Tricycle’s Meditation Group for Tricycle subscribers provides weekly meditations and small group discussions with leading Buddhist teachers.

For the month of October, we’ll be joined by writer and teacher Sunisa Manning.

The 12th century mahasiddha Machig Lapdron had an awakening experience while chanting the Heart Sutra. She developed a dharma called chöd, which means cutting through. Chöd is the Vajrayana expression of the Wisdom of Emptiness. 

Over the course of these sessions, Manning will teach on the 7 Aphorisms of Chöd. These are sayings that Machig’s teacher, Padampa Sangye, gave to Machig as a kind of prediction of chöd. The 7 Aphorisms outline the Buddhist path. Much like the beloved lojong slogans, a practitioner can memorize the aphorisms and use them as a guide to living a dharmic life.

Here is the schedule for October: 

Monday, October 5, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. ET

Tuesday, October 13, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. ET

Monday, October 19, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. ET

Monday, October 26, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. ET

Tricycle’s Meditation Group is an offering for Tricycle subscribers. If you aren’t one already, become a subscriber today to join us.

Subscribers can access recordings of past meditations here.