The Way of the Lay Practitioner

Offered via Zoom & In-Person in Pittsburgh, PA

About the Teaching

In order to help many different beings throughout the world realms, the Awakened One of Bon, Tonpa Shenrab, opened 84,000 doors of Bon. The 84,000 doors can be categorized into the Nine Ways of Bon. The first four are considered Causal Ways and the remaining five Fruitional Ways. This teaching will focus on the Fifth Way, the Way of the Lay Practitioner or Genyen Tekpa.

Many of us live in this world with a family, children, a house, and a job. We wonder whether we can only become a Buddha by becoming a monk or nun or whether it is possible to achieve liberation while living in this world as a householder. Genyen Tekpa is the path of liberation by aligning the three doors of our body, speech, and mind with positivity in our daily lives. “Ge” means that we are free from all negativeness and free from the twofold obscuration of affliction and intellect that separates us from our innate pure nature of joy and equanimity.

Our mind contains the seeds of both liberation and confusion. The Way of the Lay Practitioner helps us connect with and nurture the seeds of liberation. This profound teaching illuminates how we can rely on the law of cause and effect to clear the twofold obscuration of affliction and intellect and allow our true nature to manifest.

Scholarship & Discounted Registration

We want our teachings to be accessible to everyone regardless of their income. If you would like to pay a partial fee or if you are unable to pay, we ask that you kindly fill in the scholarship form:

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