MONDAY NIGHTS Presented
by with Ashvini Shekhar
Monday Nights From 8.00 pm
'Happiness and suffering come from your own mind, not from outside. Your own mind is the cause of happiness; your own mind is the cause of suffering. To obtain happiness and pacify suffering, you have to work within your own mind'. - Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
We all want to be happy. We spend our whole lives chasing it. So why does it elude us?
This month, Ash will draw on Tibetan Buddhist wisdom and the teachings of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, to help us explore the difference between fleeting pleasure and lasting contentment, understand how our own minds actually work, and learn to recognise the mental states that harm us and the ones that bring us peace – with some simple meditation along the way.
These informal sessions include guided meditations, a talk and discussion. A facility fee of $5 or $10 (for those able to contribute more) goes towards the running of the Centre. All welcome – no need to book.
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MEDITATIONS for Modern Minds
Volume 3
‘The idea is to make our mind happy by letting go of the unrealistic expectation that things are going to stay still in the way that we want them to. So it’s a process of letting go of such unrealistic expectations.’
~ Jeremy Cohen, meditation teacher at Tara Institute
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We all want to be happy, but how do we get to that place?
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Buddhist teachings help us train our mind to see the world realistically, with wisdom and compassion.
Tara Institute’s Meditation for Modern Minds book series brings this ancient Buddhist wisdom into a contemporary context, where practitioner-teachers integrate their real-life experiences into their teachings.
In this fourth volume, these teachers discuss a practical approach to happiness, which includes the practice of gratitude, letting go of expectations, improving our relationships, overcoming attachment, developing love and compassion, and letting go of disturbing emotions.
There are also guided meditations to clear the mind and deepen our understanding of the mind.
By contemplating the ideas and practising the meditations presented in this book, we can create a space for inner peace and joy in our busy lives.
MEMBERSHIP & SUPPORT
This enables the Tara Institute community to support the dharma and allow us all to receive precious teachings from Venerable Geshe Doga and Geshe Lobsang
Lama Zopa said: My point here is for you to understand what we are doing and what you are helping with. This is so that you can rejoice. It really is unbelievable, incredible, what you are helping with, and this creates so much benefit for the world and for sentient beings. This actually creates the cause to liberate so many beings. This is an incredible opportunity for you to rejoice, and if you rejoice and then dedicate the merits, it is amazing.