Singin’ in the Rain of Blessings:The Songs of the Shangpa Masters

A hybrid teaching by Lama Sarah Harding

Saturday & Sunday, April 18th - 19th

10:00 am – noon & 2:00 – 4:00 pm

"Songs of experience" are an unusual form of poetics employed by the meditation masters of Tibet, to express their subjective experiences of the spiritual path. They allow not only for celebration of spiritual accomplishment, but often reveal feelings of struggle and even failure. Whether celebration or struggle, they are sources of inspiration to aspiring practitioners.

We will focus on some early songs of Khyungpo Naljor, founder of the Shangpa tradition, and some from his two remarkable teachers, Niguma and Sukhasiddhi. And we will include some newly-translated songs to put into practice from those early sources.

Tuition:
$120 Base Fee: This level covers the basic costs of offering this event
$160 Sponsor Fee: Allows KSC to offer a reduced price level for those on a limited income 
$80 Reduced Fee: For those on a limited income 

Sarah Harding has been studying and practicing Buddhism since 1974, and has been teaching and translating since completing a three-year retreat in 1980 under the guidance of Kyabjé Kalu Rinpoché. She was associate professor at Naropa University for twenty-five years in Boulder, Colorado, where she currently resides, and has been a fellow of the Tsadra Foundation since 2000. She specializes in literature with a focus on tantric practice. Her publications include Ornament of Dakpo Kagyu Thought; Creation and Completion; The Treasury of Knowledge: Esoteric Instructions; Niguma, Lady of Illusion; and two volumes on Chö and Shijé from The Treasury of Precious Instructions.