Wisdom Kadampa Buddhist Center

COME CULTIVATE CLARITY
General Weekly Meditation Schedule:

PRAYERS FOR WORLD PEACE
Sundays, 10:30am - 11:45am

FOUNDATION PROGRAM (Currently Studying the book Universal Compassion)
Sundays, 3:00pm-6:00pm

HEART JEWEL: THE ESSENTIAL PRACTICES OF KADAMPA BUDDHISM
Tuesdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm

DROP-IN GUIDED MEDITATION CLASSES
Tuesdays, 7pm - 8:30pm

LUNCH TIME PUJA (CHANTED PRAYERS)
Wednesdays, 12:00am-1:00pm

INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM
Thursdays, 6:30-7:45pm

Traditional:
8th of Every Month Tara Puja: Liberaton From Sorrow (60min)
10& 25th of Every Month Lama Chopa: Offering to the Spiritual Guide 120 min)
29th of Every Month Melodious Drum in All Directions Puja (200 min)

(Center opens a minimum of 30 mins before events unless otherwise
noted)

If we train in meditation, our mind will gradually become more and more peaceful, and we shall experience a purer and purer form of happiness. Eventually we shall be able to stay happy all the time, even in the most difficult circumstances. Usually we find it difficult to control our mind. It seems as if our mind is like a balloon in the wind - blown here and there by external circumstances.

If things go well, our mind is happy, but if they go badly, it immediately becomes unhappy. Such fluctuations of mood arise because we are too closely involved in the external situation. We are like a child making a sandcastle who is excited when it is first made, but who becomes upset when it is destroyed by the incoming tide.

By training in meditation, we create an inner space and clarity that enables us to control our mind regardless of the external circumstances. Gradually we develop mental equilibrium, a balanced mind that is happy all the time, rather than an unbalanced mind that oscillates between the extremes of excitement and despondency.

General Program Meditations every Tuesday from 7:00pm-8:30pm

Taught by Kadam Ace Remas. Tuesdays, 7pm-8:30pm suggested donation $10, no pre-registration required, just drop-in. Reduced rates for students/unemployed. *You do not need to attend the whole series in order to participate. Normally we seek happiness outside ourself. We try to obtain better material conditions, a better job, higher social status and so forth. But no matter how successful we are in improving our external situation, we still experience many problems and much dissatisfaction. We never experience pure, lasting happiness.

This shows us that we should not seek happiness outside ourself but instead establish it within by purifying and controlling our mind through sincere spiritual practice. If we train in this way we can ensure that our mind remains calm and happy all the time. Then, no matter how difficult our external circumstances may be, we will always be happy and peaceful.

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2011-09-29 16:19:50   Please come and relax in our meditation room. —kelsangmikyopa