Unmasking the Three Lords of Materialism

March 20 – June 25: Dharma.U Cycle 1

“… 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.

The subscription-based study cycle includes:

• 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 not yet open.

*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.