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
The talk will touch on the themes that will be explored within the March series of classes on ‘How to Understand the Mind’ taught by in Peebles by Kadampa Teacher Chammy Sirisena. 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 CHAMMY SIRISENA
PEEBLES | MARCH 4, 11, 18 & 25| TUESDAYS 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 Chammy 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: £8 per class | £25 full 4 week series | Members free
Venue: Breathe Yoga & Wellness Studio, Old Halrude School, Old Church Road, Peebles, EH45 8LH
THE TEACHER
Chammy teaches the weekly Peebles class. She is originally from Sri Lanka and has been practising Kadampa Buddhism in the west for many years. Chammy draws from her experience as a working medical professional and mother of three to transmit Buddha’s teachings in a way that can easily be integrated into busy modern life. An experienced student studying the Foundation Programme, Chammy teaches occasional courses and events at the Centre and within the Scottish Borders. She is known for her kind heart, discerning wisdom and the clarity she brings to her teachings.
THE VENUE
Breathe Yoga & Wellness Studio, Old Halrude School | Old Church Road, Peebles, EH45 8LH
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