Enlightenment is neither near nor far.
It does not go away nor come to you.
Right there within the cage of your afflictions,
Either you will see it or you will not.

-Nagarjuna , In Praise of the Dharmadhatu, Verse 49

Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel invites you to engage with her in the liberating practice of looking and not finding. Elizabeth has said, ”If one were to ask: “What did the Buddha teach?” It would be accurate to reply: “The Middle Way.” Middle Way wisdom challenges the unexamined assumptions we have about things, what the Buddha called ‘extreme views.’ She will continue on themes of Madhyamaka reasoning and analysis which are often misunderstood as ‘intellectual’ and hard to apply to our own experience. But it doesn’t have to be that way. The purpose of analysis is to free our minds from confusion – to liberate us.

Regarding the analytical method, Elizabeth has shared, “Looking and not finding challenges us to consider what it would be like to behold our world without clinging to the designations of existence or nonexistence. Existence and nonexistence are dualistic concepts impossible to reconcile. This is why looking directly into the nature of things is so powerful. Can we bear not defaulting to the habit of reification? Can we bear that life will always be free or empty of the “thingness” we assign it? That the map can never fully represent the territory? These are essential Middle Way questions.”

SCHEDULE
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Saturday
9:00-9:30 am Sitting Practice 
10:00 am-12:00pm  Morning Teaching
12:00-1:00pm  Lunch
1:00-1:45pm  Discussion Groups
2:00-4:00 pm  Afternoon Teaching

Sunday
9:00-9:30 am Sitting Practice 
10:00 am-12:00pm  Morning Teaching

Registration

Registration for the live stream will take place on the Wisdom Productions web site.

MSB Live+: $75. Live broadcast and Video and Audio Recordings.
Study Set: $75. Video and Audio Recordings.
Digital Download: $35. Audio recordings only.