Why Not Complain?
with Don Handrick
Offered via Zoom. Advance Registration required to attend this teaching.
Offered via Zoom. Advance Registration required to attend this teaching.
Afternoon Session, Saturday, May 16th
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Griping about the things that bother us is a habit that practically everyone indulges in to some extent. It seems even more rampant nowadays, especially with the internet providing so many forums for us to vent our complaints. (Any change observed in this habit during the pandemic?) But does anything truly positive ever come from our complaining? In this session, we will discuss the truth about complaining and explore how to address the things that we don’t like in the most positive way for both ourselves and others.
About Don Handrick
For six months each year, Don Handrick serves as the resident teacher at Thubten Norbu Ling, in Santa Fe, NM, a center affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). During that time, he also teaches at Ksitigarbha Tibetan Buddhist Center in Taos, NM, and volunteers for the Liberation Prison Project, teaching Buddhism once a month at a local prison. Since 2012 he has been an active member of the Interfaith Leadership Alliance of Santa Fe. The other half of each year, Don spends as a touring teacher for the FPMT, visiting centers around the world.
Don has received teachings from many esteemed lamas in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ribur Rinpoche, Choden Rinpoche, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok. In 1998 he attended the FPMT's Masters Program of Buddhist Studies in Sutra and Tantra, a seven-year residential study program conducted at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Tuscany, Italy. He successfully completed all five subjects of this program in 2004, receiving an FPMT final certificate with high honors. In 2015, he had the honor of being selected to lead the renowned November Course, a one month teaching and meditation retreat held annually at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Griping about the things that bother us is a habit that practically everyone indulges in to some extent. It seems even more rampant nowadays, especially with the internet providing so many forums for us to vent our complaints. (Any change observed in this habit during the pandemic?) But does anything truly positive ever come from our complaining? In this session, we will discuss the truth about complaining and explore how to address the things that we don’t like in the most positive way for both ourselves and others.
About Don Handrick
For six months each year, Don Handrick serves as the resident teacher at Thubten Norbu Ling, in Santa Fe, NM, a center affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). During that time, he also teaches at Ksitigarbha Tibetan Buddhist Center in Taos, NM, and volunteers for the Liberation Prison Project, teaching Buddhism once a month at a local prison. Since 2012 he has been an active member of the Interfaith Leadership Alliance of Santa Fe. The other half of each year, Don spends as a touring teacher for the FPMT, visiting centers around the world.
Don has received teachings from many esteemed lamas in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ribur Rinpoche, Choden Rinpoche, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok. In 1998 he attended the FPMT's Masters Program of Buddhist Studies in Sutra and Tantra, a seven-year residential study program conducted at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Tuscany, Italy. He successfully completed all five subjects of this program in 2004, receiving an FPMT final certificate with high honors. In 2015, he had the honor of being selected to lead the renowned November Course, a one month teaching and meditation retreat held annually at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Registration
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Your generous donations are essential for the continuation of programs like this. No one turned away due to lack of funds. Ordained Sangha (monks and nuns) are always welcome. Please contact us to make arrangements. To register through Paypal, please click on the donate button below and select the amount of your ticket donation.