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The Waystation - March 2023

Writer: dingirfechodingirfecho
Mar 5, 20232 min read

Updated: Mar 7, 2023


Hello everyone!

Welcome to the Waystation for March 2023!

This is our monthly newsletter, talking about our progress towards the land of Shambhala.


We use this for communication on three main levels:

1-The direction of the struggle towards Shambhala.

2-To let you know about the upcoming activities.

3-To discuss any major rituals or issue that impacts the whole Kula.

Also, we will gently remind you of the ways you can support us.

So let’s dive right in!


1-The direction of the struggle towards Shambhala

We’re starting the year of the Water Hare with a running leap.

Right now, we have three cohorts at the same time. Cohort III and IV of Path-1 and Cohort I of Path-2. Right now, three cohorts at the same time are probably what we can consistently maintain without sacrificing quality.

So, as Cohort III finishes this month, we’ll open another Path-1 (introductory) level Cohort, Cohort V. If you like to join up, please sign up to this list.


So if you’re starting out, this is where you need to go!


2-Upcoming activities

Back to our regular, bizarrely intense schedule.

As always, general meetings (Wednesday Guru Hours, the different practice groups, P-2 practice led by Ericsson, etc) will keep happening.

  • 3/6 - Milarepa day. We’ll do an empowerment of Mila’s Guru Yoga, at 21:00 Buenos Aires time in Spanish.

  • 3/11 - Sutra teaching open to all. This month we’ll teach the Bodhipakṣanirdeśa, the Teaching on the aids to Enlightenment. This is a very interesting Sutra, focusing on how to do Mindfulness meditation within a Madhyamika, Mahayana conceptual framework. You can sign up for this now, here. At 3 pm EST.

  • 3/12 - The empowerment of Sitatapatra, a powerful female Buddha who protects and reverses black magic and enemy mantra. This is open for people who have already some experience in P-2 or similar with other deities. You can sign up for this here. At 3 pm EST.

  • 3/18 - Buddha Shakyamuni empowerment from the Anu class. This is an uncommon empowerment, from the Nyingma school which deals with some Dzogchen language.

3-Major rituals and/or Issues

We’d like to start the year being enriched in practices, in life and in means. For that, on 3/25 we’ll do a Wealth puja, and we invite everyone!


How to support the Dharma teachings


As always, you can help us through the Tier system:

T-1 Monthly support (everything is paid up)

T2-Upasaka (reduced support + discount for workshops)

Monthly support

T3-Dharmakara (no financial support, credit by work basis)

At this moment, the current credit rate is 10 hours = 1 credit.

You can exchange 1 credit for one workshop or one session of a long-form course. Remember that we will track commitment and those who do not complete their commitment will not be eligible for further T-3 work. If you’d rather not, you can buy the courses and workshops full price.

You can sign up for this T-3 here by writing to us to: bastardesdelbuda@gmail.com


May the path to Shambhala opens quickly for you!


In Dharma

LF

 
 
 

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Burn, Mara Burn

Yes, the time has come again.

The time when we gather to roast Mara and practice to liberate Samsara.

We liked the Portland experience so much last year that this year it's the official Mara Roast Location!

We'll be there from September 29 through October 4, doing teachings, yogas and sorceries together!

Ok, so where in Portland, OR?

Guru Prajwal's temple, near Hawthorne and Chavez.

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1405 SE 40th Avenue Portland OR 97214-4406

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What is going to be taught?

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Ok, there is a cost, right? And what does it cover?

Yes, sadly there is a cost.

It takes money and effort to travel, translate and host, so we need to ask for your collaboration. This will cover the cost of the teachings; they're five days full of teachings you will literally not find anywhere else. 

You have to provide your food and lodgins; we will give the teachings, plus all the files and documents you need to practice.

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As an aside, we will define one session to be streamed, but most of it won't. This is an encounter; we want to meet and practice together. There's plenty of teachings every month online, but this is different.

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The cost is going to be on a sliding window; why? Because there's a limit to the space that we have and we need to set everything up beforehand. 

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For March, the Early Bird ticket is $650 for everything.

April to July, the ticket is $750.

August and September is going to be $900. So get in early!

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You can get your ticket right here.

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Oh, I want to participate, but I can't afford it.

We understand. We also wanted to practice and it took time and effort. 

There's a scholarship option.

This covers two things:

1-The lodging: There's a chance to crash in the temple. The space is limited and you should bring a sleeping bag, but it's doable.

2-The teachings: There's limited teaching space, but if you want to come, we'll try to make you room.

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The only thing we need to emphasize is that everything is limited. We will need to make a decision, and it will be nothing personal if we cannot grant you either or both of them. But we need to make sure that the event is viable. Please do not sign up via paypal if you selected a scholarship option until we get back to you. 

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The scholarship form is here:

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Mara Roast 2025 - Scholarship form

This is the form to participate of the Mara Roast via Scholarship. Please do not sign up on the Paypal link if you request scholarship until you hear from us; there's a limited space to participate and to teach, so we will have to make a divination on how many scholarship spaces there are.

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Last year, there were some cool guides and playlists...

We got you:

See you there!

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