A Half-day Meditation Course
Overcoming Fear & Anxiety
with Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Thekchen
Saturday April 12, 10am to 1pm
These are anxious times. We just can’t seem to stop worrying – about our family, our finances, world events and a dizzying array of perceived threats to our wellbeing. We try to suppress the discomfort and uncertainty, but remain restless, on edge and unable to relax.
Buddhist teachings offer practical, effective methods to help us let go of this anxiety. Our Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen will explore how we can cultivate mindfulness, focusing on special ways of thinking and skilful meditation practices that can stop the mind from spinning out of control and maintain an authentic inner peace and contentment.
This half-day course will include practical advice and guided meditations to gain inner experience of methods to let go of fear and anxieties. Everyone is welcome.
Cost: $25, free for Silver, Gold & Platinum members
Saturday Course Schedule:
10-11.15 - teaching and meditation
11.15-11.45 - break and refreshments
11.45-1pm - teaching and meditation
This course will be taught by Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen, who is a Kadampa Buddhist monk & senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition. He has been a Teacher under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for more than 25 years. Gen Thekchen has taught widely in Canada and in the UK, and is now the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa. He is well known for his ability to present Buddha's teachings in a practical, profound and often humorous way, making them very accessible and easy to practise in everyday life.
To hear a great sample teaching with Gen Thekchen, click on the video below.
REGISTRATION: Pre-register or pay at the door (cash, debit, credit).
Overcoming Fear and Anxiety
No matter how difficult our external circumstances may become, for as long as we maintain a calm and peaceful mind, the situation will not be a problem for us.