New Moon Practice: Sadhana of Mahamudra Practice

Practice Schedule for 2024

• Tuesday, May 7
• Thursday, June 6
• Friday, July 5
• Sunday, August 4 (Canceled)
• Monday, September 2（Canceled)
• Wednesday, October 2
• Friday, November 1
• Sunday, December 1
• Sunday, December 29

Time: 1PM-2PM

Join Our Monthly Community Practice of the Sadhana of Mahamudra at SMAC

This practice text is a terma, one of the teachings magically concealed by the great Tibetan teacher Padmasambhava for the sake of future generations.

Terma are discovered by tertons, special teachers who are able to find these teachings during the auspicious times when they are most needed. These, are indeed, auspicious times as we are besieged by indications that “the river of materialism has burst it banks.”

What is Sadhana of Mahamudra?

THE SADHANA OF MAHAMUDRA IS AN EXTRAORDINARY POETIC PRACTICE TEXT THAT BEAUTIFULLY AND POWERFULLY EXPRESSES THE ESSENCE OF THE VIDYADHARA CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA RINPOCHE’S DHARMA TRANSMISSION TO THE WEST. 

It is a liturgy—both teaching and practice—written in traditional style by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche half a century ago, not long after he began working with western students. It is inspired by Padmasambhava (also known as Guru Rinpoche), an Indian teacher and yogi who was instrumental in bringing buddhadharma to Tibet. Indeed, the Sadhana is a terma, a teaching Guru Rinpoche magically concealed for a future time when it might be needed, and it was discovered by Chögyam Trungpa in our own times, when it is sorely needed, indeed.

The Sadhana underscores the profound simplicity of the dharma as presented by both the Kagyu-Mahamudra and Nyingma-Dzogchen lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. It directly addresses the spiritual materialism, abuse of power, and degeneration of practice that compromised Buddhism in Tibet and threaten to do the same in the West. It helps practitioners steer a middle path between the extremes of empty intellectualism and blind devotion.

Everyone is welcome to this practice at our center! 

Any amount of donation is deeply appreciated.

Sarasota Meditation and Art Center
at Art Avenue Gallery
3501 S. Tamimi Trail #107
Sarasota, FL