North Vancouver
When Wednesdays 7:00 – 8:30pm
Where John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West 1st Street (map)
Teacher Colleen Neely
Classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators. Everyone is welcome. During the classes the teacher will explain how to meditate and will give practical instructions on how to use meditation, and Buddhist understanding to reduce stress and other problems encountered in daily life. The classes are self-contained so you can drop in any week.
Upcoming Class Topics:
Inspiring Solutions for Difficult Times
This series of talks and meditations shows us how to transform adverse conditions into the spiritual path. This practice is vital since we are constantly surrounded by difficulties, like a candle flame exposed to the wind, blown first from this direction, then from that.
There is no way of avoiding difficult situations, but if we can change our attitude towards them they will no longer be problems for us. Instead of allowing adversities to make us unhappy and discouraged we can use them to enhance our experience of the spiritual path, and thereby maintain a pure and peaceful mind all the time.
April 11 Learning to surf - how to ride the waves of life
April 18 Life as a teacher - learning from everything and everyone
April 25 Why Me? Understanding the play of karma
May 2 A prison of our own making
May 9 It is what it is
May 16 Taking away suffering and giving happiness
The Six Perfections
Six essential spiritual practices that we can integrate into our daily life and practice wherever we are and whatever we are doing. They lead us along the path to enlightenment and, combined with compassion, become part of the Bodhisattva’s way of life.
May 23 Giving – creating inner and outer wealth
May 30 Taming the wild elephant – the practice of watching & guarding our mind
June 6 The insanity of anger, the beauty of patience
June 13 Energy for change – conquering laziness, procrastination, and discouragement
June 20 Pacifying our distractions – learning to quiet our mind
June 27 Wisdom – cultivating our inner wisdom and clarity
Cost $10 per class, $40 for 5 classes. Free for Centre Card holders. More info about our Centre Card.
About the teacher: Colleen's warmth and sincerity make her teachings accessible and enjoyable. She has been a student at Tilopa Centre since its early days and has studied on the Teacher Training Program for many years. She shows an excellent example of how to integrate Buddhist teachings into our busy lives.
Questions? Contact us.
*Please note: the centre is a registered charity and class fees cover only the running costs. Neither the teacher nor the assistant receive any payment.