Meditations for a Meaningful Life
with Kadampa Teacher Toolika Rastogi
Wednesday evenings | 7-8:30pm
at KMC Ottawa
beginning September 10
Cost: $15 per class
4-class card for $50, available at the door
We all want to live a life of great meaning. We also wish for lasting peace and happiness. This series of classes will introduce profound Buddhist meditations that have the power to create peace and happiness from within, making our life extremely meaningful.
The stages of the path to enlightenment or 'Lamrim' are a powerful series of contemplations and meditations that reveal hidden spiritual truths which awaken our love, compassion and wisdom. Meditation topics will include: our precious human life, impermanence, karma, and the true source of suffering. We will also engage in meditations that open our heart of universal love and compassion.
Each session will include a teaching, chanted prayers and guided meditations. The teachings & meditations will be based on the series presented in The Mirror of Dharma with Additions, by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
No previous experience of meditation or Buddhism is needed. Although presented as a series, each class is self-contained ~ you can attend the entire series, or any number of the classes. Everyone is welcome!
Schedule
Sept 10 Introduction to Lamrim
Sept 17 Our precious human life
Sept 24 Death & impermanence
Oct 1 What happens after death?
Oct 8 Shelter from the storm
Oct 15 What is karma?
Oct 22 What is renunciation?
Oct 29 What is the cause of suffering?
Nov 5 The path to liberation
Nov 12 Learning to love everyone
Nov 19 Why everyone needs our compassion
Nov 26 Developing a supremely good heart
Dec 3 Following the path to enlightenment
Dec 10 Discovering the truth about how we exist
Dec 17 Why we need a spiritual guide
The Teacher for the Meditations for a Meaningful Life class is Toolika Rastogi, who has been practising and teaching Buddhist meditation for many years. Toolika's love of Buddhist teachings, and her joyful practice of them in daily life are very inspiring. Her teachings are very clear, practical and uplifting.
Cost: $15 per class, or 4 classes for $50 (4-class cards can be purchased at the door).
Register in advance online, or at the door: debit, credit or cash. We are unable to accept $100 bills.
Wednesday evening class
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Whereas each one of us is just one single person, other living beings are countless in number; therefore the happiness and freedom of others are much more important than our own.