Tuesday Class
Tuesday Class
Transform Your Life One Thought at a Time
humble virtue vs arrogant pride
Mar 7 – Apr 18
Time: 7:00 – 8:15pm
Cost: $15 per session or $72 for the full series (free for supporting members)
Due to strong attachment to our own views, we immediately experience the inner problem of unpleasant feelings when someone opposes them. This causes us to become angry, which leads to arguments and conflicts with others. All that happens is that we develop a highly distorted, self-important view of ourself, and an arrogant, disrespectful attitude towards others.
During this series, Kelsang Khacho will explore with us the advantages of humility and how it enables us to learn from everyone.
Everyone is welcome!
Mar 7: Living beings have no faults
Mar 14: Everyone is supremely precious
Mar 21: The disadvantages of arrogant pride
Mar 28: The advantages of being humble
Apr 4: Gracefully accepting defeat
Apr 11: No Class (term break)
Apr 18: Saying ‘No’ with compassion
An Exploration of Tantra: A blissful journey
Apr 25 – May 16
Time: 7:00 – 8:15pm
Cost: $15 per session or $48 for the full series (free for supporting members)
Who we are, who we can become.
Do you feel you have been the exact same person your entire life? Or is it more accurate to say that there have been many versions of you throughout the years, or even throughout today?
Buddha’s Tantric teachings and meditations are all about taking charge of our own identity and steering it in meaningful directions. By imagining ourself as more loving, more compassionate and more wise we can break out of the prison of our own mundane appearances and ideas, and awaken our vast potential for happiness. Through special Tantric methods we can develop both our wisdom and our compassion until they produce a bliss so powerful that it completely purifies our mind and we quickly attain enlightenment.
In this series, you will learn what Tantra is, why we need it and how to practise it for yourself.
April 25: What is tantra?
May 2: Practicing with the correct motivation
May 9: Correct view of emptiness
May 16: Becoming a pure being
Authentic Happiness
May 23 – Jun 13
Time: 7:00 – 8:15pm
Cost: $15 per session or $48 for the full series (free for supporting members)
In his poem, Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Bodhisattva Shantideva, a great Buddhist Master, wrote:
All the happiness there is in the world arises from wishing others to be happy,
and all the suffering there is in this world arises from wishing ourself to be happy.
In writing this, Shantideva challenges our way of thinking. His wisdom in this quote is the opposite of how we think. In this series, we will challenge our normal way of thinking and learn to identify our self-centred mind in our own experience. We will then look at the disadvantages of this deluded mind and how this way of thinking sabotages our search for happiness. By following Shantideva’s advice, we will learn how to develop a mind that creates true happiness.
May 23: Defining the self-centred mind
May 30: Learning to recognize this mind in our daily lives
Jun 6: Opposing this mind
Jun 13: Experiencing true happiness
Details
Our general program classes include guided meditations, and practical teachings given by Buddha.
These classes are suitable for both beginners and more advanced meditation practitioners
General meditation classes are given as a series, but can also be taken individually.
Chairs and cushions are provided.