Subject: New TSK course with Jack Petranker

Opening Time and Space
Exploring the Time, Space, Knowledge Vision

Led by Jack Petranker

4-session online course starting Saturday, August 17, 10am - 11:30am

We inhabit space and act in time: nothing could be more obvious. But the Time-Space-Knowledge Vision introduced by Tarthang Tulku is all about questioning the obvious. This includes our understanding of time and space.

TSK tells us that space is not an empty nothing and time is not a linear sequence of moments. We only see them this way because of our understanding of who we are and our place in the world. When we challenge that understanding, we live in the world differently—fresh, clear, and with deep appreciation.

This 4-session course will rely mostly on the final chapters of Love of Knowledge, the second book in the TSK series, a resource that even devoted followers of the TSK Vision may not be familiar with. We will read and discuss short passages from the book online, and will conduct experiments in transforming time and space.

The course is open to newcomers to the TSK Vision as well as seasoned practitioners.

2024 Bay Area Queer Zine Fest!

Sunday, September 8th from 11am - 5pm

We are thrilled to announce our acceptance into the 2024 Bay Area Queer Zine Fest! Join us on Sunday, September 8th, at the new downtown Oakland venue Scene (274 12th St) from 11am - 5pm, where we will showcase two of our publications: In Visible Mind and NowHere.

This year, BAQZF embraces the theme of “luck,” celebrating the vibrant queer DIY community that unites LGBTQIA+ creatives from the Bay Area and beyond. Now in its 7th year, BAQZF continues to foster an inclusive, community-oriented event, highlighting contemporary LGBTQIA+ voices in visual and literary arts, comics, and independent publishing. The event at Scene aims to inspire and galvanize both peers and aspiring zinesters to create a world reflective of their experiences.

Bay Area Queer Zine Fest is free and open to the public. Masks and social distancing will be enforced throughout the event.

Love of Music

A Time, Space, Knowledge Journey into Music, Mind and Being
with Ignacio Ercole

Wednesdays, 5-6pm, starting July 10

This course invites a transformative exploration of music, guiding participants on a musical journey to deeper levels of listening and understanding.

In this class, sound and listening will be the central aspect in an inquiry into reality, guided specifically by the dimensions of Time, Space and Knowledge Vision of Tarthang Tulku (TSK). TSK is a series of teachings questioning our limited understanding of these dimensions and unraveling the consequences of our lack of familiarity with them. The combination of TSK and music as a gateway into sound and space dimensionality can open up new frontiers of knowledge and let us enjoy the process of discovery as we learn more about who we are.

We will combine meditation, music-focused contemplative practices, and active exploration of rhythm and tone through movement. The class is open to anyone interested in exploring these topics, regardless of musical background or previous familiarity with TSK. No musical experience is needed for this class – only a curiosity about the deeper dimensions of music.

What does it mean to be free
Based on Love of Knowledge

Led by Jack Petranker
Co-produced by Nyingma Centrum Nederland

September 24-29, 2024 in Neu Plaue, Germany

We live our lives within limits we have learned to take for granted.

Because we put our own wants and needs at the center of experience, we live in a world where time rushes on from moment to moment, separating us from what we desire.

Because we are always reaching out for what we hope to possess, we occupy a small and close-off space. We rob ourselves of the joy of being fully present.

In this retreat, we will question the limits we impose on ourselves and the positions we impose on experience. We will learn how to connect with all that happens, and to appreciate more fully the beauty of the world we inhabit.

The Center for Creative Inquiry (CCI) explores alternate forms of knowledge and inquiry and their potential to bring about fundamental change at the individual, cultural, and social level.

CCI headquarters is located at the Mangalam Center in downtown Berkeley, California, USA.