Module 3: Lojong

with Al San Valentin and Molly DeShong

January 7 - February 18, 2027

Online Program Online

Jan 07 - Feb 18, 2027

When: Thursdays 7pm - 8:30pm Eastern

Contact:
ddlonline@dorjedenmaling.org

Pricing: Pay what you can. Suggested amount $108

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Module 3 • Mind Training

Lojong

This module introduces mind training, or lojong, as a set of practical guidelines for cultivating the wisdom and skillful means of the bodhisattva path. The slogans serve as pithy reminders that bring meditation off the cushion and into everyday life.

Students explore the four reminders, as well as ultimate and relative bodhicitta as they apply to the lojong teachings. Central to the module is the practice of tonglen (sending and receiving), which trains us to work directly with difficulty and deepen compassion.

The emphasis throughout is on using these teachings to transform obstacles into the path, relate to experience with greater clarity, and embody the bodhisattva path in the midst of ordinary life.

Teachers: Lynn Friedman, Molly DeShong, Al San Valentin
Format: 7 classes
Note: Meet and greet on Feb. 25

Classes

Class 1: Introduction to Lojong Slogans

Class 2: The Four Reminders

Class 3: Ultimate Bodhicitta in Lojong

Class 4: Tonglen (Sending and Receiving)

Class 5: Relative Lojong Slogans

Class 6: Relative Lojong Slogans

Class 7: Relative Lojong Slogans & Review

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Open to all. No previous experience required. Join one module or walk the full path.

About the Leaders

Al San Valentin

Al San Valentin (they/them/their) has been practicing and studying in the Kagyu Nyingma lineage in the tradition of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche since 2016. They received their meditation instructor certification in 2021 through Open Heart Project. Al is part of The Wisdom Seat as a board member and Meditation Instructor, has helped with Chogyam Trungpa Institute’s […]

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Molly DeShong

Molly DeShong is a longtime dharma student and teacher based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She thanks Chögyam Trungpa’s lineage, Tsokyni Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, and others for her voracious appetite for three-yana view and practice. In her counselling/consulting work, Molly offers mindfulness and contemplative methods to individuals and groups, drawing from Non-Violent Communication and Transformative […]

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