Mahamudra Elixir II: Identifying & Sustaining the Nature of the Dynamic Mind

The point of these Moonbeam sessions with Elizabeth is to support our practice. With that in mind, an effective way to prepare for Elixir Part II is to practice with the recordings from Elixir Part I. If you have the prerequisites and have not listened to these eight talks and guided meditations, we encourage you to do so.

There will be handouts for each session but it is recommended that everyone have a copy of Moonbeams of Mahamudra, translated by Elizabeth. There will be no assigned discussion topic for the first session.

Prerequisite: Open to those who have received pointing-out instructions in the mahamudra tradition, and are practicing mahamudra shamatha-vipashyana meditation. If you did not participate in Elixir I, it is recommended that you listen to those recorded talks and do the readings and meditations. Elixir I includes eight sessions. The first four took place in the Spring of 2024, and the final four in 2025.
Five sessions: every other Wednesday, Sept. 17, Oct 1, 15, 29, and Nov. 12, at 7:00 pm Eastern

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LISTEN TO THE EIGHT RECORDED SESSIONS OF ELIXIR PART I

Mahamudra Elixir II Starts September 17th

This five-part series will focus on key points in Moonbeams of Mahamudra from chapter 10, Pointing-Out, and chapter 11, Sustaining Mahamudra. As with our previous series,  each session includes guided meditation, a talk, and discussion on an assigned topic of contemplation from the previous session. The first and last key points are summed up in these two quotations:

Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje 

[Mind-itself] is empty in essence yet clear in nature,
and its manifestations appear unimpededly as anything at all.

Saraha

All appearances and sounds are like illusions,
mirages, and reflections: they have no real characteristics.
The perceiver of illusions is mind-itself, space.

Elizabeth Callahan

Elizabeth Callahan began her contemplative training and Tibetan studies in 1977, and completed two three-year retreats at Kagyu Thubten Chöling, New York, under the direction of Kalu Rinpoche. She is a student of Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, and has translated key texts of the Karma Kagyu tradition, including Mahamudra: Ocean of Definitive Meaning, Profound Inner Principles, and, most recently, Moonbeams of Mahamudra. She has been a Tsadra Foundation Fellow since 2002 and is the director of the Tsadra Foundation Studies Scholarship Program.

Moonbeams of Mahamudra is available from Shambhala Publications

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