Pointing Out the Great Way

Level One Course

with Daniel P. Brown, Ph.D., Gretchen Nelson, MSPT, & Dustin DiPerna, M.A.

September 13 - 18, 2021

via Zoom

ALL TIMES LISTED IN EASTERN US

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Day 1 - September 13th

10:00am-12:30pm
Overview of the pointing out style of meditation
Preparatory meditations
Overview of the three levels of the path
Concentration meditation

2:00pm-4:30pm
Introduction to the posture
Review of the basic skills of concentration—directing and intensifying

5:00-7:00pm
Detecting distraction—spinning sword exercise
Working with drowsiness and agitation
Developing skill in concentration

Day 2 - September 14
10:00am-12:30pm
Premeditation routine
Ordinary and extraordinary style

2:00-4:30pm
Subtle dullness
Concentration at the subtle level of mind
5:00-7:00pm
Automatic concentration, concentrative evenness, orderliness, and the serviceable mind

Day 3 - September 15th

10:00am-12:30pm
Stabilizing concentration at the subtle level
Event- and mind-perspectives

2:00-4:30pm
The nine stages of the elephant path from the mind-perspective
Compassion—common humanity

5:00-7:00pm
Emptiness meditations—an overview
Emptiness of self meditation---Atisha’s version

Day 4 - September 16th

10:00-12:30pm
Emptiness of self—impermanence
Emptiness of phenomena—emptiness of thought and emotions

2:00-4:30pm
Mind-only; emptiness of perception
Importance of lineage

5:00-7:00pm
Emptiness of time
Nagarjuna’s version
Sri Simha’s direct pointing out
Ocean and waves practice

Day 5 - September 17th

10:00am-12:30pm
The Yoga of One Taste
Sealing
Stabilizing the natural state
2:00-4:30pm
Non-meditation meditation
Crossing over instructions
Maitripa’s emptiness instructions

5:00-7:00pm
night off

Day 6 - September 18h

10:00-12:30pm
lus sbyong practice
Compassion for the suffering of self and other
Four ways of missing it

2:00-4:30pm
Tilopa’s pith instructions
Switching from the ground aspect to the appearance aspect of emptiness; continuous
liveliness.
Overview of three paths

5:00-7:00pm
Setting up a daily practice
Establish a relationship with a teacher
King of samadhi meditation
Precious opportunity
Closing