Class Dates
June 3, 10, 17, 24
with Gen Sanden
Location: ONLINE · Greater Vancouver
Cost: $12/class (free for members)Joyful Path: training in the Kadampa Buddhist path of meditation
We all have the potential for self-transformation, and limitless capacity for growth, but to fulfil this potential we need to know what to do at every stage of our spiritual journey.
This class offers step-by-step guidance on the meditation practices that will lead us to lasting inner peace and happiness. Following the extraordinary clarity of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso’s presentation of Buddha’s teachings in Joyful Path of Good Fortune, in each class, our Resident Teacher, Gen Sanden, presents each meditation and practice in the larger spiritual context of the Kadampa Buddhist path. This series provides a roadmap for how to create a daily practice incorporating all the new understanding we develop as we progress.
Each class incorporates a short but most special practice called Prayers for Meditation that is especially designed to help us get the most out of our meditation practice! Through the course of our studies, we will come to experience great meaning in these prayers.
The class is designed for drop-in but greater benefit and understanding naturally arise through coming regularly.
Note Online classes are open only to those who would normally attend these classes in person in our Vancouver locations. If you live on Vancouver Island, please attend classes at Bodhichitta Centre. Outside Vancouver on the mainland (except Squamish and Whistler), please attend classes at KMC Fraser Valley. Thank you for your consideration.
Each class offers different topics, instruction and guided practice of meditations (see below for schedule & topics).
- To access each week’s class please register before 7pm on Thursdays.
- Once registered, you will have access live at 7pm on Thursday and then be able watch the class as many times as you’d like afterwards until Midnight on Wednesdays.
We look forward to offering live classes again in the near future!
April
Taking the highest road: The Bodhisattva Way of Life part I
April 1 How to transform from “me, me, me” to cherishing all living beings ~ love of spiritual proportions!
April 8 The difference between ordinary and Great compassion: wisdom knowing the sufferings of future lives
April 15 How Great compassion gives rise to the mind of enlightenment, ‘bodhichitta’
April 22 Amazing qualities of the enlightened mind and the benefits of the compassionate mind seeking enlightenment.
April 29 Overcoming obstacles to becoming the best role model. a Bodhisattva!
May
Holding to the highest road: The Bodhisattva Way of Life Part II
May 6 Practicing mindfulness and conscientiousness
May 13 How to guard our mind from inner enemies
May 20 Relying on patience, our new best friend
May 27 How to rely on joyful effort and faith
June
The Bodhisattva Way of Life Part III
June 3 How to overcome distractions in meditation
June 10 No Class. International Spring Festival
June 17 How to increase the impact of our meditation practice
June 24 The meditation that solves all our problems.
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.If you have any inquiries please email: info@kmcvancouver.org
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