Basic Buddhist Meditation: Finding the True Source of Happiness
With Kadampa Teacher Nancy Fox
Thursdays August 20th - December 17th, 7-8pm
$10 for non-members/free for members
“ Why do we need to practice Buddha’s teachings? The answer is very simple. It is because we want to be happy all the time, and we can fulfill this wish only by putting Buddha’s teachings into practice.” -from “The Mirror of Dharma, How to find the real meaning of human life.” - by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Do you meditate, or have you at least tried? More and more people are realizing that meditation is essential for our peace and happiness. Starting a daily meditation practice doesn’t have to be difficult, and meditating doesn’t have to take a long time. Nancy will introduce the basics of meditation practice based on Buddha’s teachings on Lamrim, the stages of the path to Enlightenment. Each class will include at least one guided breathing meditation for ten or fifteen minutes, teachings from the book, one guided meditation on the teachings and Q&A.
Book: The Mirror of Dharma
Aug 20: The Initial Scope of Lamrim: What is Meditation?
Aug 27: Meditation on the Preciousness of Human Life
Sep 3: Meditation on Death
Sep 10: Meditation on the Dangers of Lower Rebirth
Sep 17: Meditation on Going for Refuge
Sep 24: Meditation on Karma
Oct 1: The Middling Scope of Lamrim: Meditation on Renunciation
Oct 8: Meditation on our Determination to Recognize, Reduce and Abandon our Self-grasping Ignorance, the Root of Samsaric Rebirth
Oct 22: Meditation on our Determination to engage in the Actual Path to Liberation, the Three Higher Trainings
Oct 29: Meditation on our Determination to Attain True Cessations
Nov 5: The Great Scope of Lamrim: Meditation on Cherishing All Living Beings
Nov 12: Meditation on Universal Compassion
Nov 19: Meditation on the Supreme Good Heart, Bodhicitta
Dec 3: Meditation on our Determination and Promise to Sincerely Practise The Six Perfections
Dec 10: Training in Meditation on Emptiness
Dec 17: Meditation on Relying on our Spiritual Guide