Interview
The Lama, the Oath and the Treasure Vases
Cynthia Jurs, author of Summoned by the Earth, on shifting from trauma culture to initiation culture.
About the teacher
Cynthia Jurs
Cynthia Jurs received dharmacharya (dharma teacher) transmission in 1994 from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh within his Order of Interbeing, and in 2018 was recognized as an honorary lama in the Vajrayana tradition for her work with the Earth Treasure Vase practice, a ceremonial practice she received from a Tibetan lama during a 1990 pilgrimage to Nepal. She later developed a Tara-inspired Gaia visualization practice and founded the Gaia Mandala Global Healing Community, and is the author of Summoned by the Earth: Becoming a Holy Vessel for Healing Our World.
Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she currently leads full-moon meditations, dharma talks, pilgrimages to Earth Treasure Vase burial sites, and retreats through Gaia Mandala.
“If we do not practice quieting the mind now, even for 15 or 20 minutes of meditation every day, how can we hope to have the possibility of freedom at the time of death?”Cynthia Jurs
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Interview
Cynthia Jurs and the Earth Treasure Vases
Cynthia Jurs on her spiritual mission and the Earth Treasure Vase project.
