Inner Strength, Overcoming Anger
Drop-in Meditation Classes
In Person & Livestreamed Online
Day & Evening Classes Sundays to Fridays
This series of classes will explore why happiness and peaceful states of mind are short-lived, whilst negative states of mind, such as irritation and upset seem to appear with remarkable ease.
We will get to the root of our anger problem and look at methods to solve this through the practice of patience.
Many of us may not succumb to full-blown anger, but how many of us can say that we don’t get irritated or frustrated on a daily basis? Every day we meet with the unexpected and unwanted and unless we have trained our mind, our experience will be suffering and negative states of mind.
Taking teachings from the book How to Solve our Human Problems, we will discover the difference between outer problems and inner problems, and by focusing on solving our inner problems of unpleasant feelings, we can learn to maintain patience when faced with even the most difficult circumstances.
“Just as there is room in the sky for a thunderstorm, so there is room in the vast space of our mind for a few painful feelings; and just as a storm has no power to destroy the sky, so unpleasant feelings have no power to destroy our mind.”
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Teacher
The majority of these classes are taught by Gen Kelsang Päljin, the Resident Teacher of Buddha Land Buddhist Centre, Keighley, and of Burnley Kadampa Buddhist Centre. He is a Buddhist monk with over 22 years’ experience of practising and teaching Kadampa Buddhism.
The 11am class on Thursday morning is taught by Kelsang Dra-ma, a student of the Teacher Training Programme at Buddha Land Buddhist Centre, Keighley.
NB At present (as of February 2021), the Thursday morning class in Buddha Land is not running.
Class Titles
Inner Strength, Overcoming Anger
week beginning 8 Mar – Why We Get Angry?
week beginning 15 Mar – Accepting Difficulties
week beginning 22 Mar – Using Wisdom with Acceptance
week beginning 5 Apr – Working with Difficult People
week beginning 12 Apr – Patience with Family
week beginning 19 Apr – Patience in Daily Life
Location
Online
In-Person
Tuesdays 11am – 12noon, Buddha Land Kadampa Buddhist Centre, Keighley
Wednesdays 11am – 12noon Burnley Kadampa Buddhist Centre, Burnley
Wednesdays 6pm – 7pm Burnley Kadampa Buddhist Centre, Burnley
Thursdays 10am – 11am Burnley Kadampa Buddhist Centre, Burnley
Fridays 6pm – 7pm, Buddha Land Kadampa Buddhist Centre, Keighley
We are limiting numbers attending our classes in person, so, as long as lockdown is in place, you need to book in advance.
