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Bodhisattva Warriors
Saturday 21st November, 10am - 1pm
At Heart Jewel Centre, Matlock Bath
With Gen Kelsang Osung
About the course
On this half day meditation course we will learn about the extraordinary inner strength of a Bodhisattva - someone who dedicates their life to realising their full potential to be able to benefit others.
With such a virtuous intention, a Bodhisattva is undaunted with the difficult conditions they encounter in life, by developing the ability to transform adversity into the spiritual path.
Come along and discover these life changing life hacks!
“Practitioners of training the mind are like peacocks, which are said to thrive on plants that are poisonous to other birds, for they can transform both attractive and unattractive objects into the spiritual path. They are able to enjoy attractive objects without developing attachment, and they can happily accept unattractive objects, such as sickness and other adverse conditions, without becoming angry or discouraged. Whatever circumstances arise, practitioners of training the mind can enjoy and make good use of them. Since in these degenerate times we are constantly surrounded by objects of attachment and aversion, we definitely need to learn how to transform them into the spiritual path by training our mind.”
The New Eight Steps to Happiness
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Everyone is welcome.
£15 for non-members, free to members.
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A SPIRITUAL LIFE
A 5 week meditation class series on the initial scope meditations of the stages of the path to enlightenment
Starting the week beginning 20th October
Matlock Bath - Tuesdays at 7.00pm and Thursdays at 11.00am
Chesterfield - Tuesdays at 1.30pm and Wednesdays 6.30pm
About the course:
These beautiful meditations enable us to fill our lives with joy and meaning, and open the doorway to living a spiritual life.
Everyone is welcome to come and explore these profound topics, such as the precious opportunity our life affords us, what our death means, how to protect ourself from suffering and how to create the future we desire.
Week 1: The preciousness of our human life
Week 2: How awareness of death enriches our life
Week 3: Avoiding future suffering
Week 4: Finding protection
Week 5: Believing in karma
“The essence of spiritual practice is to reduce and eventually completely eradicate our delusions, and replace them with permanent inner peace. This is the real meaning of our human life.”
How to Transform Your Life, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
£25/5 week series | £7/class drop in | free for members
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Please note we are not offering these classes in Mansfield. We will update the position in Mansfield as soon as we are able. We apologise for any inconvenience and please do join one of our other classes.
General information about the Foundation Programme
The Foundation Programme (FP) provides an opportunity for everyone to engage in systematic study and meditation on the essential subjects of Kadampa Buddhism based on six books by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. The emphasis in the classes, which consist of teachings, meditation, and discussion, is on gaining practical experience of Buddha’s teachings that you can apply to your daily life.
Studying in this way is a tried and tested method to gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of Buddha’s teachings, maintain a daily meditation practice that is both focused and powerful, and make genuine spiritual progress. If you have been coming to classes regularly and have been getting a lot out of your General Programme classes but feel you want to go deeper with your study and practice - the systematic study of these essential Kadampa texts on the Foundation Programmes may be a perfect next step for you.
Specific information about Heart Jewel classes
Foundation Programme classes take place on Thursday evenings at Heart Jewel Centre from 7.00 - 9.00pm.
We are currently studying Meaningful to Behold: Becoming a Friend of the World by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche which is a commentary to Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life: how to enjoy a life of meaning and altruism by the Great Bodhisattva Shantidva.
This is a wonderful opportunity to ripen your potential and take the full meaning of your human life by awakening your Buddha nature - following the example of the great bodhisattva Shantideva - whose timeless instructions have led countless people to the supreme state of enlightenment.
Classes are led by our resident teacher, Gen Kelsang Osung.
If you would like to join the Foundation Programme, you are welcome to come along and experience the first four classes before you make your final decision.
Classes begin on Thursday 22 October 7 - 9 pm at Heart Jewel centre.
If you would like to know more please email our Education Programme Coordinator.
ATTAINING NIRVANA
A 4 week series on the 4 noble truths
Starting week beginning 24th November
Matlock Bath Tuesday at 7.00pm and Thursday at 11.00am
Chesterfield Tuesday at 1.30pm and Wednesday at 6.30pm
About the course
Buddha’s first teaching in this world after he showed the manner of attaining enlightenment himself, was the Sutra of the Four Noble Truths. His sole intention in doing so is to lead all beings to a state beyond sorrow, Nirvana, the experience of permanent inner peace.
Come along to this 4 week meditation series and discover the truth about suffering, where it comes from, and how we abandon it’s cause so we can finally find the freedom from suffering we long for.
Week 1: What we should know
Week 2: What we should abandon
Week 3: What we should practice
Week 4: What we should attain
‘Liberation cannot be attained without applying effort – just waiting and thinking that one day someone will bestow upon us permanent liberation from all problems. It is only through following the path to liberation that we will attain nirvana. The path to liberation is not an external path, but an inner path. We know that external paths lead from one place to another, whereas the path to liberation is an inner path that leads from samsara to a Pure Land.‘
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
£20/4 week series | £7/class drop in | free for members
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COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS AT HEART JEWEL CENTRE
5 December at Heart Jewel Centre
3pm - 5pm
Everyone is welcome to join our community celebrations marking the beginning of the festive season.
Come along and meet other members of the Heart Jewel community, celebrate and thank our volunteers and share mulled fruit punch and snacks.
Come on your own or bring friends and family. Everyone’s welcome.
No need to book but if you would like to let us know you are coming, please use the button below.
No self
Saturday 12th December, 10am - 1pm, £15 for non-members
At Heart Jewel Centre, Matlock Bath
With Gen Kelsang Osung
About the course
According to Buddhism, by far the best thing we can do for ourselves is to stop believing in a limited, ordinary, and often painful sense of ourself as if it was the truth.
And to understand instead that we are merely imputed by conceptual thought, like everything else.
Once we dissolve away this limited, permanent sense of self, we become free from the sufferings of the self and open the door to liberation from all suffering.
This is why we need to do the meditation on the emptiness of our self.
On this half day course with Gen Osung we will explore this profoundly meaningful topic and will guide this meditation on selflessness
How to Understand the Mind, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Everyone is welcome.
£15 for non-members, free to members.
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