Courses
Calabasas Meditation Center offers courses and workshops on a selected series of traditional and precious Buddhist treaties. To learn Buddhism is to learn a correct worldview and the way to realize it. According to Buddhism, that the moment when you begin to really see through what is going on in the world and your life is the time you will truly understand the correct world view, the sole path for you to achieve temporary and ultimate happiness. All the study, thinking, and practicing Buddhism was developed to comprehensively realize the correct world view .
Chan Buddhism Courses
Chan exists universally and eternally. There is no need for any teacher to transmit it; what is transmitted is just the method by which one can personally experience Chan. In China, the Chan school developed from Indian Dhyana Buddhism, which taught methods of meditative concentration aimed at the attainment of an absorbed, concentrated state of mind. This school later spread to other countries from China, and is called Zen in Japan, Son in Korea, and Thien in Vietnam.
Chan starts with gaining thorough knowledge of one's own self. Through letting go of all attachments and giving rise to wisdom, our mind can regain its luminosity. We call this knowledge of the notion of self "enlightenment" or "seeing one's self-nature." This is the beginning of helping yourself to thoroughly solve real problems. In the end, you will discover that you as an individual, together with the whole of existence, are but one indivisible totality.
Chan encompasses four key elements: faith, understanding, practice, and realization. Faith belongs to the realm of religion, understanding is philosophical, practice is belief put into action, and realization is enlightenment. Without faith, we cannot understand; without understanding, we cannot practice; and without practice, we cannot realize enlightenment. Together, these four concepts create the doorway we enter to attain wisdom.
Tibetan Buddhism Courses
The center has a pure and un-proken transmission of Tibetan Buddhism, which is known for ts applicable way of transform- ng an ordinary mind into an exraordinary one by following the gradual path of spiritual development opment. The center designed variety of courses in Tibetan Buddhism to accommodate ample levels of interest as well s knowledge, ranging from in- Foductory and intermediate ourses to intensive exploration of the philosophy of Tibetan Buddhism.
Eliminating bewilderment and suffering is what everyone truly wants and needs. Never- theless, a great deal of effort and unremitting exploration are required to pursue the ulti- mate truth and happiness for it is the treasure buried in everyone's mind. through layers that obscures it and reveals itself with its lumi- nous nature, you will find that it has always been there. What you need to do is to go through the puzzle-solving process.
