Current Series:
Meditation Basics: A Primer for Beginners
This short 3-week course provides an introduction to the practice of formal meditation.
During the first class, we will examine what meditation is and how to start a meditation practice. The second class will focus on different styles of meditation and how to aply each one. The third class will address one of the most common obstacles we face to meditation — distraction. You’ll finish this course feeling like your understanding and practice of meditation has improved and your peace of mind has deepened.
Upcoming Series:
Buddhist Psychology for Daily Living: How Basic Principles of Buddhism Can Be Applied to Lead a Healthier, Happier Life
Part 1: Where Happiness Is
June 13: What is happiness?
June 20: Why we’re not as peaceful as we could be
June 27: How meditation creates happiness
* No class on July 4
We don’t have to consider ourselves a Buddhist to benefit from Buddha’s great wisdom for daily life. In the first part of this series, we’ll examine what Buddha’s teachings have to say about what happiness really is, where happiness comes from, and what’s standing in the way of our happiness.
