Unmasking the Three Lords of Materialism

“… In order to free those who suffer at the hands of the three lords of materialism
And are afraid of external phenomena, which are their own projections,
I take this vow in meditation.”

The Three Lords of Materialism are constantly enticing us into traps of body, speech and mind. Take a quick look at any newsfeed or social media site and you will see the fruits of their labor. These tricksters of Samsara want us to believe we’ve got the answers — THE thing, idea or state of mind — that will solve it all for ourselves and others. What’s really happening is that we’re being duped again and again into repeating the same karmic cycles with the same klesha* eruptions that keep us enmeshed in the suffering of samsara.

This three-month cycle of dharma study will begin on March 20 with a one-day practice intensive and an introduction to the practices that help us see clearly what these tricksters are up to. It concludes with a week-long meditation retreat, June 19 – 25.

• A Weekend Intensive on the Sadhana of Mahamudra
• Book study, in small teacher-facilitated cohorts of:
  • “Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism”
  • “The Future Is Open: Good Karma, Bad Karma, and Beyond Karma”
  • Other book-study groups being developed
• Regular online group practice
  • Shamatha/Vipashyana
  • The Sadhana of Mahamudra
  • Stroke Practice (for those who have received it)
• Exclusive access to recorded teachings from the Karme Choling archives
• Monthly one-day intensives to practice and discuss the teachings

Registration for Cycle 1 is closed.

*klesha, often translated as “defiled emotion,” is an emotional state that distorts our perception of our world. Anger, desire, frustration, dismissiveness — these can lead us into actions that harm ourselves and others.