(Online) Milarepa Day
with Kristine McCutcheon
February 27, 2021
Celebrating the Life and Realization of Milarepa
10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Atlantic
This is one of the annual celebrations of our community held on the full moon following Shambhala Day (or close to it). This opportunity to come together and join our voices in union with the words of others who, like Milarepa, have struggled with disillusionment, worked with renunciation and searched for a path and a teacher.
By reading the dohas and stories in The Rain of Wisdom we are connecting to the practice of devotion, courage and insight through our Kagyu lineage holder songs.
We start and end the day with a Guru Yoga practice of Milarepa. If you are practicing at home or in person with us – let this be a day of silence so that the voices of the gurus can penetrate our usual chatter.
It is a full day that you can drop in or out of as you wish. The power of the moon and the coming together of whole communities of Buddhist practitioners may it benefit all beings.
Leader
Kristine McCutcheon has been meditating in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition for over 30 years including a three year retreat. Studying the dharma has led her to travel to Nepal and India and then back to Nova Scotia. Drawing on her background as a Montessori teacher, Kristine presents the dharma in a hands-on way, incorporating movement, song and contemplation to help participants ground in shamatha meditation. Taking her teachers’ examples to heart, Kristine is a householder and lives with her partner in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, between the mountain and the ocean.
Learn more about Kristine McCutcheon