Invoking Compassion: The Practice of Avalokiteshvara

In this session, Mitra Tyler Dewar will offer an overview and guided practice of a meditation liturgy (Sanskrit: sadhana) associated with the great bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara (Tibetan: Chenrezik). We will explore the foundational principles of this deity yoga practice as well as the symbolism and significance of the famed “six-syllable mantra” of Avalokiteshvara, OM MANI PADME HUM

Mitra Tyler was born in Nova Scotia, Canada. He has been engaged in the study and practice of Buddhism since 1996, becoming a student of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche two years later. He began studying the Tibetan language in 1997 and became an oral interpreter and textual translator for Nitartha Institute and Nalandabodhi in 2000.

Tyler joined the faculty of Nitartha Institute in 2003 and was appointed as a senior teacher in Nalandabodhi in 2005. He has served as an oral interpreter for lineage-holding masters of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Tyler enjoys teaching on such topics as the four immeasurables and exploring how the great Buddhist forebears inspire and inform life in the 21st century.

For questions about this event email tim@nalandabodhi.org.