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• Community Practice Day
• Open House
• Thursday Sitting Meditation
• Tuesday Sitting Meditation

YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US FOR THE LAST CLASS ON AUGUST 18 EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T COME TO THE FIRST TWO.

From an external point of view, we can say Buddhism is one of the world’s great religions, or talk about it as a philosophy, a wisdom tradition, a historical social movement or a science of the mind. But what does the Buddhist tradition mean to a meditation practitioner? This three part class explores three core aspects of the tradition, known as “the three jewels” – the Buddha, or awakened teacher, who is an example of how meditation can transform our human life; the Dharma, or teachings that help to guide us away from pointless mental suffering; and the Sangha or community of people who have a personal commitment to such a transformation.

Fee: $15 per class; $40 for the series.

Each class can be taken alone or within the series.

Class 1: July 28, 7pm-9pm; The Life of the Buddha and the meaning of Sangha

Class 2: August 4, 7pm-9pm; The First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma: The Four Noble Truths; The Eightfold Path; what do we mean by egolessness; how does karma work?

Class 3: August 18, 7pm-9pm; The Second and Third Turning of the Wheel of Dharma: the Mahayana Dharma – emptiness and compassion; the Vajrayana dharma – Buddha nature, luminous wisdom; how does Shambhala Buddhism fit in to all this?

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