Developing a daily meditation practice
£8.50
Sundays 2 – 3.30 pm
Sunday 16th, 23rd February
9th, 23rd, 30th March 13th April
with Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Leksang
On this course we will be exploring how to develop a truly effective and transformative daily meditation practice.
We will be exploring the Buddhist path to lasting peace and happiness as presented in the Lamrim instructions – of stages of the path to Enlightenment. Each week we will explore and engage in the meditations contained within the book – The New Meditation Handbook by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
By engaging in this course you will develop a clear overview of the Buddhist path and will learn many tools for developing your mental peace and solving your problems of anxiety, pain and unhappiness.
Each class includes guided meditations and an explanation of Buddhist wisdom, that is can be applied to daily life to solve our problems
Everybody welcome.
Kadampa Meditation Centre Birmingham – 44 Blucher Street, Birmingham. B1 1QJ
Description
WE ARE SORRY TO LET YOU KNOW – DUE TO ILLNESS THE CLASS THIS SUN 9 MARCH IS NOT RUNNING
About the course
On this course you will be guided through a series of meditations called Lamrim. These meditations are scientific methods to let go of unhappy states of mind and transform our daily life into a path to inner peace.
Lamrim means the stages of the path to enlightenment. It is a special set of instructions that includes all the essential teachings of Buddha, structured in a comprehensive way that is easy to understand and put into practice. The Lamrim presentation lies at the very heart of Kadampa Buddhism. The Lamrim instructions were compiled by the great Buddhist Master Atisha, an Indian scholar and meditator who was invited to Tibet by King Jangchub Ö in AD 1042 and became one of the main figures in bringing Buddhism to Tibet. There is a completely unbroken lineage of these Lamrim instructions from Buddha Shakyamuni down to our present day Spiritual Guides.
The instructions of Lamrim are easy to understand and practice, and can readily be applied to solving the problems of daily life. If we gain deep experience of Lamrim there will be no basis for these problems; we shall be able to solve them through the power of our inner peace. First we must understand the benefits that Lamrim offers, and develop a strong desire to practice it. Then by joyfully and patiently doing these meditations we shall gradually experience the fruits of Lamrim practice. Eventually we shall attain freedom from all suffering and the unchanging peace and happiness of enlightenment.
There are 21 Lamrim meditations, which are usually practiced in a three-week cycle as a daily meditation practice and explained in The New Meditation Handbook.
These meditations, along with instructions on how to practice and essential background material can be found in The New Meditation Handbook. An extensive presentation of Lamrim can be found in Geshe Kelsang’s book (available at tharpa.co.uk) Joyful Path of Good Fortune or Modern Buddhism.
On this course, Gen Kelsang Leksang will explain powerful meditations, taught by Buddha for healing the states of mind that are the actual causes of all our pain and suffering.
The course will be based on the book The New Meditation handbook by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso . This book is available to purchase for those that wish to study further at home.
You can drop in week by week or book for the whole course.
£8.50 per session. This course is included in weekly membership.
Everyone welcome
These classes are taught by Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Leksang. A teacher with 20 years of experience of teaching meditation. The course will be based on teachings of Buddha that provide powerful and liberating insights into the nature of the human mind.
The format
IN-PERSON ongoing (also available online for members)
The teacher
The teacher of this class is Gen Kelsang Leksang, she has been an ordained Buddhist nun for 17 years. she has been studying under the guidance of the meditation master venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso for over 20 years and was first appointed as resident teacher at KMC Birmingham in 2007.
Appreciated for her caring and positive manner, she has the ability to inspire people to improve their own lives by showing how Buddha’s teaching are relevant to the experiences of modern day people.
When is it?
Ongoing meditation course
This course can be attended as a single class or as a whole course.
2nd, 9th February (16th February – Refuge) 23rd February
9th, 23rd, 30th March 13th April
Sundays 2 pm – 3.30 pm
Where is it?
Kadampa Meditation Centre Birmingham – 44 Blucher Street, Birmingham. B1 1QJ
- KMC Birmingham is located next to The Mailbox. Only around 8 minutes walk from New Street station. Free parking on nearby streets on Sundays and evenings after 6pm
What does it cost?
- Single classes: £8.50
- Or why not consider a membership which includes multiple weekly classes and weekend workshops for only £35/month?
Programme
Free to members
9th February – Developing pure love – Equalising self and others
16th February – Finding protection from suffering – Refuge
23rd February – Develop confidence – The faults of self-cherishing
9th March – The power of love – the advantages of cherishing others
23rd March – Freedom from self – Exchanging self with others
30th March – Let go of anger – Great compassion
13th April – Inner strength – Taking
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