Dakini's Whisper eLearning

MASTER COURSE 5:
The Topography of the Path

In-depth Practice of Single-Pointed Meditation
This course is devoted to the foundations and the development of single-pointed concentration or cultivation of a calm, clear and focused mind.  During this course, we will:
  • Develop and enhance our attention skills;
  • Strengthen our faculty of mindfulness;
  • Rest in whatever arises;
  • Bring the skills developed in meditation into our daily lives; and
  • Develop the ability to focus on the nature of mind.
Shamatha is a vital building block for advanced practices such as Vajrayana and Cho. In particular, the practice of Settling the Mind, or focusing on the nature of mind, plays a key and foundational role in the path of freedome and awakening in the Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions, not to mention in our daily lives. The practice is called by many names such as "shamatha focusing on the conventional nature of mind," "settling the mind in its natural state," taking the mind as the path," and taking appearances and awareness as the path."
Modern research has also proven a host of secondary positive effects of Shamatha, including reduced stress, improved quality of sleep, enhanced mood, more balanced blood pressure – to name but a few.
You will have homework for the shamatha practice each week, as well as an opportunity to participate in a discussion forum and clarify any doubts and pitfalls with the meditation guide.

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Chöying Khandro

Founder and Spiritual Director of Dakini's Whisper

  Dakinis Whisper Online
Chöying Khandro holds the complete transmissions of both Ear-Whispered Lineages of the Mount of Bliss and the Machik Dakini from her teacher, the Late His Holiness Ninth Khalkha Jetsün Dampa. She is among the few original students who were with Khalkha Jetsün Dampa since the early 1990s. Khandro-la received permission to start Dakini’s Whisper from the Late Jetsun Dhampa and was presented with teaching robes, by him in 2011, which is not a common thing to be given to a laywoman in the Geluk tradition. For the last twenty-five years, Chöying Khandro has devoted her life to transmitting this rare lineage to the West.
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