MEDITATION AND FEARLESS LIVING: A Talk at Llanover Hall by Gelong Thubten

Based on Gelong Thubten’s latest bestselling book ‘Handbook for Hard Times - a monk’s guide to fearless living’.

Thubten will explain the topic of cultivating inner happiness and compassion through meditation practice. Life in the modern world has become increasingly busy and pressurised with the constant search for happiness from material things now more intense than ever.

Thubten will explain how meditation and mindfulness help us to handle life’s challenges with greater resilience. Through meditation we can transform our thoughts emotions and reactions and difficult situations can make us stronger. Topics will include exploring the nature of fear and anxiety and how to become more fearless. We will look at how to establish a daily meditation practice how to work with pain and suffering the development of compassion and how to cultivate the skill of forgiveness.

The talk will be followed by a book signing in the cafe at Llanover Hall where you will be able to purchase hot drinks. The book 'Handbook for Hard Times' can be purchased in the cafe at £17.99 per hard cover book. We will also have Thubten's book: A Monk's Guide to Happiness on sale. Softcover is £6 and Hard Cover (now out of print) £17.99.

Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk meditation teacher and author. He became a monk 30 years ago and has spent over six years in isolated retreats including one which lasted for four years. He is regarded as one of the UK’s most influential meditation teachers working with hospitals schools companies prisons and rehab centres. He has lectured at Oxford University and for large organisations such as Google and The United Nations. He is also a director of several meditation centres as well as the humanitarian aid charity ROKPA International. Thubten is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller ‘A Monk’s Guide to Happiness’ as well as his new book ‘Handbook for Hard Times’. He also worked with Ruby Wax and neuroscientist Ash Ranpura on the book and live tour 'How to be Human'.

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