TEMPLE ARTS FOUNDATIONAL COURSE

The Temple Arts is a living practice and, in many ways, this course is a journey that draws upon fundamental teachings of sacred lineages through to more esoteric and multidimensional aspects of Ancient Tantra and the Celestial bodies. Grounding us on the path to come into true spirituality.

These teachings draw upon Padma Khandro’s lifetime of frontline work and teaching from all walks of life, such as with indigenous tribes, marginalised groups, ancient knowledge systems and being a practitioner of Kalachakra Tantra – the Tantra of World Peace.

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SECTION 2: DECOLONISATION

Unfortunately people from privileged countries rarely strive to understand the deeper elements of the legacy of colonisation and how it is still perpetuated. If we wish to fully embrace the Healing Arts and to eliminate suffering, we need to understand inequality and unconscious colonial programming. In order to release from samsara and to step into a higher spirituality, and to enter true Dharma, decolonisation is vital. What does that mean and how do we go about it? How can we create a revolution by paying privilege forward?

In this section we will look at:
– The ‘drama triangle’
– The drama triangle in the Healing Arts
– Archetypes that may perpetuate colonial underpinnings
– Unconscious colonial programming and tools and tips to overcome it
– Understanding privilege
– The connection between the ego and the colonial
– Paying privilege forward – the new Priestesshood
– Karma, Dharma and Decolonisation

We aim to help practitioners to step into true Authenticity and not a spiritual practice that perpetuates inequality and colonial values, and to truly move forward as a Global Sangha into a deeper Oneness in the coming times! If we wish to achieve equanimity on a spiritual level it is imperative that we practise it on a daily basis in our interactions with our brothers and sisters.

Format of the Course

Each module is between 2 and 3 hours long. Often there will be a main presentation by Padma Khandro, which will be around 90 min long. There are also subsidiary teachings such as recordings, tutorials and powerpoint presentations by the DharmaSTARS team.

Please note that the main lecture in each section has been specially commissioned for this course, the extra resources are from various other courses or client resource materials.

SACRED ACTIVISM & SKILFUL MEANS

In this session we explore what having an authentic approach to the Temple Arts means.  We look at some astrological insights for 2025 that show a new Venusian gateway for deeper collective authenticity. We also explain how our unique cross-section of teachings from decades of working with indigenous tribes, spiritual leaders and Dharma teachers helps to provide a fresh and much-needed perspective on the Temple Arts which can help us to create conditions for a Golden Age to commence within the next decade.