Classes at Tara KMC
IN-PERSON & SIMULTANEOUSLY LIVE STREAMED CLASSES
Tuesday Evening • 7:30-8:45 pm with Resident Teacher Gen Losang ‘Modern Buddhism’
These classes include guided meditations and a practical talk about integrating positive insights into daily life. Each class will begin with a breathing meditation to settle the mind and then a talk exploring the topic of the week. This will be followed by a concluding meditation to help us take the understandings to heart. Seating is on chairs and no special clothing is required.
• 3rd November: ‘What is modern Kadampa Buddhism?’
Modern Kadampa Buddhism is a special presentation of Buddha’s teachings that is especially suited to the modern world. Everyone, even non-Buddhists, can benefit from it. Discover how it can help you transform your life.
• 10th November: ‘Controlling our mind with Lamrim’
Everyone needs to make their life happy and meaningful, to solve temporarily their human problems and ultimately to find pure and everlasting happiness. We can accomplish this through Buddha’s Lamrim teachings from which we learn how to control our anger, attachment, jealousy, and especially ignorance.
• 17th November: ‘What is meditation and how does it help?
We want to be happy all the time, even during our dreams. How can we do this? Through training in meditation. Meditation makes our mind become peaceful, and when our mind is peaceful we are happy all the time, even if our external conditions are poor.
• 24th November: ‘What is the real meaning of human life?
Material possessions, reputation, good looks, power, excitement, adventure and relationships can make us superficially happy for a short time, but they can never give us the real happiness that in our hearts we long for. This we can find only through an authentic spiritual practice.
• 1st December: ‘How awareness of death enriches our life’
• 8th December: ‘Avoiding future suffering’
We may wonder what happens when we die. Buddha taught that the kind of rebirth we take depends on our actions, or karma, and he explained that performing non-virtuous actions is the main cause of taking lower rebirth. How can we be sure we do not take lower rebirth in our next life?
• 15th December: ‘Who can really protect us?’
When our life is in danger or we are threatened or sick we usually seek refuge in the police, doctors etc. But they can provide only temporary protection. We can enjoy permanent liberation from all sufferings only by seeking refuge in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
Also available on Wednesday Morning • 11-12:15pm with Kadampa Buddhist Teacher Sue
