Special PUBLIC TALK IN EDINBURGH
The Science of hAPPINESS
a thought-provoking public talk
WITH visiting teacher GEN KELSANG Lekma
LEITH | Tuesday 25 February | 7-8.15PM
This Public talk in Edinburgh will touch on the themes that will be explored within the March series of classes on ‘How to Understand the Mind’ which will be taught by in Dundee by Kadampa Teachers Catherine Marriott and Kelsang Varahi. Scroll down to the section below for more details of the March classes and to book.
Enjoy a thought-provoking talk and discover the power of your mind with visiting teacher and Buddhist nun, Gen Lekma. Learn how meditation on Buddhist logic is actually a scientific method to increase our inner peace and happiness in daily life.
Gen Lekma will explain ways of understanding what our mind actually is, how it works to produce our everyday experiences and how we can start to take control of our happiness through this understanding. In this way we can reduce painful unwanted states of mind such as stress and anxiety and live a happy meaningful life.
Everybody is welcome.
Fee: £15 | Members £10*
Venue: Kadampa Meditation Centre Edinburgh, 172 Leith Walk, EH6 5EA
March
UNDERSTAND YOUR MIND
finding happiness from a different source
A 4 WEEK SERIES WITH Kelsang Varahi & CATHERINE MARRIOTT
DUNDEE | MARCH 5, 12, 19 & 26 | WEDNESDAYS 7-8.15PM
This series of classes follows on from the Public talk ‘The Science of Happiness’ happening at Kadampa Meditation Centre in Edinburgh on Tuesday 25 February with visiting Senior Kadampa Teacher, Gen Lekma.
Our mind is with us 24 hours a day every day. It can make us laugh or make us cry. It can cause us to love. It can cause us to hate. It can lead us to bliss or plunge us into sorrow. It can make us happy and destroy that same happiness in an instant. Like a balloon in the wind, we just don’t know where it is going or what is coming next. Truth be told, we barely know what it is!
We need to start thinking outside the box, get the bigger picture. What exactly is our mind? How does it work? And how can we control it? In this course Gen Wangmo will explain how to understand our own mind from the perspective of Buddhist psychology and to experience it’s nature and function by learning a set of powerful meditations focusing on the mind itself. From this clearer perspective our life becomes happier, more balanced and we feel more in control of our inner state and increasingly at peace no matter what life brings.
Fee: £10 per class | £25 full 3 week series | members free
Venue: Dundee Blind and Partially Sighted Society
Thomas Herd House | 10-12 Ward Road, Dundee, DD1 1L
KELSANG VARAHI
Kadampa Buddhist nun Kelsang Varahi has been a faithful disciple of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for over twenty years. Realising the importance of practical Buddhist teachings, she made the determination to share with others the precious instructions given by Geshe-la in his Dharma books. Varahi will teach the sessions on 15 & 29 January.
CATHERINE MARRIOTT
Catherine Marriott is a well-loved teacher at our weekly Dundee class. As a long-term practitioner of meditation and Kadampa Buddhism, she shares a wealth of experience from her kind and open heart. Skilled at making the teachings practical and easy to understand, Catherine can help everyone find peace of mind and inspiration through meditation. Catherine will teach the session on 22 January.
THE VENUE
Dundee Blind and Partially Sighted Society
Thomas Herd House | 10-12 Ward Road, Dundee, DD1 1LX
TRAVEL
Bus and Rail links within a few minutes walk.
Local car park and on-street parking free after 6pm.
