Becoming a Buddha
with Ven. Katy Cole
Sunday, September 9, 10am - noon
In Tibetan Buddhism, practitioners often use meditation methods that utilize visualization of enlightened beings. These techniques can assist and inspires us to connect without innate capacity for wisdom and compassion. In this class, Ven. Katy Cole leads us in a guided meditation practice of Buddha Shakyamuni.
This session is suitable for new students as well as experienced students wishing to deepen their practice.
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Sunday, September 9, 10am - noon
In Tibetan Buddhism, practitioners often use meditation methods that utilize visualization of enlightened beings. These techniques can assist and inspires us to connect without innate capacity for wisdom and compassion. In this class, Ven. Katy Cole leads us in a guided meditation practice of Buddha Shakyamuni.
This session is suitable for new students as well as experienced students wishing to deepen their practice.
No one turned away for lack of funds.
About Ven. Katy Cole
Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Ven. Katy Cole has a Masters in Clinical Psychology and has been a Buddhist nun for 12 years. She ordained with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala in 2004. Since 2003, Ven. Katy has served in a variety of positions supporting Lama Zopa Rinpoche‘s FPMT: as Liberation Prison Project‘s spiritual program coordinator and chaplain coordinator and on LPP’s US Board of Directors; as one of the monastics at Rinpoche’s home in Aptos, looking after the hundreds offerings completed there everyday; and as assistant to the caretaker at Lawudo Gompa. In 2008 Ven. Katy completed a one-year retreat at FPMT’s De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre on Kangaroo Island, just south of Adelaide in South Australia. She has also completed several retreats at Lawudo Gompa, as well as various Vipassana retreats.
Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Ven. Katy Cole has a Masters in Clinical Psychology and has been a Buddhist nun for 12 years. She ordained with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala in 2004. Since 2003, Ven. Katy has served in a variety of positions supporting Lama Zopa Rinpoche‘s FPMT: as Liberation Prison Project‘s spiritual program coordinator and chaplain coordinator and on LPP’s US Board of Directors; as one of the monastics at Rinpoche’s home in Aptos, looking after the hundreds offerings completed there everyday; and as assistant to the caretaker at Lawudo Gompa. In 2008 Ven. Katy completed a one-year retreat at FPMT’s De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre on Kangaroo Island, just south of Adelaide in South Australia. She has also completed several retreats at Lawudo Gompa, as well as various Vipassana retreats.