Stages of Awareness
Weekend Retreat With Lama Bruce Newman
Feb. 15th - 17th
Rime Buddhist Center
Kansas City, Missouri

This retreat will be an informal presentation on mindfulness and awareness. Do we really know what these words mean? Do we know when we are really experiencing them? We will study a few short modern Buddhist articles on the subject. The main emphasis will be on discussion to allow participants to air their doubts and present their experiences. Lama Newman will make a few short presentations along with some relevant meditations.

Lama Bruce Newman was born in Los Angeles in 1950 and graduated from UCSB in Physical Chemistry in 1972. Lama Newman’s root teachers for this period were Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey in Dharamsala, India, Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche in Oakland, California, and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Venerable Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Venerable Zigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and my main teacher, Venerable Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Lama Newman completed the traditional four-year retreat at Kagyu Samye Ling in Scotland under the guidance of H.E. Taisitu Rinpoche, Venerable Akong Rinpoche, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, and Lama Yeshe Losel. Upon completion of the retreat Lama Newman returned to America and settled near Gyatrul Rinpoche’s retreat center, Tashi Choling, outside Ashland, Oregon where he continued his contemplative life. In 2001, Lama Newman created and began Marig Munsel, a four-year training program at Tashi Choling.

For more information, or to register for this retreat, visit www.rimecenter.org