Welcome to Path Buddha
Dharma Teachings by Hazlitt
Buddhist Teachings in North America
Perpetuating Buddha's Wisdom Methodology of
Learning ~ Contemplation ~ Meditation
October 7, 2009 through September 10, 2010
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Hazlitt with his root teacher, His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche |
At the request to teach by Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, Hazlitt decided to embark on a North Amerian Dharma teaching tour. The tour began October 7, 2009 right after he completed his 3-month volunteer engagement as retreat director for the Dzogchen Lineage Internship. He has already given teachings and engaged in Dharma activities in over 40 cities in the United States, Mexico and Canada including: Los Angeles, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Toronto, Rochester, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Boise, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas as well as many other cities and towns in-between. The tour is scheduled to continue into September, lasting 11-months all told.
Hazlitt is presently offering three series of free public teachings in Port Townsend, Washington during July and August 2010. Some teachings are planned for Port Angeles as well.
Webcast
If you are interested in attending any of the following sessions online via webcast, please Contact us for details.
Gateway to Wisdom
This program is a six-part series of public talks given by Hazlitt in Port Townsend. Each of these six weekly lectures will be offered on Monday evenings from 6:00 to 8:30 PM with a repeat of that week's lecture offered the following morning, Tuesday at 10 AM to 12:30 PM. Each session will include two one-hour talks with a short break in-between. The series begins on July 26th and 27th and will conclude on August 30th and 31st. These teachings will have much to offer for anyone who wants to increase the happiness in the world, whether you know nothing of Buddhism, or even if you are a longtime Buddhist. Hazlitt will present an overview of the philosophical backbone of the living Dzogchen Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. The sessions will be interactive, with Hazlitt answering relevant questions as they arise. It is beneficial to commit to attending the entire series in order to receive a more complete teaching, but drop-ins will be welcomed. Suggested reading for students enrolled in the Gateway to Wisdom lectures are the three volumes entitled Gateway to Knowledge, a condensation of the Tripitaka and its accompanying commentaries by the remarkable nineteenth century Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma master Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche.
Registration for Gateway to Wisdom lectures >>
Recommended Reading >>
Buddha Path Group Practice
This is an ongoing weekly series every Sunday from 1:30 to 3:30 PM in Port Townsend. Hazlitt will continue to lead these sessions until shortly before Robert and Joanne return. This ongoing series features a practice that includes recitation from The Buddha Path, which is a concise guide to the methods by which anyone can swiftly realize the nature of mind and attain Enlightenment. Also included are meditation, singing, mantra recitation, and a segment where participants have the opportunity to introduce themselves and share some Dharma thoughts. This is followed by a spontaneous teaching by Hazlitt synthesized from everyone’s comments. There is normally time for Hazlitt to answer questions that arise.
Dharma Dialog
This is an ongoing weekly series led by Hazlitt every Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM in Port Townsend. Each session is bookended by a concise group practice that includes meditation and some recitation from The Buddha Path. The main part of the session is a dialog where participants bring the topics to the session. Questions can range from Dharma-specific, all the way to more worldly topics such as relationships or how to handle what is going on in the news. Hazlitt skillfully relates everything back to Buddha’s teachings in a way that is useful for everyone to integrate more beneficial thinking and beneficial conduct into their everyday lives.
Location
All Port Townsend sessions mentioned above will take place at Dzogchen Dharma Chöling, 5612 Gise Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Map and Directions to Dzogchen Dharma Chöling »
Port Angeles Teachings and Practices
At least one session is being planned to take place during August in Port Angeles. Please pencil-in your calendar for a Sunday Morning Buddha Path Practice & Teaching that is tentatively scheduled for Aug 8, 2010, 9:00 to 11:00 AM at the First Step Family Support Center, 325 East 6th Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362. Shortly before attending, please confirm this event by visiting the Event Details page. We are hoping to offer other teaching and/or practice events in Victoria, Port Angeles or Sequim. Please Contact us if you are able to help with any aspect of arranging or hosting such events.
Cost
All the teachings and practices are freely offered, but donations to the center and the teacher are gratefully accepted. No one will be turned away for financial reasons.
News
Hazlitt received some coverage in the local Port Townsend newspaper this past week. If you know of anyone who might like to hear him teach Dharma during the remaining few weeks he'll be here on the Olympic Peninsula, please forward this message to them.
Registration for Gateway to Wisdom »
Map and Directions to Dzogchen Dharma Chöling »
Check the Calendar page for an overview of the teaching schedule »
Check the Event Details page for more info about each event »
About Path Buddha
In the Dzogchen Lineage, we often discuss the three types of Buddha:
Ground Buddha is your pure inner nature. This is your Buddha Nature. All sentient beings have this same Buddha Nature, which is the explanation why all beings naturally want to seek happiness and naturally want to avoid suffering.
Path Buddha is your Dharma, your relative truth, your positive thinking, the accumulation of your merit (positive karma) and wisdom (the summation of your understandings + experiences + realizations). The methodolgy of your Path Buddha includes learning, contemplating and meditating upon renunciation, compassion, faith, love and wisdom and keeping the intention of acting for the benefit of others at the forefront of your mind.
Result Buddha is when your Path Buddha has fully merged with your Ground Buddha. This is the moment when you fully realize your Buddha Nature and attain Vast Awakening, the accomplishment of Buddha Shakyamuni.
Path Buddha is aslo the name of this website, which was established in 2008 by Hazlitt to blog about his pilgrimage accompanying Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche and Dzogchen Geydak Rinpoche to Buddha's holy sites in India and Nepal. The site has been expanded to provide information about Hazlitt's North American Dharma Teaching Tour.