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Aging with the Dharma
with Lennie Kronisch Sunday, September 22, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT In person and via Zoom Registration required |
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Program Description:
In this upcoming talk, Lennie will testify from personal experience that the practice of classic Buddhist methods in our daily lives– combined with our own felt experience, repetition and reinforcement – actually transforms our minds. Not just a quick fix with these tools, this is where aging is on our side. Aging gives us the time and perspective to do the work. Sharing wisdom gained over her long life, Lennie encourages us with relevant and applicable tips that can lead to a more joyful way to be in the world.
About Lennie Kronisch:
Lennie is a Registered Nurse with a Master’s degree in Psychology. Her career has spanned birth to death; she has been an obstetrical nurse and childbirth educator, a psychiatric nurse, and was co-founder of the Holistic Health Institute in San Francisco. The last years of her career were with Hospice of Santa Cruz County, serving as a Case Manager and then as Coordinator of Volunteers. Lennie was Lama Yeshe’s nurse for the last few weeks of his life.
After her retirement in 1998 she co-founded, with Tenzin Chogkyi, Tara Home, a hospice house located at Land of Medicine Buddha and has devoted herself to its development ever since. In addition to giving talks at and through Tse Chen Ling, for many years she has led Buddhist meditations and talks for Road Scholar groups at Land of Medicine Buddha and at Buddhist Family Camp at Vajrapani Institute.
Lennie has been a student and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism since 1975, when she met Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and was personally honored by H.H. Dalai Lama as an Unsung Hero of Compassion for founding Tara Home.
In this upcoming talk, Lennie will testify from personal experience that the practice of classic Buddhist methods in our daily lives– combined with our own felt experience, repetition and reinforcement – actually transforms our minds. Not just a quick fix with these tools, this is where aging is on our side. Aging gives us the time and perspective to do the work. Sharing wisdom gained over her long life, Lennie encourages us with relevant and applicable tips that can lead to a more joyful way to be in the world.
About Lennie Kronisch:
Lennie is a Registered Nurse with a Master’s degree in Psychology. Her career has spanned birth to death; she has been an obstetrical nurse and childbirth educator, a psychiatric nurse, and was co-founder of the Holistic Health Institute in San Francisco. The last years of her career were with Hospice of Santa Cruz County, serving as a Case Manager and then as Coordinator of Volunteers. Lennie was Lama Yeshe’s nurse for the last few weeks of his life.
After her retirement in 1998 she co-founded, with Tenzin Chogkyi, Tara Home, a hospice house located at Land of Medicine Buddha and has devoted herself to its development ever since. In addition to giving talks at and through Tse Chen Ling, for many years she has led Buddhist meditations and talks for Road Scholar groups at Land of Medicine Buddha and at Buddhist Family Camp at Vajrapani Institute.
Lennie has been a student and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism since 1975, when she met Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and was personally honored by H.H. Dalai Lama as an Unsung Hero of Compassion for founding Tara Home.
Registration:
Advanced registration is required.
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. And of course, ordained sangha (ordained nuns and monks) are always welcome free of charge.
If you're not donating at this time but would like to attend, please email [email protected].
Advanced registration is required.
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. And of course, ordained sangha (ordained nuns and monks) are always welcome free of charge.
If you're not donating at this time but would like to attend, please email [email protected].