{"id":6115,"date":"2025-07-24T12:19:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=6115"},"modified":"2025-07-24T12:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:19:56","slug":"introduction-to-buddhism","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/event\/introduction-to-buddhism\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Buddhism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>with Alan Muller<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In this talk we will go through the outline of the Buddha&#8217;s teachings, his journey to enlightenment and other important aspects on the Buddhist path.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Questions during the session are most welcome so that you can clarify for yourself what Buddhism entails.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\">Cost:<\/h2>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There is no cost for this talk. Dana is welcome for the facilitator.<\/div>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\">Facilitator:<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft 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 monk vows. Alan remained a novice monk for six years and now presents courses and retreats as a layperson.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this talk we will go through the outline of the Buddha&#8217;s teachings, his journey to enlightenment and other important aspects on the Buddhist path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6117,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[24,25,38,13],"tribe_events_cat":[10,15],"class_list":["post-6115","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-buddhism","tag-dharma","tag-ksdj-temple","tag-meditation","tribe_events_cat-buddhism","tribe_events_cat-dharma","cat_buddhism","cat_dharma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6142,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6115\/revisions\/6142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6115"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=6115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}