Current Series:
Life is Precious: Breaking Out of Your Rut By Realizing Your Good Fortune
January 11: What a Human Life Really Means
January 18: Unprecedented Freedom
January 25: Carpe Diem
February 1: Using Our Life in a Meaningful Way
Life is Short: Buddha’s Teachings on Impermanence to Make Life Meaningful
February 8: What a Relief! It’s Impermanent!
February 15: Impermanent Relationships
February 22: The Joy of an Impermanent Self
February 29: At Peace with Mortality]
During this two-part series, we’ll first look at how precious and rare our human life really is. During the second part of the series, we’ll see that accepting impermanence ultimately brings us great peace and leads us to use our life in a meaningful way. With a sense for the preciousness of our human life, combined with a deep acceptance of impermanence, we’ll gain both peace of mind and the power to change.
Class Format
Everyone is welcome to drop in as their schedule allows. There is no obligation to attend every class in the series. Each class begins with guided meditation, followed by a short teaching and time for Q&A.
Upcoming Series:
Enlightened Art: How Buddhist Art Teaches Us About Life, Meditation, and Peace of Mind
March 7: Picture of Perfection: Images of Buddha Shakyamuni
March 14: Fierce Compassion: Depictions of Wrathful Buddhas
March 21: Looking in the Mirror of Karma: The Diagram of the Wheel of Life
March 28: Signs of a Meaningful Life: The Eight Auspicious Symbols
Everything in Buddhism has meaning. Even Buddhist artwork is designed not merely to please the eye, but to provide insight into our own minds and visually demonstrate the stages of the spiritual path.
During this series, Kelsang Nyema will explain the symbolism behind a variety of Buddhist artwork, starting with traditional Kadampa Buddhist depictions of Buddha himself.
This is no mere art history course! Each class in this series will help students to apply the meanings embedded within Buddhist art to their own daily lives.