Kum Nye Two-Year Training 2009 – 2011

With Maura Sills & Cheryl Allen

This two-year Training in the Kum Nye practices brought to the West by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche is offered at the Karuna Institute. These practices involve the deepening embodiment practices of Nyingmapa Tibetan Buddhism within the context of the awareness practices of Theravadin Buddhism. Karuna has integrated these practices as an important part of its Psychotherapy Training in Core Process Psychotherapy for over twenty years and also offered Kum Nye Retreats for all who are able to embrace the silent tradition of meditation. It Is offered as 6 x 5-day modules over two years.

Intention: To offer the practices for those who may want to deepen their personal Kum Nye meditative practice. Also those who may want to incorporate these practices within their own therapeutic practice. This may be extended to those practitioners who wish to offer introductory classes in Kum Nye. The training will continue to be offered in Noble Silence but will include opportunities to extend a theoretical understanding of the psychospiritual practice within with the Buddhist paradigm and a Western psychodynamic orientation.

Eligibility: Current Practitioners from both Core Process Psychotherapy and Craniosacral Therapy and to extend to those with established meditation practice. Preference will be given to those with prior Kum Nye experience.

Application Process:

1. Statement of intention for application and future application
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Prior Kum Nye experience
4. Previous meditation/clinical experience

Cost: £2,100 plus DANA for Teachers, Deposit £300
Payment of £900 is due before the start of Year 1, and £900 before the start of Year 2

Please note: The cost of the training only covers the residential and administration costs, therefore DANA for Teachers is required.

Guidelines for Dana – excerpts from Gaia House, Newton Abbot

Dana means “generosity” and “giving” in Pali, the language in which the Buddha’s teachings were originally recorded. The Buddha regularly emphasized in his teaching the value of generosity and sharing what we have with others, as an essential practice of cultivating happiness and wellbeing.

Dana is a foundation principle underlying the running of Retreats, and also at other Insight Meditation centres and Buddhist monasteries, around the world. This follows a two and a half thousand year-old tradition in the transmission of the dharma.

In order to make this opportunity to practice as accessible as possible, the Karuna Institute seeks to keep costs to a minimum. The charge you paid to attend this retreat covers only the ongoing costs of running the centre, including: food; heating; electricity; water; administration etc. The teachers serve and support your retreat out of kindness and generosity: they are not paid for the work they do.

As your time here comes to an end, you have the opportunity to support the teachers who have supported your retreat.

The Buddha encouraged dana and generosity, in recognition of our interdependence, and as a wholesome practice which helps release the heart and mind from greed and negativity. In receiving with gratitude, and giving with generosity, we become more fully conscious participants in the interconnected web of life that supports us all.

Take it as a practice: there is no expected “right amount”, so please listen to your heart and give what you are moved to offer, while also respecting your practical circumstances. Please give generously: your dana ensures the continued transmission of the dharma teachings, and their accessibility to all who wish to receive them. The Directors and Teachers at the Karuna Institute deeply appreciate and thank you for your kindness and generosity.

Thank you

Kum Nye Training dates:

16-20 November 2009
22-26 March 2010
5-9 June 2010
15-19 November
21-25 March 2011
27-30 June 2011

Total: 24 days

*Modules also open to people not on Training : weekend : £150; 5-day £375 (plus Dana)

If you wish to join as a retreatant, please write to us with details of the date(s) you wish to attend together with your cheque for £50 in respect of the deposit – PER RETREAT.

If you intend to apply for the full two-year training, please request an application form from the Karuna Institute (address overleaf) and return together with your cheque for £80 in respect of the application fee.

Application Form - PDF

See also: Retreats

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