Thursday DAYTIME Class:<br> Eight Verses to Train Your Mind

Thursday DAYTIME Class:
Eight Verses to Train Your Mind

Thursdays from 14th August for 8 Weeks - 11.00am to 1.15pm

This weekly daytime drop-in class includes many aspects of Buddhist practice which can be helpful to you whether you wish to practice Buddhism or not. Each week begins with a guided meditation, after which Shakyapada will introduce a particular theme for the week. Discussion and questions are encouraged.

What do I do to constantly create suffering for myself and others? And how can I change this?

This weekly daytime drop-in class includes many aspects of Buddhist practice which can be helpful to you whether you wish to practice Buddhism or not. Each week begins with a guided meditation, after which Shakyapada will introduce a particular theme for the week. Discussion and questions are encouraged. 

From 14th August for eight weeks we will be exploring a powerful set of eight mind-training verses. These belong to the Tibetan Lojong tradition and are a way of using contemplative statements to train the mind so as to let go of greed, hatred and delusion - and the suffering that accompanies these negative qualities.

In the first week Shakyapada will give an overview of all eight verses and together we will discuss how these might be relevant to our own lives and how they might help us to set up conditions that can lead to greater contentment in our lives. Then in each subsequent week we will study each verse in detail in relation to our own life and experience.

These eight weeks aim to show how we constantly create suffering for ourselves and others and how we can begin to reduce that by changing the way we approach different situations.

All over 18 are welcome. No need to book - just turn up when you can. There is no charge but a donation each week of £12 or more would be appreciated (see below) 

DONATIONS: York Buddhist Centre has no outside income or support and no one is paid. These classes are given freely in a spirit of friendship. However we do have rent to pay and utilities and other running costs and we could not meet these without the generous support of those who use our centre. So, if you can, we ask you to make a donation when you attend.  We suggest £12 each week but please give more or less according to your means.