BUDDHIST CENTER AUGSBURG

of the Karma Kagyu Lineage

Diamond Way Buddhism in Augsburg
Trust Organisation
Regular Program

Diamond Way Buddhism in Augsburg

Karma Kagyu is one of the four main Tibetan transmission lineages of Buddhism, where the profound and effective methods of the Diamond Way Buddhism are transmitted.

The core teachings of the Kagyu lineage are the teachings of Mahamudra, specific methods for the practitioner to realize the nature of his or her own mind, which never has been separated from the state of Buddhahood.This realization comes about by following a gradual path, starting with Preparatory Practices and going on to more and more profound methods.

Augsburg is a 2000 year old city located in the middle of south Germany. Under the spiritual guidance of His Holiness 16th Gyalwa Karmapa - the spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu Lineage - Lama Ole Nydahl founded the center here in 1982. The center is run under the spiritual authority of Kunzig ShamarRinpoche by disciples of Lama Ole Nydahl and his wife Hannah Nydahl , the first and closest western disciples of the late 16th Gyalwa Karmapa.

Over 20 years the center was located in a house with a beautiful 3000 m² garden, in which a little stupa - a buddhist monument symbolising the enlightened mind - was placed. Since august 2003 we are in new and amazing rooms downtown. The address is Gögginger Strasse 68, D-86159 Augsburg.

More information about Augsburg and a city map of Augsburg you will find here:
http://www.augsburg.de/

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The Trust Organisation

The »Buddhist Center Augsburg of the Karma Kagyu Lineage« is together with centers in the bavarian towns Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Landshut, Munich, Nürnberg, Passau, Regensburg, Schweinfurt, Straubing,and Würzburg part of »Buddhistische Zentren Bayern der Karma Kagyü Linie e.V.« - a non-profit roof-organisation-trust, which is acknowleged by the german state as being of public utility.

This trust is together with other regional trusts in Germany member of the »Buddhistischer Dachverband Diamantweg (BDD) e.V.«, in which more than 120 german Kagyu-Centers are united.

The BDD e.V. itself is part of the »Deutsche Buddhistische Union (DBU)«, which embraces all types of german buddhist groups and organizations.

The activity of the »Buddhist Center Augsburg of the Karma Kagyu Lineage« is carried by membership-dues and donations (for both of which tax-reduction is granted by the german state) and the honorary work of a team of buddhist practitioners.

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Regular Program

All lectures and meditations of the regular program are given in german only.

The regular program is free,
On Monday and Wednesday
participation is possible for everybody without any preconditions.

Every Monday

8:30 pm : Short lecture on the Karmapa Meditation, the main practice of the Karma Kagyu Lineage, and on other buddhist topics. This day is suitable for those who are new to Buddhism.
9:00 pm : Meditation on the 16th Karmapa, a guided meditation in german.

Every Wednesday

8:00 pm : Meditation on the 16th Karmapa, a guided meditation in german.

Every Friday

6:00 pm : Practice-Evening, a possibility to deepen the personal practice.
This evening is for those, who practice the four preliminaries or the Refuge Meditation.
Usually we start with a 16th Karmapa Meditation, guided by an experienced Buddhist practitioner.

Every 3rd Sunday

8:00 pm : Meditation on the 8th Karmapa
This evening is for those, who concluded the four preliminaries.

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More Information in German

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