CHANGE OF HEART
--The Bodhisattva Peace Training--
A Series with Joseph Bailey, Based on the teachings of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche and the book compiled by Lama Shenpen Drolma
Tuesdays January 27 through March 3 | 6:45PM - 8:00PM
Marigold [648 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis, OR] [Sliding Scale] $100 | $125 | $150
Scholarships available for participants experiencing financial hardship. Apply here. All with sincere interest are welcome regardless of ability to pay.
ABOUT THE SERIES
When the world feels overwhelming and crises multiply, we often ask: What can I do?
This book study offers a powerful answer: we can train our own hearts and minds.
For over 1,200 years, since the Buddhist teacher Shantideva first articulated these concepts and practices, people have used these methods as a complete path—from training our everyday thoughts and emotions to deep meditative awakening.
These teachings guided Thich Nhat Hanh's peace work, the Dalai Lama's approach to compassion in action, and form the foundation of Pema Chödrön's beloved work on transforming difficulty into the path. The underlying principles—cultivating wisdom and compassion as both inner transformation and engaged action—have informed nonviolent movements around the world.
Join us to explore Change of Heart: The Bodhisattva Peace Training by Chagdud Tulku—a practical guide for working with our own minds and hearts while acting skillfully in difficult times. This is both a contemplative practice and a way of being in the world. No prior experience with Buddhism or meditation required. Just bring your questions and your commitment to becoming a clearer, kinder presence.
This is something you can do. Starting with your own heart-mind, starting now.
READING SCHEDULE
| JAN 27 | Chapter 1 (The Bodhisattva Peace Training), Chapter 2 (Pure Motivation), Chapter 3 (Equanimity) |
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FEB 3 |
Chapter 4 (Transforming an Angry Heart), Chapter 5 (Awakening Compassion), Chapter 6 (Loving Kindness and Rejoicing), Chapter 7 (The Heart of Parenting) |
| FEB 10 | Chapter 8 (Bringing People Together), Chapter 9 (Walking the Bodhisattva Path) |
| FEB 17 | Chapter 10 (The Roots of Happiness and Suffering), Chapter 11 (Mind and Meditation), Chapter 12 (Precious Human Birth) |
| FEB 24 | Chapter 13 (Impermanence), Chapter 14 (Karma), Chapter 15 (Working with Karma in Daily Life), Chapter 167 (Purifying Karma) |
| MAR 3 | Chapters 17 (The Six Perfections) and Chapter 18 (The Radiant Heart) |
BOOK ACCESS
| BUY | Grassroots Bookstore | Tibetan Treasures |
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| BORROW | This book is not available for local loan. |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ACCOMMODATIONS
For ability-related accommodations, please email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 541-737-4785.
CANCELLATION: This program is refundable before Monday, January 26, 2026.
about the teacher
Joseph Bailey
Joseph Bailey’s wisdom traditions inquiry spans over 50 years. It began in the early 1960’s as a child living in Japan as a secular Christian within a military culture. Retreats in India in the early 80’s deepened his practice. The last 30 years’ primary focus has been in the Buddhist tantric and dozoghcen traditions (Tibetan and Indian). He completed a variety of foundational practices and long individual retreats within the Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma and Dzogchen paths. Somatically his path includes a variety of hatha yoga, pranayama and other Indian and contemporary movement practices. The mid-80s found him teaching hatha yoga in the Iyengar and Ashtanga traditions. He has been a student of a variety of somatic practices and lately with Continuum and Imaginal and Ecstatic Movement. Through the 80s and 90s he was a mountain, river, and wilderness guide. Over the last 5 years he has studied nada yoga (sound practice within the Tibetan and Indian traditions). Currently he is interested in the tantric and dzogchen wisdom traditions, ancient and contemporary somatic and sounding practices, and mythopoetic inquiries that help people thrive in concert with the more-than-human-world.