Meditation Day in Exeter

Meditation day: Saturday, March 2nd 10.30 to 4.30: “Parting from the four attachments”

“Parting from the Four Attachments”, or Zhenpa Zhidral in Tibetan, is a four line teaching that originates with one of the five great masters of the Sakya tradition, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, who received it from the bodhisattva Manjusri, the very embodiment of wisdom.

This teaching highlights the four main kinds of attachment, from the more obvious to the more subtle, which are obstacles to realising the qualities of wisdom and compassion which are in fact our Buddha nature. The commentaries indicate the remedies to these attachments.

Outlining a clear path, it shows us where to begin from in dharma and what teachings to practise; it also demonstrates how the Mahayana teachings are embodied in the framework outlined by these four lines.

Over time many great masters of the Sakya tradition have written and transmitted commentaries on this famous text , embodying as it does the entire path to enlightenment.

To lead the day we are very pleased to welcome back David Armstrong, a long-standing student of Lama Jampa Thaye.

David will spend the day working through this teaching in four sessions. There will be an opportunity to contemplate them in meditation and also ask questions.

• Please arrive by 10.15am for a 10.30am start and bring food for lunch (to share if you wish)
• Sessions: 10.30-11.30 / 12.00-1.00 / 2.00-3.00 / 3.30-4.30
• Facility Fee: £15 for the full day – concessions available
• Contact: exeter@dechen.org
• Venue: Friends Meeting House Exeter, Wynard’s Lane, Magdalen Street, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4HU
• Directions: Off Western Way inner ring road in Exeter, turn into Pavilion Place.
• Parking: Two pay & display car parks are within easy reach but there will be some parking on the premises.
• Disabled access.

Exeter Buddhist Group meetings are open to all Buddhists and newcomers alike. (We welcome those who are not able to access locally their own Buddhist traditions or teachers but would like to meditate and discuss the teachings with us). We are a relaxed and friendly group , with whom you can learn to practise meditation and understand the unique perspective that Buddhism can bring to our daily lives.