Since 1999, the Institute offers evening activities in Toulouse and Balma. The sessions last 1h30 and allow the Toulouse public to have access to a complete range of activities of our center in the Tarn. The program offers an alternative between:
These evenings are open to everyone, it is not necessary to follow the program progression and it is possible to join even if you are a beginner. In the same way, people who are already aware of this spiritual approach will also find something to nourish their inner journey.
March 15: Opening your heart to compassion with Geshe Loden
Geshe Loden will teach on the text “The 37 practices of Bodhisattvas”.
Each stanza indicates how to apply the Buddha’s teachings on altruism and compassion to one’s own life by eliminating even the most subtle forms of egoism.
The course will take place over several evenings.
March 22 : The Samsara (1) , with Ven. Chantal
We have great potential to achieve happiness, but we let ourselves be limited by certain factors. What is happiness? What is samsara, and how to free ourselves from it?
This course will consist of 4 sessions.
March 29 : Nonviolence, a response in our society, with Jean-Louis Halioua
We will question the arguments we put forward when we respond with violence (verbal or physical) in certain contexts where we feel attacked. What is the point of view of Buddhism? Can it be a current help and answer in our society?
April 5: Samsara (2), with Ven. Chantal
Second session on samsara. What is happiness? What is samsara, and how to free ourselves from it?
April 12: Let’s free ourselves from projections, with Sandrine Tribhou
We will analyze the projections we may have towards people we like, those we don’t like, and those we don’t care about… to develop more empathy and equanimity towards all beings.
April 19 : Opening your heart to compassion, with Geshe Loden
Geshe Loden will teach on the text “The 37 practices of Bodhisattvas”.
Each stanza indicates how to apply the Buddha’s teachings on altruism and compassion to one’s own life by eliminating even the most subtle forms of egoism.
The course will take place over several evenings.
May 10: Open your heart to compassion , with Geshe Loden
Geshe Loden will teach on the text “The 37 practices of Bodhisattvas”.
Each stanza indicates how to apply the Buddha’s teachings on altruism and compassion to one’s own life by eliminating even the most subtle forms of egoism.
The course will take place over several evenings.
May 17 : Samsara (3) , with Ven. Chantal
Third session on samsara. What is happiness? What is samsara, and how to free ourselves from it?
May 24 : Samsara (4) , with Ven. Chantal
Fourth session on samsara. What is happiness? What is samsara, and how to free ourselves from it?
May 31 : How to develop compassion, with Jacques Allouche
Evening of meditation on the theme of compassion.
June 7: Meditative ritual, practice of the Medicine Buddha.
June 14: Meditative Ritual. On this day of Saka Dawa, the birth, enlightenment and parinirvana of Lord Buddha is celebrated. On this auspicious day, we will make a practice of Chenezi.
June 21: Opening your heart to compassionwith Geshe Loden
Geshe Loden will teach on the text “The 37 practices of Bodhisattvas”.
Each stanza indicates how to apply the Buddha’s teachings on altruism and compassion to one’s own life by eliminating even the most subtle forms of egoism.
June 28: Prostrations to the 35 Buddhaswith Nadine Lebeau.
This evening will be a purification practice with prostrations and recitation of the names of the 35 Buddhas.
Every Wednesday at 8pm.
Vivrenciel Association
20 chemin Pujibet, 31200 Toulouse
Tel : Sylvie at 06 76 65 13 25
March 09: The 3 Jewels with Ven. Jinpa
Or how to certify the validity of the 3 Jewels of refuge on the basis of a valid cognition of the 4 Noble Truths and the 2 Noble Truths.
March 16th The 8 verses of the transformation of the mind, with Geshe Loden
March 23: The mechanics of the mind with Nicolas Balthazar
How to go from a false view to a direct yogic perception
March 30: Meditative Ritual with Ven. Michèle
Short meditation followed by a practice in Tara
April 6: Altruism with Ven. Jinpa
Or how the cultivation of healthy emotions such as kindness, compassion, tolerance can be an essential cause of daily well-being.
April 13: The complete way with Marcel Jolinon
Guided meditation on this inspiring text composed by the VII Dalai Lama which evokes all the stages of the graduated path to awakening.
April 20: The 8 verses of the transformation of the mind, with Geshe Loden
May 4: All about meditation with Ven. Jinpa
Or how to tame one’s mind step by step to apply inner training to daily life in a secular setting.
May 11th The 8 verses of the transformation of the mind, with Geshe Loden
May 18: The three main aspects of the path with Marcel Jolinon
An evening of reflection on renunciation, enlightenment and wisdom, essential aspects of the Mahayana path.
May 25 : Meditative Ritual with Ven. Michèle
Short meditation followed by a practice of Chenezi practice.
June 1: Visualization in Tantric Buddhist Training with Ven. Jinpa
June 8: The method that changes a life of suffering into happinesswith Marcel Jolinon
This method, compiled and recommended by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, offers us a new way of looking at ourselves and our surroundings in order to transform the sometimes difficult moments of our daily lives.
June 15: Purification practice with Christian Charrier.
Practice of Vajrasattva. The recitation of the hundred-syllable Vajrasattva mantra, combined with the application of the four opposition forces, allows for the elimination of negative karmas accumulated by the body, speech and mind, and the restoration of broken vows and samayas.
June 22: the 8 verses of the transformation of the mind, with Geshe Loden