy of the individual. If one has a more profound knowledge of the meaning of the Dance, it becomes a method for integrating the three existences of body, voice and mind into the knowledge of the state of contemplation. The Vajra Dance is practiced on a Mandala which represents the correspondence between the internal dimension of the individual and the outer dimension of the world.
The Vajra Dance has been taught by the Tibetan Master, Choegyal Namkhai Norbu since 1991 to his students in many part of the world.
This event is part of the year-long celebration of Tibetan Culture at Amherst College sponsored by the Departments of Asian Languages and Civilizations and Religion, connected to the Mead Art Museum's exhibit Picturing Enlightenement.
