Above: Lama Shenpen Hookham, Lama Rigdzin Shikpo with Lama Phuntsok
Awakened Heart Sangha - Teachers
Lama Shenpen Hookham is the Spiritual Director and Principal Teacher of the Awakened Heart Sangha.
In Buddhism, the Teacher is there to ensure the purity and integrity of the tradition, making sure that the teaching situation is authentic and conducive to Awakening. Lama Shenpen writes about her own experience working with her teachers:
"I am grateful for the effort my teachers put into teaching me, and for how they answered my questions and helped me to follow the path in a way that I am now able to help my students to do the same. I am fortunate to have been close to a number of great teachers through the forty years of my Buddhist training. More than anything, it was this direct living contact with my teachers that brought the Dharma alive for me. "
Lama Shenpen says, “There is a living essence to the whole of the Buddha’s teaching and there are underlying principles that take us to that essence. Meditation wakes us up to new possibilities for choosing how we live our life. We have more freedom than we realise.”
For more information on the Awakened Heart Sangha visit http://www.buddhism-connect.org
In Buddhism, the Teacher is there to ensure the purity and integrity of the tradition, making sure that the teaching situation is authentic and conducive to Awakening. Lama Shenpen writes about her own experience working with her teachers:
"I am grateful for the effort my teachers put into teaching me, and for how they answered my questions and helped me to follow the path in a way that I am now able to help my students to do the same. I am fortunate to have been close to a number of great teachers through the forty years of my Buddhist training. More than anything, it was this direct living contact with my teachers that brought the Dharma alive for me. "
Lama Shenpen says, “There is a living essence to the whole of the Buddha’s teaching and there are underlying principles that take us to that essence. Meditation wakes us up to new possibilities for choosing how we live our life. We have more freedom than we realise.”
For more information on the Awakened Heart Sangha visit http://www.buddhism-connect.org