Guelph Mondays

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Monday Evenings, 7 to 9pm

July 26 – Patient Acceptance: wholeheartedly embracing reality

August 2 – Letting go of judgments and expectations

August 9 – Modern Buddhism: living a productive life

August 16 – Introduction to Karma: actions and their effects

August 23 – Transforming Adversity: learning from our challenges

August 30 – Stages of Learning: understanding the meaning of spiritual paths

Where: Kalpa Bhadra Centre, 42 Quebec Street, Downtown Guelph

Cost: Each class is $10. Class cards are also available: $35 / 5 classes. No one is ever turned away due to lack of funds.

The meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators. Everyone is welcome.

What happens at a class?
At the beginning of each class the teacher will guide a gentle, relaxing meditation in which he or she will help us to develop a beneficial motivation for attending the class.

Then the teacher will give a practical teaching on some aspect of Buddhist meditation and practice. There is usually time for discussion and questions and answers. The teachers have all trained on the Teacher Training Program and are skilled in helping us to apply Buddha’s advice to our own daily lives, with appropriate analogies, stories, reasoning and humor.

The session ends with a guided meditation, designed to help us take the teaching to heart in such a way that we are confident in beginning to practice it on our own.

Afterwards, for those who wish, there is a chance to talk to the teacher and other students over tea and cookies.

Ongoing practice
Having learnt some methods for improving our mind, we can then continue to train in these meditations and special practices on our own. If we put these methods into practice we will experience our mind gradually becoming more peaceful, our problems diminishing, and our relationships improving.

As all General Program classes are based on Geshe Kelsang Gyatso’s books, the teacher will often reference a particular section. This gives us the opportunity to deepen our familiarity with the topic by engaging in follow-up study.