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Winter News 2017/18

by envba · Published December 14, 2017 · Updated December 22, 2017

As we are approaching the end of 2017, here is a note for the year-end closure (Toronto):

VBA is closed for the holiday season Dec. 23 – Jan. 5. The general meditation class resumes Jan. 6 (Saturday).

Unless otherwise noted, below is our English class schedule:

Intermediate meditation: Tuesday 7:30pm – 9pm

General meditation: Saturday 10:30am – 12pm

While we do not yet have plans for introductory classes in 2018, you are welcome to visit us during the Saturday morning session. For more information, contact us contact [dot] vbato [at] yahoo [dot] com.

You can also visit us on Facebook (search for “Vajrayana Buddhism Association”).

Happy Holidays!

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Vajrayana Buddhism Association (VBA) was founded by Nyingma master Tam Shek-Wing (Dorje Jigdral, 1935–2024), with branches in Toronto, Vancouver, Hong Kong and Hawaii. Tam became a disciple of H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche in 1972 and was ordained Vajra Archarya by His Holiness in 1984, shouldering the responsibility to present Buddhism to the Western audience.

In this website, you will learn about the Buddhist practice and the Nyingma tradition. Dharma classes and group meditations at our local branches are held in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

"The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment" was Master Tam's 12th book of commentary in the "Beyond Words" Series aiming to present the hidden meaning in Buddhist scripture. Published online as a weekly column in 2016 (rewritten and published later in 2020), Tam originally intended his commentary as an answer to a reader's request for a balanced overview of Buddhism, inclusive of the doctrine as well as the practice. The book is now translated into English and will be posted here as a monthly column (on-going). Click on the photo for a brief introduction and the table of contents.
(Image: "Buffalo Child Stone Entering Winter Solstice," courtesy of Tom Wilson, 2021.)

"Elucidating Tathagatagarbha" (Chinese title: 細說如來藏) by Master Tam, by Sumeru Books (2018). Originally published in Chinese in 2010 as a lay presentation on the Buddha-Within (Tathāgatagarbha). Tam offers different entry points towards this Buddha-Within through discussions of (fourfold) dependent origination, though Western philosophy juxtaposed with Buddhism, as well as through poetry in the Classical Buddhist tradition. Presented as an inner wisdom realization that is not departed from our day-to-day reality, enlightenment is then also within reach via the Buddhist practice.

Natural Appearances, Natural Liberation (Chinese title: 生與死的禪法) by Master Tam, published by Sumeru Books (2011). This book approaches the Six Bardos practice (Padamasambhava and Karma Lingpa) from a lay perspective of the Buddha-Within that is not departed from our day-to-day reality, which is naturally inclusive of living and dying. The Buddhist practice allows for the recognition that our day-to-day reality are natural appearances not departed from wisdom, the path paves the way for an open-mindedness towards life events major or ordinary (bardo), such that we approach life and death with ease, positivity, and respect (liberation).

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