The Paramita of Prajna with Mitra Tyler Dewar

Please join us for an exploration of the paramita of prajna with Mitra Tyler Dewar. Prajna, or transcendent intelligence, is an innate quality of the mind and can be nurtured and refined through study, reflection, meditation, and skillful conduct.

With prajna we refine our discernment with regard to the way things appear versus the way things actually are. This journey of refining discernment is a lifelong journey. Prajna is the sixth paramita or transcendent virtue and within Nalandabodhi is the highlighted paramita for the sixth month of June.

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.

A musician and singer, he has participated in the creation of several ‘melodized’ liturgies and ‘dharma songs.’ Tyler is the father of an amazing daughter and lives in Seattle, Washington.

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