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.

Recorded Course Available

SECTION 3: PRACTITIONER ETHICS

Many energy medicine trainings do not include adequate training in practitioner ethics. As more and more people are drawn to Temple and Healing Arts it is increasingly important to have good ethics and to work with sacred professionalism. Many people think that if they have done Reiki initiations it will be enough to begin a career as a healing practitioner, when in fact it’s normally just the very beginning of such a journey.

When people are offering energy medicine they may encounter clients in vulnerable situations.

Important themes are:
– Working with loved ones
– Sexuality and healing
– Power dynamics in the workplace
– Control vs Surrender
– Referrals and diagnoses
– General practitioner ethics
– Privacy and Confidentiality
– Disclosure and Safeguarding
– Holding and Containment
– Compassion vs Over-Identification
– Empathy vs Sympathy
– Transference and Countertransference and some tools to encourage self-reflection and self-enquiry.
– Drama Triangle: Rescuer/ Missionary and other archetypes at play

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.