Sunday Morning Meditation
The Practice of Equanimity
with Gen Don Handrick
Sunday, March 16, 2025
10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
In-person and via Zoom
FREE / Open to all
Registration required
with Gen Don Handrick
Sunday, March 16, 2025
10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
In-person and via Zoom
FREE / Open to all
Registration required
Equanimity is usually defined as ‘the quality of being calm or even-tempered,’ but in Tibetan Buddhism, it can also refer to the attitude that considers all other beings in an equal light that is an essential component in generating bodhichitta, the mind that aspires to full enlightenment. In this session, we will examine how to develop equanimity towards all beings and engage in meditations to help us practice this expansive way of thinking with whomever we meet in everyday life.
About Gen 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 worldwide. Since 2012 he has been an active member of the Interfaith Leadership Alliance of Santa Fe.
Gen 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 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.
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 worldwide. Since 2012 he has been an active member of the Interfaith Leadership Alliance of Santa Fe.
Gen 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 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:
Advance registration is required for Zoom. This is a free program.
Please email [email protected] for any questions.
Advance registration is required for Zoom. This is a free program.
Please email [email protected] for any questions.