This Life: The Buddha’s guide to inner transformation
The Buddhist spiritual path centres on our own mind’s vast potential for peace, compassion and wisdom. True lasting happiness does not depend on external factors but comes from looking inwards to better know our own mind and heart. This course presents key insights from the Buddha’s life and teachings to show how, through meditation and shifting our focus inwards, we can find true, unending contentment.
This course presents key Buddhist frameworks that guide our path, including:
- The four noble truths (a clear-eyed view of our suffering, its causes, the potential for that suffering to be brought to an end, and how to attain that cessation of suffering.
- The three vehicles of Buddhism, which progressively show how we can nurture our innate peace, compassion and wisdom.
- The four seals, which encapsulate what is unique about the Buddha’s teachings and sets them apart from other religions and philosophies.
Including teachings from foremost Tibetan masters of our time, space for contemplation, reflection and discussion, and guided meditations, this course will give you practical tools to help you work with your mind and take charge of your spiritual path.
Sydney and Online
Tuesday evenings, all year, starting 3 February
6:30-8:30pm AEDT (8:30am CET, 2:30am Thurs US East)
Online via Zoom, Rigpa Sydney 158 Australia St, Newtown
5 week block: full $100, concession $50, free for Rigpa subscribers
Melbourne
Monday evenings, all year, starting 2 February
7:00pm-9:00pm AEDT
Rigpa Melbourne, 803 Nicholson St, Carlton North
8 week block: full $160, concession $80, free for Rigpa subscribers