Luminous Emptiness Class

Luminous Emptiness:
Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo

A Study of the Tibetan Book of the Dead
and the Practical Considerations of Death and Dying

A ten week course presented by Ri-mé Society in the Spring of 2021

This course engages the text and spiritual instructions of The Tibetan Book of the Dead itself, using Francesca Fremantle’s guiding chapters in Luminous Emptiness: Understanding the Tibetan Book of the Dead on the text, as well as the commentary on the text by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in The Tibetan Book of the Dead. The series also includes sessions on the practical details and considerations around dying, whether approaching one’s own death or the death of others.

Faculty (in order of presentation):

Keynote address: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Bob King

Clarke Warren

Kathy Gambino

Cassell Gross

John Weber

Hazel Bercholz

Lindy King

Andrew Holocek

Victoria Howard

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    10 videos

    Luminous Emptiness:
    Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo

    A Study of the Tibetan Book of the Dead
    and the Practical Considerations of Death and Dying

    A ten week course presented by Ri-mé Society in the Spring of 2021

    This course engages the text and spiritual instructions of The Tibetan Bo...

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