Buddhist Thought and Meditation
Tuesday evenings 7:00 - 8:30pm
with Gen Kelsang Suma
Basic Buddhist teachings, meditations and practice, with suggestions on how to integrate Buddha's advice into daily life and activities.
July 8
Who was Buddha?
July 15
Understanding the mind – a storehouse of unlimited potential
July 22
Journey without end – past and future lives
July 29
What is karma and why should I care?
August 5
Our precious human life – a rare find
August 12
Meditation - cultivating mental peace
August 19
Endings are beginnings, too – revisiting death and impermanence
August 26
The Buddhist way of life – shelter from the storm
Each class includes a guided meditation, a teaching and plenty of time for discussion.
No previous knowledge/experience is necessary... just drop in.
The cost is $10 per class.
The New Meditation Handbook: A Summer Study Group
Wednesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
If you would like to prepare ahead and/or explore these topics more fully, please read relevant sections from New Meditation Handbook, Joyful Path of Good Fortune or Transform Your Life.
July 9
Relying Upon A Spiritual Guide – our supreme unchanging friend
July 16
Our Precious Human Life – spending it wisely
July 23
Death and Impermanence – journey without end
July 30
Renunciation – jumping off the treadmill
August 6
Remembering the Kindness of Others – gratitude as a way of life
August 13
Great Compassion and Bodhichitta – becoming part of the solution
August 20
Emptiness – if seeing isn’t believing, what’s the real truth