{"id":7475,"date":"2024-11-10T18:30:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T18:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rigpedorjemontreal.org\/?p=7475"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:27:22","slug":"le-chemin-de-la-grande-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rigpedorjemontreal.org\/en\/le-chemin-de-la-grande-perfection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Words of my Perfect Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7494 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rigpedorjemontreal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PierreLivres-Patrul-1000-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rigpedorjemontreal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PierreLivres-Patrul-1000-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rigpedorjemontreal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PierreLivres-Patrul-1000-2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rigpedorjemontreal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PierreLivres-Patrul-1000-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rigpedorjemontreal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PierreLivres-Patrul-1000-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<header><\/header>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Study program on the book:<\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Words of my Perfect Teacher<br \/>\nby Patrul Rinpoche<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A 15-session course led by Pierre Orgyen Cardinal<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>under the guidance of Acharya Choying Gyurmey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">IN PERSON ONLY<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Course offered in French: Saturdays, beginning January 11, 2025 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.<span style=\"color: #333333;\">, with 2 x 15 min. breaks<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Course offered in English: <\/b><b>Sundays, beginning January 12, 2025, from 2\u00a0p.m. to 5\u00a0p.m.<\/b><span style=\"color: #333333;\">, with 2 x 15 min. breaks<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This program is open to all, but most beneficial to those who already have a basic knowledge of Buddhism.<\/p>\n<p>During our first session, we will contemplate the proper way of listening to the teachings put forth by the great Rime (non-sectarian) 19th-century scholar, Patrul Rinpoche (1808-1887), who was a master of several of our contemporary teachers.<\/p>\n<p>We will then explore what it means to commit oneself to the practices of <i>Ng\u00f6ndro<\/i> known in English as the <i>Preliminary Practices<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The 15 sessions of this program will allow us to delve into the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ordinary or external preliminaries<\/li>\n<li>The difficulty of finding the freedoms and advantages<\/li>\n<li>The proper way to listen to spiritual teaching.<\/li>\n<li>The teaching itself: an explanation of how difficult it is to find the freedoms and advantages<\/li>\n<li>The impermanence of life and the uncertainty of the time of death<\/li>\n<li>The defects of sa\u1e43s\u0101ra, and the various forms of suffering found therein<\/li>\n<li>Actions (karma): the principle of cause and effect<\/li>\n<li>The benefits of liberation<\/li>\n<li>How to follow a spiritual friend (kaly\u0101\u1e47amitra)<\/li>\n<li>The extraordinary or internal preliminaries<\/li>\n<li>Taking refuge, foundation stone of all paths<\/li>\n<li>Arousing bodhicitta, the root of the Great Vehicle (Mah\u0101y\u0101na)<\/li>\n<li>Meditating and reciting on the teacher as Vajrasattva to cleanse all obscurations<\/li>\n<li>Offering the ma\u1e47\u1e0dala to accumulate merit and wisdom<\/li>\n<li>Guru Yoga, entrance-way for blessings, the ultimate method for arousing the wisdom of realization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Classes will be structured, dynamic and participatory. Engagement and attendance are vital.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The 15 sessions of this program will not always by on consecutive Sundays, as other major Rigpe Dorje Centre activities may be scheduled on some weekends<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Suggested donation<\/strong> for this 45-hour course:<br \/>\n$200 for members \/ $225 for non-members.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\u201cEarly bird registration\u201d by December 15, 2024<\/b>:<br \/>\n$185 for members \/ $210 for non-members<\/p>\n<p>Payment is expected at registration. 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