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Foundation Training Downunder 14 & 15 November 2008 |
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This training can offer significant benefit to anyone offering service in any capacity at a Centre. Throughout any organization gaps can exist, creating disharmony and weak links. Not only the “us and them” gap between individuals and the organization as a whole, between staff and volunteers, and between the old-timers and the new kids on the block, but the much more pervasive gap between what we as individuals hear and what we integrate into our lives.
 We will explore how to best offer our skills and qualities in service specifically in relation to working for the FPMT organization. In this two-day intensive course we will explore our relationship to resources - both material and human, communication skills, and conflict resolution. We will discuss service in terms of Guru devotion, karma, compassion, emptiness, and how to draw strength, inspiration, wisdom, and guidance from these practices. The main focus of this training will be on the “Inner Job Description”, a tool for developing what Lama Zopa Rinpoche calls the "inner professional" and how to integrate the Dharma into our daily lives.
We are blessed to have Allys Andrews leading the course. Allys has been studying Buddhism for  28 years and has been connected with Tara Institute since 1980. Allys teaches introduction to Buddhist Meditation at Tara Institute, leads weekend courses, and teaches secondary students of religious studies in independent, private and Catholic schools around Melbourne. She has participated in FPMT training in Melbourne, Holland, at Kopan and in New Zealand. Allys completed the SPC training course in 2002 and participated in the “Train the Trainer” program in conjunction with CPMT 2004 and has worked very closely with Amy Cayton and Merry Colony to bring us this unique two-day programme, where she will integrate her personal experience and warmth into the two days.
The training is participatory, encouraging group discussion and the sharing of experiences and stories. We will also encourage participants to share their personal practice challenges and successes with one another and draw out methods to prevent and cure what is commonly known as "burnout". Every topic will be explored from within a Dharma perspective while applying practical solutions to everyday challenges.
The program will generally follow the material contained in the workbook, A Practical Guide of Skillful Means, available now on the Member's Area of the FPMT website and through the Foundation Store. All materials needed for the training will be made available upon arrival and for download in advance of the event.
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Photo: Chenrezig Gompa at night
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Photo: Stupa at CI
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 November 2008 )
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