For this year’s program at Shambhala Center in Boulder, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel will explore with us what it means to enter a lineage. When we enter the lineage of the Buddha’s wisdom we are essentially saying, “yes” to transformation; we join a culture that gives us the infrastructure for living our lives in a way that supports that transformation, we receive the blessings of all those who have come before us - just like a family. And fortunately, there are also challenges. When we enter we lineage we are asking for compassionate interference, and the means to expose whatever impedes our awakening. On our way, there are also many pitfalls we can get fall into, such as getting rigid and trapped in dogmas or giving up our sense of agency. There is a lot to explore around this topic. Elizabeth with lead us through this exploration with teachings, interaction, and guided meditations.
