United States, 03 Oct 2017 - 05 Oct 2017

We look outside ourselves for teachers and for answers, but what we really need is to find our inner master. How do we find our inner master? Through asking the right question.

Whatever happens in our life confronts us with a question. This question is a reflection of the current situation and is the key to making lasting change.  One question is better than a thousand answers because with the right question, you can always find the solution within yourself.

We don’t need a teacher to give us answers. What we need is a teacher who asks us the right question. The teacher who asks the right question leads us on the path to ourselves.

In this public talk, Tulku Lobsang introduces the 108 secret questions of Tibet, a traditional method for discovering great truths. It is a renowned way to come to understand your life and yourself.

Learn how to awaken your inner master and live according to your inner wisdom.

Tulku Lobsang is a Tantrayana Buddhist Master, Doctor of Tibetan Medicine & Astrology, and founder of the Nangten Menlang Buddhist Medical Organization. He shares ancient healing methods to guide us to our inner medicine.

Practicing compassion is the highest method for awakening our mind. Compassion means completely opening our minds and hearts to others. The insights found in The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation are powerful keys for our opening and awakening.

In this workshop, Tulku Lobsang will explore the practice of compassion using the book The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation. This small book contains massive insights into practical ways we can expand our compassion, open our hearts, and awaken our minds. Its eight verses guide us to train our minds to shift from self-grasping toward love and connection. Then we find that we no longer need to defend this concept of self. Instead, we perceive the other as the greatest gift on the path to our enlightenment.

All beings give us the opportunity to practice compassion, and therefore they are the greatest treasure on our path. We must deeply say “thank you” to all beings for the opportunity to practice compassion, open our hearts, and awaken to our true nature.

Reading the information conveyed in the pulse is a key element of Tibetan Medicine. The pulse is used to diagnose both the individual character of the patient as well as the specific pathology. The characteristics of the pulse are affected by the transport, degradation and building processes of the three bioenergetic substances, or humors. Through this palpation, the doctor can determine the nature of the disease, whether it is painful, whether swelling has occurred and if the swelling is hard, soft, big or small, and can also predict the course of the illness.
The pulse diagnosis is a very important and complex method. It is used both to determine the normal state of the individual patient, as well as to diagnose any pathology that may be present in the patient. The pulse diagnosis is based on the fact that the blood circulates through the whole body. While circulating, the blood transports information from all the organs. When we learn how to read this information, we can check the pulse and discover whether there are any diseases or imbalances. Furthermore, one’s own body type and pulse type can be determined. While reading the pulse, both the person’s body constitution and the environmental circumstances must be considered in order to make an accurate diagnosis.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
– Understand the principles of diagnosis in Tibetan Medicine and its categorization of disease.
– Become familiar with the methodology of pulse diagnosis in Tibetan Medicine, and the steps to palpate the blood vessel for maximum information
– Distinguish between the three main types of pulses to determine the individual type of the patient, and learn how this information affects the diagnosis
– Discern basic information about the pathology of the patient relating to the three bioenergetic humors
– Identify the conditions that can affect a pulse reading and learn what instructions to give patients to reduce interference

Tog Chöd, the wisdom sword, is based on a famous Tibetan meditation technique and is connected very much with Yamantaka. This practice is a combination of powerful physical exercises done with a wooden sword. The goal of the exercises is to reduce fear and expectation, to dissolve mental imprints and overcome negative emotions. Tog Chöd is a powerful technique for overcoming the state of thinking und for remaining in a quiet state of mind. Based on the Yaman dance, the famous Tibetan meditation technique, Tulku Lobsang did develop this powerful technique of Tog Chöd. Tog Chöd, the wisdom sword, is a combination of body postures, movements and visualizations. This meditation practice can help us to reduce fear and expectation, dissolve mental imprints and overcome negative emotions. By practicing Tog Chöd we learn to cut our thoughts. Thanks to this we can cut expectations, concepts of truth and fear. This important for being able to live in the present moment, instead of wandering with the thoughts into the past or the future. Tog Chöd is the Wisdom Sword practice. Cut off your head with this sword dance! The practice reduces our habitual patterns of thought about the past and the future—fears and expectations—and drops us into the present moment. Its flowing movements are decisive and empowering as we stomp on our enemies, which are our own negative emotions. There are no enemies outside ourselves, and when we realize this we can stop struggling with the external world and learn to create our own reality. But, even then, our biggest obstacle is laziness. Through Tog Chöd we come to know our inner power and in this way we overcome our laziness.