{"id":4871,"date":"2017-12-08T19:12:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T17:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/?page_id=4871"},"modified":"2024-05-11T16:57:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T14:57:42","slug":"meditation-instruction-and-practice-with-alan-muller","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/courses\/archives\/meditation-instruction-and-practice-with-alan-muller\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation Instruction and Practice with Alan Muller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monthly on a Thursday evening from 7:30 &#8211; 8:30.<\/p>\n<p>No charge.<\/p>\n<p>Next 2020 dates: 30 Jan, 26 March, 30 April, 25 June, 6 August, 10 September.<\/p>\n<p>Please ring the bell at the entrance to have the gate opened for you.<\/p>\n<p>Alan will give basic instructions on meditation, and guide the practice. This is suitable for all levels &#8211; the instructions will be aimed at the particular needs and interests of the participants.<\/p>\n<p>No charge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4981\" src=\"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/files\/2012\/03\/DSC_3836-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Alan Muller took refuge in 1997 with Akong Rinpoche. In 2003, he completed a one-year closed retreat under the guidance of Lama Yeshe Rinpoche at Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland. During this period, he took novice monks vows. Alan remained a novice monk for six years and now presents courses and retreats as a layperson. He has formed and guided Ngondro practice groups since 2004 around Southern Africa and leads a week to 6-month retreats at Tara Rokpa Centre.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\r\n<div class=\"woo-fblike none\">\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/courses\/archives\/meditation-instruction-and-practice-with-alan-muller\/&#038;layout=standard&#038;show_faces=false&#038;width=450&#038;action=like&#038;colorscheme=light&#038;font=arial&#038;locale=en_US\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:auto; height:25px;\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\n<div class=\"woo-fbshare left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/courses\/archives\/meditation-instruction-and-practice-with-alan-muller\/\" data-width=\"100\" data-type=\"button\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monthly on a Thursday evening from 7:30 &#8211; 8:30. No charge. Next 2020 dates: 30 Jan, 26 March, 30 April, 25 June, 6 August, 10 September. Please ring the bell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":4261,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4871","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4871"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5165,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4871\/revisions\/5165"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}