Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo has agreed to give a special 3 day teaching at Deer Park, Bir. as part of the tour that Lincoln Harris of India Unbound is leading in Northern India in March 2010.  All the proceeds from this tour will go to DGL Nunnery.   For further information please see Lincoln's website www.indiaunbound.com.au or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life – a three day teaching and practice program in North India with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

“When our mind is happy, we feel happy – however wretched our surroundings. When we are depressed, it doesn’t matter even if we are living in a palace. Since happiness and unhappiness mainly depend on the mind, it makes good sense to learn to cultivate a mind that is peaceful and aware.” -Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo speaking on the topic of the three day teaching program

The central feature of this two week visit to north India is a private three day teaching with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. Jetsunma has given the topic of the teachings as ‘Change Your Mind, Change Your Life’. The program will focus on basic Mahamudra type meditation practice, along with techniques to cultivate awareness and mindfulness in our daily life. Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo has recently completed her last major international teaching tour and will now spend most of her time in India at the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, so this is a rare opportunity to participate in teachings. Furthermore the group is limited to approximately 20 participants, giving us an intimate teaching/learning environment.

In addition to the teachings, we will spend time in Dharamsala, the home in exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and a large Tibetan community. Here we visit some of the many organisations and institutions that have been created in order to support the Tibetan Diaspora, including Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and nunneries, schools and orphanages, teaching centres and museums. With free time to enjoy the beauty of the Himalayan setting and explore the town and surroundings at your own pace, as well as organised activities which will afford interaction with local Tibetan and Indian friends, our two weeks will be full of good company, wonderment and joyful practice.

Accompanying the group will be Lincoln Harris, formerly a group tour leader in Dharamsala and India, and more recently based in Australia working as the director of India Unbound, a travel company specialising in travel to India. Assisting Lincoln with accommodation and transport arrangements for the trip is a team of local staff based in Delhi and Dharamsala.
The trip will have more the feel of a group of friends travelling together to receive teachings and further their practice, rather than a tightly scripted tour. Accommodation is basic – clean and simple and with en suite bathroom.