Lama Christie McNally - The Tibetan Book of Meditation

OCTOBER 2-3, 7:30-9:30 PM - Meet renowned spiritual teacher and author Lama Christie McNally as she returns to Los Angeles to introduce her newest book, The Tibetan Book of Meditation, and shares two days of rare and beautiful teachings on how these profound practices can transform the mind and open the heart.

ABOUT LAMA CHRISTIE MCNALLY - Lama Christie is a professor of spiritual studies and a translator of Tibetan and Sanskrit classical monastic texts. She co-authored The Essential Yoga Sutra, How Yoga Works and The Eastern Path to Heaven. She is an accomplished practitioner who has spent six years of her life in silent deep meditation and is one of the first American women to be recognized as a lama. Lama Christie trained in India and Nepal and has received extensive instruction in all the texts required for a Geshe degree (traditionally a 20-year course of study). She is co-founder of Diamond Mountain University, a revolutionary effort to provide a classical monastic education to Westerners from all walks of life, free of charge. In 2003, she completed a traditional three-year silent meditation retreat with her spiritual partner, Geshe Michael Roach.

DATE/TIME: October 2-3, 2009, 7:30-9:30 PM
LOCATION: Mahasukha Center, ACI-LA (Asian Classics Institute of L.A.)
ADDRESS: 6512 Arizona Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90045

The Tibetan Book of Meditation is a synthesis of all the great Tibetan commentaries on meditation. It is a comprehensive guide to transforming one’s meditation practice from ordinary to extraordinary. The book begins with wisdom from a profound ancient teacher, Master Kamalashila, and continues with teachings carried through by a long lineage of Tibetan masters, right up to the great modern day Lamas. Lama Christie combines her own insights and experience together with ancient wisdom, to teach today’s practitioners how to transform their meditations into a practice that can bring them ultimate happiness.

ABOUT THE MAHASUKHA CENTER
Mahasukha (Sanskrit for “great bliss") is the home of the Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles (ACI-LA). The Center provides a wide range of courses, including guided meditations, Buddha dharma, teachings on spiritual partners, workshops by nationally known yoga teachers and informal talks on a variety of subjects. The Center is a place for people to connect through study, practice and events such as Dharma Flicks evenings, debate nights, dinners and more. All classes and events are open to the public and offered on a donation basis. All are welcomeSee aci-la.org for events and pod-casts

TO LEARN MORE about the Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles, Lama Christie McNally, The Tibetan Book of Meditation and Diamond Mountain University, and for information about events or downloadable podcasts, please visit the following links:

aci-la.org
aci-la.org/mg -podcasts.html
DiamondMountain.org
TibetanBookofMeditation.org