Using Work as Spiritual Practice
with Gen Don Handrick
Sunday, August 27, 2023
10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Online via Zoom
Registration required
Class Description:
Most of us spend a good portion of our lives working at our jobs, engaging in the “busy-ness” that is fundamental for our livelihood but which often seems quite removed from the serenity we are seeking on the spiritual path. In this talk, we will examine how we can use Buddhist principles in our approach to work in order to develop more clarity, inspiration, and fulfillment in our jobs and overcome the drudgery, stress, and frustration which frequently occur. Added to those stressors, are the changes introduced by the Covid pandemic. Working remotely, working from home, working with less in-person contact with colleagues, all these may both hinder and boost our spiritual practice. Included in Don’s talk will be meditation and discussion.
About Don Handrick:
Gen Don Handrick is a touring teacher for the FPMT, sharing the Dharma with centers and study groups in North America and other parts of the world, both in-person and online. From 2006 through 2020, he served as the resident teacher at Thubten Norbu Ling, in Santa Fe, NM. During that time, he also taught regularly at Ksitigarbha Tibetan Buddhist Center in Taos, NM, and volunteered for the Liberation Prison Project, teaching Buddhism once a month at a prison in nearby Santa Rosa. Beginning in 2016, Don became a touring teacher for half of each year, visiting and teaching at other centers around the world. Since 2012 he has been an active member of the Interfaith Leadership Alliance of Santa Fe.
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.
Sunday, August 27, 2023
10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Online via Zoom
Registration required
Class Description:
Most of us spend a good portion of our lives working at our jobs, engaging in the “busy-ness” that is fundamental for our livelihood but which often seems quite removed from the serenity we are seeking on the spiritual path. In this talk, we will examine how we can use Buddhist principles in our approach to work in order to develop more clarity, inspiration, and fulfillment in our jobs and overcome the drudgery, stress, and frustration which frequently occur. Added to those stressors, are the changes introduced by the Covid pandemic. Working remotely, working from home, working with less in-person contact with colleagues, all these may both hinder and boost our spiritual practice. Included in Don’s talk will be meditation and discussion.
About Don Handrick:
Gen Don Handrick is a touring teacher for the FPMT, sharing the Dharma with centers and study groups in North America and other parts of the world, both in-person and online. From 2006 through 2020, he served as the resident teacher at Thubten Norbu Ling, in Santa Fe, NM. During that time, he also taught regularly at Ksitigarbha Tibetan Buddhist Center in Taos, NM, and volunteered for the Liberation Prison Project, teaching Buddhism once a month at a prison in nearby Santa Rosa. Beginning in 2016, Don became a touring teacher for half of each year, visiting and teaching at other centers around the world. Since 2012 he has been an active member of the Interfaith Leadership Alliance of Santa Fe.
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:
Advanced registration is required. Once you register, the Zoom link will be included on your registration ticket/receipt.
We offer all Dharma teachings and center events on a “dana” basis. This means we’re grateful for your generosity but there is no required cost to attend and no one is turned away for lack of funds. Suggested donation amounts are provided, and we welcome you to offer what you can to help us sustain our programming and make the dharma and events like this possible.
Ordained sangha are always welcome free of charge.
If you're not donating at this time but would like to receive the Zoom link for the event, please email
[email protected].
Advanced registration is required. Once you register, the Zoom link will be included on your registration ticket/receipt.
We offer all Dharma teachings and center events on a “dana” basis. This means we’re grateful for your generosity but there is no required cost to attend and no one is turned away for lack of funds. Suggested donation amounts are provided, and we welcome you to offer what you can to help us sustain our programming and make the dharma and events like this possible.
Ordained sangha are always welcome free of charge.
If you're not donating at this time but would like to receive the Zoom link for the event, please email
[email protected].