Understanding the Mind to be Happy
Monday Evenings 7:00 – 8:15pm
$15 non-members |Pay at the door. Cash or card.
Do you want to be happy? We all want to be happy all the time but until we understand our mind (which is different from our brain) we will never succeed. Just like a mechanic needs to open the hood of a car to diagnose problems, we need to look under the surface of our mind in order to successfully make the changes needed to be truly happy..
During this series, Resident Teacher, Gen Sanden, will share instructions on how to maintain and develop a light positive mind – showing us how to recognize and abandon states of mind that harm us, and how to practically create peaceful and beneficial ones. Whether we know it or not, this is what we all want!
Classes are self contained, and can be attended individually. Everyone Welcome.
Class Series Schedule
November 6: How to really understand our mind
November 13: No class, attend our Finding Happiness Public Talk on Thursday with Gen Rigpa
November 20: An introduction to future lives and why this understanding can positively impact this life
November 27: Getting to know the parts of the mind (yes, the mind has parts 🙂)
December 4: Feeling. What exactly are feelings and how to be lighter?
December 11: Discrimination. How to actually change our mind.
About the Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.