Our Buddhist path is accelerated by the influence and blessing of the realized teacher in a modern, Western context.
This event will be about 2 hours long. Suggested donation $10. Lectures are a good place for newcomers to start.
This lecture is part of a full weekend program (schedule below) guided by travel teacher Eugene Trak, who has been practicing for nearly 30 years.
Weekend schedule
4/26 FRIDAY
7 pm Lecture: Refuge and the Enlightened Attitude
4/27 SATURDAY
10 am Short talk and Personal practice
12 pm - Short talk and Personal practice
1:30 pm - Lunch at the center
3:30 pm - Lecture: Meditation
5:30 pm - Short talk and Personal practice
6:30pm - Dinner at the center
8 pm - Short talk and Personal practice
4/28 SUNDAY
10 am Short talk and Personal practice
12 pm - Short talk and Personal practice
1:30 pm - Lunch at the center
3:30 pm - Lecture: Teacher and Student relationship
5:30 pm - Short talk and Personal practice
6:30pm - Dinner - eat out
8 pm - Lecture: What is Diamond Way Buddhism?
Eugene Trak
Eugene started practicing Diamond Way Buddhism in 1995 after meeting Lama Ole Nydahl in San Francisco. He has since helped establish Buddhist centers in Minnesota, Colorado and California. He currently runs a web design company with his wife, and they live together on the central coast of California and support the activity and development of the Western Retreat Center.
Diamond Way Buddhism
The Diamond Way Buddhist Center of Madison belongs to an international, non-profit network of nearly 700 lay groups and centers of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. The Diamond Way centers have been founded by Lama Ole Nydahl and Hannah Nydahl and are under the spiritual guidance of H.H. the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dorje.
Learn more about the history of Diamond Way Buddhism through the award winning documentary, HANNAH: Buddhism's Untold Journey, which is available through a variety of streaming services.
