Week 1: The Basis for New Understanding
Week 2: Seeing with Wise Eyes
Week 3: Inviting a Different Reality
Week 4: Mind Magic
Week 5: Being Wiser
Week 6: Offering Hugs and Kisses
Week 7: Moving into a Relaxed Way of Being
"There is a global shortage of joy, inner peace, and the
kind of deep caring for self and others
that heals the heart and inspires creative action. How
sad this is! For at the very heart of being is the open instant, a boundless
source of Great Love."
Tarthang Tulku, Gesture of Great Love, Light of Liberation
Come join us for a 7-week course as we study and practice
Gesture of Great Love: Light of Liberation, the newest teachings presented by
Tibetan Lama Tarthang Tulku. The ideas he offers here first emerged some fifty
years ago, taking shape as the Time, Space, and Knowledge vision. Through
guided exercises and clear, accessible language, these transformative teachings
penetrate heart and mind to uncover the depths of our being.
As we face suffering honestly, cultivate emotional
well-being, and actively inquire into the nature of identity, language, and
time, we find we have a key to a new way of being. When the day becomes rich
with joy and appreciation, emotions lighten, life-situations become easier to
deal with, and we begin to dance creatively with whatever arises.
Testimonials
" The time spent in this class flies by. I look
forward to attending it and discussing the material presented in each chapter
of this amazing text "
Linda W.
" Abbe is a wonderfully kind and clear
teacher. Thank you for offering this
class! "
Takako M.
" Wonderful class continues! I really enjoy the
format and interaction with Abbe and all the participants in this class. I find
it stimulating, frustrating and illuminating and will continue the classes with
pleasure. "
Robin W.
Classes meet online for seven weeks, 1.5 hours a week.
Classes are recorded and accessible for six months. Each week features short
presentations, experiential exercises, and discussion. Weekly handouts provide
inspirational passages along with the instructions you need to continue your
experiential learning at home. An online community portal gives you the option
to meet and be in dialogue with your fellow students.
Abbe Blum holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley, an M.A. from Cambridge University in England, where she was a Marshall scholar, and a Ph.D. in English literature from Yale University. As an Associate Professor at Swarthmore College, she taught Shakespeare and intensive writing seminars. She currently teaches in the School of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry at Saybrook University. She has been studying Buddhism since the 1970’s, and has taught at various TNMC locations since 1998.
Bram Williams is a long term student of yoga and dharma. As an experienced Kum Nye student and teacher he’s attended many programs and trainings in California, as well as annual dharma retreats in Holland and Germany. Bram now practices and teaches in London and Oxford. Currently studying facia focused anatomy, Bram is also an occasional puppeteer and a qualified Lip-Reading Tutor.
Angela has been practicing Kum Nye for many years. She has attended annual Kum Nye retreats in the Netherlands and Germany, as well as training programs in California. Angela has also participated in a number of other programs based on the books of Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, including Skillful Means, Knowledge of Freedom, Lotus Trilogy and Dimensions of Mind. She currently teaches Kum Nye classes in Malvern with her partner Roger. Angela is a trained acupuncturist and shiatsu practitioner.
