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We offer many special events throughout the year. Check back often to see what's coming up!

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WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS
Inspiring Solutions for Difficult Times

with Rob Kelly

Saturday, June 3

Time: 10 am – 1 pm

Everyone welcome.

$25 (bring a friend for FREE!)

50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members

Free for Tier 3 & 4 members

You may register & pay in advance, or at the door upon arrival.

 

Sometimes things go wrong in life, and we feel it is impossible to find true happiness. When we are caught up in these painful, overwhelming minds, is there anything that we can do? Yes! Rather than feeling discouraged by all the problems and pain we see around us, and within us, we can discover a capacity to turn that negativity on its head, and actually use it to empower our mind.

 

In this workshop, mediation teacher Rob Kelly will explain and guide practical Buddhist meditations through which we can turn the experience of hardship into something meaningful and enriching. The result is that instead of feeling stuck and helpless, we experience an inner ability to transform suffering into powerful, positive states of mind, such as love, compassion and joy. This power enables us to not only grow spiritually, but also to exude a powerful positive influence on our world.

 

Join us to learn these meaningful methods to transform adverse conditions into the spiritual path!

 

Schedule
10 – 11:15 am • Teaching
11:15 – 11:45 am • Break (with light snacks)

11:45 am – 1 pm • Teaching and time for Q&A

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Solving Our Human Problems
with Sarah Paden

Saturday, June 17

Time: 10  – 11 am

Everyone welcome.

$12 (bring a friend for
FREE!)

50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members

Free for Tier 3 & 4 members

You may register & pay in advance, or at the door upon arrival.

Join us for a class that explores solutions to our daily problems and difficulties, using Buddha's teachings to change our world by changing our mind.

This class will be based on the book How to Solve Our Human Problems by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, which is available in our bookstore, or here in e-book, paperback, and audiobook formats.

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The Power of a Peaceful Mind
with Nan Fleming

Saturday, July 22

Time: 10 am  – 12:30 pm

Everyone welcome.

$25 (bring a friend for
FREE!)

50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members

Free for Tier 3 & 4 members

You may register & pay in advance, or at the door upon arrival.

Some people say, "If everything would fall into place I would have peace", but Buddha would say "Cultivate inner peace and things will fall into place."  When we develop a peaceful mind, we will notice that we don't experience problems as suffering any more, we may notice that solutions come to us easier and our external life seems to go more smoothly. 

 

This class will explain why a peaceful mind is powerful and will teach some practical meditations to cultivatie one.  Everyone welcome!

 

Schedule
10 – 11 am • Teaching
11 – 11:30 am • Break (with light snacks)

11:30 am – 12:30 pm • Teaching and time for Q&A

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"WHEN THE TURBULENCE OF DISTRACTING THOUGHTS SUBSIDES AND OUR MIND BECOMES STILL, A DEEP HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT NATURALLY ARISE
FROM WITHIN."

— Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, from the book The New Meditation Handbook

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