Jersey City Buddhist Meditation Class

The Keys to a Successful Meditation Practice

The purpose of meditation is to familiarize our mind with the insights and aspirations that naturally produce happiness. If we do this regularly, those peaceful and happiness-inducing states of mind, such as love, compassion, and wisdom, naturally spill over into our life. We become more confident and joyful in ourselves, more skillful at dealing with adversity, and more beneficial to others. Indeed, we begin to experience our life as something magical, imbued with great meaning and purpose, and we begin to get a taste of our mind’s boundless potential.

In this series we will learn the essential components of a successful meditation practice, and gain experience of them through guided meditations. In this way we establish a meditation practice that accords with our own level of understanding and experience, so that we come to truly enjoy the life-transforming benefits of meditation. Everyone is welcome.

September 7: Understanding Meditation
September 14: The Outer and Inner Meditation Space, with guest teacher Deepika Bagchee
September 21: The Power of Intention, with guest teacher Deepika Bagchee
September 28: Letting Go of the Ordinary
October 5: The Power of Aspiration

NEXT SERIES

How to Heal Your Mind: The Buddhist Vision for Radiant Mental Health

More and more these days it seems that everyone is “working on my mental health.” So many people are struggling with depression or anxiety, or insecurity or feelings of rejection. But what does it mean to be mentally healthy? What exactly is a fully healthy mind? Do we even have an image of what that would be?

Actual mental health is much more than simply not being depressed or not being anxious. It is much more than simply being able to cope better with life. Through Buddha’s teachings on the mind we are given a vision of a fully healed mind, a vision of radiant mental health. According to Buddha, a fully healed is one that has become free of ‘the darkness of ignorance’, which is our misapprehension of the actual nature of our self and our perceptions.

Through the practice of special meditations taught by Buddha, we experience the actual nature of our mind as completely pure, peaceful and radiant. Gaining even just a taste of this opens us up to the prospect of actual mental healing in which we experience real mental freedom and ongoing authentic happiness and peace.

October 12: Mental Health is your Nature-with Jessica Rispoli
October 19: Meditation and Healing the Mind-with Deepika Bagchee
October 26: The Key to Happiness-with Jessica Rispoli
November 2: The Key to Overcoming Anxiety-with Jessica Rispoli
November 9: The Mental Health Journey-with Jessica Rispoli
November 16: The Joy of Healthy Loving Relationships-with Deepika Bagchee

DETAILS

Classes include Dharma teachings and guided meditations
They are suitable for both beginners and more advanced practitioners
Each class is self-contained and is also presented as part of a series over 5-6 weeks. Drop into any class you like
No special clothing is required
No pre-registration is necessary
Chairs are supplied
Everyone welcome!