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Introduction
How can we understand the complex realm of relative dualism and the confusing realm of Samsara?* How can understanding this help us transform suffering into happiness? And what does this tell us about the path to realizing non-dual awareness, Absolute Truth and Absolute Enlightenment? The key to understanding these questions is in understanding our own thinking.
Devatara Holman shares a perspective on these questions and the role of our thinking from the view of Buddhist medicine and the Emei Linji Chan Lineage. She will provide a brief history of the lineage and provide an in-depth, simplified explanation of Taiji (dual) and Wuji (non-dual) states. Devatara will then take us from the abstract to the very practical by illustrating how dualistic thinking gives rise to form, and how this is relevant to physical health, emotional happiness and the awakening to full enlightenment in this very life.
* Sanskrit term referring to the sufferings of daily life arising from the occluded, dualistic mind, and which causes the endless cycle of death and rebirth.
Workshop
In the practical portion of the evening, Devatara will lead the group in exercises to remove previous thinking and previous Karma from the body-mind. Through these methods we can gain greater understanding of the boundless capacity of our minds, heal the body and delete illness, the result of previous dualistic thinking, thereby uncovering our own true nature of blissful, non-dual awareness. Students will learn to effect self healing with sacred healing sounds, and to delete physical illness and disturbing emotions in self and others.
About Devatara Holman
Devatara Holman M.A., M.S., LAc,Emei Qigong Master and practitioner of Buddhist medicine and acupuncture, founded Marin Oriental Medicine in Sausalito, and has provided private instruction and healing sessions since 1994. Unusually trained in Eastern healing arts, she speaks Chinese fluently and lived in China and Tibet for seven years where she studied the practical integration of medicine and spiritual practices. A student of Emei methods since 1985 and senior student of Emei Lineage Head, Grandmaster Fu Weizhong, Devatara has dedicated her life to the benefit of all sentient beings and increasing awareness of the benefits Buddhist medicine and the wisdom of the Emei Linji Chan Lineage. She is trained in Vajrayana Buddhism and Dzogchen, and is a dedicated, long-time student of H.H. Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, and her Root Teacher Osho. A respected healer and scholar, Devatara has also held faculty positions at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and San Francisco State University. She serves on the Dzogchen Sri Singha Board of Directors, which furthers the international work of H.H. Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche. Devatara is co-chair of the Emei Advisory Committee, which supports Grandmaster Fu Weizhong's work in the West; and is a Director of the Qigong Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to research and public education about Qigong and energy medicine. Testimonials
"Devatara Holman knows more about meditation and energy work than any American teacher I have ever met. In addition to being a lovely person, she is a very wise and skilled teacher and healer." -T.B., Health Consultant Under the instruction and treatment of Devatara Holman and the practices of Buddhist Medicine, I entered into a program to cure a visible tumor. Within six weeks the tumor was no longer visible. Not only did I resolve the physical symptoms, but I transformed the subtle thinking that gave rise to the tumor. I was so grateful! -Mr. N. B., San Francisco "Devatara's work brings the Buddha's teachings into the practical realm of healing the body and mind. And it is very effective! I am astounded at how much she has to pass on that is not widely known in the Buddhist community here in the West. -Ms. N. C. "I am a spiritual teacher myself, and yet have learned so much from Devatara, not only in the area of physical health but also in emotional health and effective practices from the Buddhist approach to health and healing. She knows more about the practical application of Buddhism than any teacher I have come across. My time and treatments with her have truly augmented my understanding of true physical health, emotional balance and true spiritual development. She brings it all together with no pretense, and no mystical-making. It is all VERY practical. She has very unusual skills and a simple, clear, sincere intention to help others. She is a unique, hidden jewel."
-Mr. B. D. Advanced Training
For serious students, Devatara Holman teaches a course as a 4-day intensive and an 8-week Level I course. The next series will be offered from February 10 to March 31, 2011. (Late signups are being accepted until Feb 23rd). The teachings and practices offered in the course are based on the 800-year-old Emei Linji Chan Lineage of the Sino-Tibetan borderland-ancient knowledge that has only become available to the lay population in the past ten years. This popular course features lecture, moving and still practices for healing oneself, and hands-on practices for healing self and others. Students will learn to: Develop access to the non-dual state and its healing ability Infuse their cells with the healing wisdom of the non-dual reality Understand the role of subtle thinking in illness, healing and health Lift the weight of afflictive emotions Delete karma that can manifest as illness Delete illness-producing information from the body and mind Transform many illnesses that have taken on material form Heal themselves and help others to heal Develop easy, on-the-spot methods to relieve pain and illness in self or others Prevent "healer's disease" and strengthen their energy as a healers Free the mind from over-thinking Gain the ability to face life's uncertainties with more ease Change previous karma and the results of previous thinking Change their karmic destiny Learn transcendent forms of the highest Tantric Buddhist energy practices For more information about courses: http://marinorientalmedicine.com/home/calendar-of-events/courses/ To Contact Devatara Website: http://MarinOrientalMedicine.com Address: Marin Oriental Medicine 38 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, CA 94965 Email: Devatara@MarinOrientalMedicine.com Phone: 415-332-1013 | 
