Empty Cloud Monastery: In Search of the Real Buddha Dharma & Meditation with Khentrul Rinpoche

The Buddhist Insights group will host Rinpoche for the afternoon at their Empty Cloud Monastery. The livestream will be provided by their community. In-person attendance is welcome at the monastery.

What is known today as Buddhism and Meditation are a vast range of teachings and practices from different perspectives, various vehicles and transmitted through the lens of a wide variety of cultures. At first the contemplative renunciate life of a monk in a temple in Burma contrasted to a drumming Himalayan tantric yogi wearing bone ornaments in the burial grounds appears to be full of contradictions. How can all these practices be Buddhist? What does a silent Vipassana retreat, chanting 1 million mantras and reflecting on Zen koan have in common as meditation?While it is taught that there are 84,000 dharma gates with enough teachings to suit the minds of all types of sentient beings, it can be challenging to see the common thread running through them all.  Is Buddhism a philosophy, a religion or a science, all of the above, none of the above?In this talk Khentrul Rinpoche will illuminate the non-contradictory nature of what the Buddha taught and explain the common thread that binds all these various forms of meditation practices together.