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Workshop, Feathered Pipe Ranch
$1650Workshop of your choice during the 2023 season! Workshops are about a
week long with world-renowned teachers and include lodging and meals. This auction item will entitle you to the basic accommodations offered (additional fees may apply if you choose a lodging upgrade). The food is
absolutely delicious and is prepared from scratch with mostly organic and locally sourced ingredients. Please note: some restrictions may apply.
Our 2023 workshop lineup can be viewed on our website, featheredpipe.com, starting in Nov. 2022.
The Feathered Pipe Foundation Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit foundation providing educational yoga and well-being workshops at the Feathered Pipe Ranch in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, just outside of Helena,
MT. Hope to see you there!
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Tonglen Meditation Lesson
$150'Tonglen' is Tibetan for 'giving and taking' (or sending and receiving), and refers to a meditation practice found in Tibetan Buddhism. The intention of this practice is to work with habitual patterns of mind to develop compassion and caring for others.
Practicing tonglen meditation in everyday life can soften your heart and gradually reduce conflicts, calming your mind to help stay connected to others around you. As a side effect, you become happier and more peaceful yourself.
Venerable Lozang Yonten la has been an ordained nun for nearly 20 years. She travels around the world teaching in her clear and inimitable style. We're really grateful she has offered this lesson to the TCEF community.
A Zoom lesson will be coordinated by TCEF. Due to her teaching and travel schedule, this lesson can only be scheduled in February 2023.
More info and images at Maitripa.org/venerable-lozang-yonten/
https://www.skepticspath.org/blog/tonglen-meditation/
Short intro to lesson:
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Samatha Meditation
$165Learn authentic Tibetan meditation from one of the greatest masters of our times - the Venerable Losang Samten.
The Venerable Losang Samten is one of our most renowned Tibetan scholars. In 1985, he earned a Master's Degree in Buddhist Philosophy, Sutra, and Tantra, from the Namgyal Monastery, equivalent to a Ph.D.
Losang also has an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and an Honorary Doctorate of Art from the Maine College of Art. He was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2002. In 2004, he was awarded a Pew Fellowship in the Arts.
Currently, he is the spiritual director of the Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia, Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Middletown, Connecticut, Chenrezig Cultural Center of El Paso, Texas, and a frequent visitor and teacher in Lake Tahoe and Chico, CA, as well as in Canada. He travels extensively, sharing his knowledge of Buddhist philosophy and meditation and his skill in Tibetan ritual arts.
In keeping with his lifelong motivation of educating and sharing Tibetan culture, Losang Samten has kindly offered an hour-long introduction to Tibetan meditation in the Samatha Tradition, including an interactive question and answer segment.
TCEF will coordinate the Zoom lesson in consultation with the teacher and bid winners for dates between November 19 and December 1.
More information at Losangsamten.com
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A Pair of Gyalings
$150The Gyaling, meaning "Chinese flute", is a traditional woodwind instrument used in Tibet. As its name indicates, it is the Chinese double reed Suona horn used mainly in Tibetan monasteries during ritual prayers, and is associated with peaceful deities and the idea of devotion.
Length: 25 inches each
More info and images at Wikiwand.com/en/Gyaling
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Dhungmo - Butter Tea Churn
$120Traditionally made with a single bamboo segment, this churn has simple metal mounts at intervals.
Butter tea was made from tea leaves, boiling water, yak butter, and salt. The tea leaves would be boiled with water. The tea would then be tipped into a container such as this, and churned with salt and yak butter to make bhoja or Tibetan butter tea!
Length: 27 inches
Diameter at top: 4 inches
More info and images at Wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter_tea
TCEF Video on grandma teaching how to made butter tea
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Alicia Gutierrez Wool Rug
$400"Ocean & Sky " Wool Rug
Zapotec Indian Weaving from Oaxaca Valley, Mexico. Fine handwoven textiles designed by Alicia Gutierrez.
- Dyes: Colorfast Aniline
- Weft: 100% Wool Yarns
- Size: 2.5' x 8'
More info: escalanterugs.com
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Lisa Ernst Salad Bowl
$165This beautiful porcelain salad bowl, handmade in Montana, is 14 inches in diameter and about 4.5 inches tall.
Lisa was born in Japan and studied Art at the Kansas City Art Institute and the University of Wisconsin. She established Harpfarm Pottery Works at Avon, Montana in 1991. In 2005 she relocated to Jefferson City where she continues to craft the most beautiful porcelain pieces. More images and info on Lisa's work may be found on her website: lisaernstporcelain.com
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