The Happiness Course: Inner Peace, Discipline, and Love
Schedule
Sat Oct 02 2021 at 11:00 am to 03:00 pm
Location
Kadampa Meditation Center Fort Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Meditation retreat with teachings by modern Buddhist monk Gen Kelsang Norbu“Happiness is a part of the mind that experiences inner peace, or peace of mind, so the real source of happiness must lie within the mind, not in external conditions.” – Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, The New Eight Steps to Happiness
Everyone wants to be happy and no one wants to suffer, but very few people understand what is the real cause of happiness and what is the real cause of suffering. We tend to look for happiness outside ourself, thinking that if we had the right house, the right car, the right job and the right friends that we like, we would be truly happy. All our life we have tried to surround ourself with people and things that make us feel comfortable, secure or stimulated, yet still we have not found pure and lasting happiness. It is time we sought happiness from a different source.
If we wish to protect ourself from suffering, we can either try to change external conditions to make them conform to our wishes, or we can change our mind. Until now we have been trying to change the external conditions, but this clearly has not worked. Now we need to change our mind.
This retreat will introduce meditations and special ways of thinking to give us the happiness we seek by creating the causes of happiness within our own mind.
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Where is it happening?
Kadampa Meditation Center Fort Lauderdale, 4342 E Tradewinds Ave, Fort Lauderdale, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
