Sundays, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Change Your Perception
The Way of the Bodhisattva - The Meditations on Training in the Six Perfections
This class is offered in person only
$15 per class, free for supporting members
A Bodhisattva is the Buddhist role model for how best to live in the world. And we can become one ourselves.
According to Buddha, our real purpose in this world is to attain enlightenment. Why? So that we can fulfill our compassionate wish to free others from suffering. A Bodhisattva is someone who has awoken to this higher purpose and now practices joyfully to transform the circumstances of their life into the path to enlightenment for the benefit of all.
In this series we will learn how to adopt mindset of a Bodhisattva. We may feel ourselves to be far removed from the altruistic mindset of Bodhisattva right now, but there is nothing to stop us from becoming a ‘trainee’ Bodhisattva, and beginning to move our life in the direction of the Bodhisattva’s way of life, simply by bringing that mindset to the things that we do.
In particular we will look at how to integrate the six main practices of a Bodhisattva, known as the six perfections, into our activities and way of being. By training in this we begin to taste the extraordinary beauty and benefits of the Bodhisattva right now.
March 3: Becoming a Bodhisattva
March 10: Nurturing a Giving Heart, with Alex Bonano
March 17: The Bodhisattva’s Code
March 24: The Power of Patient Acceptance
March 31: Cultivating Joyful Confidence, with Alice Fox
April 7: Concentration and The Wisdom Path
NEXT SERIES
The Liberating Wisdom of Emptiness
April 14: How Understanding Emptiness Leads to Freedom
April 21: Understanding the Emptiness of the Body
April 28: Meditation on Emptiness
May 5: The Wisdom Way of Relating to Your Body
May 12: The Emptiness of the Self
May 19: Freedom from Self-sabotage
May 26: A New Way of Being
June 2: Change your Mind, Change your World
June 9: Gaining Deep Experience of Emptiness
DETAILS
Our general program classes include Dharma teachings along with guided meditations
Each class is self-contained and is also presented as part of a series. Drop into any class you like
These classes are suitable for both beginners and more advanced meditation practitioners
No special clothing is required
Everyone welcome!
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Headphones are available for those who are hard of hearing. Please contact [email protected] to reserve a pair
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