Lama Palmo Baker is an experienced teacher and translator in the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. A student of Lama Norlha Rinpoche for 15 years, she completed two three-year retreats under his guidance at Kagyu Thubten Choling Monastery in Wappingers Falls, New York. She currently resides in Cambridge, MA, where she teaches meditation and is pursuing a doctorate in Buddhist Studies at Harvard. Lama Palmo served as Rinpoche's translator during his visit to New Hampshire in November 2004.

Lama Palmo's description of this seminar: The countries of India and Tibet have yielded some of the greatest meditation masters the world has ever known, and many of them were women. We have access to the wisdom of these realized women through a legacy of "power songs,"  some hundreds of years old, which embody the profound messages of Buddhist meditation. This seminar is open to all spiritual
seekers, Buddhist or non-Buddhist; those interested in learning about meditation or Buddhism, and those interested this rare genre of women's poetry from Asia.

The seminar will include presentation of the songs, a discussion of their meaning, singing of the songs in English (having a good ear is not required!), questions and answers, and meditation instruction. At the Friday evening session, Lama Palmo will present and explain the songs. The two sessions Saturday will be structured as an all-day meditation retreat, using the songs as meditation instruction; either Saturday session may also be attended independently if you can't come to both.

All three sessions will be held at the Portsmouth Unitarian Church (South Church), 292 State Street, Portsmouth, at Karnan House, the small building on Court Street directly behind the main church building. There is a requested donation of $12 for each session, or $30 for all three sessions. Chair or cushion seating is available.

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