Buddhist Mind Science Short Course: Transforming the Mind to Cultivate Lasting Happiness
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Do the things we spend our lives chasing actually give us lasting happiness?
We all want to be happy and avoid suffering. Yet even when life appears to be going well, fulfilment can still be temporary or elusive. Could a deeper understanding of the mind help us to pursue happiness more wisely, and also contribute to the wellbeing of others?
Buddhist Mind Science: Transforming the Mind to Cultivate Lasting Happiness explores these questions through Buddhist wisdom, meditation and contemporary scientific knowledge of the mind. You do not need to be Buddhist, and no prior experience is assumed. The course will be taught in English by Sandy Edwards, in-person at Buddha House, Adelaide.
Across six engaging sessions, this second module in the series covers:
• What meditation is
• How to calm the mind and refine attention with the breath
• How to cultivate a healthy emotional life
• Enhancing wholesome emotions and mental states as first foundations for cultivating lasting happiness
• How each of these relate to current scientific understanding on attention training, wellbeing, empathy, and emotions
Rather than simply discussing happiness as an abstract idea, the course offers opportunities to explore it experientially through meditation, practical exercises, readings, reflection and group discussion.
Course format:
Six 90-minute sessions held weekly on Tuesday nights
Start date:
Tuesday, 10th November at 7pm
Location:
In-person at Buddha House, 496 Magill Rd, Magill SA
Cost (whole course):
$45 (Members/Concession: $30)
Use the "Tickets" link to reserve your place.
We all want to be happy and avoid suffering. Yet even when life appears to be going well, fulfilment can still be temporary or elusive. Could a deeper understanding of the mind help us to pursue happiness more wisely, and also contribute to the wellbeing of others?
Buddhist Mind Science: Transforming the Mind to Cultivate Lasting Happiness explores these questions through Buddhist wisdom, meditation and contemporary scientific knowledge of the mind. You do not need to be Buddhist, and no prior experience is assumed. The course will be taught in English by Sandy Edwards, in-person at Buddha House, Adelaide.
Across six engaging sessions, this second module in the series covers:
• What meditation is
• How to calm the mind and refine attention with the breath
• How to cultivate a healthy emotional life
• Enhancing wholesome emotions and mental states as first foundations for cultivating lasting happiness
• How each of these relate to current scientific understanding on attention training, wellbeing, empathy, and emotions
Rather than simply discussing happiness as an abstract idea, the course offers opportunities to explore it experientially through meditation, practical exercises, readings, reflection and group discussion.
Course format:
Six 90-minute sessions held weekly on Tuesday nights
Start date:
Tuesday, 10th November at 7pm
Location:
In-person at Buddha House, 496 Magill Rd, Magill SA
Cost (whole course):
$45 (Members/Concession: $30)
Use the "Tickets" link to reserve your place.
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Where is it happening?
496 Magill Road, Magill, SA, Australia, South Australia 5072, 496 Magill Rd, Magill SA 5072, Australia, Adelaide
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