What is Buddhism?

The Course: What Is Buddhism?
 

Buddhism has proved to be hugely popular in the west, yet it is not a traditional religion or even merely a philosophy. What is it then? And how does one practise it? In this three-session course, we will be exploring what it was the Buddha experienced in gaining Enlightenment, and how it is relevant to our lives today. In particular, we'll be looking at: the Buddha, the founder
of Buddhism; the Dharma, the philosophy teaching of the Buddha, in particular in terms of ethics, meditation, and wisdom; and the Shangha, the Buddhist community, both historically and as a lived experience today.
 

The course is open to everyone. No experience of meditation is necessary. While an interest in Buddhism is assumed, you don't have to be a Buddhist to take the course.

 
The Instructor - Lama Yeshe Palmo

 Lama Yeshe Palmo is a Western Buddhist nun and Lama in the Kagyu Tibetan lineage. The founder and teacher of Kagyu Chokor Ling: The Nantucket Center for Tibetan Buddhism, she trained for 15 years as an ordained monastic at Kagyu Thubten Choling Monastery in New York. After graduating from seven years silent seminary meditation retreat, she ran the traditional Three Year Retreat for women for eight more years. She carries the title "Tripon" or Teaching Lama.