Living Lightly - Emptiness and the 8 Worldly Concerns

DAY COURSE
Saturday 21 June
10am – 4pm
In person | livestream to members
with Gen Kelsang Kunden

Emptiness is the deep understanding that nothing exists inherently but instead dependent upon causes and conditions. We can apply this understanding of emptiness to the the eight worldly concerns that motivate our daily life:: praise & blame, gain & loss, pleasure & pain, and good and bad reputation. With respect to these eight concerns, we spend each day working to gather four of these and avoiding the other four. In trying to fulfil our wishes, we constantly swing between being overjoyed or despondent and experiencing fear, anxiety, disappointment and pain.

The great master Shantideva teaches us we can apply our understanding of emptiness to examine the real nature of these 8 concerns. When we do this we can see gradually free ourself from the grip of these 8 worldly concerns that in turn leads us to greater inner peace, resilience, and a more compassionate way of living.

Join our Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Kunden for this special day course, suitable for everyone, to integrate our understanding of emptiness into our daily life – live lightly with a peaceful mind.
Each session will consist of short teachings, prayers and meditations with refreshments between sessions.

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