Tuesday Daytime City Centre Meditation Class – Febuary 2024

Description

About the course 

Do you sometimes feel a bit stressed and frustrated with life? Does this affect your ability to enjoy things? 

All of us have to face unwanted situations in our lives. It is very easy to react to these situations by feeling overwhelmed, stressed, upset or angry. 

Buddha’s teachings give so much practical and timeless advice that enables us to learn how to stay calm and strong when things go wrong.  

Not only can we learn to develop a more beneficial response to life’s challenges but we can actually learn to thrive within them. 

On this course, Gen Kelsang Leksang will explain some practical, tried and tested techniques that will enable us to learn how to respond to difficult situations with a calm and positive mind.  

The course will be based on the book ‘How to Solve our Human Problems’. This book is available to purchase for those who wish to study further at home. 

If we were to respond to difficult situations with a positive or peaceful mind, they would not be problems for us, Problems arise only if we respond to difficulties with a negative state of mind. Therefore, if we want to be happy all the time and to be free from problems, we must develop and maintain a peaceful mind. 

This 4 week meditation course will present fascinating insights, taught by Buddha that enable us to transform the way we respond to life. 

We will learn how we can build within our mind special wisdom views that protect us from stress and unhappiness when things go wrong and enable us to become stronger through adversity.  

On this course you will learn the following: 

• How to protect your mind from anger, stress and frustration 
• How to develop your inner peace 
• How to become stronger through adversity. 
• How to gradually transform your mind through meditation 

The course will run in Birmingham City Centre on Sundays and Tuesdays as well as in Solihull on Mondays and Sutton Coldfield on Thursdays. 

You can drop in week by week or book for the whole course.

£7 per class or book 4 weeks for £20

Great for beginners as well as those with experience. 

These classes are taught by Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Leksang. A teacher with 20 years of experience of teaching meditation. The course will be based on teachings of Buddha that provide powerful and liberating insights into the nature of the human mind. 

The classes are held in relaxed, informal settings. Participants generally sit on chairs. Our venues all have disabled access. 

Please let us know if you require audio assistance. 

Everybody welcome 

Book for a single class or a series. Receive a discount if you book for the entire course 

The format 

IN-PERSON in February (also available online for members) 

The teacher 

The teacher of this class is Gen Kelsang Leksang, she has been an ordained Buddhist nun for 16 years. she has been studying under the guidance of the meditation master Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso for over 20 years and was first appointed as resident teacher at KMC Birmingham in 2007.  

Appreciated for her caring and positive manner, she has the ability to inspire people to improve their own lives by showing how Buddha’s teaching are relevant to the experiences of modern-day people. 

When is it? 

4-week course in February – starts 6th February
Tuesdays 12 – 1 pm 

(also taking place in Birmingham City Centre Tuesdays 7 – 8.20 pm and Solihull and Sutton Coldfield)

Where is it? 

Kadampa Meditation Centre Birmingham – 44 Blucher Street, Birmingham. B1 1QJ 

• KMC Birmingham is located next to The Mailbox. Only around 8 minutes walk from New Street station. Free parking on nearby streets on Sundays and evenings after 6 pm 

What does it cost? 

• Discount for the whole course: £20
• Single classes: £7
• Or why not consider a membership which includes multiple weekly classes and weekend workshops for only £35/month? 

Programme 

WHOLE COURSE (£20) 

Week 1 – 6th February – Staying strong when things go wrong (£7) 

Week 2 – 13th February – More calm – less chaos (£7) 

Week 3 – 20th February – Transforming adverse conditions into the path (£7) 

Week 4 – 27th February – Dissolving difficulties with wisdom (£7) 

FREE FOR ALL MEMBERS

Next course 

Starting March – Dealing with Challenging People